Cognex Corporation (CGNX)

NASDAQ: CGNX · USD

$58.4

+0.17 (+0.3%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	9.8B
Revenue (ttm)	1.1B
Net income (ttm)	174.8M
EPS (ttm)	$1.04
Shares out	168.2M
P/E (trailing)	56.2x
P/E (forward)	32.5x
Dividend	$0.34 (0.58%)
Volume	1,127,219
Beta	1.48

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 1.1B
Net income (ttm): 174.8M
EPS (ttm): $1.04
P/E (trailing): 56.2x
P/E (forward): 32.5x
Market cap: 9.8B

Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E32.5

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Trailing P/E56.2

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ROE11.1

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ROIC12.7

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000851205
Company name	Cognex Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	192422103
Earnings date	2026-11-04
Earnings time	amc
Employees	2,745
Employees change	-169
Employees growth	-5.8%
Enterprise value	$9.5B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-07-05
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1981
Industry	Scientific & Technical Instruments
IPO date	1989-07-20
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US1924221039
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-12
Last earnings date	2026-08-05
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2017-12-04
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$9.8B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-04
Options	Yes
Price	$58.39
Price currency	USD
Sector	Technology
SIC code	3823
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	CGNX
Tags	artificial-intelligence, robotics
U.S. state	Massachusetts
Website	https://www.cognex.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	42.01x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	52.2x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	62.67x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	55.24x
Earnings yield	1.78%
EV/Earnings	53.85x
EV/EBIT	39.47x
EV/EBITDA	35.2x
EV/FCF	35.08x
EV/Sales	8.64x
FCF / EV yield	2.85%
FCF yield	2.75%
Forward EV/Sales	7.9x
Forward P/E	32.49x
Forward P/S	8.17x
Graham number	15.05514
Graham upside	-74.01%
Industry forward P/E	21.95x
Industry P/E	39.52x
Lynch fair value	$5.20
Lynch upside	-91.02%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	44.52x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	42.88x
P/B ratio	6.01x
P/E ratio	56.15x
P/FCF ratio	36.32x
P/OCF ratio	35.22x
P/S ratio	8.95x
Price / tangible book value	8.23x
Price/EBITDA ratio	36.44x
Sector forward P/E	18.55x
Sector P/E	32.64x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	21.9%
EBITDA margin	24.56%
Effective tax rate	32.25%
FCF margin	24.64%
Gross margin	68.87%
Operating margin	21.9%
Pretax margin	23.69%
Profit margin	16.05%
Profit per employee	$63,675
Profitable quarters	24
Profitable years	16
Revenue per employee	$396,696
ROA	7.13%
ROA (5Y)	6.27%
ROCE	12.15%
ROE	11.15%
ROE (5Y)	11.63%
ROIC	12.65%
ROIC (5Y)	14.36%
SBC / revenue	4.54%
Tax / revenue	7.64%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	44.76%
EPS growth (Q)	79.17%
EPS growth (QoQ)	38.71%
EPS growth 10Y	0.03%
EPS growth 3Y	1.69%
EPS growth 5Y	-9.41%
EPS growth quarters	3
EPS growth years	1
FCF growth	49.36%
FCF growth (Q)	67.25%
FCF growth (QoQ)	59.72%
FCF growth 3Y	12.48%
FCF growth 5Y	-5.07%
Gross profit growth	19.14%
Gross profit growth (Q)	22.57%
Gross profit growth 3Y	5.14%
Gross profit growth 5Y	0.12%
Net income growth	43.21%
Net income growth (Q)	79.6%
Net income growth (QoQ)	40.72%
Net income growth 3Y	0.46%
Net income growth 5Y	-10.5%
Net income growth quarters	3
Net income growth years	1
OCF growth	44.98%
OCF growth (Q)	62.24%
OCF growth (QoQ)	53.36%
OCF growth 10Y	5.65%
OCF growth 3Y	10.12%
OCF growth 5Y	-5.18%
Operating income growth	80.73%
Operating income growth (Q)	96.89%
Operating income growth 3Y	8.98%
Operating income growth 5Y	-6.17%
Revenue growth	17.15%
Revenue growth (Q)	16.93%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	8.5%
Revenue growth 10Y	9.27%
Revenue growth 3Y	6.85%
Revenue growth 5Y	2.07%
Revenue growth quarters	8
Revenue growth years	2

