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Ownership

13F as of Q2 2026 · 450.4M shares outstanding

Who owns CTSH?

By type of holder
Institutions 100.0% Insiders 0.0% Everyone else 0.0%
Concentration Top 10 holders own 50.3%
BlackRock, Inc. 10.3% · Vanguard Capital Management LLC 6.9%
Institutional ownership
100.0%
0 pts vs last qtr
Institutional holders
914
-83 vs last qtr
Net shares bought
+16.4M
by institutions in Q2 2026
New / sold out
127 / 210
positions opened vs closed

How is ownership changing?

Institutions, last 8 quarters

Biggest buyers in Q2 2026
  • SG Americas Securities, LLC +7.0M
  • Pzena Investment Management LLC +6.3M

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Biggest sellers in Q2 2026
  • Invesco Ltd. −10.0M
  • Jpmorgan Chase & Co −6.0M

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Who is planning to sell?

Notices of proposed sale, last 12 months
$6.47M
16 notices from 7 people
Shares covered
86.1K
0.02% of the company
Arranged in advance
96%
of the value is under a 10b5-1 plan
Under a 10b5-1 plan No plan
$0$1.8M$3.7MNov 2025: $1.8M under a 10b5-1 planNovDec 2025: $3.4M under a 10b5-1 planDec 2025: $247.6K without a planDecJanFeb 2026: $29.4K under a 10b5-1 planFebMarApr 2026: $11.9K under a 10b5-1 planAprMay 2026: $20.4K under a 10b5-1 planMayJunJul 2026: $5.3K under a 10b5-1 planJulAug 2026: $950.2K under a 10b5-1 planAugSep 2026: $15.9K under a 10b5-1 planSepOct
Largest proposed sellers
  • Michael Patsalos-Fox Director 10b5-1 $2.08M
  • Suryanarayana Gummadi Officer 10b5-1 $1.74M

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Every notice on Red Flags →

A Form 144 is notice of a planned sale, not the sale itself. What insiders actually sold is on Insider Transactions.

Is your stake being diluted?

Diluted share count, FY2016–FY2025
−19.8%
−2.43% a year
Each share's claim on the business
+24.7%
grew without buying or selling a share
Spent on buybacks vs paid in stock
$12.8B vs $2.19B
over 10 fiscal years
Diluted shares, split-adjusted
474.3M545.2M616.1M2016: 610.0M shares'162017: 595.0M shares'172018: 584.0M shares'182019: 560.0M shares'192020: 541.0M shares'202021: 528.0M shares'212022: 519.0M shares'222023: 505.0M shares'232024: 497.0M shares'242025: 489.0M shares'25
Buybacks Stock-based comp
$0$1.12B$2.25B2016 buybacks: $512.0M2016 stock comp: $217.0M'162017 buybacks: $1.89B2017 stock comp: $221.0M'172018 buybacks: $1.26B2018 stock comp: $267.0M'182019 buybacks: $2.25B2019 stock comp: $217.0M'192020 buybacks: $1.62B2020 stock comp: $232.0M'202021 buybacks: $771.0M2021 stock comp: $246.0M'212022 buybacks: $1.42B2022 stock comp: $261.0M'222023 buybacks: $1.06B2023 stock comp: $176.0M'232024 buybacks: $605.0M2024 stock comp: $175.0M'242025 buybacks: $1.38B2025 stock comp: $181.0M'25

How patient are the owners?

Institutional shares by how long they've been held
5+ years86% 3–5 years3% 1–3 years5% Under 1 year6%
Quarterly turnover
13.3%
of institutional shares changed hands
Top 10 managers, median time held
5 years

Super Investors

Investment managers reporting CTSH on Form 13F
B
BlackRock, Inc.
Shares
46.2M
% of company
10.25%
Change vs last qtr
+1.8M (+4.2%)
Held since
≤2021
VC
Vanguard Capital Management LLC
Shares
31.0M
% of company
6.87%
Change vs last qtr
−127.4K (−0.4%)
Held since
≤2021

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Institutional Funds

Mutual funds and ETFs reporting CTSH on Form N-PORT; together they hold 51.1% of the company
IQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Position value
$618M
% of company
2.24%
% of the fund
0.17%
As of
March 31, 2026
VT
Position value
$583M
% of company
3.34%
% of the fund
0.03%
As of
June 30, 2026

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