Insider trade

Officer sold ~$540K of CTSH shares in the open market

Traded Nov 26, 2025 · Filed Dec 1, 2025

CognizantCTSH

~$540K
Reported value · 7,000 sh @ $77.0826: 39K
Holds after · shares reported: -21.0%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +12.4%, $77.05 → $60.88 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Cognizant's President - Americas sold $540K of Cognizant shares. It was planned long ago, so it says very little.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Nov 26, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Dec 1, 2025

Officer$500K–$1MPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$539,578

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

28 days after results of Oct 29, 2025, 70 days before results of Feb 4, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $77.05 on Nov 26, 2025, 18% above its 52-week low and 15% below its high, after a 15% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $65.47 (Oct 16, 2025) to $90.70 (Feb 14, 2025), 46% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $66.75 on Oct 15, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references a pre-arranged trading plan (Rule 10b5-1)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+4.2%	+0.2%	+4.0%
30 days	+4.6%	+0.2%	+4.4%
90 days	-18.3%	+0.7%	-19.0%
180 days	-26.4%	+11.3%	-37.7%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001936541-25-000011
Filed / recorded: Dec 1, 2025, 9:08 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP
Issuer CIK: 1058290
Ticker: CTSH
Reporting person: Surya Gummadi
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: President - Americas
Security: Class A Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Nov 26, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 7,000
Price per share: $77.0826
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 39,319
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The sales reported on this Form 4 were executed pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on August 27, 2025.
The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $76.72 to $77.29 inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (the "Company"), any security holder of the Company, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote to this Form 4.

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Dates, kept separate

Context

After it was reported

Source receipt

Footnotes from the filing

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