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Cognizant Technology Solutions (WBO:CTSH) Interest Coverage : 69.45 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Cognizant Technology Solutions Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Cognizant Technology Solutions's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €701 Mil. Cognizant Technology Solutions's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was €-10 Mil. Cognizant Technology Solutions's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 69.45. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Good Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp has enough cash to cover all of its debt. Its financial situation is stable.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cognizant Technology Solutions's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

WBO:CTSH' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 71.17   Med: 115   Max: 628.33
Current: 71.17


WBO:CTSH's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
62.3% of 1602 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 29.315 vs WBO:CTSH: 71.17

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Cognizant Technology Solutions Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cognizant Technology Solutions's Interest Coverage 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.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Cognizant Technology Solutions Interest Coverage Chart

Cognizant Technology Solutions Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 102.69 97.04 314.00 156.21 71.17

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
Interest Coverage 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 85.75 78.00 69.40 68.91 69.45

Competitive Comparison of Cognizant Technology Solutions's Interest Coverage

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Cognizant Technology Solutions's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage 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 Interest Coverage Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Cognizant Technology Solutions's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cognizant Technology Solutions's Interest Coverage falls into.



Cognizant Technology Solutions Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Cognizant Technology Solutions's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Cognizant Technology Solutions's Interest Expense was €-38 Mil. Its Operating Income was €2,676 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €1,035 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*2675.806/-37.597
=71.17

Cognizant Technology Solutions's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Cognizant Technology Solutions's Interest Expense was €-10 Mil. Its Operating Income was €701 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €1,035 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*700.588/-10.087
=69.45

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Cognizant Technology Solutions  (WBO:CTSH) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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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.