Cognizant Free Cash Flow vs Depreciation Analysis

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Cognizant Technology financial indicator trend analysis is way more than just evaluating Cognizant Technology prevailing accounting drivers to predict future trends. We encourage investors to analyze account correlations over time for multiple indicators to determine whether Cognizant Technology is a good investment. Please check the relationship between Cognizant Technology Free Cash Flow and its Depreciation accounts. Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Cognizant Technology Solutions. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in state.

Free Cash Flow vs Depreciation

Free Cash Flow vs Depreciation Correlation Analysis

The overlapping area represents the amount of trend that can be explained by analyzing historical patterns of Cognizant Technology Free Cash Flow account and Depreciation. At this time, the significance of the direction appears to have very strong relationship.

The correlation between Cognizant Technology's Free Cash Flow and Depreciation is 0.85. Overlapping area represents the amount of variation of Free Cash Flow that can explain the historical movement of Depreciation in the same time period over historical financial statements of Cognizant Technology Solutions, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical values of Cognizant Technology's Free Cash Flow and Depreciation is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these accounts tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which Free Cash Flow of Cognizant Technology Solutions are associated (or correlated) with its Depreciation. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when Depreciation has no effect on the direction of Free Cash Flow i.e., Cognizant Technology's Free Cash Flow and Depreciation go up and down completely randomly.

Correlation Coefficient

0.85

Relationship Direction	Positive
Relationship Strength	Strong

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Free Cash Flow

The amount of cash a company generates after accounting for cash outflows to support operations and maintain its capital assets.

Depreciation

Depreciation indicates how much of Cognizant Technology value has been used up. For tax purposes Cognizant Technology can deduct the cost of the tangible assets it purchases as business expenses. However, Cognizant Technology Solutions must depreciate these assets in accordance with IRS rules about how and when the deduction may be taken, and how long it will last. The systematic allocation of the cost of a tangible asset over its useful life.

Most indicators from Cognizant Technology's fundamental ratios are interrelated and interconnected. However, analyzing fundamental ratios indicators one by one will only give a small insight into Cognizant Technology current financial condition. On the other hand, looking into the entire matrix of fundamental ratios indicators, and analyzing their relationships over time can provide a more complete picture of the company financial strength now and in the future. Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Cognizant Technology Solutions. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in state.

As of now, Cognizant Technology's Enterprise Value Multiple is increasing as compared to previous years. The Cognizant Technology's current Enterprise Value is estimated to increase to about 29.9 B, while Tax Provision is projected to decrease to under 589.5 M.

	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Gross Profit	6.9B	7.0B	6.7B	7.0B
Total Revenue	18.5B	19.4B	19.4B	20.3B

