R&D expense · 2011–2025

Cognex R&D expense

$139M−0.6% · FY2025

Cognex (CGNX) reported $139M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −0.6% year on year.

$40.9M2011$41.5M2012$44.3M2013$55.8M2014$69.8M2015$78.3M2016$99.2M2017$116M2018$119M2019$131M2020$135M2021$141M2022$139M2023$140M2024$139M2025
Cognex — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$139M−0.6%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$140M+0.3%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$139M−1.2%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$141M+4.3%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$135M+3.4%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$131M+9.7%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$119M+2.6%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$116M+17.4%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$99.2M+26.7%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$78.3M+12.1%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$69.8M+25.0%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$55.8M+26.0%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$44.3M+6.7%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$41.5M+1.5%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$40.9M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +9.1%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-cognex-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Cognex R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/cognex/research-and-development-expense}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0000851205-26-000012 · February 12, 2026

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