Cognex Corporation (CGNX) Stock

About Cognex Corporation

Cognex Corporation is led by CEO Matthew Moschner, employs 2,745 people, headquartered in Natick, US, publicly traded since 1989.

Cognex Corporation (CGNX) stock trades at $55.55 with a market capitalization of $9.34B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 56.83, price-to-book of 6.13, price-to-sales of 9.12. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $34.60 and $72.88, and currently trades 23.8% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.57%.

On profitability, Cognex Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 11.48%, return on capital employed of 12.15%, an operating margin of 18.76%, a net profit margin of 16.05%.

Cognex Corporation by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 Cognex Corporation reported revenue of $530.0M rising to $994.0M, a change of +87.5% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 4.2% a year over five years, -0.4% over three, 8.6% over the last twelve months. Net profit fell to $114.0M.

Operating margin went from 29.1% in 2016 to 16.4% in 2025, a fall of 12.8 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 16.05%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $1.0B and net profit $144.0M.

Borrowings stand at $77.0M, cash from operations was $246.0M in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 11.3% over five years, and was 7.6% in the most recent year.

The share price itself has compounded at -1.5% a year over five years, 10.6% over three, 109.4% over the last year. Past price movement is history, not a forecast.

Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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