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Cognex (CGNX) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Cognex's Free Cash Flow history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at $72.3 million for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow rose 46.57% year-over-year to $72.3 million, compared with a TTM value of $236.8 million through Dec 2025, up 76.64%, and an annual FY2025 reading of $236.8 million, up 76.64% over the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q4 2025 was $72.3 million at Cognex, down from $86.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Free Cash Flow was $96.2 million in Q2 2021, with the low at $7.5 million in Q4 2023.
  • Average Free Cash Flow over 5 years is $49.1 million, with a median of $47.1 million recorded in 2022.
  • Year-over-year, Free Cash Flow skyrocketed 798.69% in 2021 and then plummeted 87.98% in 2023.
  • Tracing CGNX's Free Cash Flow over 5 years: 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.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CGNX's Free Cash Flow are $72.3 million (Q4 2025), $86.0 million (Q3 2025), and $40.4 million (Q2 2025).