Cognizant net profit rises 18.7%, headcount increases 14,800 year-on-year

Ravi Kumar S, Chief Government Officer, Cognizant Know-how Options 
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Cognizant Know-how Options on Wednesday marginally beat its personal income steerage, with a 3.8 per cent Fixed Forex (CC) income development at $5.33 billion for the quarter ended December 2025 (Q3). On a sequential foundation, income went down by 1.5 per cent.

The net profit of the US-based IT companies firm, which has a serious presence in Chennai, was 18.7 per cent at $648 million.

Full-Yr Efficiency

For the complete yr 2025, income stood at $21.1 billion, a 6.4 per cent development in cc phrases, once more beating the excessive finish of the corporate’s full yr steerage by 10 foundation factors. Full-year net profit remained flat at $2.2 billion.

Headcount Progress

Cognizant reported a headcount of 351,600 as of December 31, 2025, a rise of 14,800 on a year-on-year foundation and 1,800 on a sequential foundation. Voluntary attrition (on a trailing 12-month foundation) was 13.9 per cent, in comparison with 15.9 per cent within the year-ago quarter.

The IT main noticed a 140-basis-point year-on-year (y-o-y) enhance in its adjusted working margins of 16.1 per cent.

2026 Outlook

For the complete yr 2026, the corporate expects income development of 4.0 to six.5 per cent in fixed foreign money phrases. For the primary quarter, income development is anticipated to be within the 2.7-4.2 per cent vary on a constant-currency foundation.

“In 2025 we at Cognizant have put our AI builder technique in movement and returned to the ‘winner’s circle’ two years forward of the goal we set at our Investor Day. We have now invested in our expertise, strengthened our partnership ecosystem and superior our AI platforms to assist shoppers scale AI throughout the enterprise,” stated Ravi Kumar S, Chief Government Officer.

Kumar added that the corporate is assured that the inspiration Cognizant constructed over the past three years positions it nicely to hold this momentum within the years forward.

Bookings Progress

On a trailing-twelve-month foundation, the corporate’s bookings elevated 5 per cent year-on-year to $28.4 billion, representing a book-to-bill ratio of roughly 1.3x. The corporate’s bookings for the quarter included 12 giant offers (over $100 million).

Geographically, North America recorded the best development at 4.2 per cent y-o-y (CC). Monetary companies was the highest-growth vertical, rising income by 9.3 per cent y-o-y.

Printed on February 4, 2026