Growth Metrics

Cognex (CGNX) Return on Invested Capital: 2010-2025

Historic Return on Invested Capital for Cognex (CGNX) over the last 14 years, with Sep 2025 value amounting to 0.07%.

  • Cognex's Return on Invested Capital rose 2.00% to 0.07% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.07%, marking a year-over-year increase of 2.00%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.06% for FY2024, which is 1.00% down from last year.
  • Per Cognex's latest filing, its Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.07% for Q3 2025, which was down 9.50% from 0.07% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Cognex's Return on Invested Capital peaked at 0.21% during Q3 2021, and registered a low of 0.05% during Q2 2024.
  • Moreover, its 3-year median value for Return on Invested Capital was 0.07% (2025), whereas its average is 0.08%.
  • As far as peak fluctuations go, Cognex's Return on Invested Capital increased by 7bps in 2021, and later fell by 8bps in 2023.
  • Cognex's Return on Invested Capital (Quarterly) stood at 0.19% in 2021, then fell by 4bps to 0.15% in 2022, then decreased by 8bps to 0.07% in 2023, then fell by 1bps to 0.06% in 2024, then increased by 2bps to 0.07% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Invested Capital was 0.07% in Q3 2025, compared to 0.07% in Q2 2025 and 0.07% in Q1 2025.