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COGNEX CORP CGNX

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

Revenue
$1.09B
Fiscal year ended 2026-07-05
Operating income
$238.43M
Fiscal year ended 2026-07-05
Free cash flow
$268.30M
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 $1.09B and net income of $174.79M for the fiscal year ended 2026-07-05. This page shows 1 annual period 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.
Metric2026-07-05
Revenue$1.09B
Cost of revenue$339.02M
Gross profit$749.91M
Operating income$238.43M
Net income$174.79M
Research & development$140.56M
Weighted-average diluted sharesUnavailable
Pretax income$258.00M
Income tax expense$83.21M
Diluted EPSUnavailable
Selling, general & administrative$370.92M
General & administrativeUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailable

Balance

COGNEX CORP balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-07-05
Cash & equivalents$302.52M
Total assets$2.18B
Current assets$849.88M
Total liabilities$549.10M
Current liabilities$216.03M
Total equity incl. NCI$1.63B
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailable
Inventory$142.84M
Accounts receivable$216.23M
Goodwill$381.38M
Long-term debtUnavailable
Accounts payable$65.06M

Cash flow

COGNEX CORP cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-07-05
Operating cash flow$276.63M
Capital expenditures$8.34M
Investing cash flow-$70.80M
Financing cash flow-$77.20M
Net change in cash$123.21M
Stock-based compensationUnavailable
Common dividends paid$56.10M
Common share repurchases$154.23M
Depreciation & amortizationUnavailable

Derived

COGNEX CORP derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2026-07-05
Free cash flow$268.30M
Gross margin68.9%
Operating margin21.9%
FCF margin24.6%
SBC / revenueUnavailable
Current ratio3.93x
Revenue YoY growth17.1%
Net margin16.1%
R&D / revenue12.9%
CapEx / revenue0.8%
Long-term debt / equityUnavailable
Effective tax rate32.3%

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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