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Cognex Corporation CGNX

18 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY4 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
Revenue · FY2025
$994.4M
▲ 8.7% vs FY2024
Dividend streak
4 yrs
Raised every year since 2022
EPS · FY25
$0.68
Dividend / sh · FY25
$0.33
Payout · FY25
48%
ROE · FY25
7.6%
Net margin · FY25
11.5%
Dividend coverage
2.1×
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Result
USD 994.4M
Revenue, FY2025 · full 18-year series below
Revenue Net income
0.40.81.21.00.12008201120142017202020232025
0.40.81.21.00.12016201920222025

12 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
USD 0.68
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS Dividend
0.81.62.40.330.682008201120142017202020232025
0.81.62.40.330.682016201920222025

Earnings covered the dividend 2.1 times — the rest stayed in the company.

Profitability
7.6%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
816247.6%2008201120142017202020232025
816247.6%2016201920222025
Operating margin16.3%
Net margin11.5%
Return on assets5.7%

Each USD of equity produced 8 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
USD 199.4M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidUSD 54.6M
Net buybacksUSD 144.8M
Share of profit174.3%
Consecutive raises4 years

USD 54.6M in dividends and USD 144.8M in buybacks — 174% of the year's profit, so the payout drew on cash built up earlier.

Growth
+4.2% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
−0.4%
+4.2%
+8.2%
+8.5%
Net income
−19.0%
−8.3%
−4.8%
+4.2%
EPS, diluted
−17.9%
−7.4%
Dividend / share
+7.0%
−31.9%
Returned to shareholders
−5.7%
−14.7%
+3.3%
+22.1%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
0.17B
Shares outstanding, FY2025
0.040.172008201120142017202020232025
0.080.172016201920222025
Change, 5 years−5.0%
Change, 10 years—

The share count shrank 5% in five years — the same company, cut into fewer, larger slices.

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Balance sheet
USD 2.0B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 2.0B
EquityUSD 1.5B
CashUSD 262.9M
Current ratio3.80×

Equity funds 74% of total assets.

History
18 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Revenue $B
1.0
0.9
0.8
1.0
1.0
0.8
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
Operating income $B
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
−0.0
0.0
EBITDA $B
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
−0.0
0.0
Income tax $B
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
−0.0
0.0
Net income $B
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
−0.0
0.0
EPS, diluted $
0.68
0.62
0.65
1.23
1.56
1.00
1.16
1.24
0.98
0.83
1.06
1.36
0.83
0.78
0.82
1.52
−0.12
0.66
Dividend / sh $
0.33
0.30
0.29
0.27
0.24
2.23
0.20
0.18
0.17
0.15
0.11
0.00
0.00
0.77
0.18
0.25
0.30
0.47
Payout %
48
49
43
21
15
222
17
15
16
18
10
0
0
97
22
16
−244
71
ROE %
7.6
7.0
7.7
15.0
20.8
13.5
16.4
19.7
17.2
16.0
23.8
17.6
12.1
12.1
13.6
14.1
−1.2
6.6
Shares out B
0.17
0.17
0.17
0.17
0.18
0.18
0.17
0.17
0.17
0.08
0.08
0.09
0.09
0.09
0.04
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Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
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checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

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