As of today (2024-04-24), Cognex's share price is $39.53.
Cognex's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.52. Hence, Cognex's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 76.31.
The historical rank and industry rank for Cognex's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
CGNX'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 18.62 Med: 41.27 Max: 81.89
Current: 76.33
During the past 13 years, Cognex's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 81.89. The lowest was 18.62. And the median was 41.27.
CGNX's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 86.99% of 1353
companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 16.86
vs CGNX: 76.33
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Cognex 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.
During the past 13 years, Cognex's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 130.00% per year. The lowest was -43.40% per year. And the median was 13.50% per year.
Cognex Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Cognex's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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.
Competitive Comparison of Cognex's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Cognex's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Cognex's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Cognex's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Cognex Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
Cognex's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
Cognex's Share Price of today is $39.53.
Cognex's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.52.
* 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.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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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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