Valuation
26% of the score, 28% here after data gaps
22median 53
Cognex Corporation is valued at 39.2x its operating profit, including debt: a very rich multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
39.2x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
CGNXCognex Corporation
$55.56+21% 1Y
$55.56
$34.7052 weeks$72.45
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 45 out of 100, Average
Average. Cognex Corporation scores higher than 40% of the 2,231 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by capital allocation and earnings quality, held back by valuation and return on new capital.
Technology median 46 · all companies 55
Return on capital
18% of the score, 20% here after data gaps
62median 24
Over 7 years the business earned 11% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
11%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 6.9%
Return on new capital
16% of the score, 17% here after data gaps
0median 33
Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 15 cents for every dollar earned. New capital earned -83%, and 18% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
-15%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score, 15% here after data gaps
83median 63
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 0.8% a year over 5 years: buybacks
735%
-3%
-0.8%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 2.3% a year, sales 4.2%
9912%
-2%
-1.9%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score, 13% here after data gaps
63median 63
Today's operating margin of 22% is 1.02x its normal 21%: close to its usual level. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 22%
Balance sheet
Taken out: its 8% is shared by the others
n/ano data
No debt or interest figures on file.
Earnings quality
6% of the score, 7% here after data gaps
94median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.52x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
1.5x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 6.5% of assets
938%
0%
-8%
-6.5%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.78
89-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.78
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. For CGNX, balance sheet could not be measured from the filings, so it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-07-05, latest annual report FY2025.
Scientific & Technical Instruments
Ranks #9 of 11 by RyuScore