Growth Metrics

Cognex (CGNX) Capital Expenditures (2016 - 2026)

Cognex filings provide 17 years of Capital Expenditures readings, the most recent being $2.6 million for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Capital Expenditures rose 25.23% to $2.6 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $8.7 million, a 41.88% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at $8.7 million, down 41.88% from a year prior.
  • Capital Expenditures hit $2.6 million in Q4 2025 for Cognex, up from $1.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Capital Expenditures ranged from a high of $7.0 million in Q4 2023 to a low of $1.5 million in Q3 2025.
  • Median Capital Expenditures over the past 5 years was $4.2 million (2021), compared with a mean of $4.1 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Capital Expenditures: surged 88.22% in 2022 and later plummeted 70.45% in 2024.
  • Cognex's Capital Expenditures stood at $4.8 million in 2021, then fell by 14.77% to $4.1 million in 2022, then soared by 72.7% to $7.0 million in 2023, then plummeted by 70.45% to $2.1 million in 2024, then grew by 25.23% to $2.6 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Capital Expenditures were $2.6 million (Q4 2025), $1.5 million (Q3 2025), and $2.2 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.