The cash flow of COGNEX CORP over the past 10 years
Chart COGNEX CORP: operating cash flow, capital expenditures, free cash flow, fiscal 2016–2025 Open the chart →In fiscal 2025, the latest fiscal year on file, COGNEX CORP's operating cash flow was $245.51M and its capital expenditures $8.74M, leaving free cash flow of $236.77M. Free cash flow was above zero in all 10 years shown. It ranged from $89.84M in fiscal 2023 to $298.61M in fiscal 2021. Capital expenditures were highest in fiscal 2018, at $37.09M.
Year by year
| Fiscal year | Operating cash flow | Capital expenditures | Free cash flow* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025ended Dec 31, 2025 | $245.51M | $8.74M | $236.77M |
| 2024ended Dec 31, 2024 | $149.08M | $15.04M | $134.04M |
| 2023ended Dec 31, 2023 | $112.92M | $23.08M | $89.84M |
| 2022ended Dec 31, 2022 | $243.41M | $19.67M | $223.74M |
| 2021ended Dec 31, 2021 | $314.06M | $15.46M | $298.61M |
| 2020ended Dec 31, 2020 | $242.4M | $13.3M | $229.1M |
| 2019ended Dec 31, 2019 | $253.31M | $21.75M | $231.57M |
| 2018ended Dec 31, 2018 | $223.45M | $37.09M | $186.36M |
| 2017ended Dec 31, 2017 | $224.32M | $28.75M | $195.57M |
| 2016ended Dec 31, 2016 | $182.08M | $12.82M | $169.26M |
Fiscal years as COGNEX CORP reports them. * Calculated by us from the company's filed figures; — no figure on file. From SEC filings, updated nightly. How each line is read.
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