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CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions dividend history, payout ratio & dates

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Cognizant Technology Solutions's latest quarterly cash dividend of $0.27 per share was issued to shareholders on record before Feb 17, 2022. The dividend distribution stands at $0.99 per share annually, which comes to a dividend yield of 1.36%. The latest CTSH dividend of $0.27 is an increase from the previous $0.24 payout, representing a growth of 13%.

Key dates

  • CTSH last dividend date: Feb 17, 2022
  • CTSH next dividend date: May 19, 2022
Peer dividends: IBM ACN HPQ
CTSH dividend stats
DPS
$0.99
Dividend yield
1.33%
Payout ratio
23.7%
vs. Technology sector
Dividend yield
1.74%
Payout ratio
34.9%

Dividend yield

What is Cognizant Technology Solutions current dividend yield

CTSH has a dividend yield of 1.36% which is lower than the Technology sector and the industry average.

Dividend history

What is CTSH dividend payout history and dates

Cognizant Technology Solutions has been paying dividends for the last five years. Our records show that CTSH has distributed four quarterly dividends in the past year. The annualized dividend per share has an increase of 10% since twelve months ago. And with the price of the stock up by 2.2% from a year ago, the dividend yield has an increase of 7%.

Recent dividends

Declared on Ex-date Payment date Amount Type
Feb 2, 2022 Feb 17, 2022 Mar 1, 2022 $0.27 normal
Oct 27, 2021 Nov 18, 2021 Nov 30, 2021 $0.24 normal
Jul 28, 2021 Aug 19, 2021 Aug 31, 2021 $0.24 normal
May 5, 2021 May 19, 2021 May 28, 2021 $0.24 normal
Feb 3, 2021 Feb 17, 2021 Feb 26, 2021 $0.24 normal
Oct 28, 2020 Nov 18, 2020 Nov 30, 2020 $0.22 normal
Jul 29, 2020 Aug 20, 2020 Aug 31, 2020 $0.22 normal
May 7, 2020 May 19, 2020 May 29, 2020 $0.22 normal
Feb 5, 2020 Feb 14, 2020 Feb 28, 2020 $0.22 normal
Oct 30, 2019 Nov 18, 2019 Nov 29, 2019 $0.2 normal
Jul 31, 2019 Aug 21, 2019 Aug 30, 2019 $0.2 normal
May 1, 2019 May 21, 2019 May 31, 2019 $0.2 normal
Feb 4, 2019 Feb 20, 2019 Feb 28, 2019 $0.2 normal
Oct 29, 2018 Nov 19, 2018 Nov 30, 2018 $0.2 normal
Aug 2, 2018 Aug 21, 2018 Aug 31, 2018 $0.2 normal
May 7, 2018 May 21, 2018 May 31, 2018 $0.2 normal
Feb 7, 2018 Feb 21, 2018 Feb 28, 2018 $0.2 normal
Nov 1, 2017 Nov 17, 2017 Nov 30, 2017 $0.15 normal
Aug 3, 2017 Aug 18, 2017 Aug 31, 2017 $0.15 normal
May 5, 2017 May 18, 2017 May 31, 2017 $0.15 normal

Dividend payout ratio

What is Cognizant Technology Solutions dividend payout ratio compared to the sector

Payout ratio

CTSH has a payout ratio of 23.7% which is lower than the Technology sector and the industry average.

Total amount of dividends paid per financial year (from cash flow)