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Cognex (CGNX) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2026)

Cognex filings provide 17 years of Retained Earnings readings, the most recent being $406.4 million for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Retained Earnings fell 18.62% to $406.4 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $406.4 million, a 18.62% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at $406.4 million, down 18.62% from a year prior.
  • Retained Earnings hit $406.4 million in Q4 2025 for Cognex, up from -$46.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $537.9 million in Q3 2023 to a low of -$82.4 million in Q4 2022.
  • Median Retained Earnings over the past 5 years was -$38.8 million (2021), compared with a mean of $134.3 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Retained Earnings: surged 1410.99% in 2022 and later crashed 113.08% in 2024.
  • Cognex's Retained Earnings stood at -$47.9 million in 2021, then crashed by 44.54% to -$69.3 million in 2022, then soared by 839.63% to $512.5 million in 2023, then decreased by 2.58% to $499.3 million in 2024, then dropped by 18.62% to $406.4 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Retained Earnings were $406.4 million (Q4 2025), -$46.2 million (Q3 2025), and -$37.8 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.