Growth Metrics

Cognex (CGNX) Gross Margin (2016 - 2026)

Cognex filings provide 17 years of Gross Margin readings, the most recent being 65.75% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin fell 298.0% to 65.75% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 66.92%, a 151.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 66.92%, down 151.0% from a year prior.
  • Gross Margin hit 65.75% in Q4 2025 for Cognex, down from 67.64% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 77.39% in Q2 2021 to a low of 65.75% in Q4 2025.
  • Median Gross Margin over the past 5 years was 70.36% (2021), compared with a mean of 70.42%.
  • The widest YoY moves for Gross Margin: up 433bps in 2021, down -630bps in 2021.
  • Cognex's Gross Margin stood at 71.7% in 2021, then decreased by -1bps to 70.82% in 2022, then fell by -3bps to 68.67% in 2023, then rose by 0bps to 68.73% in 2024, then dropped by -4bps to 65.75% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Gross Margin were 65.75% (Q4 2025), 67.64% (Q3 2025), and 67.39% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.