Compare Stocks: LASR, CGNX, RAL, and NOVT

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CGNX Cognex	$60.47 +0.0%	$64.43	$34.60 ▼ $72.88	$10.17B	1.49	2.21 million shs	349,826 shs
LASR nLight	$41.93 -2.4%	$61.60	$27.22 ▼ $86.95	$2.42B	2.31	1.43 million shs	332,041 shs
NOVT Novanta	$143.74 +1.1%	$152.24	$98.27 ▼ $176.38	$5.44B	1.68	456,906 shs	60,279 shs
RAL Ralliant	$61.27 -0.7%	$68.40	$37.27 ▼ $75.41	$6.78B	1.61	1.66 million shs	143,421 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CGNX Cognex	0.00%	-0.13%	-7.33%	-6.47%	+37.60%
LASR nLight	0.00%	-9.39%	-37.59%	-39.16%	+49.10%
NOVT Novanta	0.00%	-2.09%	-0.25%	-13.01%	+22.15%
RAL Ralliant	0.00%	-3.25%	-6.28%	+0.06%	+46.93%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CGNX Cognex	$60.47 +0.0%	$64.43	$34.60 ▼ $72.88	$10.17B	1.49	2.21 million shs	349,826 shs
LASR nLight	$41.93 -2.4%	$61.60	$27.22 ▼ $86.95	$2.42B	2.31	1.43 million shs	332,041 shs
NOVT Novanta	$143.74 +1.1%	$152.24	$98.27 ▼ $176.38	$5.44B	1.68	456,906 shs	60,279 shs
RAL Ralliant	$61.27 -0.7%	$68.40	$37.27 ▼ $75.41	$6.78B	1.61	1.66 million shs	143,421 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CGNX Cognex	0.00%	-0.13%	-7.33%	-6.47%	+37.60%
LASR nLight	0.00%	-9.39%	-37.59%	-39.16%	+49.10%
NOVT Novanta	0.00%	-2.09%	-0.25%	-13.01%	+22.15%
RAL Ralliant	0.00%	-3.25%	-6.28%	+0.06%	+46.93%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CGNX Cognex	2.82	Moderate Buy	$75.64	25.09% Upside
LASR nLight	2.82	Moderate Buy	$87.94	109.72% Upside
NOVT Novanta	3.00	Buy	$194.00	34.97% Upside
RAL Ralliant	2.67	Moderate Buy	$75.70	23.55% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest LASR, CGNX, RAL, and NOVT Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/14/2026	NOVT Novanta	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
8/11/2026	CGNX Cognex	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C+)
8/10/2026	CGNX Cognex	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Neutral	$62.00 ➝ $65.00
8/10/2026	CGNX Cognex	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$65.00
8/10/2026	CGNX Cognex	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$75.00 ➝ $80.00
8/7/2026	NOVT Novanta	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$194.00
8/7/2026	CGNX Cognex	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$72.00 ➝ $74.00
8/7/2026	CGNX Cognex	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$91.00
8/7/2026	CGNX Cognex	Needham & Company LLC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$75.00 ➝ $80.00
8/7/2026	CGNX Cognex	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Hold	$71.00 ➝ $78.00
8/7/2026	CGNX Cognex	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$76.00 ➝ $84.00

(Data available from 8/31/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CGNX Cognex	$994.36M	10.23	$0.98 per share	61.87	$8.90 per share	6.79
LASR nLight	$261.33M	9.26	N/A	N/A	$4.46 per share	9.40
NOVT Novanta	$980.60M	5.54	$5.17 per share	27.82	$36.74 per share	3.91
RAL Ralliant	$2.07B	3.28	$16.38 per share	3.74	$14.49 per share	4.23

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CGNX Cognex	$114.44M	$1.03	58.71	31.33	N/A	16.05%	13.50%	10.02%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
LASR nLight	-$23.47M	-$0.25	N/A	N/A	N/A	-4.02%	-2.83%	-2.26%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)
NOVT Novanta	$53.83M	$1.56	92.14	33.20	N/A	6.00%	10.83%	7.53%	11/2/2026 (Estimated)
RAL Ralliant	-$1.22B	-$10.85	N/A	18.51	2.29	-56.38%	14.97%	6.99%	N/A

Latest LASR, CGNX, RAL, and NOVT Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	LASR nLight	$0.1411	$0.15	+$0.0089	-$0.02	$78.59 million	$82.59 million
8/5/2026	Q2 2026	CGNX Cognex	$0.4238	$0.45	+$0.0262	$0.43	$292.10 million	$291.26 million
8/5/2026	Q2 2026	NOVT Novanta	$0.83	$0.89	+$0.06	$0.30	$262.30 million	$265.81 million
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	RAL Ralliant	$0.63	$0.68	+$0.05	$0.51	N/A	$567.80 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CGNX Cognex	$0.34	0.56%	-31.76%	33.01%	10 Years
LASR nLight	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NOVT Novanta	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
RAL Ralliant	$0.20	0.32%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest LASR, CGNX, RAL, and NOVT Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/4/2026	RAL Ralliant	quarterly	$0.05	0.3%	9/8/2026	9/8/2026	9/23/2026
8/5/2026	CGNX Cognex	quarterly	$0.0850	0.57%	8/20/2026	8/20/2026	9/3/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CGNX Cognex	N/A	3.93	3.27
LASR nLight	N/A	8.17	7.29
NOVT Novanta	0.12	4.57	3.79
RAL Ralliant	0.75	1.52	1.00

