Cognex Corporation CGNX

Technology — Scientific & Technical Instruments

58.66 0.96 1.66% as of 25 Sep

Market cap: $9.8B
P/E: 55.9×

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	Dec '16	Dec '17	Dec '18	Dec '19	Dec '20	Dec '21	Dec '22	Dec '23	Dec '24	Dec '25
P/E ratio Full definition →	35.95	60.18	30.45	47.49	79.23	48.91	38.34	61.12	57.84	52.14
P/S ratio Full definition →	10.20	13.88	8.26	13.22	17.18	13.23	8.26	8.30	6.72	6.08
P/FCF ratio Full definition →	34.01	57.46	37.89	43.39	63.71	47.62	38.96	87.55	49.75	25.95
P/Operating CF Full definition →	71.60	126.22	92.86	141.60	167.93	248.54	125.42	479.51	119.60	80.72
P/B ratio Full definition →	5.61	9.71	5.87	7.08	11.04	9.60	5.78	4.62	4.05	4.05
Price to Tangible BV Full definition →	6.29	10.97	6.59	8.94	13.89	11.66	7.02	6.96	5.90	5.90
EV/Sales Full definition →	9.40	13.36	7.60	12.65	16.72	12.92	7.86	7.90	6.45	5.74
EV/EBITDA Full definition →	29.37	37.06	25.24	55.02	68.36	39.37	29.21	42.87	39.86	29.64
EV/Operating CF Full definition →	27.35	45.61	27.43	36.25	55.93	42.66	32.50	58.60	39.59	23.26
EV/FCF Full definition →	31.36	55.28	34.84	41.53	62.01	46.50	37.09	83.37	47.76	24.50
Quick Ratio Full definition →	7.24	4.65	7.17	4.28	3.76	2.41	2.80	2.94	2.30	2.64
Current Ratio Full definition →	8.00	5.59	8.54	5.04	4.55	3.39	3.82	4.47	3.62	3.80
Net Debt/EBITDA Full definition →	(2.48)	(1.47)	(2.21)	(2.47)	(1.88)	(0.95)	(1.48)	(2.15)	(1.66)	(1.75)
Debt/Assets Full definition →	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Debt/Equity Full definition →	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Asset Turnover Full definition →	0.55	0.66	0.63	0.46	0.44	0.55	0.51	0.42	0.46	0.50
Operating CF/Net income Full definition →	1.27	1.27	1.02	1.24	1.38	1.12	1.13	1.00	1.40	2.15
Capex/Depreciation Full definition →	(0.83)	(1.67)	(1.71)	(0.90)	(0.48)	(0.61)	(0.80)	(0.98)	(0.46)	(0.07)
Interest Coverage Full definition →	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
ROE Full definition →	16.07%	17.17%	19.66%	16.37%	13.46%	20.79%	15.03%	7.69%	7.03%	7.61%
ROA Full definition →	14.92%	15.19%	17.01%	12.84%	9.56%	14.71%	10.88%	5.70%	5.29%	5.71%
ROIC Full definition →	17.77%	23.41%	23.05%	9.44%	11.98%	17.80%	14.82%	6.97%	5.66%	8.80%
Return on Tangible Assets Full definition →	27.93%	29.68%	28.10%	35.38%	32.12%	52.93%	35.35%	17.89%	19.57%	19.08%
Average Days of Receivables Full definition →	38.21	56.88	53.94	52.04	56.57	45.88	45.50	49.75	57.22	53.85
Research and Development Expense of Revenue Full definition →	14.78%	12.95%	14.44%	16.46%	16.15%	13.05%	14.03%	16.64%	15.29%	13.98%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue Full definition →	31.37%	28.81%	32.58%	37.74%	32.99%	29.83%	31.02%	40.49%	40.56%	36.59%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets Full definition →	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.14	0.13	0.13	0.25	0.24	0.23
Share Based Compensation of Revenue Full definition →	3.88%	4.17%	5.10%	6.28%	5.26%	4.22%	5.42%	6.54%	5.73%	4.88%
Graham Net Nets Full definition →	0.08	0.04	0.09	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03
Graham Number Full definition →	10.57	12.05	13.72	14.50	12.88	17.03	15.27	11.39	11.11	11.74
