Growth Metrics

Cognex (CGNX) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Cognex's Return on Equity history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.08% for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Equity rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.08%, compared with a TTM value of 0.08% through Dec 2025, up 1.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.08%, up 1.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.08% at Cognex, up from 0.07% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Equity was 0.22% in Q3 2021, with the low at 0.05% in Q2 2024.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.12%, with a median of 0.11% recorded in 2023.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Equity increased 11bps in 2021 and then decreased -8bps in 2023.
  • Tracing CGNX's Return on Equity over 5 years: stood at 0.19% in 2021, then decreased by -20bps to 0.15% in 2022, then tumbled by -50bps to 0.08% in 2023, then dropped by -9bps to 0.07% in 2024, then increased by 12bps to 0.08% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CGNX's Return on Equity are 0.08% (Q4 2025), 0.07% (Q3 2025), and 0.08% (Q2 2025).