Technology
Live Price
Offline$66.56
+0.03% today
1Y Change
+100.63%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026
Coverage: 247 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Cognex Corporation (CGNX) is a Technology stock with a market cap of $9.83B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $66.56 and up 100.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +8.7%, EPS growth of +9.7%, a dividend yield of 0.6%. What stands out right now is revenue +8.7%, EPS +9.7%, free cash flow +76.6% with operating margin 16.3% and ROIC 5.5%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.6%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 86.0 and price/sales 9.9. Stock Foundry combines CGNX price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Technology peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
CGNX is 81.95 pts ahead over the shared 1Y window.
CGNX had 18.89 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
CGNX beat SPY in 2 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 0.
CGNX
+100.63%
Normalized return
SPY
+18.68%
S&P 500
Excess Return
+81.95 pts
Relative to SPY
CGNX Max Drawdown
-28.02%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for CGNX and SPY.
| Year | CGNX | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +72.33% | +6.71% | +65.62 pts | CGNX |
| 2025 | +14.66% | +11.19% | +3.47 pts | CGNX |
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$1.0B
+3.1% YoY
FY Net Income
$279.9M
+29.9% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$298.6M
+33.5% YoY
Revenue Growth
+8.7%
EPS Growth
+9.7%
Gross Margin
66.9%
Net Margin
11.5%
Income statement
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 994M | 915M | 838M | 1.0B | 1.0B |
| Gross Profit | 665M | 626M | 601M | 722M | 760M |
| Operating Income | 163M | 115M | 131M | 246M | 315M |
| EBITDA | 193M | 148M | 145M | 288M | 335M |
| Net Income | 114M | 106M | 113M | 216M | 280M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 263M | 186M | 203M | 181M | 186M |
| Total Assets | 2.0B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 2.0B |
| Total Liabilities | 525M | 475M | 513M | 520M | 574M |
| Shareholder Equity | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.4B | 1.4B |
| Total Debt | 77M | 70M | 79M | 40M | 26M |
| Net Debt | -186M | -116M | -124M | -142M | -161M |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
314M
+29.0% YoY
Capital Expenditures
15M
+21.4% YoY
Free Cash Flow
299M
+33.5% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
66.9%
Operating Margin
16.3%
Net Margin
11.5%
ROE
7.7%
Debt / Equity
0.05x
Next Step
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