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Cognex CGNX EV / sales

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$268.4M+24.3%
Gross profit$190.9M+32.3%
Operating income$59.9M+129%
Net income$51.7M+119%
EPS (diluted)$0.31+121%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$237.3M+65.1%
Total debt$74.0M+0.4%
Total equity$1.5B+2.3%
Total assets$2.0B+3.8%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$45.1M+11.3%
CapEx$2.8M+10.2%
Free cash flow$42.3M+11.4%

Valuation

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Market cap$11B+61.9%
Enterprise value$10.84B+60.9%
P/E77.2×+19.5×
P/S10.5×+3.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin68%-0.3pp
Operating margin18.8%+5.0pp
Net margin13.6%+0.8pp
FCF margin23%+5.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity9.7%+1.7pp
Debt / equity0.1×0.0×
Current ratio3.6×+0.5×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Cognex’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Cognex’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Cognex's EV / sales?
Cognex (CGNX) reported EV / sales of 7.7× in Q1 2026.
How has Cognex's EV / sales changed year-over-year?
Cognex's EV / sales increased by 41.4% year-over-year, from 5.4× to 7.7×.
What is the long-term trend for Cognex's EV / sales?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Cognex's EV / sales has grown at a -19.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 17.2× to 5.9×.
What does EV / sales mean?
What the whole business costs relative to its annual sales.
How do you interpret EV / sales?
A fallback valuation gauge for pre-profit or cyclical firms. Like P/S, only comparable across similar-margin businesses, but it accounts for debt and cash unlike P/S.
How does EV / sales compare across companies?
Compare within a margin cohort; the debt-and-cash adjustment makes it cleaner than P/S for leveraged firms.