Cognex Corporation
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Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 35.5 | 37.5 | 41.6 | 39.2 | 40.8 | 59.8 | 55.2 | 46.7 | 67.3 | 31.0 | 41.5 | 40.5 | 50.7 | 48.2 | 38.7 | 72.8 | 61.6 | 78.8 | 66.2 | 49.7 | 48.9 | 49.8 | 49.2 | 28.8 | 33.8 | 37.7 | 49.6 | 56.4 | 46.7 | 63.6 | 73.4 | 103.1 | 78.6 | 58.3 | 43.1 | 43.8 | 69.7 | 53.1 | 57.9 | 70.4 | |
| 9.4 | 10.8 | 13.3 | 12.8 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 11.8 | 9.6 | 12.5 | 8.4 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 13.5 | 10.3 | 14.9 | 15.2 | 17.1 | 16.9 | 15.4 | 14.2 | 13.5 | 12.6 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 9.3 | 10.9 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 9.6 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 7.9 | 11.3 | |
| 4.9 | 5.8 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 8.6 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 5.6 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 7.6 | |
| 9.3 | 9.4 | 13.1 | 12.7 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 11.7 | 9.4 | 12.3 | 8.3 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 11.3 | 13.3 | 10.0 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 16.8 | 16.7 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.5 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 11.0 | |
| 29.5 | 27.9 | 37.6 | 36.3 | 37.0 | 38.0 | 33.6 | 27.8 | 39.4 | 27.6 | 37.0 | 36.5 | 43.6 | 57.7 | 45.0 | 73.3 | 59.0 | 58.2 | 50.7 | 42.2 | 41.5 | 41.7 | 39.7 | 22.2 | 24.7 | 26.6 | 35.7 | 43.9 | 34.3 | 47.1 | 50.2 | 63.3 | 49.6 | 36.6 | 28.4 | 28.6 | 36.1 | 27.3 | 32.5 | 43.1 | |
| 34.2 | 33.2 | 40.4 | 37.3 | 51.2 | 54.3 | 47.8 | 47.0 | 49.5 | 36.5 | 44.5 | 34.2 | 36.6 | 42.5 | 31.6 | 54.4 | 55.9 | 61.4 | 56.7 | 43.8 | 44.1 | 46.7 | 55.1 | 38.6 | 34.1 | 36.3 | 42.9 | 51.6 | 50.8 | 80.1 | 94.6 | 107.1 | 75.9 | 46.2 | 31.3 | 29.7 | 35.9 | 25.7 | 34.2 | 45.9 | |
| 2.9% | 3.0% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.7% | 2.2% | 2.9% | 2.7% | 2.4% | 3.2% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 2.6% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 2.3% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3.2% | 3.4% | 2.8% | 3.9% | 2.9% | 2.2% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 77.0% | 77.8% | 77.4% | 77.4% | 76.2% | 76.0% | 75.9% | 75.5% | 75.6% | 74.4% | 73.8% | 73.8% | 73.6% | 73.8% | 74.3% | 73.3% | 74.1% | 74.5% | 75.2% | 75.8% | 74.1% | 73.3% | 72.0% | 71.3% | 72.0% | 71.8% | 71.6% | 72.3% | 72.2% | 71.8% | 70.8% | 69.5% | 68.4% | 68.4% | 68.3% | 67.7% | 67.6% | 66.9% | 68.0% | 68.9% | |
| 28.6% | 30.9% | 32.2% | 32.3% | 34.9% | 34.1% | 32.4% | 31.6% | 28.7% | 27.4% | 26.7% | 25.7% | 22.7% | 19.7% | 18.5% | 11.0% | 17.0% | 21.0% | 25.8% | 33.2% | 31.2% | 30.4% | 29.9% | 27.3% | 24.6% | 24.5% | 19.6% | 20.4% | 19.6% | 15.6% | 14.5% | 11.4% | 11.0% | 12.6% | 13.8% | 14.2% | 16.3% | 16.3% | 18.8% | 21.9% | |
| 26.6% | 28.7% | 32.0% | 32.6% | 34.1% | 23.3% | 21.3% | 20.4% | 18.5% | 27.2% | 26.6% | 26.0% | 22.6% | 28.1% | 26.6% | 20.5% | 24.7% | 21.7% | 25.5% | 31.0% | 29.1% | 27.0% | 25.7% | 23.8% | 21.1% | 21.4% | 18.8% | 19.3% | 17.9% | 13.5% | 11.8% | 9.3% | 10.1% | 11.6% | 12.8% | 13.1% | 11.3% | 11.5% | 13.6% | 16.1% | |
