During the past 12 months, Cognex's average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -59.50% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -26.40% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -9.20% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 6.00% per year.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Cognex was 130.00% per year. The lowest was -43.40% per year. And the median was 13.50% per year.
Competitive Comparison of Cognex's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate
For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Cognex's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year FCF Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Cognex's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Distribution in the Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Cognex's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Cognex's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate falls into.
Cognex 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Calculation
This is the 3-year average growth rate of Free Cash Flow per Share. The growth rate is calculated using exponential compounding based on the latest four year annual data.
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Free Cash Flow per Share is the amount of Free Cash Flow per outstanding share of the company's stock. Free Cash Flow is considered one of the most important parameters to measure a company's earnings power by value investors because it is not subject to estimates of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization (DDA). However, when we look at the Free Cash Flow, we should look from a long term perspective, because any year's Free Cash Flow can be drastically affected by the spending on Property, Plant, & Equipment (PPE) of the business in that year. Over the long term, Free Cash Flow should give pretty good picture on the real earnings power of the company. It's used in the calculation of Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %.
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Cognex Corp provides machine vision products that help automate manufacturing processes. The firm's products include vision software, vision systems, vision sensors, and ID products. Vision software combines vision tools with a customer's own cameras and peripheral equipment and can help with several vision tasks, including part location, identification, measurement, and robotic guidance. Vision systems combine a camera, processor, and vision software into a single package. Vision sensors deliver simple, low-cost solutions for common vision applications, such as checking the size of parts. ID products read codes that have been applied to items during the manufacturing process. Cognex generates the largest proportion of its sales in the United States and Europe.
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