SequelSEC

COGNEX CORP CGNX

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

AnnualQuarterlyTTM
Revenue
$291.26M
Fiscal year ended 2026-07-05
Operating income
$85.52M
Fiscal year ended 2026-07-05
Free cash flow
$67.62M
Fiscal year ended 2026-07-05

Valuation, from the filing

Public float$5.27BMarket value of stock held by non-affiliates, as stated on the cover page for 2025-06-27
Float per share$31.79Float divided by shares outstanding in the same filing. A floor under the share price on that date, not the price itself.
Float / net income46.0×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / revenue5.3×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / equity3.5×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.

Every figure here is drawn from the 10-K cover page and the statements behind it, so each one traces to a filing. Public float counts only stock held by non-affiliates, which makes these floors rather than estimates: a high multiple is conclusive, a low one may mean cheap or may mean closely held. The float was measured on 2025-06-27, not today, and each multiple below it uses the figures for the fiscal year ending 2025-12-31 — the year that filing covered.

Valuation over time

46.0× earnings today, against a median of 42.8× across 10 years on record. In line with its own history.

Float measuredPublic floatFloat / net income
2025-06-27$5.27B46.0×
2024-06-28$8.00B75.4×
2023-07-02$9.63B85.1×
2022-07-03$7.52B34.9×
2021-07-04$14.92B53.3×
2020-06-28$9.79B55.6×
2019-06-30$7.80B38.3×
2018-07-01$7.31B33.4×
2017-07-02$7.01B39.7×
2016-07-03$3.49B24.3×

Each float is paired with the fiscal year the filing that stated it covers. Only years where the company reported positive net income appear, because a multiple against a loss is not a multiple.

How this compares in its industry

Percentile among the Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, and Control filers on this site, highest value first. A high percentile means a large figure, which is good for a margin and not for leverage — the ranking says where the company sits, not whether that is where it should be.

MeasureReportedPercentile
Gross margin66.9%94th
FCF margin23.8%92th
CapEx / revenue0.9%25th
Current ratio3.80x75th
Effective tax rate37.4%75th
Operating margin16.3%75th
R&D / revenue14.0%71th
Revenue YoY growth8.7%69th
Net margin11.5%67th

COGNEX CORP (CGNX) reported revenue of $291.26M and net income of $72.76M for the fiscal year ended 2026-07-05. 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.
Metric2026-07-052026-04-052025-12-312025-09-282025-06-292025-03-302024-12-312024-09-292024-06-302024-03-31
Revenue$291.26M$268.44M$252.34M$276.89M$249.09M$216.04M$229.68M$234.74M$239.29M$210.80M
Cost of revenue$85.49M$77.50M$86.43M$89.60M$81.22M$71.71M$71.82M$75.34M$72.69M$68.86M
Gross profit$205.77M$190.94M$165.90M$187.29M$167.88M$144.32M$157.86M$159.40M$166.60M$141.94M
Operating income$85.52M$59.87M$35.28M$57.76M$43.43M$26.09M$30.84M$31.56M$38.46M$14.20M
Net income$72.76M$51.70M$32.66M$17.66M$40.51M$23.60M$28.35M$29.59M$36.21M$12.02M
Research & development$32.39M$37.02M$36.06M$35.08M$33.10M$34.73M$32.54M$35.21M$34.96M$37.10M
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 169.99Mshares 168.39MUnavailableshares 169.32Mshares 168.56Mshares 170.39MUnavailableshares 172.75Mshares 172.73Mshares 172.59M
Pretax income$89.30M$61.76M$44.08M$62.86M$48.06M$27.80M$35.80M$36.56M$41.57M$17.57M
Income tax expense$16.54M$10.05M$11.42M$45.20M$7.55M$4.20M$7.45M$6.96M$5.36M$5.54M
Diluted EPS$0.43$0.31Unavailable$0.10$0.24$0.14Unavailable$0.17$0.21$0.07
Selling, general & administrative$87.86M$94.04M$94.57M$94.44M$91.34M$83.50M$94.48M$92.62M$93.18M$90.63M
General & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