| 27.6% | 32.5% | 32.9% | 34.3% | 27.1% | 25.6% | 24.6% | 20.3% | 25.2% | 23.1% | 24.8% | 30.9% | 31.2% | 31.9% | 32.6% | 27.4% | 27.2% | 27.9% | 29.8% | 35.1% | 32.2% | 28.8% | 22.9% | 17.8% | 21.0% | 22.2% | 21.7% | 21.1% | 16.4% | 10.7% | 9.1% | 8.9% | 10.5% | 14.7% | 17.7% | 19.3% | 22.0% | 23.8% | 23.0% | 24.6% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13.8% | 15.5% | 17.8% | 18.4% | 21.4% | 16.2% | 15.7% | 15.7% | 12.8% | 19.3% | 18.1% | 17.4% | 13.6% | 15.0% | 14.4% | 10.3% | 12.4% | 14.0% | 16.6% | 21.3% | 19.8% | 19.6% | 20.4% | 18.6% | 15.4% | 15.0% | 12.0% | 11.6% | 10.6% | 7.5% | 6.7% | 5.2% | 5.7% | 7.0% | 8.1% | 8.1% | 7.4% | 7.7% | 9.6% | 10.7% | |
| 12.8% | 14.4% | 16.4% | 16.7% | 19.3% | 13.8% | 13.3% | 13.2% | 11.1% | 17.0% | 15.9% | 15.4% | 12.2% | 10.8% | 10.1% | 7.3% | 9.1% | 9.8% | 11.8% | 15.0% | 14.4% | 14.0% | 14.3% | 13.3% | 11.2% | 11.0% | 8.8% | 8.6% | 7.9% | 5.6% | 4.9% | 3.9% | 4.3% | 5.3% | 6.1% | 6.1% | 5.5% | 5.7% | 7.1% | 8.0% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -61 | -713 | -87 | -63 | -101 | -90 | -80 | -117 | -106 | -104 | -88 | -83 | -116 | -166 | -234 | -278 | -290 | -261 | -235 | -209 | -196 | -178 | -157 | -169 | -258 | -173 | -156 | -169 | -388 | -193 | -129 | -167 | -187 | -177 | -133 | -168 | -235 | -251 | -225 | -290 | |
| -0.4 | -4.1 | -0.4 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -1.0 | -1.5 | -2.0 | -1.5 | -1.1 | -0.8 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.9 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.8 | -1.9 | -1.3 | -0.9 | -1.3 | -1.4 | -1.1 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -1.1 | -1.2 | -0.9 | -1.0 | |
| 92.5% | 92.7% | 92.2% | 90.6% | 90.1% | 85.1% | 84.9% | 84.6% | 86.8% | 88.0% | 87.8% | 88.3% | 89.1% | 71.9% | 70.4% | 71.1% | 73.1% | 70.1% | 71.1% | 70.6% | 72.9% | 71.4% | 70.3% | 71.5% | 73.1% | 73.5% | 73.3% | 74.1% | 74.8% | 74.6% | 74.0% | 75.2% | 75.9% | 76.1% | 74.8% | 75.2% | 74.4% | 74.0% | 73.7% | 74.8% | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.74 | 0.85 | 1.01 | 1.08 | 1.35 | 1.02 | 0.94 | 0.95 | 0.83 | 1.25 | 1.23 | 1.18 | 0.97 | 1.16 | 1.09 | 0.82 | 1.06 | 1.02 | 1.25 | 1.69 | 1.64 | 1.56 | 1.57 | 1.48 | 1.23 | 1.25 | 1.00 | 0.99 | 0.91 | 0.66 | 0.58 | 0.45 | 0.52 | 0.62 | 0.69 | 0.72 | 0.65 | 0.68 | 0.85 | 1.03 | |
| 2.80 | 2.95 | 3.16 | 3.32 | 3.97 | 4.40 | 4.42 | 4.67 | 4.48 | 4.59 | 4.61 | 4.55 | 4.29 | 4.13 | 4.10 | 4.00 | 4.27 | 4.69 | 4.91 | 5.46 | 5.64 | 5.78 | 6.12 | 6.21 | 5.80 | 5.83 | 5.32 | 5.14 | 5.08 | 4.85 | 4.91 | 4.89 | 5.10 | 5.30 | 5.40 | 5.51 | 5.74 | 5.89 | 6.22 | 6.41 | |
| 5.40 | 5.45 | 5.67 | 5.87 | 6.32 | 6.32 | 6.00 | 6.09 | 6.49 | 6.47 | 6.77 | 6.79 | 7.10 | 7.72 | 7.56 | 7.99 | 8.50 | 7.30 | 7.54 | 7.94 | 8.28 | 7.98 | 7.69 | 7.94 | 7.97 | 8.33 | 8.32 | 8.53 | 8.59 | 8.72 | 8.63 | 8.72 | 9.07 | 8.80 | 8.48 | 8.93 | 8.80 | 8.83 | 8.78 | 9.59 | |
| 0.77 | 0.96 | 1.04 | 1.14 | 1.08 | 1.13 | 1.09 | 0.95 | 1.13 | 1.06 | 1.14 | 1.41 | 1.34 | 1.32 | 1.33 | 1.10 | 1.16 | 1.31 | 1.46 | 1.92 | 1.82 | 1.67 | 1.40 | 1.10 | 1.22 | 1.30 | 1.15 | 1.09 | 0.83 | 0.52 | 0.45 | 0.44 | 0.53 | 0.78 | 0.95 | 1.07 | 1.26 | 1.40 | 1.43 | 1.58 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: September 24, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.