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<ul><li>Cognizant Technology Solutions recently reported their Q3 2025 results, showcasing significant performance that suggests both enhancements in their operational capabilities and efforts to position themselves within the burgeoning AI landscape.</li><li>Revenue for the quarter reached $5.4 billion, reflecting a 6.5% increase year-over-year in constant currency.</li><li>This growth marks the fifth consecutive quarter of organic revenue increase, highlighting the company’s robust performance across multiple sectors and geographies.</li></ul>

Cognizant Technology Solutions recently reported their Q3 2025 results, showcasing significant performance that suggests both enhancements in their operational capabilities and efforts to position themselves within the burgeoning AI landscape.Revenue for the quarter reached $5.4 billion, reflecting a 6.5% increase year-over-year in constant currency.This growth marks the fifth consecutive quarter of organic revenue increase, highlighting the company’s robust performance across multiple sectors and geographies.

Cognizant Technology Solutions: How Large-Deal Momentum & Talent Stabilization Are Supporting Revenue Trajectory?

<ul><li>Cognizant Technology Solutions' second-quarter performance for 2025 highlighted a continuation of its revenue growth and expanding profit margins.</li><li>The company reported a 7.2% year-over-year increase in revenue, reaching $5.2 billion, marking the fourth consecutive quarter of organic growth.</li><li>This was predominantly driven by strong performance in the Financial Services and Health Sciences segments.</li></ul>

Cognizant Technology Solutions' second-quarter performance for 2025 highlighted a continuation of its revenue growth and expanding profit margins.The company reported a 7.2% year-over-year increase in revenue, reaching $5.2 billion, marking the fourth consecutive quarter of organic growth.This was predominantly driven by strong performance in the Financial Services and Health Sciences segments.

Cognizant Lands Mega-Deals & Doubles Down on AI—Can It Outrun the Competition?

<ul><li>Cognizant Technology Solutions reported its financial performance for the first quarter of 2025, demonstrating substantial growth and strategic progress amidst an evolving macroeconomic landscape.</li><li>Revenue for the quarter was $5.1 billion, reflecting an 8.2% increase year-over-year in constant currency, largely driven by the acquisition of Belcan and organic growth in the Health Sciences and Financial Services sectors.</li><li>This growth was instrumental in placing Cognizant in what the company refers to as the "Winner's Circle," indicating notable progress in achieving strategic targets.</li></ul>

Cognizant Technology Solutions reported its financial performance for the first quarter of 2025, demonstrating substantial growth and strategic progress amidst an evolving macroeconomic landscape.Revenue for the quarter was $5.1 billion, reflecting an 8.2% increase year-over-year in constant currency, largely driven by the acquisition of Belcan and organic growth in the Health Sciences and Financial Services sectors.This growth was instrumental in placing Cognizant in what the company refers to as the "Winner's Circle," indicating notable progress in achieving strategic targets.

Cognizant Technology Solutions: Focus On Geographical & Industry Diversification For Resilience & Long-Term Value Creation!

<ul><li>Cognizant Technology Solutions reported its fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 financial outcomes, showing signs of growth and robust strategic positioning in the evolving technology landscape.</li><li>The company’s revenue for the fourth quarter reached $5.1 billion, reflecting a 6.7% year-over-year increase in constant currency.</li><li>This growth was fuellled by a rise in demand within its two key segments, Health Sciences and Financial Services, along with the strategic acquisitions of Thirdera and Belcan.</li></ul>

Cognizant Technology Solutions reported its fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 financial outcomes, showing signs of growth and robust strategic positioning in the evolving technology landscape.The company’s revenue for the fourth quarter reached $5.1 billion, reflecting a 6.7% year-over-year increase in constant currency.This growth was fuellled by a rise in demand within its two key segments, Health Sciences and Financial Services, along with the strategic acquisitions of Thirdera and Belcan.

Cognizant Technology Solutions: Executing Large-Sized Strategic Deals & Acquisitions Like Belcan Can Truly Widen Its Market Reach!

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<li>The Trump administration's announcement of U.S. $100,000 fee for new H-1B petitions  triggered anxiety, travel confusion, and immediate negative market reaction for Indian IT names.</li>
<li>Tech workers in the US report heightened hostility, reluctance to travel, and SMB clients unable to absorb fees risk reduced sponsorship, higher attrition, and retention challenges.</li>
<li>While there may be limited short-term P&amp;L impact, but structural threats — including the HIRE Act — could reshape delivery models, near-shoring, and pricing over 6–18 months.</li>
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The Trump administration's announcement of U.S. $100,000 fee for new H-1B petitions  triggered anxiety, travel confusion, and immediate negative market reaction for Indian IT names.
Tech workers in the US report heightened hostility, reluctance to travel, and SMB clients unable to absorb fees risk reduced sponsorship, higher attrition, and retention challenges.
While there may be limited short-term P&amp;L impact, but structural threats — including the HIRE Act — could reshape delivery models, near-shoring, and pricing over 6–18 months.


H-1B Fee Fallout: An Employee’s Perspective and Implications for Indian IT

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Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation provides custom Information Technology (IT) consulting and technology services as well as outsourcing services. The Company's core competencies include technology strategy consulting, complex systems development, enterprise software package implementation and maintenance, data warehousing and business intelligence.

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Cognizant Technology Solutions: How Large-Deal Momentum & Talent Stabilization Are Supporting Revenue Trajectory?

Cognizant Technology Solutions recently reported their Q3 2025 results, showcasing significant performance that suggests both enhancements in...

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Cognizant Lands Mega-Deals & Doubles Down on AI—Can It Outrun the Competition?

Cognizant Technology Solutions' second-quarter performance for 2025 highlighted a continuation of its revenue growth and expanding profit...

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Cognizant Technology Solutions: Focus On Geographical & Industry Diversification For Resilience & Long-Term Value Creation!

Cognizant Technology Solutions reported its financial performance for the first quarter of 2025, demonstrating substantial growth and strategic...

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Cognizant Technology Solutions: Executing Large-Sized Strategic Deals & Acquisitions Like Belcan Can Truly Widen Its Market Reach!

Cognizant Technology Solutions reported its fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 financial outcomes, showing signs of growth and robust strategic...

Baptista Research

H-1B Fee Fallout: An Employee’s Perspective and Implications for Indian IT

​Trump's $100,000 fee for new H-1B petitions causes anxiety, travel confusion, and negative market reaction for Indian IT names, leading to...

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Trump's $100,000 fee for new H-1B petitions causes anxiety, travel confusion, and negative market reaction for Indian IT names, leading to...