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Cognex CGNX Ratios & Valuation

FY'25FY'24FY'23FY'22
Profitability
Gross margin66.9%-1.5pp68.4%-3.4pp71.8%0.0pp71.8%-1.5pp
Operating margin16.3%+3.8pp12.6%-3.0pp15.6%-8.9pp24.5%-5.9pp
Net margin11.5%-0.1pp11.6%-1.9pp13.5%-7.9pp21.4%-5.6pp
EBITDA margin19.4%+3.3pp16.2%-2.1pp18.2%-8.2pp26.4%-5.9pp
Free cash flow margin23.8%+9.2pp14.7%+3.9pp10.7%-11.5pp22.2%-6.6pp
Returns
Return on equity7.6%+0.6pp7%-0.7pp7.7%-7.3pp15%-5.8pp
Return on assets5.7%+0.4pp5.3%-0.4pp5.7%-5.2pp10.9%-3.8pp
Return on invested capital7.5%+0.8pp6.7%-1.5pp8.2%-8.3pp16.5%-7.7pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.4×-0.1×0.5×0.0×
Inventory turnover2.2×+0.4×1.8×+0.1×1.7×-0.8×2.4×-0.8×
Liquidity
Current ratio3.8×+0.2×3.6×-0.8×4.5×+0.6×3.8×+0.4×
Quick ratio+0.4×2.7×-0.7×3.4×+0.2×3.2×+0.4×
Cash ratio1.4×+0.3×1.1×-0.2×1.3×+0.4×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.1×0.0×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.0×
Debt-to-assets0.0×0.0×0.0×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA-1×-0.2×-0.8×0.0×-0.8×-0.3×-0.5×-0.1×
Per Share
Book value per share$8.81+0.2%$8.79+1.3%$8.68+5.5%$8.23+3.5%
Valuation
Market capitalization$6.03B-2.0%$6.15B-14.4%$7.19B-11.8%$8.15B-40.7%
Enterprise value$5.84B-3.2%$6.03B-14.5%$7.06B-11.8%$8.01B-41.1%
Price / earnings52.7×-5.2×57.9×-5.5×63.5×+25.7×37.8×-11.3×
Price / sales6.1×-0.7×6.7×-1.9×8.6×+0.5×8.1×-5.2×
Price / book0.0×4.1×-0.7×4.8×-0.9×5.7×-3.9×
EV / EBITDA30.2×-10.6×40.8×-5.4×46.3×+16.2×30.1×-10.4×
EV / sales5.9×-0.7×6.6×-1.8×8.4×+0.5×-5.1×
Free cash flow yield3.9%+1.7pp2.2%+0.9pp1.3%-1.5pp2.7%+0.6pp
Earnings yield1.9%+0.2pp1.7%+0.2pp1.6%-1.1pp2.6%+0.6pp
Dividend yield0.9%+0.1pp0.9%+0.2pp0.7%+0.1pp0.6%+0.2pp
PEG ratio6.8×

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Questions, answered.

What are Cognex's profit margins?
Cognex (CGNX) runs a 68.0% gross margin and a 18.8% operating margin, with a 13.6% net margin.
Where do Cognex's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Cognex's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.