Cognex Corp dividend history

Cognex Corp's dividend was $0.325 a share in fiscal 2025, up 6.6% on the year before. That was 47.7% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2021.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q2 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $154M
Dividends (TTM): $56.1M
Returned to shareholders: 78%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $298M
Diluted share count: −1.0%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 2.2%; dividends 0.6% + buybacks 1.6% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 32%; of net income paid out
R&D spending: 12.9%; of revenue
Sales & admin spending: 34.1%; of revenue
Days sales outstanding: 72 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Cognex Corp: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2009Dec 2009	2010Dec 2010	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Dec 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMJul 2026
Dividend per share	$0.075	$0.063	$0.090	$0.385	—	—	$0.110	$0.147	$0.168	$0.185	$0.205	$2.23	$0.245	$0.265	$0.286	$0.305	$0.325	—
Dividend per share growth	—	−16.7%	+44.0%	+327.8%	—	—	—	+34.1%	+13.6%	+10.4%	+10.8%	+985.4%	−89.0%	+8.2%	+7.9%	+6.6%	+6.6%	—
Dividends paid	12	10	15	66	0	0	18	25	29	32	35	391	43	46	49	52	55	56
Share buybacks	—	—	10	0	48	60	126	47	124	204	62	51	162	204	80	67	151	154
Dividends ÷ net income	—	16.3%	21.6%	97.2%	0.0%	0.0%	9.7%	17.5%	16.4%	14.5%	17.2%	221.6%	15.5%	21.3%	43.3%	49.3%	47.7%	32.1%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	174.5%	14.2%	19.3%	72.6%	0.0%	0.0%	16.4%	14.9%	14.8%	17.1%	15.2%	170.5%	14.5%	20.5%	54.6%	39.0%	23.1%	20.9%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from Cognex Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Cognex Corp.