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Cognex (LTS:0I14) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 37.44 (As of May. 15, 2024)


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What is Cognex Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-15), Cognex's current share price is $46.80. Cognex's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.25. Cognex's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 37.44.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cognex's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

LTS:0I14' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 27.28   Med: 58.67   Max: 128.91
Current: 37.83

During the past years, Cognex's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 128.91. The lowest was 27.28. And the median was 58.67.

LTS:0I14's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
58.21% of 962 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 29.65 vs LTS:0I14: 37.83

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Cognex's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.056. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $1.25 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Cognex Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cognex's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Cognex Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Cognex Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 68.40 88.36 71.58 38.68 33.40

Cognex Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 39.99 44.68 33.37 33.40 34.08

Competitive Comparison of Cognex's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Cognex's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Cognex's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cognex's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Cognex Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Cognex's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=46.80/1.25
=37.44

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Cognex's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Cognex's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=0.056/129.4194*129.4194
=0.056

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

Cognex Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.065 100.560 0.084
201409 0.154 100.428 0.198
201412 0.501 99.070 0.654
201503 -0.005 99.621 -0.006
201506 -0.007 100.684 -0.009
201509 0.356 100.392 0.459
201512 0.227 99.792 0.294
201603 0.146 100.470 0.188
201606 0.107 101.688 0.136
201609 0.299 101.861 0.380
201612 0.416 101.863 0.529
201703 0.233 102.862 0.293
201706 0.205 103.349 0.257
201709 0.232 104.136 0.288
201712 0.418 104.011 0.520
201803 0.231 105.290 0.284
201806 0.053 106.317 0.065
201809 0.414 106.507 0.503
201812 0.353 105.998 0.431
201903 0.320 107.251 0.386
201906 0.313 108.070 0.375
201909 0.349 108.329 0.417
201912 0.339 108.420 0.405
202003 0.336 108.902 0.399
202006 0.059 108.767 0.070
202009 0.454 109.815 0.535
202012 0.446 109.897 0.525
202103 0.535 111.754 0.620
202106 0.511 114.631 0.577
202109 0.333 115.734 0.372
202112 0.281 117.630 0.309
202203 0.254 121.301 0.271
202206 0.214 125.017 0.222
202209 0.454 125.227 0.469
202212 0.358 125.222 0.370
202303 0.127 127.348 0.129
202306 0.145 128.729 0.146
202309 0.203 129.860 0.202
202312 0.043 129.419 0.043
202403 0.056 129.419 0.056

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Cognex  (LTS:0I14) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Cognex (LTS:0I14) Business Description

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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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