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Cognyte Software Ltd. provides software-driven investigative analytics and data-processing technology used by law enforcement, national security, military intelligence agencies and other organizations. Company updates commonly address AI-enabled analytics, big data and machine-learning capabilities that help customers work across complex, multi-source data for investigations and operations.
Recurring news themes include subscription agreements, follow-on orders and customer expansions in EMEA, U.S. law enforcement and military intelligence markets; tactical SIGINT deployments; LUMINAR threat intelligence research; quarterly and annual financial results; and share repurchase authorizations.
Cognyte (NASDAQ:CGNT) released a 2026 survey of 200 European law enforcement and public safety professionals on evolving investigative challenges. Respondents reported rising crime–terror collaboration, growing cross-border threats and more complex cases driven by encrypted communications, financial and crypto expertise needs, and expanding data sources.
Agencies highlighted gaps in traditional SIGINT, analytics and AI, including video analytics, digital forensics correlation and social media analysis, estimating 25% of investigative time is lost to inadequate capabilities. The report also outlines Cognyte’s technology-focused recommendations for European LEAs.
Cognyte (NASDAQ: CGNT) announced a three-year subscription agreement in EMEA valued at over $20 million with a long-standing agency customer. The expanded deal broadens deployment of Cognyte’s AI-driven investigative analytics across new use cases and shifts the customer to a subscription model for continuous feature delivery.
The subscription aims to enable faster adoption of enhancements, scalable handling of rising data volumes, and sustained operational readiness in secure, sensitive environments, supporting Cognyte’s land-and-expand strategy and reinforcing revenue predictability, per company comments.
Cognyte (NASDAQ: CGNT) released the LUMINAR 2026 Threat Landscape Report analyzing 2025 cyber activity. Key findings: AI accelerated attacks (one campaign 80–90% automated), phishing content reached 82.6% AI-generated, 7,809 ransomware victims (+27.3% YoY), ~50,000 new vulnerabilities, and stolen credentials tied to 22% of breaches.
The report examined >2,300 incidents, highlighted regional differences in actor dominance, and outlines defensive recommendations for security teams.
Cognyte (NASDAQ: CGNT) reported strong Q4 FYE26 and full-year results with double-digit revenue growth, margin expansion and improved profitability. Q4 revenue was $106.2M (+12.4%) and FYE26 revenue was $400.0M (+14.1%). Adjusted EBITDA was $48.2M for FYE26 (+66%).
The company ended Q4 with $116.9M cash, no debt, repurchased ~$5.5M of shares in Q4 (total repurchases of ~$26.7M to date) and guided FYE27 revenue to $448M ±3% with adjusted EBITDA ~$68M.
Cognyte (NASDAQ: CGNT) won a contract valued at approximately $5 million with one of the largest state law enforcement agencies in the U.S. The agency will deploy Cognyte’s tactical SIGINT solution for mission-critical investigations and real-time field operations.
The deployment displaces an incumbent provider and establishes a Tier-1 U.S. customer, supporting fugitive apprehension, missing‑children cases, search and rescue, and cross-jurisdiction coordination, and it may create a pathway for future platform expansion across the state.
Cognyte (NASDAQ: CGNT) will report fourth-quarter and full-year fiscal 2026 results on March 25, 2026 and hold a conference call at 8:30 a.m. ET to review results for the quarter ending January 31, 2026.
An earnings press release will be issued before the call, and a real-time webcast with presentation slides will be available in the company's Investor Relations section. Registration is required to receive dial-in numbers and a unique PIN for the Q&A session; joining 10 minutes early is recommended.
Cognyte (NASDAQ: CGNT) announced a >$10 million expansion agreement with a long-standing Tier-1 national security agency in the EMEA region on March 4, 2026. The deal increases infrastructure capacity, broadens deployment across operational units and adds an AI-powered cyber threat investigative analytics use case.
The expansion upgrades on-premises investigative analytics to handle significant data growth, embed predictive AI, and extend cross-domain operational coverage.
Cognyte (NASDAQ: CGNT) board approved a $20 million increase to its share repurchase program, raising total authorization to $40 million. This is the company’s third $20 million approval since November 2024; approximately $8.9 million had been repurchased before this increase.
Repurchases may occur via open market or negotiated transactions, be funded from cash and cash flow, and will comply with U.S. securities laws; repurchases may be delayed by a 30-day creditor objection period under Israeli regulations.
Cognyte (NASDAQ: CGNT) announced a follow-on order of approximately $5 million from a Tier-1 NATO-member military organization, bringing the engagement to about $20 million after an earlier ~$10 million win. The expansion, secured within a year, extends tactical SIGINT and AI analytics across land, air and maritime domains following a competitive technical win over the incumbent, and is positioned to increase real-time intelligence visibility, mission coverage and operational scalability in the EMEA defense sector.
Cognyte (NASDAQ: CGNT) said a Tier-1 military intelligence customer in the EMEA region won a National Ministry of Defense Innovation Award for operational success countering terror financing.
According to the company, Cognyte’s AI-driven investigative analytics helped connect open-source, financial and contextual data to surface hidden patterns and accelerate actionable intelligence.