Gross Profit Total Revenue

Cognizant Technology fundamental ratios Correlations

	Total Assets	Other Current Liab	Total Current Liabilities	Total Stockholder Equity	Property Plant And Equipment Net	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Accounts Payable	Cash	Non Current Assets Total	Non Currrent Assets Other	Cash And Short Term Investments	Net Receivables	Good Will	Common Stock Shares Outstanding	Non Current Liabilities Total	Other Current Assets	Other Stockholder Equity	Total Liab	Property Plant And Equipment Gross	Total Current Assets	Intangible Assets	Common Stock Total Equity	Common Stock	Other Assets	Property Plant Equipment
Total Assets		0.96	0.98	0.99	0.78	0.06	0.99	0.92	0.62	0.95	0.89	0.37	0.99	0.92	0.4	0.92	0.93	-0.55	0.97	0.76	0.72	0.95	0.74	0.75	0.8	0.7
Other Current Liab	0.96		0.94	0.94	0.76	0.3	0.94	0.87	0.52	0.92	0.84	0.36	0.92	0.9	0.24	0.95	0.9	-0.64	0.96	0.64	0.7	0.98	0.75	0.76	0.77	0.67
Total Current Liabilities	0.98	0.94		0.96	0.82	0.06	0.95	0.92	0.68	0.94	0.84	0.37	0.96	0.9	0.44	0.93	0.9	-0.47	0.99	0.72	0.72	0.93	0.76	0.76	0.8	0.74
Total Stockholder Equity	0.99	0.94	0.96		0.73	0.01	1.0	0.89	0.6	0.93	0.88	0.41	1.0	0.9	0.43	0.88	0.91	-0.52	0.94	0.77	0.73	0.94	0.74	0.75	0.77	0.68
Property Plant And Equipment Net	0.78	0.76	0.82	0.73		0.07	0.73	0.79	0.81	0.75	0.64	0.31	0.74	0.69	0.33	0.85	0.77	-0.39	0.85	0.41	0.71	0.72	0.67	0.67	0.68	0.78
Net Debt	0.06	0.3	0.06	0.01	0.07		0.02	0.1	-0.38	0.17	0.04	-0.24	0.0	0.22	-0.53	0.29	0.14	-0.43	0.17	-0.17	-0.09	0.33	0.08	0.08	-0.01	0.07
Retained Earnings	0.99	0.94	0.95	1.0	0.73	0.02		0.89	0.58	0.94	0.89	0.38	1.0	0.91	0.4	0.88	0.92	-0.55	0.94	0.78	0.71	0.93	0.72	0.73	0.78	0.67
Accounts Payable	0.92	0.87	0.92	0.89	0.79	0.1	0.89		0.56	0.97	0.91	0.04	0.9	0.96	0.2	0.93	0.94	-0.64	0.94	0.78	0.48	0.84	0.5	0.51	0.91	0.58
Cash	0.62	0.52	0.68	0.6	0.81	-0.38	0.58	0.56		0.52	0.44	0.48	0.6	0.45	0.53	0.56	0.47	-0.01	0.63	0.41	0.71	0.49	0.67	0.67	0.52	0.62
Non Current Assets Total	0.95	0.92	0.94	0.93	0.75	0.17	0.94	0.97	0.52		0.95	0.08	0.94	0.99	0.18	0.95	0.96	-0.68	0.96	0.82	0.51	0.91	0.56	0.56	0.88	0.57
Non Currrent Assets Other	0.89	0.84	0.84	0.88	0.64	0.04	0.89	0.91	0.44	0.95		0.0	0.88	0.94	0.14	0.87	0.95	-0.72	0.87	0.9	0.4	0.81	0.42	0.43	0.91	0.43
Cash And Short Term Investments	0.37	0.36	0.37	0.41	0.31	-0.24	0.38	0.04	0.48	0.08	0.0		0.38	0.0	0.73	0.16	0.12	0.26	0.28	-0.08	0.85	0.36	0.79	0.79	-0.05	0.6
Net Receivables	0.99	0.92	0.96	1.0	0.74	0.0	1.0	0.9	0.6	0.94	0.88	0.38		0.91	0.44	0.89	0.92	-0.52	0.94	0.77	0.72	0.92	0.73	0.73	0.76	0.68
Good Will	0.92	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.69	0.22	0.91	0.96	0.45	0.99	0.94	0.0	0.91		0.1	0.92	0.93	-0.7	0.93	0.84	0.43	0.9	0.5	0.51	0.86	0.51
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	0.4	0.24	0.44	0.43	0.33	-0.53	0.4	0.2	0.53	0.18	0.14	0.73	0.44	0.1		0.18	0.19	0.46	0.33	0.2	0.63	0.26	0.6	0.6	0.11	0.54
Non Current Liabilities Total	0.92	0.95	0.93	0.88	0.85	0.29	0.88	0.93	0.56	0.95	0.87	0.16	0.89	0.92	0.18		0.95	-0.67	0.98	0.66	0.58	0.93	0.63	0.63	0.84	0.63
Other Current Assets	0.93	0.9	0.9	0.91	0.77	0.14	0.92	0.94	0.47	0.96	0.95	0.12	0.92	0.93	0.19	0.95		-0.74	0.94	0.75	0.55	0.87	0.53	0.54	0.87	0.59
Other Stockholder Equity	-0.55	-0.64	-0.47	-0.52	-0.39	-0.43	-0.55	-0.64	-0.01	-0.68	-0.72	0.26	-0.52	-0.7	0.46	-0.67	-0.74		-0.57	-0.49	-0.11	-0.59	-0.09	-0.09	-0.65	-0.13
Total Liab	0.97	0.96	0.99	0.94	0.85	0.17	0.94	0.94	0.63	0.96	0.87	0.28	0.94	0.93	0.33	0.98	0.94	-0.57		0.7	0.67	0.94	0.71	0.72	0.83	0.7
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	0.76	0.64	0.72	0.77	0.41	-0.17	0.78	0.78	0.41	0.82	0.9	-0.08	0.77	0.84	0.2	0.66	0.75	-0.49	0.7		0.23	0.65	0.3	0.31	0.77	0.27
Total Current Assets	0.72	0.7	0.72	0.73	0.71	-0.09	0.71	0.48	0.71	0.51	0.4	0.85	0.72	0.43	0.63	0.58	0.55	-0.11	0.67	0.23		0.69	0.94	0.94	0.34	0.83
Intangible Assets	0.95	0.98	0.93	0.94	0.72	0.33	0.93	0.84	0.49	0.91	0.81	0.36	0.92	0.9	0.26	0.93	0.87	-0.59	0.94	0.65	0.69		0.77	0.78	0.71	0.66
Common Stock Total Equity	0.74	0.75	0.76	0.74	0.67	0.08	0.72	0.5	0.67	0.56	0.42	0.79	0.73	0.5	0.6	0.63	0.53	-0.09	0.71	0.3	0.94	0.77		1.0	0.37	0.78
Common Stock	0.75	0.76	0.76	0.75	0.67	0.08	0.73	0.51	0.67	0.56	0.43	0.79	0.73	0.51	0.6	0.63	0.54	-0.09	0.72	0.31	0.94	0.78	1.0		0.37	0.78
Other Assets	0.8	0.77	0.8	0.77	0.68	-0.01	0.78	0.91	0.52	0.88	0.91	-0.05	0.76	0.86	0.11	0.84	0.87	-0.65	0.83	0.77	0.34	0.71	0.37	0.37		0.32
Property Plant Equipment	0.7	0.67	0.74	0.68	0.78	0.07	0.67	0.58	0.62	0.57	0.43	0.6	0.68	0.51	0.54	0.63	0.59	-0.13	0.7	0.27	0.83	0.66	0.78	0.78	0.32

