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Cognizant profit up 19%

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February 05, 2026

Nasdaq-listed Cognizant on Wednesday reported a 19 per cent rise in net profit to $648 million in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2025 (Q4CY25).

- AVIK DAS

Revenue rose 4.9 per cent to $5.3 billion on a constant currency basis, which discounts the impact of currency fluctuations, growth was 3.8 per cent.

‘The growth numbers were way better than most of its Indian counterparts. Only HCLTech fared better than Cognizant with a constant currency growth of 4.8 per cent and reported growth of 7.4 per cent.

Cognizant, which follows the January-December calendar year, expects to grow at 4-6.5 per cent in the full year of 2026 after beating its own guidance in 2025. For 2025, it grew at 6.4 per cent on constant currency, slightly above its estimates of 6-6.3 per cent.

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