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Cognex Corporation CGNX R3KTECHAI

Technology · Scientific & Technical Instruments · United States
https://www.cognex.com
Company Profile ↓
$62.23
+41.83% 1Y
Mkt Cap$10.47B
P/E59.84
P/B6.39
Div. Yield0.55%
52W High$72.32
52W Low$34.65
Book Value$9.69
EPS (TTM)$1.04

Company Overview

Cognex Corporation provides machine vision products that capture and analyze visual information to automate manufacturing and distribution tasks in the United States, Europe, Greater China, and internationally. Its machine vision products are used to automate the manufacture and distribution of discrete items, such as mobile phones, automotive components, and e-commerce packages, by locating, identifying, inspecting, and measuring them. The company offers VisionPro software, a suite of patented vision tools for traditional rule-based tools and deep learning-enabled tools for advanced programming; vision systems that combine smart cameras and software to perform a wide range of tasks, including part location, identification, measurement, assembly verification, and robotic guidance; OneVision, a cloud-based platform designed to transform how manufacturers build, train, and scale AI-powered vision applications; In-Sight product line of vision systems and sensors; QuickBuild, which allows customers to build vision applications with a graphical and flowchart-based programming interface; DataMan, an image-based barcode reader for fixed-mount and handheld models, as well as barcode verifiers; and vision accessories, such as industrial cameras, lenses, lighting, vision controllers, frame grabbers, and I/O cards. It sells its products to the automotive, logistics, packaging, consumer electronics, medical-related, semiconductor, and consumer products industries. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts.

Why Investors Should Care

Healthy Margins

Maintains a net profit margin of 16.1%.

Positive Free Cash Flow

Generates positive free cash flow, funding growth and shareholder returns internally.

Recent Developments

  • Dec 2025 Revenue of $994.36M (+8.7% YoY); net profit $114.44M.
  • Trailing 12 Months Year-on-year growth — revenue +16.9%, earnings +79.2%.
  • 5-Year Trend Long-term compounding — revenue CAGR 8.6%, profit CAGR 8.8%.

Growth & Price Performance

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:8.65%
1 Year:16.90%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:8.80%
1 Year:79.20%

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:+41.83%
6 Months:+22.79%
3 Months:-0.12%
1 Month:-6.84%

Highlights auto-generated from reported financials and price data; not investment advice. Verify with official filings before acting.

Technical Snapshot Mixed
52-Week Range 73% of range
$34.65 $72.32
Trend Signals
  • Price vs 50-DMABelow
  • Price vs 200-DMAAbove
  • RSI (14)50.16 · Neutral
Price Performance
1M-6.84%
3M-0.12%
6M+22.79%
1Y+41.83%
Valuation vs Sector

P/E of 59.84 is above the sector median of 29.22 — pricier than peers.

Auto-generated from price history and fundamentals; not investment advice.

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Fundamental Growth Charts

Interactive charts for Revenue, Net Income, EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, EPS, ROE, ROCE, Gross/Net/Operating Margin and more — switch metric and period using the dropdowns above. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised). Visual growth charts make it easy to spot multi-year compounding trends at a glance — far faster than reading raw numbers in a table.

PROS

  • Generates positive free cash flow.
  • In a confirmed uptrend (50-DMA above 200-DMA).

CONS

  • Trading at a high P/E of 59.8.

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

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Valuation

Stock P/E
59.84
Industry PE
29.22
Forward P/E
30.74
PEG Ratio
2.71
Book Value
$9.69
Price to Book
6.39
P/S
9.56
EV/EBITDA
37.91
Dividend Yield
0.55%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
8.65%
Profit 5Y
8.80%
Revenue (YoY)
16.90%
Earnings (YoY)
79.20%

Profitability & Returns

ROCE
8.87%
ROE
11.15%
ROA
7.13%
Profit Margin
16.05%
Op Margin
29.36%
Gross Margin
68.87%
EPS (Latest Qtr)
$0.43
EPS (TTM)
$1.04

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity
4.45
Quick Ratio
2.96
Current Ratio
3.93
Debt
$72.48M
Total Assets
$2.18B
Current Assets
-
Working Capital
-

Ownership

Promoter Holding
0.36%
Chg in Prom Hold
-0.00%
FII / Inst Holding
112.86%
Chg in FII Hold
-0.06%

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value
$10.47B
Total Revenue (TTM)
$1.09B
EBITDA
$267.41M
Free Cash Flow
$195.67M
Operating Cash Flow
$276.63M
Shares Outstanding
168.22M
Gross Margin
68.87%
Payout Ratio
32.21%

Peer comparison

Peer companies in the same sector (Technology).