COGNEX CORP balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-07-052026-04-052025-12-312025-09-282025-06-292025-03-302024-12-312024-09-292024-06-302024-03-31
Cash & equivalents$302.52M$237.34M$262.92M$245.90M$179.31M$143.74M$186.09M$197.08M$176.63M$138.86M
Total assets$2.18B$2.01B$2.02B$2.00B$2.00B$1.93B$1.99B$2.06B$2.00B$2.01B
Current assets$849.88M$690.35M$697.25M$670.92M$625.72M$577.68M$613.37M$672.08M$681.02M$661.53M
Total liabilities$549.10M$526.65M$524.65M$513.11M$497.48M$486.88M$475.34M$496.22M$497.35M$524.04M
Current liabilities$216.03M$189.48M$183.55M$169.27M$190.44M$183.96M$169.38M$170.74M$168.78M$188.10M
Total equity incl. NCI$1.63B$1.48B$1.49B$1.49B$1.51B$1.45B$1.52B$1.57B$1.51B$1.49B
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Inventory$142.84M$135.55M$137.89M$143.68M$144.58M$152.11M$157.53M$155.28M$157.26M$170.87M
Accounts receivable$216.23M$170.72M$146.71M$154.61M$183.95M$161.18M$143.36M$157.97M$159.30M$138.56M
Goodwill$381.38M$382.82M$386.28M$392.08M$397.39M$389.93M$384.94M$391.67M$381.04M$386.16M
Long-term debtUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Accounts payable$65.06M$59.55M$50.20M$45.48M$42.27M$43.30M$38.05M$29.98M$22.62M$27.46M

Cash flow

COGNEX CORP cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-07-052026-04-052025-12-312025-09-282025-06-292025-03-302024-12-312024-09-292024-06-302024-03-31
Operating cash flow$69.15M$45.09M$74.90M$87.48M$42.62M$40.50M$51.40M$56.27M$27.76M$13.64M
Capital expenditures$1.53M$2.76M$2.60M$1.45M$2.19M$2.50M$2.07M$4.40M$4.51M$4.06M
Investing cash flow-$70.48M$791.00K-$19.61M$18.50M-$3.97M$33.09M$2.22M-$27.41M$35.24M-$49.02M
Financing cash flow$66.76M-$68.90M-$37.50M-$37.57M-$13.26M-$118.37M-$55.76M-$15.16M-$22.42M-$25.09M
Net change in cash$65.18M-$25.58M$17.03M$66.59M$35.57M-$42.35M-$10.98M$20.45M$37.77M-$63.80M
Stock-based compensationUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Common dividends paid$14.26M$14.20M$14.20M$13.44M$13.43M$13.55M$13.71M$12.86M$12.87M$12.89M
Common share repurchases$6.24M$99.00M$25.00M$24.00M$0$102.23M$43.24M$3.96M$10.54M$9.34M
Depreciation & amortizationUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Derived

COGNEX CORP derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-07-052026-04-052025-12-312025-09-282025-06-292025-03-302024-12-312024-09-292024-06-302024-03-31
Free cash flow$67.62M$42.34M$72.31M$86.03M$40.43M$38.00M$49.33M$51.87M$23.25M$9.58M
Gross margin70.6%71.1%65.7%67.6%67.4%66.8%68.7%67.9%69.6%67.3%
Operating margin29.4%22.3%14.0%20.9%17.4%12.1%13.4%13.4%16.1%6.7%
FCF margin23.2%15.8%28.7%31.1%16.2%17.6%21.5%22.1%9.7%4.5%
SBC / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Current ratio3.93x3.64x3.80x3.96x3.29x3.14x3.62x3.94x4.03x3.52x
Revenue YoY growth16.9%24.3%9.9%18.0%4.1%2.5%16.8%19.0%-1.3%4.8%
Net margin25.0%19.3%12.9%6.4%16.3%10.9%12.3%12.6%15.1%5.7%
R&D / revenue11.1%13.8%14.3%12.7%13.3%16.1%14.2%15.0%14.6%17.6%
CapEx / revenue0.5%1.0%1.0%0.5%0.9%1.2%0.9%1.9%1.9%1.9%
Long-term debt / equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate18.5%16.3%25.9%71.9%15.7%15.1%20.8%19.1%12.9%31.6%

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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