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Cognex acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Cognex bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Moritex CorporationWord for word“On October 18, 2023, the Company acquired all the outstanding shares of Moritex Corporation (Moritex), a global provider of premium optical components based in Japan, for an enterprise value of ¥ 40 billion Japanese Yen, or approximately $ 270 million U.S. Dollars based on the closing date foreign exchange rate.” 10-K for 2023 | agreed acquisition | On October 18, 2023 | an enterprise value of ¥ 40 billion Japanese Yen, or approximately $ 270 million U.S. Dollars |
SAC Sirius Advanced Cybernetics GmbHWord for word“On December 7, 2022, the Company acquired SAC Sirius Advanced Cybernetics GmbH ("SAC"), a leader in computational lighting technology based in Germany.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | On December 7, 2022 | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) |
|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | $14.3 million |
| 2017-12-31 | $24.1 million |
| 2018-12-31 | $4.3 million |
| 2019-12-31 | $166.9 million |
| 2020-12-31 | −$1 million |
| 2021-12-31 | $0 |
| 2022-12-31 | $5 million |
| 2023-12-31 | $257.1 million |
| 2024-12-31 | $1.4 million |
| 2025-12-31 | $0 |
Read from Cognex’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-12. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.