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Cognex (CGNX) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Cognex filings provide 17 years of Operating Margin readings, the most recent being 13.98% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin rose 55.0% to 13.98% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 16.35%, a 377.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 16.35%, up 377.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin hit 13.98% in Q4 2025 for Cognex, down from 20.86% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 34.4% in Q3 2021 to a low of 6.47% in Q4 2023.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 18.26% (2022), compared with a mean of 19.56%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: surged 3803bps in 2021 and later plummeted -1969bps in 2023.
  • Cognex's Operating Margin stood at 23.16% in 2021, then decreased by -2bps to 22.69% in 2022, then plummeted by -71bps to 6.47% in 2023, then surged by 107bps to 13.43% in 2024, then rose by 4bps to 13.98% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 13.98% (Q4 2025), 20.86% (Q3 2025), and 17.44% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.