Earnings Yield Full definition →	2.78%	1.66%	3.28%	2.11%	1.26%	2.04%	2.61%	1.64%	1.73%	1.92%
Free Cash Flow Yield Full definition →	2.94%	1.74%	2.64%	2.30%	1.57%	2.10%	2.57%	1.14%	2.01%	3.85%
Revenue per Share Full definition →	3.10	4.42	4.68	4.24	4.67	5.88	5.80	4.86	5.33	5.92
Operating CF per Share Full definition →	1.07	1.29	1.30	1.48	1.40	1.78	1.40	0.66	0.87	1.46
Capex per Share Full definition →	(0.08)	(0.17)	(0.22)	(0.13)	(0.08)	(0.09)	(0.11)	(0.13)	(0.09)	(0.01)
Free Cash Flow per Share Full definition →	0.99	1.13	1.08	1.35	1.32	1.69	1.29	0.52	0.78	1.45
Cash per Share Full definition →	2.47	2.33	3.11	2.41	2.15	1.83	2.31	1.93	1.44	2.01
Shareholders Equity per Share Full definition →	5.64	6.32	6.59	7.92	7.28	8.10	8.29	8.74	8.85	8.88
Interest Debt per Share Full definition →	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Book value per Share Full definition →	5.64	6.32	6.59	7.92	7.28	8.10	8.29	8.74	8.85	8.88
Free Cash Flow Full definition →	169.27	195.57	186.36	231.57	229.10	298.61	223.74	89.84	134.04	243.48
Working Capital Full definition →	460.57	517.36	688.97	486.75	469.39	451.21	529.99	527.11	443.99	513.70
Capital Expenditures Full definition →	(12.82)	(28.75)	(37.09)	(21.74)	(13.30)	(15.45)	(19.67)	(23.08)	(15.04)	(2.04)
Net Current Asset Value Full definition →	450.34	437.91	625.92	77.01	63.19	66.23	197.95	165.94	138.02	172.59
EV/EBIT Full definition →	32.32	39.53	27.71	64.39	79.50	42.52	32.12	50.62	51.29	35.12
Capex to Sales Full definition →	0.02	0.04	0.05	0.03	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.00
Net Profit Margin Full definition →	27.14%	23.07%	27.19%	28.10%	21.72%	26.99%	21.42%	13.52%	11.61%	11.51%
Price to Operating Income Full definition →	35.05	41.09	30.14	67.28	81.68	43.55	33.75	53.16	53.43	37.19
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Depreciation/Fixed assets Full definition →	0.29	0.22	0.24	0.27	0.35	0.32	0.31	0.22	0.34	0.35
Cash ROIC Full definition →	9.26%	9.75%	7.90%	9.27%	9.99%	13.49%	8.90%	0.38%	2.87%	8.72%
Accounts Receivable Turnover Full definition →	10.78	8.76	6.76	6.52	7.08	8.10	7.87	6.99	7.10	6.86
Accounts Payable Turnover Full definition →	14.82	11.25	10.38	11.13	12.09	9.19	7.99	9.73	9.70	7.46
Inventory Turnover Full definition →	4.08	3.95	2.73	2.64	3.41	3.19	2.41	1.66	1.81	2.23
Average Days of Payables Full definition →	27.37	45.73	28.75	34.37	28.77	57.99	34.81	33.14	48.10	55.70
Days of Inventory on Hand Full definition →	75.14	132.37	147.53	115.91	107.56	148.89	157.31	250.67	199.15	152.99
Average Receivables Full definition →	49.14	87.41	119.28	111.31	114.57	128.02	127.88	119.79	128.76	145.04
Average Payables Full definition →	8.85	16.65	19.85	17.05	17.07	30.16	35.58	24.28	29.75	44.12
Average Inventory Full definition →	32.16	47.45	75.60	71.77	60.55	86.97	117.79	142.38	159.91	147.71
Average Assets Full definition →	963.18	1,163.18	1,288.71	1,587.80	1,843.32	1,902.18	1,980.90	1,987.98	2,005.33	2,004.70
Average Common Equity Full definition →	894.13	1,029.14	1,115.47	1,245.49	1,308.96	1,346.15	1,434.24	1,471.57	1,511.13	1,504.70

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