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Cognizant Technology Account Relationship Matchups

Cognizant Technology fundamental ratios Accounts

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Total Assets	15.9B	16.2B	16.9B	17.9B	18.5B	19.4B
Other Current Liab	2.2B	2.5B	2.5B	2.2B	2.2B	2.4B
Total Current Liabilities	3.0B	3.5B	3.5B	3.3B	3.3B	3.5B
Total Stockholder Equity	11.0B	10.8B	12.0B	12.3B	13.2B	13.9B
Property Plant And Equipment Net	2.2B	2.3B	2.1B	2.0B	1.7B	933.8M
Net Debt	(960M)	(922M)	(150M)	(657M)	(1.3B)	(1.2B)
Retained Earnings	11.0B	10.7B	11.9B	12.6B	13.3B	14.0B
Accounts Payable	239M	389M	361M	360M	337M	353.9M
Cash	2.6B	2.7B	1.8B	2.2B	2.6B	1.3B
Non Current Assets Total	8.6B	10.1B	10.5B	10.6B	11.0B	11.5B
Non Currrent Assets Other	736M	846M	701M	662M	1.0B	1.1B
Cash And Short Term Investments	3.4B	2.7B	2.7B	2.5B	2.6B	2.3B
Net Receivables	3.3B	3.1B	3.6B	3.8B	3.8B	4.0B
Good Will	4.0B	5.0B	5.6B	5.7B	6.1B	6.4B
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	560M	541M	528M	519M	505M	608.7M
Liabilities And Stockholders Equity	15.9B	16.2B	16.9B	17.9B	18.5B	19.4B
Non Current Liabilities Total	2.2B	2.5B	2.3B	2.2B	1.9B	2.0B
Other Current Assets	931M	1.0B	1.1B	969M	1.0B	1.1B
Other Stockholder Equity	33M	32M	27M	15M	13.5M	12.8M
Total Liab	5.2B	6.1B	5.9B	5.5B	5.3B	5.5B
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	2.2B	2.3B	2.1B	2.0B	4.4B	4.7B
Total Current Assets	7.6B	6.9B	7.3B	7.3B	7.5B	4.4B
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	(38M)	110M	37M	(299M)	(94M)	(89.3M)
Intangible Assets	1.0B	1.0B	1.2B	1.2B	1.1B	1.2B
Other Assets	1.3B	2.7B	1.1B	1.7B	1.9B	2.0B
Property Plant Equipment	1.3B	1.3B	2.1B	1.1B	1.3B	840.9M
Short Term Investments	779M	44M	927M	310M	14M	13.3M
Short Term Debt	240M	249M	233M	182M	339M	313.8M
Other Liab	739M	1.0B	923M	836M	961.4M	1.0B
Net Tangible Assets	6.0B	4.8B	5.2B	5.4B	6.2B	5.7B
Long Term Debt	700M	663M	626M	638M	606M	534.1M
Retained Earnings Total Equity	11.0B	10.7B	11.9B	12.6B	14.5B	8.9B
Capital Surpluse	33M	32M	27M	15M	13.5M	12.8M
Deferred Long Term Liab	58M	242M	394M	199M	228.9M	154.2M
Long Term Investments	80M	17M	440M	463M	427M	76M
Non Current Liabilities Other	1.4B	1.6B	287M	362M	369M	515.0M

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Quarterly Earnings Growth

0.125

Dividend Share

1.2

Earnings Share

4.52

Revenue Per Share

38.96

Quarterly Revenue Growth

0.03

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Retained Earnings	+ 1.0	Total Stockholder Equity
Net Receivables	+ 1.0	Total Stockholder Equity
Net Receivables	+ 1.0	Retained Earnings
Common Stock	+ 1.0	Common Stock Total Equity
Total Stockholder Equity	+ 0.99	Total Assets
Retained Earnings	+ 0.99	Total Assets

Other Stockholder Equity	- 0.74	Other Current Assets
Other Stockholder Equity	- 0.72	Non Currrent Assets Other
Other Stockholder Equity	- 0.7	Good Will
Other Stockholder Equity	- 0.68	Non Current Assets Total
Other Stockholder Equity	- 0.67	Non Current Liabilities Total
Other Assets	- 0.65	Other Stockholder Equity