COGNEX CORP (CGNX) Free cash flow
- Free cash flow · 12 months (USD): Value $268.30M; Formula and calculation Operating cash flow minus capital spending; distinct from the saved levered FCF quote figure. Period ending 2026-07-05..
- Price / free cash flow · 12 months: Value (m); Formula and calculation Market cap / trailing-year free cash flow; inverse of FCF yield before percent scaling. Period ending 2026-07-05..
- Free cash flow yield · 12 months: Value (m); Formula and calculation (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / current market cap. Period ending 2026-07-05..
- Free cash flow margin · 12 months: Value 24.64%; Formula and calculation (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / revenue. Period ending 2026-07-05..
Free cash flow
Overview →Financial period ending 2026-07-05; current quote (m). Amounts retain their stated periods and units.
| Metric | Value | Formula and calculation |
|---|---|---|
| Free cash flow · 12 months (USD) | $268.30M | Operating cash flow minus capital spending; distinct from the saved levered FCF quote figure. Period ending 2026-07-05. $276.63M − $8.34M ≈ $268.30M |
| Price / free cash flow · 12 months | (m) | Market cap / trailing-year free cash flow; inverse of FCF yield before percent scaling. Period ending 2026-07-05. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Free cash flow yield · 12 months | (m) | (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / current market cap. Period ending 2026-07-05. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Free cash flow margin · 12 months | 24.64% | (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / revenue. Period ending 2026-07-05. $268.30M ÷ $1.09B × 100 ≈ 24.64% |
| Free cash flow per share · 12 months | (m) | (Trailing-year operating cash flow − capital spending) / reported quarter-end common shares. Period ending 2026-07-05. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Operating cash flow · 12 months | $276.63M | Cash generated by operating activities. Period ending 2026-07-05. |
| Operating cash flow / net income · 12 months | 1.58× | Operating cash flow / net income. Period ending 2026-07-05. $276.63M ÷ $174.79M ≈ 1.58× |
Calculation inputs
| Input | Amount with unit | Raw financial data |
|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 276.63M USD | Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities |
| Capital spending | 8.34M USD | Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment |
| Market cap | (m) | |
| Free cash flow | 268.30M USD | Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities · Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment |
| Revenue | 1.09B USD | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax |
| Quarter-end shares | (m) | Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding |
| Net income | 174.79M USD | Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent |
Calculated history
Changes compare with the next older row (previous quarter), unless explicitly labeled otherwise. Rolling 12-month growth compares two successive quarter-end rolling totals; it is not year-over-year growth.
| Period ending | Free cash flow | FCF per share | Operating cash flow | Capital spending (USD) | Market cap (USD) | Revenue (USD) | Quarter-end shares (shares) | Net income (USD) | Price / FCF | FCF yield | FCF margin | Cash conversion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-05 | $268.30M | (m) | $276.63M | $8.34M | (m) | $1.09B | (m) | $174.79M | (m) | (m) | 24.64% | 1.58× |
| 2026-04-05 | $241.11M | (m) | $250.10M | $9.00M | (m) | $1.05B | (m) | $142.54M | (m) | (m) | 23.03% | 1.75× |
| 2025-12-31 | $236.77M | (m) | $245.51M | $8.74M | (m) | $994.36M | (m) | $114.44M | (m) | (m) | 23.81% | 2.15× |
| 2025-09-28 | $213.80M | (m) | $222.02M | $8.22M | (m) | $971.71M | (m) | $110.12M | (m) | (m) | 22.00% | 2.02× |
