Growth Metrics

Cognex (CGNX) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Cognex (CGNX) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 15 consecutive years, with 0.2 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio fell 29.32% year-over-year to 0.2, compared with a TTM value of 0.23 through Dec 2025, down 40.9%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.23, down 40.9% over the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.2 for Q4 2025 at Cognex, up from 0.16 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 1.72 in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 0.11 in Q2 2021.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.4, with a median of 0.26 recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw FCF Payout Ratio plummeted 95.01% in 2021, then soared 786.04% in 2023.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.23 in 2021, then dropped by 14.5% to 0.19 in 2022, then skyrocketed by 786.04% to 1.72 in 2023, then tumbled by 83.86% to 0.28 in 2024, then dropped by 29.32% to 0.2 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Payout Ratio for CGNX at 0.2 in Q4 2025, 0.16 in Q3 2025, and 0.33 in Q2 2025.