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

Cognex (CGNX) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.13% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Sales rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.13%, compared with a TTM value of 0.12% through Dec 2025, changed 0.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.12%, changed 0.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.13% for Q4 2025 at Cognex, up from 0.06% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.29% in Q2 2021 and bottomed at 0.06% in Q1 2024.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.17%, with a median of 0.16% recorded in 2024.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales rose 30bps in 2021, then dropped -17bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales 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 rose by 5bps to 0.13% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for CGNX at 0.13% in Q4 2025, 0.06% in Q3 2025, and 0.16% in Q2 2025.