Insider trade

Officer sold ~$418K of CTSH shares in the open market

Traded Dec 12, 2025 · Filed Dec 16, 2025

~$418K
Reported value · 5,000 sh @ $83.681: 31K
Holds after · shares reported: -27.5%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +12.1%, $83.94 → $60.88 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Cognizant's CLO, CAO & Corporate Secretary sold $418K 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 12, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Dec 16, 2025

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

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$418,405

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

44 days after results of Oct 29, 2025, 54 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 $83.94 on Dec 12, 2025, 28% above its 52-week low and 7% below its high, after a 16% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $65.47 (Oct 16, 2025) to $90.70 (Feb 14, 2025), 73% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $72.19 on Oct 30, 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	+2.1%	+2.8%	-0.7%
30 days	+1.3%	+3.0%	-1.7%
90 days	-26.7%	-0.1%	-26.6%
180 days	-39.2%	+12.4%	-51.7%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001853867-25-000017
Filed / recorded: Dec 16, 2025, 9:05 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: John Sunshin Kim
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: CLO, CAO & Corporate Secretary
Security: Class A Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Dec 12, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 5,000
Price per share: $83.681
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 31,149
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 September 12, 2025.
The price reported is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $83.16 to $83.94, 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

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Source receipt

Footnotes from the filing

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