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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
$29.72
-0.6%
$27.89
$22.67
$53.13
$4.99B1.451.58 million shs2.31 million shs
Coherent Corp. stock logo
COHR
Coherent
$78.52
-0.5%
$65.89
$45.58
$113.60
$12.21B1.913.03 million shs2.31 million shs
nLIGHT, Inc. stock logo
LASR
nLIGHT
$14.49
+1.9%
$8.81
$6.20
$14.80
$716.37M2.02359,584 shs1.69 million shs
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Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
+0.71%-5.44%+23.67%-8.87%-38.08%
Coherent Corp. stock logo
COHR
Coherent
-0.93%+0.12%+43.02%-4.63%+38.06%
nLIGHT, Inc. stock logo
LASR
nLIGHT
+5.72%+11.35%+98.05%+41.77%+8.55%
CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
4.949 of 5 stars
4.34.04.21.73.52.51.9
Coherent Corp. stock logo
COHR
Coherent
4.661 of 5 stars
4.55.00.00.02.52.53.1
nLIGHT, Inc. stock logo
LASR
nLIGHT
1.3273 of 5 stars
1.52.00.00.03.53.30.6
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
2.50
Moderate Buy$39.1731.79% Upside
Coherent Corp. stock logo
COHR
Coherent
3.00
Buy$100.0727.44% Upside
nLIGHT, Inc. stock logo
LASR
nLIGHT
3.00
Buy$14.902.83% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest LASR, CGNX, and COHR Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
5/23/2025
Coherent Corp. stock logo
COHR
Coherent
Morgan Stanley
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Boost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$70.00 ➝ $74.00
5/9/2025
nLIGHT, Inc. stock logo
LASR
nLIGHT
Craig Hallum
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UpgradeHold ➝ Buy$14.00
5/8/2025
Coherent Corp. stock logo
COHR
Coherent
Benchmark
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$105.00 ➝ $95.00
5/8/2025
Coherent Corp. stock logo
COHR
Coherent
Rosenblatt Securities
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$80.00 ➝ $95.00
5/6/2025
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
The Goldman Sachs Group
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Lower Price TargetSell ➝ Sell$33.00 ➝ $29.00
5/5/2025
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
DA Davidson
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$35.00 ➝ $32.00
5/2/2025
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
UBS Group
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$56.00 ➝ $53.00
5/1/2025
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
Needham & Company LLC
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$41.00 ➝ $33.00
4/28/2025
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
Cowen
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UpgradeHold ➝ Buy
4/28/2025
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
TD Cowen
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UpgradeHold ➝ Buy$35.00
4/28/2025
Coherent Corp. stock logo
COHR
Coherent
Needham & Company LLC
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Reiterated RatingBuy ➝ Buy$125.00 ➝ $85.00
(Data available from 5/23/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
$919.75M5.42$0.62 per share47.75$8.93 per share3.33
Coherent Corp. stock logo
COHR
Coherent
$5.60B2.18$5.12 per share15.34$35.73 per share2.20
nLIGHT, Inc. stock logo
LASR
nLIGHT
$205.69M3.48N/AN/A$5.45 per share2.66
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
$106.17M$0.6848.7234.16N/A11.61%5.65%4.25%7/30/2025 (Estimated)
Coherent Corp. stock logo
COHR
Coherent
-$156.15M-$0.23N/A22.180.701.28%8.29%3.25%N/A
nLIGHT, Inc. stock logo
LASR
nLIGHT
-$41.67M-$1.13N/AN/AN/A-24.16%-19.53%-15.91%8/7/2025 (Estimated)

Latest LASR, CGNX, and COHR Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
5/8/2025Q1 2025
nLIGHT, Inc. stock logo
LASR
nLIGHT
-$0.17-$0.04+$0.13-$0.16$47.77 million$51.67 million
2/27/2025Q4 2024
nLIGHT, Inc. stock logo
LASR
nLIGHT
-$0.21-$0.42-$0.21-$0.51$46.62 million$47.38 million
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
$0.321.08%+7.57%47.06%10 Years
Coherent Corp. stock logo
COHR
Coherent
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
nLIGHT, Inc. stock logo
LASR
nLIGHT
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Latest LASR, CGNX, and COHR Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
4/30/2025
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
quarterly$0.081.1%5/15/20255/15/20255/29/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
N/A
3.62
2.69
Coherent Corp. stock logo
COHR
Coherent
0.69
2.67
1.64
nLIGHT, Inc. stock logo
LASR
nLIGHT
N/A
5.83
4.48

