All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-02-19.
From the record
Cognex Corporation's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2026-02-19) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+7.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.
From the record
Cognex Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $530 million in fiscal 2016 to $994 million in fiscal 2025, up 7.3% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 19% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 1.1% a year. 89% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 43 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Cognex Corporation's diluted share count shrank about 1.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 89% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 43 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 8%: 8¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 26%: owes 26¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Cognex Corporation earned about 8 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 33 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 26 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.9% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 47% of 17 in its family; net margin 11.5%.
From the record
Cognex Corporation's standing among 17 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $994 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 47% by size; a net margin of 11.5% ranks in the top 32%; revenue growth of -0.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 44% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 25% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.
From the record
Cognex Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Moschner, Matthew (CEO & President, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-08-05, 1.3 years (bottom 10% of its family); the 18 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.4 years (bottom 19%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 18 people in charge now (bottom 46%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 20% of 17 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Cognex Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $263 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 13% of its assets as net cash, top 28% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 23.8% of revenue (top 15%); a gross margin of 66.9% (top 9%); research spending of 14% of revenue (top 30%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 39% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Cognex Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -0.4% a year over the last three filed years against 7.3% over all 10, slowing (bottom 32% of its family); the newest year grew 8.7% (top 26%); research spending grew -0.5% a year (bottom 28%); capital spending grew -23.7% a year (bottom 21%) (its annual reports). Cognex Corporation reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Standard Product and Services at $880 million (88%), Applicationof Customer Specific Solutions at $114 million (11%), License Fees Revenue at $10 million (1%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 41% of 15 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Cognex Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $994 million in fiscal 2025 came in 14% above the $872 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 17% of its family); net income of $114 million against a prior three-year average of $145 million (top 50%); a net margin of 11.5% against 15.5% before (bottom 43%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made