Growth Metrics

Cognex (CGNX) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Historic Operating Margin for Cognex (CGNX) over the last 17 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 20.86%.

  • Cognex's Operating Margin rose 74200.0% to 20.86% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 16.27%, marking a year-over-year increase of 52700.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 12.58% for FY2024, which is 30200.0% down from last year.
  • Per Cognex's latest filing, its Operating Margin stood at 20.86% for Q3 2025, which was up 74200.0% from 17.44% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Cognex's Operating Margin peaked at 34.4% during Q3 2021, and registered a low of 6.47% during Q4 2023.
  • Its 5-year average for Operating Margin is 19.86%, with a median of 19.09% in 2022.
  • Its Operating Margin has fluctuated over the past 5 years, first skyrocketed by 380300bps in 2021, then crashed by -196900bps in 2023.
  • Quarter analysis of 5 years shows Cognex's Operating Margin stood at 23.16% in 2021, then decreased by -2bps to 22.69% in 2022, then tumbled by -71bps to 6.47% in 2023, then soared by 107bps to 13.43% in 2024, then surged by 55bps to 20.86% in 2025.
  • Its Operating Margin stands at 20.86% for Q3 2025, versus 17.44% for Q2 2025 and 12.08% for Q1 2025.