| 2025-06-29 | $179.63M | (m) | $190.80M | $11.17M | (m) | $929.55M | (m) | $122.05M | (m) | (m) | 19.32% | 1.56× |
| 2025-03-30 | $162.46M | (m) | $175.94M | $13.48M | (m) | $919.75M | (m) | $117.75M | (m) | (m) | 17.66% | 1.49× |
| 2024-12-31 | $134.04M | (m) | $149.08M | $15.04M | (m) | $914.51M | (m) | $106.17M | (m) | (m) | 14.66% | 1.40× |
| 2024-09-29 | $92.18M | (m) | $112.17M | $19.98M | (m) | $881.50M | (m) | $89.05M | (m) | (m) | 10.46% | 1.26× |
| 2024-06-30 | $75.48M | (m) | $96.92M | $21.44M | (m) | $844.00M | (m) | $78.38M | (m) | (m) | 8.94% | 1.24× |
| 2024-03-31 | $77.38M | (m) | $99.01M | $21.63M | (m) | $847.22M | (m) | $99.64M | (m) | (m) | 9.13% | 0.99× |
| 2023-12-31 | $89.84M | (m) | $112.92M | $23.08M | (m) | $837.55M | (m) | $113.23M | (m) | (m) | 10.73% | 1.00× |
| 2023-10-01 | $144.56M | (m) | $164.68M | $20.12M | (m) | $880.31M | (m) | $157.32M | (m) | (m) | 16.42% | 1.05× |
| 2023-07-02 | $188.56M | (m) | $207.18M | $18.62M | (m) | $892.69M | (m) | $172.38M | (m) | (m) | 21.12% | 1.20× |
| 2023-04-02 | $200.85M | (m) | $221.44M | $20.59M | (m) | $924.81M | (m) | $173.81M | (m) | (m) | 21.72% | 1.27× |
| 2022-12-31 | $223.74M | (m) | $243.41M | $19.67M | (m) | $1.01B | (m) | $215.53M | (m) | (m) | 22.24% | 1.13× |
| 2022-10-02 | $211.99M | (m) | $232.36M | $20.37M | (m) | $1.01B | (m) | $213.75M | (m) | (m) | 20.97% | 1.09× |
| 2022-07-03 | $192.81M | (m) | $212.97M | $20.16M | (m) | $1.09B | (m) | $258.67M | (m) | (m) | 17.76% | 0.82× |
| 2022-04-03 | $247.34M | (m) | $264.94M | $17.60M | (m) | $1.08B | (m) | $277.37M | (m) | (m) | 22.89% | 0.96× |
| 2021-12-31 | $298.61M | (m) | $314.06M | $15.46M | (m) | $1.04B | (m) | $279.88M | (m) | (m) | 28.79% | 1.12× |
| 2021-10-03 | $327.64M | (m) | $341.81M | $14.16M | (m) | $1.02B | (m) | $295.69M | (m) | (m) | 32.23% | 1.16× |
| 2021-07-04 | $348.08M | (m) | $360.94M | $12.87M | (m) | $982.87M | (m) | $304.30M | (m) | (m) | 35.41% | 1.19× |
| 2021-04-04 | $266.34M | (m) | $279.00M | $12.66M | (m) | $882.81M | (m) | $225.56M | (m) | (m) | 30.17% | 1.24× |
| 2020-12-31 | $229.10M | (m) | $242.40M | $13.30M | (m) | $811.02M | (m) | $176.19M | (m) | (m) | 28.25% | 1.38× |
| 2020-09-27 | $209.06M | (m) | $227.11M | $18.06M | (m) | $757.17M | (m) | $187.17M | (m) | (m) | 27.61% | 1.21× |
| 2020-06-28 | $192.33M | (m) | $212.09M | $19.76M | (m) | $689.43M | (m) | $141.35M | (m) | (m) | 27.90% | 1.50× |
| 2020-03-29 | $237.37M | (m) | $257.11M | $19.74M | (m) | $719.38M | (m) | $191.24M | (m) | (m) | 33.00% | 1.34× |
| 2019-12-31 | $231.48M | (m) | $253.22M | $21.75M | (m) | $725.63M | (m) | $203.87M | (m) | (m) | 31.90% | 1.24× |
| 2019-09-29 | $233.82M | (m) | $257.08M | $23.26M | (m) | $749.14M | (m) | $168.96M | (m) | (m) | 31.21% | 1.52× |
| 2019-06-30 | $246.60M | (m) | $270.99M | $24.39M | (m) | $798.04M | (m) | $207.71M | (m) | (m) | 30.90% | 1.30× |
| 2019-03-31 | $201.03M | (m) | $229.93M | $28.90M | (m) | $810.25M | (m) | $215.15M | (m) | (m) | 24.81% | 1.07× |
| 2018-12-31 | $186.36M | (m) | $223.45M | $37.09M | (m) | $806.34M | (m) | $219.27M | (m) | (m) | 23.11% | 1.02× |
| 2018-09-30 | $199.90M | (m) | $235.96M | $36.07M | (m) | $777.84M | (m) | $146.57M | (m) | (m) | 25.70% | 1.61× |
| 2018-07-01 | $168.06M | (m) | $206.32M | $38.26M | (m) | $811.66M | (m) | $168.63M | (m) | (m) | 20.71% | 1.22× |
| 2018-04-01 | $195.47M | (m) | $231.39M | $35.93M | (m) | $778.48M | (m) | $168.92M | (m) | (m) | 25.11% | 1.37× |
| 2017-12-31 | $195.57M | (m) | $224.32M | $28.75M | (m) | $747.95M | (m) | $177.18M | (m) | (m) | 26.15% | 1.27× |
| 2017-10-01 | $193.11M | (m) | $215.48M | $22.37M | (m) | $696.91M | (m) | $242.33M | (m) | (m) | 27.71% | 0.89× |
| 2017-07-02 | $203.75M | (m) | $223.39M | $19.64M | (m) | $585.12M | (m) | $193.66M | (m) | (m) | 34.82% | 1.15× |