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CGNX Cognex	88.12%
LASR nLight	83.88%
NOVT Novanta	98.35%
RAL Ralliant	N/A

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CGNX Cognex	1.70%
LASR nLight	3.10%
NOVT Novanta	1.20%
RAL Ralliant	0.42%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CGNX Cognex	2,745	168.22 million	165.36 million	Optionable
LASR nLight	1,100	57.69 million	55.90 million	Optionable
NOVT Novanta	3,000	37.82 million	37.36 million	Optionable
RAL Ralliant	7,000	110.64 million	110.18 million	N/A

LASR, CGNX, RAL, and NOVT Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Moore Capital Management LP Buys Shares of 687,038 Ralliant Corporation $RAL

August 31 at 5:59 AM | marketbeat.com

Legal & General Group Plc Takes Position in Ralliant Corporation $RAL

August 31 at 4:56 AM | marketbeat.com

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Takes Position in Ralliant Corporation $RAL

August 31 at 4:56 AM | marketbeat.com

Alyeska Investment Group L.P. Lowers Holdings in Ralliant Corporation $RAL

August 31 at 3:04 AM | marketbeat.com

Empowered Funds LLC Acquires New Position in Ralliant Corporation $RAL

August 30 at 4:00 AM | marketbeat.com

Ralliant (NYSE:RAL) Cut to "Buy" at Wall Street Zen

August 30 at 1:07 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Ralliant (NYSE:RAL) Downgraded to Buy Rating by Wall Street Zen

August 30 at 1:05 AM | marketbeat.com

Hsbc Holdings PLC Purchases New Position in Ralliant Corporation $RAL

August 29 at 5:51 AM | marketbeat.com

146,745 Shares in Ralliant Corporation $RAL Bought by Man Group plc

August 29 at 5:39 AM | marketbeat.com

Freestone Grove Partners LP Purchases Shares of 206,590 Ralliant Corporation $RAL

August 28 at 4:08 AM | marketbeat.com

Bank of New York Mellon Corp Acquires New Position in Ralliant Corporation $RAL

August 28 at 3:05 AM | marketbeat.com

Castleark Management LLC Takes $9.48 Million Position in Ralliant Corporation $RAL

August 26, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Algert Global LLC Acquires 102,670 Shares of Ralliant Corporation $RAL

August 26, 2026 | marketbeat.com

SIR Capital Management L.P. Acquires Shares of 16,400 Ralliant Corporation $RAL

August 25, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Callan Family Office LLC Invests $1.66 Million in Ralliant Corporation $RAL

August 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC Takes $8.49 Million Position in Ralliant Corporation $RAL

August 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

230,400 Shares in Ralliant Corporation $RAL Purchased by Bank of Nova Scotia

August 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG Acquires New Shares in Ralliant Corporation $RAL

August 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Quantbot Technologies LP Invests $5.30 Million in Ralliant Corporation $RAL

August 23, 2026 | marketbeat.com

BlackRock Inc. Buys Shares of 14,117,630 Ralliant Corporation $RAL

August 22, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Bank of America Corp DE Sells 105,071 Shares of Ralliant Corporation $RAL

August 22, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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LASR, CGNX, RAL, and NOVT Company Descriptions

Cognex NASDAQ:CGNX

$60.47 +0.01 (+0.02%)

As of 12:03 PM Eastern

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.

nLight NASDAQ:LASR

$41.93 -1.01 (-2.35%)

As of 12:04 PM Eastern

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.

Novanta NASDAQ:NOVT

$143.74 +1.54 (+1.08%)

As of 12:02 PM Eastern

Novanta, Inc. engages in the provision of core technology solutions to healthcare and advanced industrial original equipment manufacturers. It operates through the following segments: Photonics, Vision, and Precision Motion. The Photonics segment designs, manufactures, and markets photonics-based solutions, including laser scanning and laser beam delivery, CO2 laser, continuous wave and ultrafast laser, and optical light engine products. The Vision segment offers a range of medical grade technologies, including medical insufflators, pumps and related disposables, surgical displays and operating room integration technologies, optical data collection and machine vision technologies, radio frequency identification technologies, thermal printers, spectrometry technologies, and embedded touch screen solutions. The Precision Motion segment includes optical encoders, precision motor and motion control technology, air bearing spindles, and precision machined components to customers. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

Ralliant NYSE:RAL

$61.27 -0.44 (-0.71%)

As of 12:04 PM Eastern

Ralliant Corporation is a provider of precision technologies which specializes in designing, developing, manufacturing and servicing precision instruments and engineered products. Ralliant Corporation is based in RALEIGH, N.C.

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