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Cognizant Technology Solutions (WBO:CTSH) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.37 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Cognizant Technology Solutions Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Cognizant Technology Solutions's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €171 Mil. Cognizant Technology Solutions's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €1,035 Mil. Cognizant Technology Solutions's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €3,287 Mil. Cognizant Technology Solutions's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.37.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cognizant Technology Solutions's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

WBO:CTSH' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.22   Med: 0.45   Max: 0.77
Current: 0.39

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Cognizant Technology Solutions was 0.77. The lowest was 0.22. And the median was 0.45.

WBO:CTSH's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
69% of 1600 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.04 vs WBO:CTSH: 0.39

Cognizant Technology Solutions Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cognizant Technology Solutions's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Cognizant Technology Solutions Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Cognizant Technology Solutions Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.54 0.66 0.48 0.43 0.39

Cognizant Technology Solutions Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.44 0.43 0.50 0.42 0.37

Competitive Comparison of Cognizant Technology Solutions's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Cognizant Technology Solutions's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Cognizant Technology Solutions's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Cognizant Technology Solutions's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cognizant Technology Solutions's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Cognizant Technology Solutions Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Cognizant Technology Solutions's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(170.562 + 1035.293) / 3102.211
=0.39

Cognizant Technology Solutions's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(170.562 + 1035.293) / 3286.528
=0.37

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Cognizant Technology Solutions  (WBO:CTSH) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


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Cognizant Technology Solutions (WBO:CTSH) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
300 Frank West Burr Boulevard, Suite 36, 6th Floor, Teaneck, NJ, USA, 07666
Cognizant is a global IT services provider, offering consulting and outsourcing services to some of the world's largest enterprises spanning the financial services, media and communications, healthcare, natural resources, and consumer products industries. Cognizant employs nearly 300,000 people globally, roughly 70% of whom are in India, although the company's headquarters are in Teaneck, New Jersey.