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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
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Cognex Corporation (CGNX) Free cash flow margin
Cognex Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 25.3%, up 0.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (24.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.7% (fiscal 2023) to 32.0% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Scientific & Technical Instruments industry median of 10.5% and above the Technology sector median of 1.27%.
Free cash flow margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Free cash flow margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 24.5% | 9.83 |
| FY2024 | 14.7% | 3.93 |
| FY2023 | 10.7% | (11.51) |
| FY2022 | 22.2% | (6.55) |
| FY2021 | 28.8% | 0.54 |
| FY2020 | 28.3% | (3.66) |
| FY2019 | 31.9% | 8.80 |
| FY2018 | 23.1% | (2.42) |
| FY2017 | 25.5% | (6.44) |
| FY2016 | 32.0% | 9.86 |
Against its own ten years
Free cash flow margin against peers
| Company | Free cash flow margin |
|---|---|
| CGNX Cognex Corporation | 25.3% |
| FTV Fortive Corporation compare | 24.7% |
| TRMB Trimble Inc. compare | 20.4% |
| ST Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. compare | 16.7% |
| BMI Badger Meter, Inc. compare | 16.2% |
| ESE ESCO Technologies Inc. compare | 15.2% |
| VNT Vontier Corporation compare | 12.6% |
| NOVT Novanta Inc. compare | 10.6% |
| MKSI MKS Inc. compare | 10.5% |
| Scientific & Technical Instruments industry median | 10.5% |
| Technology sector median | 1.27% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Free cash flow margin is
Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.
(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue
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