Cognizant profit rises 18.7% to $ 648 mn

New Delhi: US-based IT major Cognizant, which has a substantial number of employees in India, on Wednesday reported about 18.7 per cent increase in net income to $ 648 million in the December quarter. Cognizant, which follows a January-December financial year, had posted a net income of $ 546 million in the year-ago period. The company's Q4 2025 revenue came in line with estimates at $ 5,333 million, increasing 4.9 per cent year-on-year from $ 5,082 million in Q4, 2024. For the full year (2025), the Nasdaq-listed IT services firm's revenue rose 7 per cent to $ 21.10 billion.