#NameCMP $P/E Mkt CapDiv Yld % ROCE %ROE % Rev CAGR 5Y %Profit CAGR 5Y %
1 CGNX Cognex Corporation R3KTECHAI 62.23 59.84 $10.47B 0.55% 8.87% 11.15% 8.65% 8.80%
2 NVDA NVIDIA Corporation NDXSPXR3KAITECH 225.73 28.50 $5.45T 0.46% 74.66% 117.21% 24.64% 32.12%
3 AAPL Apple Inc. NDXSPXR3KTECH 316.22 36.22 $4.61T 0.34% 68.72% 148.75% 1.81% 3.92%
4 MSFT Microsoft Corporation NDXSPXR3KAITECH 493.95 27.49 $3.67T 0.79% 26.33% 34.04% 9.93% 11.90%
5 TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited AITECH 439.00 32.71 $2.28T 0.95% 30.20% 39.97% 18.94% 19.57%
6 AVGO Broadcom Inc. NDXSPXR3KAITECH 368.56 46.95 $1.75T 0.71% 16.70% 44.25% 17.04% 54.08%
7 MU Micron Technology, Inc. NDXSPXR3KAITECH 1,000.26 22.59 $1.13T 0.05% 13.69% 66.64% 13.68% 26.02%
8 AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. NDXSPXR3KAITECH 505.74 128.36 $825.61B 0.00% 5.47% 10.20% 11.81% 66.28%
9 ASML ASML Holding N.V. NDXAITECH 1,764.85 59.89 $677.88B 0.51% 42.97% 53.94% 15.55% 19.55%
Financial Statements Quarterly Results · Profit & Loss · Balance Sheet · Cash Flows · Ratios

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric Sep 2014Apr 2015Jul 2015Oct 2015Apr 2016Jul 2016Oct 2016Apr 2017Jul 2017Oct 2017Dec 2017Apr 2018Jul 2018Sep 2018Dec 2018Mar 2019Jun 2019Sep 2019Dec 2019Mar 2020Jun 2020Sep 2020Dec 2020Apr 2021Jul 2021Oct 2021Apr 2022Jul 2022Oct 2022Apr 2023Jul 2023Oct 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Apr 2026Jul 2026
Revenue -------169.57M211.26M232.22M193.29M173.48M199.05M183.32M169.77M173.48M199.05M183.32M169.77M167.24M169.10M251.07M223.62M239.03M269.16M284.85M282.41M274.63M209.62M201.12M242.51M197.24M210.80M239.29M234.74M216.04M249.09M276.89M268.44M291.26M
Gross Profit 116.64M79.03M113.32M81.27M75.24M112.06M115.20M129.37M157.09M173.36M140.46M127.20M148.08M135.69M124.90M127.20M148.08M135.69M124.90M126.03M118.78M191.33M168.46M184.98M200.73M199.14M203.62M196.49M152.24M143.74M179.68M142.77M141.94M166.60M159.40M144.32M167.88M187.29M190.94M205.77M
Operating Income 55.34M22.11M51.78M28.48M16.34M49.67M54.53M34.60M63.45M77.84M45.25M30.15M51.76M43.09M17.61M30.15M51.76M43.09M17.61M20.95M-6.14M96.64M59.09M78.45M92.58M87.55M86.73M65.14M40.02M22.16M65.17M30.64M14.20M38.46M31.56M26.09M43.43M57.77M59.87M85.52M
Net Income 50.40M20.50M43.71M104.11M14.88M42.76M53.67M37.22M56.20M80.44M45.42M33.10M48.75M41.69M80.33M33.10M48.75M41.69M80.33M20.48M-1.14M87.51M69.34M69.85M77.60M78.90M67.33M58.90M33.98M25.61M57.47M18.92M12.02M36.21M29.59M23.60M40.51M17.66M51.70M72.76M
Diluted EPS 0.570.230.491.190.170.490.610.210.320.450.260.190.280.240.460.190.280.240.460.12-0.010.490.390.390.430.440.380.340.190.150.330.110.070.210.170.140.240.100.310.43
R&D Expense 17.53M16.99M18.30M16.98M20.55M19.67M18.60M22.77M23.38M26.08M-31.08M26.89M29.70M-30.24M28.08M28.11M-35.95M30.40M30.24M-34.10M31.30M34.48M36.05M33.99M33.95M38.54M33.59M32.58M37.10M34.96M35.21M34.73M33.10M35.08M37.02M32.39M

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Revenue 242.68M175.73M290.69M321.91M324.28M307.65M426.45M450.56M529.51M766.08M806.34M725.62M811.02M1.04B1.01B837.55M914.51M994.36M
Gross Profit 174.25M119.34M213.10M244.00M244.78M244.76M332.38M347.99M398.44M578.79M600.29M535.87M604.60M759.83M721.90M601.24M625.79M665.39M
Operating Income 25.10M-12.67M75.71M85.36M83.41M76.94M127.85M121.52M154.07M258.86M221.14M142.60M170.53M315.10M246.23M130.70M115.06M162.57M
Net Income 27.27M-4.87M61.38M69.87M68.10M73.57M121.48M187.07M143.69M176.71M219.27M203.87M176.19M279.88M215.53M113.23M106.17M114.44M
Diluted EPS 0.66-0.121.520.820.780.831.361.060.830.981.241.161.001.561.230.650.620.68
R&D Expense 36.26M31.13M33.08M40.95M41.55M44.31M55.83M69.79M78.27M99.20M116.44M119.43M130.98M135.37M141.13M139.40M139.81M138.97M

