Cognex Corporation

CGNX Technology Scientific & Technical Instruments

Cognex Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $994.4 million, up 8.73% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+16.9%
EPS
+79.2%
Free cash flow
+67.3%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

52.63 5.48 −9.43%
Market cap
$9.8B
P/E
55.4×
Fwd P/E
34.5×
Dividend yield
0.58%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
8.26
Beneish M
−2.78
Dividend safety
84/100

Cognex Corporation (CGNX) EV/EBITDA

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As of 3 November 2026, Cognex Corporation (CGNX) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 35.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15.5× (January 2016) to 116× (September 2020); the current reading is higher than 48% of that period. That is above the Scientific & Technical Instruments industry median of 19.5× and above the Technology sector median of 15.3×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 29.6× (25.64%)
FY2024 39.9× (7.03%)
FY2023 42.9× 46.80%
FY2022 29.2× (25.83%)
FY2021 39.4× (42.40%)
FY2020 68.4× 24.26%
FY2019 55.0× 117.97%
FY2018 25.2× (31.90%)
FY2017 37.1× 26.18%
FY2016 29.4× 56.02%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Jun 2026 43.9× 26.14%
Mar 2026 34.8× 17.50%
Dec 2025 29.6× (23.34%)
Sep 2025 38.7× 24.61%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 15.5× High 116×
Ten-year median 35.6×
Current reading's percentile 48

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
VNT Vontier Corporation compare 9.3×
ST Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. compare 9.8×
MKSI MKS Inc. compare 16.4×
FTV Fortive Corporation compare 18.4×
TRMB Trimble Inc. compare 19.6×
ESE ESCO Technologies Inc. compare 21.1×
BMI Badger Meter, Inc. compare 21.2×
CGNX Cognex Corporation 35.0×
NOVT Novanta Inc. compare 36.0×
Scientific & Technical Instruments industry median 19.5×
Technology sector median 15.3×
Market median 11.2×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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