Cognizant Technology Solutions's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.29.
The historical rank and industry rank for Cognizant Technology Solutions's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate or its related term are showing as below:
CTSH'
s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.3 Med: 10.05 Max: 25.1
Current: 9.6
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Cognizant Technology Solutions was 25.10% per year. The lowest was 6.30% per year. And the median was 10.05% per year.
CTSH's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate is ranked worse than 62.39% of 553
companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 13.9
vs CTSH: 9.60
During the past 12 months, Cognizant Technology Solutions's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.40% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.60% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.50% per year.
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Cognizant Technology Solutions's Dividend Payout Ratio for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.25. As of today, Cognizant Technology Solutions's Dividend Yield % is 1.68%.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
Competitive Comparison
For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Cognizant Technology Solutions's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Cognizant Technology Solutions 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Cognizant Technology Solutions's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Cognizant Technology Solutions's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.
This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four year annual data.
Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Cognizant Technology Solutions was 0.26. The lowest was 0.12. And the median was 0.23.
2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.300
2024-02-16
2024-02-20
2024-02-28
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.290
2023-11-20
2023-11-21
2023-11-30
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.290
2023-08-18
2023-08-21
2023-08-29
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.290
2023-05-18
2023-05-19
2023-05-30
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
Cognizant Technology Solutions's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Current Share Price is $68.41.
Cognizant Technology Solutions's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.17.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Cognizant Technology Solutions was 2.00%. The lowest was 0.21%. And the median was 1.25%.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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Cognizant Technology Solutions (Cognizant Technology Solutions) Business Description
Cognizant is a global IT services provider, offering consulting and outsourcing services to some of the world's largest enterprises spanning the financial services, media and communications, healthcare, natural resources, and consumer products industries. Cognizant employs nearly 300,000 people globally, roughly 70% of whom are in India, although the company's headquarters are in Teaneck, New Jersey.
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