Growth Metrics

Cognex (CGNX) Short-term Investments (2016 - 2026)

Cognex filings provide 17 years of Short-term Investments readings, the most recent being $74.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Short-term Investments rose 23.49% to $74.0 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $74.0 million, a 23.49% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $74.0 million, up 23.49% from a year prior.
  • Short-term Investments hit $74.0 million in Q4 2025 for Cognex, up from $54.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Short-term Investments ranged from a high of $218.8 million in Q4 2022 to a low of $48.9 million in Q2 2025.
  • Median Short-term Investments over the past 5 years was $138.4 million (2021), compared with a mean of $135.5 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Short-term Investments: skyrocketed 98.3% in 2021 and later tumbled 59.3% in 2025.
  • Cognex's Short-term Investments stood at $137.5 million in 2021, then skyrocketed by 59.15% to $218.8 million in 2022, then crashed by 40.85% to $129.4 million in 2023, then plummeted by 53.66% to $60.0 million in 2024, then rose by 23.49% to $74.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Short-term Investments were $74.0 million (Q4 2025), $54.4 million (Q3 2025), and $48.9 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.