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
88.12%
Coherent Corp. stock logo
COHR
Coherent
83.33%
nLIGHT, Inc. stock logo
LASR
nLIGHT
83.88%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
1.60%
Coherent Corp. stock logo
COHR
Coherent
0.56%
nLIGHT, Inc. stock logo
LASR
nLIGHT
4.70%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
2,440167.87 million168.00 millionOptionable
Coherent Corp. stock logo
COHR
Coherent
23,700155.44 million154.10 millionOptionable
nLIGHT, Inc. stock logo
LASR
nLIGHT
1,10049.44 million45.48 millionOptionable

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Cognex stock logo

Cognex NASDAQ:CGNX

$29.72 -0.17 (-0.57%)
Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern
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$30.29 +0.57 (+1.91%)
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Cognex Corporation provides machine vision products that capture and analyze visual information to automate manufacturing and distribution tasks worldwide. Its machine vision products are used to automate the manufacturing and tracking of discrete items, including mobile phones, electric vehicle batteries, and e-commerce packages by locating, identifying, inspecting, and measuring them during the manufacturing or distribution process. The company offers VisionPro software, a suite of patented vision tools for advanced programming; QuickBuild that allows customers to build vision applications with a graphical, flowchart-based programming interface; and Cognex deep learning vision software. It also provides a range of inspection tasks, including part location, identification, measurement, assembly verification, and robotic guidance; vision sensors for vision applications, such as checking the presence and size of parts; and the In-Sight product line of vision systems and sensors. In addition, the company offers DataMan, an image-based barcode readers and barcode verifiers. It sells its products to automotive, logistics, consumer electronics, medical-related, semiconductor, consumer products, food and beverage, and others, as well as through a network of distributors and integrators. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts.

Coherent stock logo

Coherent NYSE:COHR

$78.52 -0.36 (-0.45%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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$76.98 -1.54 (-1.96%)
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Coherent Corp. develops, manufactures, and markets engineered materials, optoelectronic components and devices, and optical and laser systems and subsystems for the use in the industrial, communications, electronics, and instrumentation markets worldwide. It operates through three segments: Networking, Materials, and Lasers. The Networking segment offers telecommunication products for fiber-optic transmission; datacom transceivers, including pluggable transceivers for ethernet and fiber channel applications; and advanced optics, such as fiber and precision optics used in projection displays, crystal materials and components for optical communications, filters and assemblies for life sciences, sensors, instrumentation, and semiconductor equipment, as well as ultraviolet (UV), visible, and near-infrared spectroscopy optics for industrial lasers. The Materials segments provides laser optics and accessories; infrared thermal imaging optics and assemblies; polycrystalline materials; thermoelectric components, subassemblies, and systems; ceramic and metal-matrix composite products; semiconductor lasers and laser bars; Q-switched laser modules, uncooled pump laser modules, and laser systems for superhard materials processing; laser processing heads and beam delivery systems; EELs, VCSELs, and detectors; pumps for amplifiers; precision optical assemblies, infrared optics, thin-film coatings and optical materials; optical solutions; and integrated circuits for transceivers. The Lasers segment offers UV gas and solid-state lasers; UV optical systems, line beams, and mask-based imaging systems; UV nanosecond lasers; continuous-wave lasers and systems; amplifiers; subsystems and standard systems; IR lasers; crystals and diode lasers, and specialty polishing and coating solutions. The company was formerly known as II-VI Incorporated and changed its name to Coherent Corp. in September 2022. Coherent Corp. was incorporated in 1971 and is headquartered in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania.

nLIGHT stock logo

nLIGHT NASDAQ:LASR

$14.49 +0.27 (+1.90%)
Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern
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nLIGHT, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells semiconductor and fiber lasers for industrial, microfabrication, and aerospace and defense applications. The company operates in two segments, Laser Products and Advanced Development. It offers semiconductor lasers with various ranges of power levels, wavelengths, and output fiber sizes; and programmable and serviceable fiber lasers for use in industrial and aerospace and defense applications. The company also provides laser sensors, including light detection and ranging technologies for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance applications; and fiber amplifiers, beam combination, and control systems for use in high-energy laser systems in directed energy applications. It sells its products through direct sales force in the United States, China, South Korea, and European countries, as well as through independent sales representatives and distributors in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and South America. The company was formerly known as nLight Photonics Corporation and changed its name to nLIGHT, Inc. in January 2016. nLIGHT, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Camas, Washington.