Cognizant profit up 14% in Q2, lifts full-year guidance

Cognizant's net profit in the second quarter of 2025 increased 14 percent to $645 million, driven by earnings from health sciences and financial services verticals and contributions from last year's acquisitions.

- AVIK DAS

The Nasdaq-listed information technology (IT) company's revenue increased 8.1 percent to $5.25 billion in Q2, beating Bloomberg estimates of $5.19 billion. On a constant-currency basis, it was up 7.2 percent. Both numbers were better than TCS and Infosys, the company's Indian rivals. TCS's revenue was down 3.1 percent on constant currency and Infosys's was up 3.8 percent. Cognizant follows a calendar year for its financial reporting.

Cognizant's numbers were buoyed by two mega deals (those worth $500 million each or more) in Q2, taking the total to three in 2025 as it works to once again rank among India's top four IT services companies in three years. The company is headquartered in the US, but has a massive operational presence in India.