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

Historic Return on Sales for Cognex (CGNX) over the last 17 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 0.06%.

  • Cognex's Return on Sales fell 600.0% to 0.06% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.11%, marking a year-over-year increase of 100.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.12% for FY2024, which is 200.0% down from last year.
  • Per Cognex's latest filing, its Return on Sales stood at 0.06% for Q3 2025, which was down 600.0% from 0.16% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Cognex's Return on Sales registered a high of 0.29% during Q2 2021, and its lowest value of 0.06% during Q1 2024.
  • For the 5-year period, Cognex's Return on Sales averaged around 0.17%, with its median value being 0.16% (2022).
  • Its Return on Sales has fluctuated over the past 5 years, first skyrocketed by 3000bps in 2021, then crashed by -1700bps in 2023.
  • Cognex's Return on Sales (Quarter) stood at 0.22% in 2021, then grew by 5bps to 0.23% in 2022, then plummeted by -75bps to 0.06% in 2023, then soared by 116bps to 0.12% in 2024, then tumbled by -48bps to 0.06% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are 0.06% in Q3 2025, 0.16% for Q2 2025, and 0.11% during Q1 2025.