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<ul><li>Cognizant Technology Solutions recently reported its third quarter earnings for 2024, outlining its financial results and strategic initiatives.</li><li>For Q3 2024, Cognizant reported revenues of $5 billion, representing a sequential growth of 3.5% in constant currency and a year-over-year increase of 2.7%, boosted partly by acquisitions.</li><li>The adjusted operating margin improved to 15.3% sequentially, propelled by disciplined cost management despite incremental investments and the effects of an annual merit cycle.</li></ul>

Cognizant Technology Solutions recently reported its third quarter earnings for 2024, outlining its financial results and strategic initiatives.For Q3 2024, Cognizant reported revenues of $5 billion, representing a sequential growth of 3.5% in constant currency and a year-over-year increase of 2.7%, boosted partly by acquisitions.The adjusted operating margin improved to 15.3% sequentially, propelled by disciplined cost management despite incremental investments and the effects of an annual merit cycle.

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<ul><li>In evaluating Cognizant Technology Solutions' performance for the second quarter of 2024, several important factors come to the forefront, presenting a mixed picture of the company's financial health and operational execution.</li><li>The company, driven by strategic acquisitions and improved operational efficiency, posted better-than expected revenue and margin figures, but has notably seen year-over-year revenue decline and continuous pressure in certain industry sectors.</li><li>Positively, Cognizant's revenue in Q2 amounted to $4.85 billion, surpassing the high end of their guidance range and marking a 2.1% sequential growth in constant currency, the highest since 2022.</li></ul>

In evaluating Cognizant Technology Solutions' performance for the second quarter of 2024, several important factors come to the forefront, presenting a mixed picture of the company's financial health and operational execution.The company, driven by strategic acquisitions and improved operational efficiency, posted better-than expected revenue and margin figures, but has notably seen year-over-year revenue decline and continuous pressure in certain industry sectors.Positively, Cognizant's revenue in Q2 amounted to $4.85 billion, surpassing the high end of their guidance range and marking a 2.1% sequential growth in constant currency, the highest since 2022.

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<ul><li>In the first quarter of 2024, Cognizant Technology Solutions demonstrated progress against its strategic priorities, despite a challenging demand environment.</li><li>The firm reported revenue growth that exceeded the upper limit of its guidance range and improved its adjusted operating margin year-over-year.</li><li>Despite this, the company's revenue was flat sequentially, with a year-over-year decline of 1% on both a reported and a constant currency basis.</li></ul>

In the first quarter of 2024, Cognizant Technology Solutions demonstrated progress against its strategic priorities, despite a challenging demand environment.The firm reported revenue growth that exceeded the upper limit of its guidance range and improved its adjusted operating margin year-over-year.Despite this, the company's revenue was flat sequentially, with a year-over-year decline of 1% on both a reported and a constant currency basis.

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<ul><li>Cognizant Technology Solutions reported its fourth-quarter 2023 results during the earnings conference call.</li><li>The company's Q4 revenue stood at $4.8 billion, aligning with the guidance range provided in the last quarter, despite ongoing macroeconomic pressures.</li><li>However, this represented a year-over-year decrease of 1.7%.</li></ul>

Cognizant Technology Solutions reported its fourth-quarter 2023 results during the earnings conference call.The company's Q4 revenue stood at $4.8 billion, aligning with the guidance range provided in the last quarter, despite ongoing macroeconomic pressures.However, this represented a year-over-year decrease of 1.7%.

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<ul><li>Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation delivered a mixed result in the recent quarter, with revenues below market expectations, but it surpassed the analyst consensus regarding earnings.</li><li>Q3 revenue reached $4.9 billion, aligned with guidance, and exhibited a sequential growth of 20 basis points year-over-year.</li><li>Despite headwinds, the company reported a modest 0.8% revenue growth or a slight decline of 20 basis points in constant currency.</li></ul>

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation delivered a mixed result in the recent quarter, with revenues below market expectations, but it surpassed the analyst consensus regarding earnings.Q3 revenue reached $4.9 billion, aligned with guidance, and exhibited a sequential growth of 20 basis points year-over-year.Despite headwinds, the company reported a modest 0.8% revenue growth or a slight decline of 20 basis points in constant currency.

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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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