Growth Metrics

Cognex (CGNX) Invested Capital (2016 - 2026)

Cognex filings provide 17 years of Invested Capital readings, the most recent being $1.5 billion for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Invested Capital fell 1.69% to $1.5 billion in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $1.5 billion, a 1.69% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at $1.5 billion, down 1.69% from a year prior.
  • Invested Capital hit $1.5 billion in Q4 2025 for Cognex, roughly flat from $1.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Invested Capital ranged from a high of $1.6 billion in Q3 2024 to a low of $1.4 billion in Q2 2021.
  • Median Invested Capital over the past 5 years was $1.5 billion (2023), compared with a mean of $1.5 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Invested Capital: increased 13.3% in 2021 and later decreased 6.95% in 2022.
  • Cognex's Invested Capital stood at $1.4 billion in 2021, then increased by 0.58% to $1.4 billion in 2022, then grew by 4.61% to $1.5 billion in 2023, then increased by 0.85% to $1.5 billion in 2024, then dropped by 1.69% to $1.5 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Invested Capital were $1.5 billion (Q4 2025), $1.5 billion (Q3 2025), and $1.5 billion (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.