Growth Metrics

Cognex (CGNX) Change in Inventory (2016 - 2026)

Cognex filings provide 13 years of Change in Inventory readings, the most recent being $7.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Change in Inventory rose 49.99% to $7.0 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was -$4.9 million, a 488.11% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$4.9 million, down 488.11% from a year prior.
  • Change in Inventory hit $7.0 million in Q4 2025 for Cognex, up from $1.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Inventory ranged from a high of $32.4 million in Q4 2021 to a low of -$12.1 million in Q2 2024.
  • Median Change in Inventory over the past 5 years was $6.2 million (2023), compared with a mean of $6.1 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Change in Inventory: soared 1706.5% in 2022 and later crashed 3284.59% in 2024.
  • Cognex's Change in Inventory stood at $32.4 million in 2021, then crashed by 59.49% to $13.1 million in 2022, then fell by 26.54% to $9.6 million in 2023, then crashed by 51.47% to $4.7 million in 2024, then soared by 49.99% to $7.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Change in Inventory were $7.0 million (Q4 2025), $1.1 million (Q3 2025), and -$7.5 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.