| 2017-04-02 | $185.54M | (m) | $202.22M | $16.67M | (m) | $559.49M | (m) | $180.34M | (m) | (m) | 33.16% | 1.12× |
| 2016-12-31 | $169.26M | (m) | $182.08M | $12.82M | (m) | $520.75M | (m) | $149.57M | (m) | (m) | 32.50% | 1.22× |
| 2016-10-02 | $125.32M | (m) | $141.03M | $15.70M | (m) | $489.20M | (m) | $130.06M | (m) | (m) | 25.62% | 1.08× |
| 2016-07-03 | $135.62M | (m) | $149.67M | $14.05M | (m) | $448.83M | (m) | $180.50M | (m) | (m) | 30.22% | 0.83× |
| 2016-04-03 | $126.31M | (m) | $142.51M | $16.20M | (m) | $445.39M | (m) | $181.46M | (m) | (m) | 28.36% | 0.79× |
| 2015-12-31 | $100.14M | (m) | $118.36M | $18.23M | (m) | $450.56M | (m) | $187.07M | (m) | (m) | 22.22% | 0.63× |
| 2015-10-04 | $142.17M | (m) | $167.04M | $24.87M | (m) | $511.11M | (m) | $194.96M | (m) | (m) | 27.82% | 0.86× |
| 2015-07-05 | $107.79M | (m) | $132.91M | $25.12M | (m) | $557.88M | (m) | $141.25M | (m) | (m) | 19.32% | 0.94× |
| 2015-04-05 | $115.73M | (m) | $138.25M | $22.51M | (m) | $508.77M | (m) | $123.48M | (m) | (m) | 22.75% | 1.12× |
| 2014-12-31 | $135.04M | (m) | $155.97M | $20.93M | (m) | $486.27M | (m) | $121.48M | (m) | (m) | 27.77% | 1.28× |
| 2014-09-28 | $86.65M | (m) | $99.21M | $12.56M | (m) | $464.78M | (m) | $115.30M | (m) | (m) | 18.64% | 0.86× |
| 2014-06-29 | $77.53M | (m) | $88.19M | $10.66M | (m) | $386.21M | (m) | $85.62M | (m) | (m) | 20.07% | 1.03× |
| 2014-03-30 | $83.72M | (m) | $94.13M | $10.41M | (m) | $363.92M | (m) | $76.50M | (m) | (m) | 23.00% | 1.23× |
| 2013-12-31 | $85.83M | (m) | $95.45M | $9.63M | (m) | $353.89M | (m) | $73.57M | (m) | (m) | 24.25% | 1.30× |
| 2013-09-29 | $77.15M | (m) | $85.56M | $8.41M | (m) | $340.36M | (m) | $69.37M | (m) | (m) | 22.67% | 1.23× |
| 2013-06-30 | $91.05M | (m) | $99.93M | $8.88M | (m) | $329.65M | (m) | $66.45M | (m) | (m) | 27.62% | 1.50× |
| 2013-03-31 | $97.77M | (m) | $107.07M | $9.30M | (m) | $327.46M | (m) | $69.40M | (m) | (m) | 29.86% | 1.54× |
| 2012-12-31 | $91.25M | (m) | $101.13M | $9.88M | (m) | $324.28M | (m) | $68.10M | (m) | (m) | 28.14% | 1.49× |
| 2012-09-30 | $88.64M | (m) | $98.53M | $9.90M | (m) | $326.15M | (m) | $70.95M | (m) | (m) | 27.18% | 1.39× |
| 2012-07-01 | $68.70M | (m) | $78.20M | $9.50M | (m) | $326.16M | (m) | $71.19M | (m) | (m) | 21.06% | 1.10× |
| 2012-04-01 | $69.43M | (m) | $78.16M | $8.73M | (m) | $325.23M | (m) | $70.52M | (m) | (m) | 21.35% | 1.11× |
| 2011-12-31 | $78.27M | (m) | $86.09M | $7.82M | (m) | $321.91M | (m) | $69.87M | (m) | (m) | 24.32% | 1.23× |
| 2011-10-02 | $83.88M | (m) | $91.97M | $8.09M | (m) | $322.79M | (m) | $70.53M | (m) | (m) | 25.98% | 1.30× |
| 2011-07-03 | $95.90M | (m) | $103.14M | $7.25M | (m) | $317.70M | (m) | $70.64M | (m) | (m) | 30.19% | 1.46× |
| 2011-04-03 | $81.07M | (m) | $87.42M | $6.35M | (m) | $306.12M | (m) | $66.47M | (m) | (m) | 26.48% | 1.32× |
| 2010-12-31 | $70.49M | (m) | $76.34M | $5.85M | (m) | $290.69M | (m) | $61.38M | (m) | (m) | 24.25% | 1.24× |
| 2010-10-03 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2010-07-04 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2010-04-04 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-12-31 | $6.82M | (m) | $12.28M | $5.47M | (m) | $175.73M | (m) | $-4.87M | (m) | (m) | 3.88% | -2.52× |
| 2009-10-04 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-07-05 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2008-12-31 | $52.92M | (m) | $58.94M | $6.01M | (m) | $242.68M | (m) | $27.27M | (m) | (m) | 21.81% | 2.16× |
(m) means missing inputs. Historical market-based ratios use the saved close on or immediately before period ending and that period’s reported shares; current quotes are not substituted. Five-year projections repeat historical CAGR, not analyst forecasts.
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