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The cash flow of COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION over the past 10 years

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In fiscal 2025, the latest fiscal year on file, COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION's operating cash flow was $2.88B and its capital expenditures $288M, leaving free cash flow of $2.6B. Free cash flow was above zero in all 10 years shown. It ranged from $1.34B in fiscal 2016 to $2.9B in fiscal 2020. Capital expenditures were highest in fiscal 2020, at $398M.

Year by year

Fiscal yearOperating cash flowCapital expendituresFree cash flow*
2025ended Dec 31, 2025$2.88B$288M$2.6B
2024ended Dec 31, 2024$2.12B$297M$1.83B
2023ended Dec 31, 2023$2.33B$317M$2.01B
2022ended Dec 31, 2022$2.57B$332M$2.24B
2021ended Dec 31, 2021$2.5B$279M$2.22B
2020ended Dec 31, 2020$3.3B$398M$2.9B
2019ended Dec 31, 2019$2.5B$392M$2.11B
2018ended Dec 31, 2018$2.59B$377M$2.21B
2017ended Dec 31, 2017$2.41B$284M$2.12B
2016ended Dec 31, 2016$1.65B$300M$1.34B

Fiscal years as COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION reports them. * Calculated by us from the company's filed figures; — no figure on file. From SEC filings, updated nightly. How each line is read.

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