Growth Metrics

Cognex (CGNX) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)

Cognex filings provide 17 years of FCF Margin readings, the most recent being 28.65% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Margin rose 718.0% to 28.65% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 23.81%, a 915.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 23.81%, up 915.0% from a year prior.
  • FCF Margin hit 28.65% in Q4 2025 for Cognex, down from 31.07% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 40.25% in Q2 2021 to a low of 3.8% in Q4 2023.
  • Median FCF Margin over the past 5 years was 19.25% (2021), compared with a mean of 20.19%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: soared 2812bps in 2021 and later tumbled -2434bps in 2022.
  • Cognex's FCF Margin stood at 20.67% in 2021, then rose by 26bps to 25.98% in 2022, then crashed by -85bps to 3.8% in 2023, then surged by 465bps to 21.48% in 2024, then surged by 33bps to 28.65% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Margin were 28.65% (Q4 2025), 31.07% (Q3 2025), and 16.23% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.