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Cognex (CGNX) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Cognex filings provide 16 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 8.9% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 271.0% to 8.9% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 8.9%, a 271.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 8.93%, up 266.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 8.9% in Q4 2025 for Cognex, up from 8.62% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 18.54% in Q3 2021 to a low of 5.2% in Q3 2024.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 9.75% (2023), compared with a mean of 11.09%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: soared 1427bps in 2021 and later plummeted -786bps in 2023.
  • Cognex's Return on Capital Employed stood at 17.15% in 2021, then dropped by -18bps to 14.14% in 2022, then tumbled by -50bps to 7.06% in 2023, then fell by -12bps to 6.19% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 44bps to 8.9% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 8.9% (Q4 2025), 8.62% (Q3 2025), and 7.42% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.