Insider trade

Officer sold ~$8K of CTSH shares in the open market

Traded Mar 16, 2026 · Filed Mar 17, 2026

CognizantCTSH

~$8K
Reported value · 131 sh @ $60.78: 627
Holds after · shares reported: -0.3%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +14.2%, $61.05 → $60.88 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Cognizant's SVP, Controller & CAO sold $8K 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: Mar 16, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Mar 17, 2026

Officer<$25KPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$7,962

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

40 days after results of Feb 4, 2026, 44 days before results of Apr 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 $61.05 on Mar 16, 2026, within 2% of its 52-week low, after a 26% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $60.37 (Mar 13, 2026) to $86.70 (Jan 14, 2026), 3% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $82.06 on Jan 30, 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	-0.8%	-0.7%	-0.1%
30 days	+1.7%	+7.4%	-5.7%
90 days	-15.3%	+13.4%	-28.8%
180 days	+6.3%	+15.0%	-8.7%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0002075228-26-000010
Filed / recorded: Mar 17, 2026, 8:25 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: Mar 16, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 131
Price per share: $60.78
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 627
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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Why it stands out

Dates, kept separate

Context

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Source receipt

Footnotes from the filing

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