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Dec 2007Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Total Assets --439.87M533.10M611.88M627.61M709.70M821.73M887.76M1.04B1.29B1.29B1.89B1.80B2.00B1.96B2.02B1.99B2.02B
Total Equity 476.37M413.07M394.45M473.31M552.98M572.28M643.91M736.44M832.33M963.38M1.10B1.14B1.36B1.26B1.43B1.44B1.50B1.52B1.49B
Cash & Equivalents 104.14M127.14M119.83M33.20M38.10M45.16M40.64M55.69M51.98M79.64M106.58M108.21M171.43M269.07M186.16M181.37M202.66M186.09M262.93M
Total Liabilities -------85.30M62.09M76.00M192.08M154.40M530.23M538.50M573.57M519.75M513.06M475.35M524.65M
Current Liabilities --38.68M54.43M54.10M50.10M61.02M80.67M53.69M65.77M112.64M91.36M120.48M132.30M188.59M187.71M151.88M169.38M183.55M

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Operating Cash Flow 58.94M12.28M76.33M86.28M101.13M95.45M163.84M128.33M182.08M224.32M223.45M253.31M242.40M314.06M243.41M112.92M149.08M245.51M
Investing Cash Flow 64.54M-466.00K-176.48M-90.21M-38.85M-88.07M-104.10M-10.55M-121.83M-105.56M-10.83M-157.34M169.44M-252.54M-4.45M32.27M-38.97M28.02M
Financing Cash Flow -95.53M-21.30M20.23M9.79M-45.15M-12.46M-42.74M-116.83M-29.23M-100.12M-209.90M-32.23M-316.87M-141.62M-240.37M-125.61M-118.42M-206.69M
Capital Expenditure -6.01M-5.47M-5.85M-7.82M-9.88M-9.63M-20.93M-18.23M-12.82M-28.75M-37.09M-21.75M-13.30M-15.46M-19.67M-23.08M-15.04M-8.74M
Free Cash Flow 52.92M6.82M70.48M78.45M91.25M85.83M142.91M110.10M169.26M195.57M186.36M231.57M229.10M298.61M223.74M89.84M134.04M236.77M
Share Buybacks 92.97M--10.00M047.91M59.67M126.35M47.15M123.72M203.82M61.69M51.04M161.65M204.31M79.79M67.08M151.23M
Dividends Paid -------18.06M25.21M29.04M31.86M35.12M390.51M43.26M45.92M---

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Gross Margin % 71.8%67.9%73.3%75.8%75.5%79.6%77.9%77.2%75.2%75.6%74.4%73.8%74.5%73.3%71.8%71.8%68.4%66.9%
Operating Margin % 10.3%-7.2%26.0%26.5%25.7%25.0%30.0%27.0%29.1%33.8%27.4%19.7%21.0%30.4%24.5%15.6%12.6%16.3%
Net Margin % 11.2%-2.8%21.1%21.7%21.0%23.9%28.5%41.5%27.1%23.1%27.2%28.1%21.7%27.0%21.4%13.5%11.6%11.5%
ROE % 6.6%-1.2%13.0%12.6%11.9%11.4%16.5%22.5%14.9%16.1%19.3%15.0%14.0%19.6%15.0%7.5%7.0%7.7%
ROCE % --3.2%15.8%15.3%14.4%11.9%17.3%14.6%15.8%22.0%18.5%8.1%10.2%17.4%13.9%7.0%6.3%8.9%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders
0.36%
Institutions
112.86%
Public Float
113.27%

Top Institutional Holders

#Holder% HeldSharesValue
1 Blackrock Inc. 9.51% 15.99M $984.45M
2 Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC 6.00% 10.10M $621.75M
3 Invesco Ltd. 4.88% 8.21M $505.20M
4 Vanguard Capital Management LLC 4.46% 7.51M $462.28M
5 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 3.72% 6.26M $385.09M
6 Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 3.47% 5.83M $358.89M
7 Nordea Investment Management AB 3.46% 5.82M $358.29M
8 State Street Corporation 3.22% 5.42M $333.61M
9 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2.92% 4.92M $302.80M
10 Disciplined Growth Investors, Inc. 2.46% 4.14M $254.84M

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CGNX — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the current share price of Cognex Corporation (CGNX)?

As of 2026-09-19 21:16 PDT, Cognex Corporation (CGNX) trades at $62.23 on NasdaqGS. Its 52-week range is $34.65 to $72.32.

What is the market capitalisation of CGNX?

Cognex Corporation (CGNX) has a market capitalisation of $10.47B on NasdaqGS.

What is the P/E ratio of CGNX?

CGNX trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 59.84. The industry average P/E is 29.22. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 6.39.

Does CGNX pay a dividend?

Cognex Corporation (CGNX) currently offers a dividend yield of 0.55%.

What is the return on equity (ROE) of CGNX?

CGNX has a return on equity (ROE) of 11.15%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is 8.87%.

Is CGNX a good stock to buy?

This page provides a data-driven analysis of Cognex Corporation (CGNX), including valuation ratios, profitability, growth trends, auto-generated pros and cons, peer comparison and AI exposure. Review these fundamentals alongside your own research and risk tolerance. This is informational content, not investment advice.

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