Cognex Financial Ratios
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Cognex ratio analysis
Cognex earned a net margin of 11.5% in FY 2025, down from 11.6% a year earlier. Gross margin was 66.9% compared with a median of 73.8% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 7.7%, meaning Cognex generated 0.08 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
At the end of FY 2025, CGNX traded at 54.3 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 30.4 to 80.3, with a median of 52.1. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Cognex financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 54.31 | 58.47 | 64.22 | 38.30 | 49.85 | 80.29 | 48.25 | 30.40 | 62.41 | 38.33 |
| Price / sales | 6.24 | 6.80 | 8.58 | 8.12 | 13.23 | 17.18 | 13.20 | 8.06 | 13.83 | 10.25 |
| Price / book | 4.16 | 4.10 | 4.78 | 5.68 | 9.60 | 11.04 | 7.07 | 5.72 | 9.67 | 5.64 |
| Gross margin | 66.9% | 68.4% | 71.8% | 71.8% | 73.3% | 74.5% | 73.8% | 74.4% | 75.6% | 75.2% |
| Operating margin | 16.3% | 12.6% | 15.6% | 24.5% | 30.4% | 21.0% | 19.7% | 27.4% | 33.8% | 29.1% |
| Net margin | 11.5% | 11.6% | 13.5% | 21.4% | 27.0% | 21.7% | 28.1% | 27.2% | 23.1% | 27.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 23.8% | 14.7% | 10.7% | 22.2% | 28.8% | 28.2% | 31.9% | 23.1% | 25.5% | 32.0% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 7.7% | 7.0% | 7.5% | 15.0% | 19.6% | 14.0% | 15.0% | 19.3% | 16.1% | 14.9% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 5.7% | 5.3% | 5.6% | 11.0% | 14.0% | 9.8% | 10.8% | 17.0% | 13.7% | 13.8% |
| Current ratio | 3.80 | 3.62 | 4.47 | 3.82 | 3.39 | 4.55 | 5.04 | 8.54 | 5.59 | 8.00 |
| Revenue growth | 8.7% | 9.2% | -16.8% | -3.0% | 27.9% | 11.8% | -10.0% | 5.3% | 44.7% | 17.5% |
| EPS growth | 9.7% | -4.6% | -47.2% | -21.2% | 56.0% | -13.8% | -6.5% | 26.5% | 18.1% | -21.7% |