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-8.3M
Depreciation and amortization	$29M
EBIT	$238.4M
EBITDA	$267.4M
EPS	$1.04
FCF per share	$1.59
Financing cash flow	$-77.2M
Free cash flow	$268.3M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$218.9M
Gross profit	$749.9M
Income taxes	$83.2M
Investing cash flow	$-70.8M
Net cash flow	$123.2M
Net income	$174.8M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$227.2M
Operating income	$238.4M
Revenue	$1.1B
Stock-based compensation	$49.4M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	10.07
Book value per share	$9.69
Debt / EBITDA	0.26
Debt / equity	0.04
Debt / FCF	0.27
Goodwill	$381.4M
Long-term assets	$1.3B
Long-term liabilities	$333.1M
Net cash (debt)	$331.9M
Net cash / market cap	3.41%
Net cash growth	128.86%
Net debt / EBITDA	-1.24
Net debt / equity	-0.2
Net debt / FCF	-1.24
Piotroski F-Score	7
Property, plant and equipment	$150M
Shareholders' equity	$1.6B
Tangible book value	$1.2B
Tangible book value per share	$7.04
Total assets	$2.2B
Total cash	$404.4M
Total debt	$72.5M
Total liabilities	$549.1M
WACC	12.31%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.52
Current assets	$849.9M
Current liabilities	$216M
Current ratio	3.93
Inventory turnover	2.36
Net working capital	$241.8M
Quick ratio	2.95
Working capital	$633.8M
Working capital turnover	2.04

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	1.09%
Dividend growth	6.25%
Dividend growth (10Y)	8.9%
Dividend growth (3Y)	6.69%
Dividend growth (5Y)	7.21%
Dividend growth years	10
Dividend payment date	2026-09-03
Dividend payment years	12
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$0.34
Dividend yield	0.58%
Ex-dividend date	2026-08-20
FCF payout ratio	21.32%
Last dividend	$0.09
Payout ratio	32.7%
Shareholder yield	1.68%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	127.53%
10Y return CAGR	9.42%
10Y total return	146.02%
150-day SMA	$61.02
15Y price change	570.82%
15Y return CAGR	14.54%
15Y total return	665.84%
1D price change	0.29%
1M price change	-0.82%
1M total return	-0.82%
1W price change	2.48%
1W total return	2.48%
1Y price change	20.51%
1Y return CAGR	21.3%
1Y total return	21.29%
20-day SMA	$59.19
200-day SMA	$57.71
20Y price change	910.42%
20Y return CAGR	13.52%
20Y total return	1,163%
3M price change	-5.07%
3M total return	-4.94%
3Y price change	67.96%
3Y return CAGR	19.76%
3Y total return	71.8%
50-day SMA	$59.97
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$72.88
52-week high date	2026-06-30
52-week low	$34.60
52-week low date	2025-12-15
5Y price change	-31.62%
5Y return CAGR	-6.71%
5Y total return	-29.34%
6M price change	5.61%
6M total return	5.9%
All-time high	$101.82
All-time high date	2021-02-12
All-time low	$0.32
All-time low date	1989-08-22
Average true range (ATR)	$2.52
Average volume	1.8M
Beta (1Y)	1.11
Beta (2Y)	1.14
Beta (5Y)	1.48
Change from 52-week high	-19.88%
Change from 52-week low	68.76%
Change from all-time high	-42.86%
Change from all-time low	18,288.12%
Change from open	-1.03%
Day's gap	1.34%
Dollar volume	$65.8M
High price	$59.00
Low price	$57.15
Monthly RSI	56.46
Open price	$59.00
Position in 52-week range	67.03%
Premarket change	1.88%
Premarket close	$58.22
Premarket price	$59.32
Premarket volume	1.2K
Previous close	$58.22
Price vs 150-day SMA	-4.65%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-1.71%
Price vs 200-day SMA	0.82%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-2.98%
Relative volume	0.62
RSI	48.68
Sharpe ratio	0.53
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.49
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	-0.02
Sortino ratio	1.07
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.9
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.1
Volume	1.1M
Weekly RSI	48.85
YTD price change	61.7%
YTD total return	62.39%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	167.5M
Float percentage	99.55%
Shares change (QoQ)	0.95%
Shares change (YoY)	-1.09%
Shares held by insiders	0.36%
Shares held by institutions	106.19%
Shares outstanding	168.2M
Short % of float	4.31%
Short % of shares	4.29%
Short ratio	4.7 days

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Forecast

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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