Cognizant (CTSH) Protective Put Calculator

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Price a protective put, zero-cost collar, or put spread on Cognizant. Annual cost, max loss, upside cap, tax treatment, auto-filled from current CTSH option chain.

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About Cognizant

Cognizant (CTSH) is a public Other company, headquartered in Teaneck, NJ.

Equity grants at Cognizant typically include restricted stock units (RSUs).

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is an American domiciled Indian multinational information technology services and outsourcing company, headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey. It was originally founded in Chennai, India, as an in-house technology unit of Dun & Bradstreet in 1994. After a series of corporate restructurings, the company went public in 1998.

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The company started in 1994 as a Dun and Bradstreet in-house technology unit in Chennai and Madras, spun out in 1996, and grew into one of the largest information technology services firms by combining American client management with Indian delivery scale. Work spans application development, digital engineering, and business process outsourcing, with financial services and healthcare the largest verticals. Headquarters are in Teaneck, New Jersey, while most of the several hundred thousand employees work in India. Results track enterprise IT budgets and discretionary project spending.

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Equity comp at Cognizant

  • RSUs use single-trigger vesting: shares become yours as each portion vests on schedule, and the value is taxed as ordinary income at that point. No IPO or acquisition is required.

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A protective put caps your downside on the CTSH position at a chosen floor; a zero-cost collar pays for that floor by capping the upside. This calculator prices both structures off the current CTSH option chain, with annual cost, max loss, and tax-treatment notes.

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Cognizant equity questions

How much does it cost to hedge CTSH stock?
The cost of a protective put depends on how far below the current price you set the floor, how long the protection lasts, and CTSH's option-implied volatility. A zero-cost collar lowers that cost by selling away some upside. The calculator above prices both structures off the current CTSH option chain and shows the annual cost, maximum loss, and tax treatment.
Does Cognizant grant ISOs, NSOs, or RSUs?
Equity compensation at Cognizant typically takes the form of restricted stock units (RSUs). Restricted stock units are taxed as ordinary income when they vest.
Do Cognizant RSUs use double-trigger vesting?
No. Cognizant restricted stock units (RSUs) use single-trigger vesting: each tranche becomes yours as it vests on schedule, taxed as ordinary income at that point, with no liquidity event required.
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