Cognizant Technology Solutions dividend yield CTSH
Dividends per share over the last twelve months divided by the share price, since 2017.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 1.84%
- 9-year median
- 1.4%
- Against its 9-year history
- 90th
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 9-year range
- 0.2% to 3.2%
- Peer median
- 2.6%
Cognizant Technology Solutions pays 1.84% of its share price in dividends over a year, as of Oct 23, 2026.
That is above its 9-year median of 1.4%, higher than on 90% of days in the last 9 years.
Over that time it ranged from 0.2% in Aug 2017 to 3.2% in Jun 2026.
The median for 9 IT services stocks of a similar size is 2.6%.
Dividend yield over time
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 1.8% | 1.5% | 3.2% |
| 2025 | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.9% |
| 2024 | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| 2023 | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.9% |
| 2022 | 1.9% | 1.1% | 2.0% |
| 2021 | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.3% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.9% |
| 2019 | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.4% |
| 2018 | 1.3% | 0.6% | 1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.6% |
Against its peers
Companies in Information Technology Services nearest Cognizant Technology Solutions' size, closest first, today.
| Company | Dividend yield |
|---|---|
| CTSHCognizant Technology Solutions | 1.84% |
| FISVFiserv | n/m |
| BRBroadridge Financial Solutions | 2.19% |
| CDWCDW | n/m |
| FISFidelity National Information Services | 4.58% |
| JKHYJack Henry & Associates | 1.48% |
| EPAMEPAM Systems | n/m |
| ACNAccenture | 2.61% |
| DOCSDoximity | n/m |
| IBMInternational Business Machines | 2.66% |
| Peer median | 2.61% |
Where Cognizant Technology Solutions ranks
What the dividend yield tells you
Yearly dividends per share divided by the share price.
A yield that suddenly looks high often means the price fell because the dividend is at risk.
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