Insider trade

Officer sold ~$144K of CTSH shares in the open market

Traded Feb 2, 2026 · Filed Feb 5, 2026

CognizantCTSH

~$144K
Reported value · 1,728 sh @ $83.0574: 26K
Holds after · shares reported: -26.6%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +9.9%, $82.91 → $60.88 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Cognizant's President - Americas sold $144K 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: Feb 2, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Feb 5, 2026

Officer$100K–$500KPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$143,523

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

96 days after results of Oct 29, 2025, 2 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 $82.91 on Feb 2, 2026, 27% above its 52-week low and 9% below its high, little changed 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 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $83.63 on Dec 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	-14.3%	+0.5%	-14.9%
30 days	-15.9%	+0.1%	-16.0%
90 days	-33.2%	+8.3%	-41.5%
180 days	-26.9%	+13.8%	-40.8%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001936541-26-000004
Filed / recorded: Feb 5, 2026, 1:06 AM 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: Feb 2, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 1,728
Price per share: $83.0574
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 25,641
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 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $82.49 to $83.37 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.