Growth Metrics

Cognex (CGNX) Net Margin (2016 - 2026)

Cognex filings provide 17 years of Net Margin readings, the most recent being 12.94% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Net Margin rose 60.0% to 12.94% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 11.51%, a 10.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 11.51%, down 10.0% from a year prior.
  • Net Margin hit 12.94% in Q4 2025 for Cognex, up from 6.38% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Net Margin ranged from a high of 29.22% in Q2 2021 to a low of 5.7% in Q1 2024.
  • Median Net Margin over the past 5 years was 15.67% (2022), compared with a mean of 16.82%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Net Margin: surged 2951bps in 2021 and later plummeted -1739bps in 2023.
  • Cognex's Net Margin stood at 21.93% in 2021, then increased by 5bps to 23.1% in 2022, then crashed by -75bps to 5.71% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 116bps to 12.34% in 2024, then increased by 5bps to 12.94% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Net Margin were 12.94% (Q4 2025), 6.38% (Q3 2025), and 16.26% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.