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Cognex (CGNX) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Cognex filings provide 17 years of Free Cash Flow readings, the most recent being $72.3 million for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow rose 46.57% to $72.3 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $236.8 million, a 76.64% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $236.8 million, up 76.64% from a year prior.
  • Free Cash Flow hit $72.3 million in Q4 2025 for Cognex, down from $86.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $96.2 million in Q2 2021 to a low of $7.5 million in Q4 2023.
  • Median Free Cash Flow over the past 5 years was $47.1 million (2022), compared with a mean of $49.1 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: skyrocketed 798.69% in 2021 and later plummeted 87.98% in 2023.
  • Cognex's Free Cash Flow stood at $50.4 million in 2021, then increased by 23.3% to $62.2 million in 2022, then plummeted by 87.98% to $7.5 million in 2023, then soared by 559.86% to $49.3 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 46.57% to $72.3 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Free Cash Flow were $72.3 million (Q4 2025), $86.0 million (Q3 2025), and $40.4 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.