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What Cognex Corp does.
Founded in 1981, Cognex Corporation (the "Company” or “Cognex”) makes advanced machine vision easy, paving the way for manufacturing and distribution companies to become faster, smarter, and more efficient through automation. We are a global technology leader in industrial machine vision systems that seek to improve efficiency and help solve critical manufacturing and distribution challenges, providing support across a diverse set of industrial end markets. Our solutions blend hardware and software to capture and analyze visual information, aiding the automation of manufacturing and distribution tasks for customers worldwide. Machine vision products are used to automate the manufacturing and distribution of discrete items, such as mobile phones, automotive components, and consumer goods, by locating, identifying, inspecting, and measuring them. Machine vision can be particularly valuable for applications in which human vision is inadequate to meet requirements for size, accuracy, or speed, or in instances where substantial cost savings can be obtained through the reduction of labor costs or improved product quality.
Cognex sells to customers in nearly all major industries in which discrete items are manufactured on an assembly line or moved through a distribution center or warehouse. Our largest end markets by revenue are the logistics, packaging, consumer electronics, and automotive industries, which combined represented approximately 85% of our total revenue in 2025.
Revenue and profit, by fiscal year.
| Fiscal year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $811.0M | $1.0B | $1.0B | $837.5M | $914.5M | $994.4M |
| Net income | $176.2M | $279.9M | $215.5M | $113.2M | $106.2M | $114.4M |
| Free cash flow | $229.1M | $298.6M | $223.7M | $89.8M | $134.0M | $236.8M |
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