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Cognex (CGNX) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Cognex filings provide 15 years of FCF Payout Ratio readings, the most recent being 0.2 for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 29.32% to 0.2 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.23, a 40.9% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.23, down 40.9% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio hit 0.2 in Q4 2025 for Cognex, up from 0.16 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 1.72 in Q4 2023 to a low of 0.11 in Q2 2021.
  • Median FCF Payout Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.26 (2022), compared with a mean of 0.4.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Payout Ratio: tumbled 95.01% in 2021 and later skyrocketed 786.04% in 2023.
  • Cognex's 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.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Payout Ratio were 0.2 (Q4 2025), 0.16 (Q3 2025), and 0.33 (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.