Insider trade

Officer sold ~$17K of CTSH shares in the open market

Traded Dec 31, 2025 · Filed Jan 5, 2026

CognizantCTSH

~$17K
Reported value · 203 sh @ $84.14: 442
Holds after · shares reported: −29.9%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +13.6%, $83.00 → $58.17 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

Cognizant's SVP, Controller & CAO sold $17K 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: Dec 31, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Jan 5, 2026

Officer<$25KPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$17,080

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

63 days after results of Oct 29, 2025, 35 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 $83.00 on Dec 31, 2025, 27% above its 52-week low and 8% below its high, after a 17% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $65.47 (Oct 16, 2025) to $90.70 (Feb 14, 2025), 69% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $71.17 on Nov 17, 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	−0.2%	+0.3%	−0.5%
30 days	−9.2%	−2.0%	−7.1%
90 days	−26.3%	−4.8%	−21.6%
180 days	−51.1%	+8.6%	−59.7%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0002075228-26-000002
Filed / recorded: Jan 5, 2026, 9:15 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: Dec 31, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 203
Price per share: $84.14
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 442
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.

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