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COGNEX CORP CGNX

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, and Control · CIK 0000851205 · Fiscal year ends 1231

Revenue
$994.36M
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Operating income
$162.57M
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Free cash flow
$236.77M
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31

COGNEX CORP (CGNX) reported revenue of $994.36M and net income of $114.44M for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from COGNEX CORP’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, and Control.

Income

COGNEX CORP income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Revenue$994.36M$914.52M$837.55M$1.01B$1.04B$811.02M$725.62M$806.34M$766.08M$529.52M
Cost of revenue$328.97M$288.72M$236.31M$284.18M$277.27M$206.42M$189.75M$206.05M$187.29M$131.07M
Gross profit$665.39M$625.79M$601.24M$721.90M$759.83M$604.60M$535.87M$600.29M$578.79M$398.44M
Operating income$162.57M$115.06M$130.70M$246.23M$315.10M$170.53M$142.60M$221.14M$258.86M$154.07M
Net income$114.44M$106.17M$113.23M$215.52M$279.88M$176.19M$203.86M$219.27M$176.71M$143.69M
Research & development$138.97M$139.82M$139.40M$141.13M$135.37M$130.98M$119.43M$116.44M$99.20M$78.27M
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 169.37Mshares 172.61Mshares 173.40Mshares 174.87Mshares 179.92Mshares 176.59Mshares 175.27Mshares 177.41Mshares 179.55Mshares 174.14M
Pretax income$182.80M$131.49M$135.35M$250.70M$318.90M$186.91M$162.99M$234.57M$266.46M$162.08M
Income tax expense$68.36M$25.32M$22.11M$35.17M$39.02M$10.72M-$40.87M$15.31M$89.75M$18.13M
Diluted EPS$0.68$0.62$0.65$1.23$1.56$1.00$1.16$1.24$0.98$0.83
Selling, general & administrative$363.86M$370.91M$339.14M$312.11M$309.35M$267.59M$273.84M$262.70M$220.73M$166.11M
General & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

COGNEX CORP balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Cash & equivalents$262.92M$186.09M$202.66M$181.37M$186.16M$269.07M$171.43M$108.21M$106.58M$79.64M
Total assets$2.02B$1.99B$2.02B$1.96B$2.00B$1.80B$1.89B$1.29B$1.29B$1.04B
Current assets$697.25M$613.37M$679.00M$717.70M$639.80M$601.69M$607.23M$780.33M$629.99M$526.34M
Total liabilities$524.65M$475.34M$513.06M$519.75M$573.57M$538.50M$530.22M$154.40M$192.08M$76.00M
Current liabilities$183.55M$169.38M$151.88M$187.71M$188.59M$132.30M$120.48M$91.36M$112.64M$65.77M
Total equity incl. NCI$1.49B$1.52B$1.50B$1.44B$1.43B$1.26B$1.36B$1.14B$1.10B$963.38M
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Inventory$137.89M$157.53M$162.28M$122.48M$113.10M$60.83M$60.26M$83.28M$67.92M$26.98M
Accounts receivable$146.71M$143.36M$114.16M$125.42M$130.35M$125.70M$103.45M$119.17M$119.39M$55.44M
Goodwill$386.28M$384.94M$393.18M$242.63M$241.71M$244.08M$243.44M$113.21M$113.21M$95.28M
Long-term debtUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Accounts payable$50.20M$38.05M$21.45M$27.10M$44.05M$16.27M$17.87M$16.23M$23.46M$9.83M

Cash flow

COGNEX CORP cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Operating cash flow$245.51M$149.08M$112.92M$243.41M$314.06M$242.40M$253.31M$223.45M$224.32M$182.08M
Capital expenditures$8.74M$15.04M$23.08M$19.67M$15.46M$13.30M$21.74M$37.10M$28.75M$12.82M
Investing cash flow$28.02M-$38.97M$32.27M-$4.45M-$252.54M$169.44M-$157.34M-$10.83M-$105.56M-$121.83M
Financing cash flow-$206.69M-$118.42M-$125.60M-$240.37M-$141.62M-$316.87M-$32.23M-$209.90M-$100.12M-$29.23M
Net change in cash$76.83M-$16.56M$21.28M-$4.79M-$82.91M$97.64M$63.22M$1.63M$26.94M$27.67M
Stock-based compensationUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$1.40MUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Common dividends paid$54.63M$52.33M$49.08M$45.92M$43.26M$390.51M$35.12M$31.86M$29.04M$25.21M
Common share repurchases$151.23M$67.08M$79.79M$204.31M$161.65M$51.04M$61.69M$203.82M$123.72M$47.15M
Depreciation & amortizationUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Derived

COGNEX CORP derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Free cash flow$236.77M$134.04M$89.84M$223.74M$298.61M$229.10M$231.57M$186.36M$195.57M$169.26M
Gross margin66.9%68.4%71.8%71.8%73.3%74.5%73.8%74.4%75.6%75.2%
Operating margin16.3%12.6%15.6%24.5%30.4%21.0%19.7%27.4%33.8%29.1%
FCF margin23.8%14.7%10.7%22.2%28.8%28.2%31.9%23.1%25.5%32.0%
SBC / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Current ratio3.80x3.62x4.47x3.82x3.39x4.55x5.04x8.54x5.59x8.00x
Revenue YoY growth8.7%9.2%-16.8%-3.0%27.9%11.8%-10.0%5.3%44.7%Unavailable
Net margin11.5%11.6%13.5%21.4%27.0%21.7%28.1%27.2%23.1%27.1%
R&D / revenue14.0%15.3%16.6%14.0%13.1%16.2%16.5%14.4%12.9%14.8%
CapEx / revenue0.9%1.6%2.8%2.0%1.5%1.6%3.0%4.6%3.8%2.4%
Long-term debt / equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate37.4%19.3%16.3%14.0%12.2%5.7%-25.1%6.5%33.7%11.2%

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open CGNX in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-08-06View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-05-07View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-02-12View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-10-30View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-07-31View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-05-01View SEC filing

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