Growth Metrics

Cognex (CGNX) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Cognex (CGNX) has disclosed FCF Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 28.65% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, FCF Margin rose 718.0% year-over-year to 28.65%, compared with a TTM value of 23.81% through Dec 2025, up 915.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 23.81%, up 915.0% over the prior year.
  • FCF Margin was 28.65% for Q4 2025 at Cognex, down from 31.07% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 40.25% in Q2 2021 and bottomed at 3.8% in Q4 2023.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 20.19%, with a median of 19.25% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw FCF Margin surged 2812bps in 2021, then plummeted -2434bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, 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.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Margin for CGNX at 28.65% in Q4 2025, 31.07% in Q3 2025, and 16.23% in Q2 2025.