Insider trade

Officer sold ~$7.4K of CTSH shares in the open market

Traded May 18, 2026 · Filed May 20, 2026

CognizantCTSH

~$7.4K
Reported value · 154 sh @ $48.04: 723
Holds after · shares reported: +18.5%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +3.4%, $51.395 → $60.88 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Cognizant's SVP, Controller & CAO sold $7.4K 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: May 18, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: May 20, 2026

Officer<$25KPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$7,398

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

19 days after results of Apr 29, 2026, 72 days before results of Jul 29, 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 $51.395 on May 18, 2026, 12% above its 52-week low and 41% below its high, after an 18% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $45.97 (May 13, 2026) to $86.70 (Jan 14, 2026), 13% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $62.35 on Apr 6, 2026. 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	+2.9%	+1.6%	+1.3%
30 days	-20.1%	+0.2%	-20.3%
90 days	+16.5%	+3.5%	+12.9%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0002075228-26-000014
Filed / recorded: May 20, 2026, 8:01 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: Alina Kerdman
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: SVP, Controller & CAO
Security: Class A Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: May 18, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 154
Price per share: $48.04
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 723
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 19, 2025.

Around the same time

4mo ago

199Shares

Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.

Why it stands out Official record

4mo ago

65Shares · @ $52.17

Routine share withholding; mechanical by default.

Why it stands out Official record

Officer sold ~$6.9K of Cognizant

Scheduled in advance4mo ago