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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Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

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

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