Cognex Corporation

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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/FCF

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As of 3 November 2026, Cognex Corporation (CGNX) trades at a EV/FCF of 35.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 17.1× (December 2015) to 135× (July 2024); the current reading is higher than 30% of that period.

EV/FCF, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/FCF Change
FY2025 24.5× (48.70%)
FY2024 47.8× (42.71%)
FY2023 83.4× 124.79%
FY2022 37.1× (20.24%)
FY2021 46.5× (25.01%)
FY2020 62.0× 49.32%
FY2019 41.5× 19.19%
FY2018 34.8× (36.97%)
FY2017 55.3× 76.28%
FY2016 31.4× 21.72%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/FCF Change
Jun 2026 44.3× 33.71%
Mar 2026 33.1× 35.17%
Dec 2025 24.5× (31.78%)
Sep 2025 35.9× 19.20%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 17.1× High 135×
Ten-year median 40.9×
Current reading's percentile 23

EV/FCF against peers

What EV/FCF is

EV/Free CF shows how the value of a whole company, debt included, compares with the free cash its business produces.

((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)) ÷ (Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM))

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