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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	$43.52 -1.5%	$34.35	$22.67 ▼ $44.39	$7.42B	1.47	2.29 million shs	3.10 million shs
COHR Coherent	$91.76 -19.5%	$94.28	$45.58 ▼ $123.25	$17.72B	1.9	3.32 million shs	28.96 million shs
ITRI Itron	$125.37 -2.4%	$130.14	$90.11 ▼ $140.04	$5.87B	1.35	731,157 shs	413,552 shs
NATI National Instruments	$59.98	$59.82	$34.97 ▼ $59.99	$7.97B	1.14	1.82 million shs	N/A

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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	+4.69%	+8.05%	+30.79%	+39.77%	+12.82%
COHR Coherent	-2.09%	+6.57%	+20.68%	+45.00%	+70.50%
ITRI Itron	+1.92%	+2.59%	-5.05%	+12.52%	+32.73%
NATI National Instruments	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
CGNX Cognex	4.5085 of 5 stars	2.3	4.0	3.3	1.7	3.9	1.7	1.9
COHR Coherent	3.3913 of 5 stars	2.4	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	2.5	3.1
ITRI Itron	4.521 of 5 stars	2.5	2.0	0.0	4.6	3.8	2.5	2.5
NATI National Instruments	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CGNX Cognex	2.53	Moderate Buy	$42.31	-2.79% Downside
COHR Coherent	2.88	Moderate Buy	$110.07	19.96% Upside
ITRI Itron	2.92	Moderate Buy	$136.25	8.68% Upside
NATI National Instruments	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest NATI, COHR, CGNX, and ITRI Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/14/2025	COHR Coherent	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$90.00 ➝ $110.00
8/14/2025	COHR Coherent	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$97.00 ➝ $89.00
8/14/2025	COHR Coherent	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Neutral	$92.00 ➝ $105.00
8/14/2025	COHR Coherent	Needham & Company LLC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$120.00
8/14/2025	COHR Coherent	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$100.00 ➝ $118.00
8/14/2025	COHR Coherent	Rosenblatt Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$150.00 ➝ $135.00
8/13/2025	COHR Coherent	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral
8/13/2025	COHR Coherent	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Positive ➝ Positive
8/13/2025	COHR Coherent	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight
8/13/2025	COHR Coherent	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform
8/4/2025	ITRI Itron	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$130.00

(Data available from 8/14/2022 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	$914.52M	7.99	$0.69 per share	63.16	$8.97 per share	4.85
COHR Coherent	$5.81B	2.45	$4.52 per share	20.28	$36.61 per share	2.51
ITRI Itron	$2.44B	2.35	$6.96 per share	18.02	$35.75 per share	3.51
NATI National Instruments	$1.66B	4.81	$2.13 per share	28.13	$8.85 per share	6.78

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	$106.17M	$0.71	61.30	50.02	N/A	13.13%	6.65%	5.02%	10/29/2025 (Estimated)
COHR Coherent	-$156.15M	-$0.23	N/A	25.92	0.65	0.85%	9.86%	3.90%	N/A
ITRI Itron	$239.10M	$5.85	21.43	25.90	0.70	11.05%	19.69%	8.39%	10/30/2025 (Estimated)
NATI National Instruments	$139.64M	$1.35	44.43	31.90	N/A	10.37%	22.27%	11.17%	N/A

Latest NATI, COHR, CGNX, and ITRI Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
7/31/2025	Q2 2025	ITRI Itron	$1.33	$1.62	+$0.29	$1.47	$610.36 million	$606.76 million
7/30/2025	Q2 2025	CGNX Cognex	$0.23	$0.25	+$0.02	$0.24	$246.70 million	$249.09 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CGNX Cognex	$0.32	0.74%	N/A	45.07%	10 Years
COHR Coherent	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ITRI Itron	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NATI National Instruments	$1.12	1.87%	N/A	82.96%	9 Years

Latest NATI, COHR, CGNX, and ITRI Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/30/2025	CGNX Cognex	quarterly	$0.08	0.95%	8/14/2025	8/14/2025	8/28/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CGNX Cognex	N/A	3.29	2.53
COHR Coherent	0.65	2.47	1.54
ITRI Itron	0.48	2.04	1.75
NATI National Instruments	0.46	2.49	1.54

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CGNX Cognex	88.12%
COHR Coherent	83.33%
ITRI Itron	96.19%
NATI National Instruments	80.40%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CGNX Cognex	1.60%
COHR Coherent	0.56%
ITRI Itron	1.45%
NATI National Instruments	0.66%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CGNX Cognex	2,914	167.90 million	165.21 million	Optionable
COHR Coherent	26,157	155.44 million	154.57 million	Optionable
ITRI Itron	5,788	45.72 million	45.06 million	Optionable
NATI National Instruments	7,000	132.80 million	131.92 million	Optionable

NATI, COHR, CGNX, and ITRI Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Plans unveiled for first NI championship links course in 100 years

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President Buhari: Didun ni iranti olododo

July 20, 2025 | msn.com

NI dairy sector wins as anti-farming ad pulled from cinemas

July 20, 2025 | farminguk.comF

NI property: Inside £295k thatched Co Antrim family home in a delightful rural location

July 20, 2025 | belfastlive.co.ukB

NI rider Irwin targets August return after crash

July 20, 2025 | bbc.comB

RSV vaccine to be offered to premature babies in NI

July 20, 2025 | msn.com

Thunderstorm warning for parts of NI and showers likely in Portrush

July 20, 2025 | msn.com

Londonderry and Strabane businesses encouraged to shine in High Street Heroes NI 2025 Awards

July 16, 2025 | msn.com

NI woman opens up on deep "grief and trauma" she and young son endured after husband's cancer death

July 16, 2025 | msn.com

NI Civil Service Belfast Pride attendance questioned after High Court ruling on police involvement

July 16, 2025 | msn.com

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July 16, 2025 | livelaw.inL

Reeves blamed for UK inflation bump as NI rise hits food prices

July 16, 2025 | msn.com

Golf superfan gets tattooed with star players ahead of Open’s return to NI

July 16, 2025 | msn.com

NI set for more rain and thunderstorms as Met Office issues new weather warning

July 16, 2025 | belfasttelegraph.co.uk

NI kids, some as young as nine, copying violent pornographic acts such as choking, MPs told

July 16, 2025 | belfastlive.co.ukB

Amat-amat na nga nahibaluan ni Terra ang iya mga gahum

July 16, 2025 | gmanetwork.comG

NI nurse soars to new heights after baby nephew diagnosed with complex heart condition

July 16, 2025 | msn.com

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July 16, 2025 | msn.com

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NATI, COHR, CGNX, and ITRI Company Descriptions

Cognex NASDAQ:CGNX

$43.52 -0.66 (-1.49%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$44.08 +0.56 (+1.29%)

As of 07:59 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.

Coherent NYSE:COHR

$91.76 -22.26 (-19.52%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$91.82 +0.06 (+0.07%)

As of 07:59 PM Eastern

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.

Itron NASDAQ:ITRI

$125.37 -3.13 (-2.44%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$125.34 -0.03 (-0.02%)

As of 04:24 PM Eastern

Itron, Inc., a technology, solutions, and service company, provides end-to-end solutions that help manage energy, water, and smart city operations worldwide. It operates in three segments: Device Solutions, Networked Solutions, and Outcomes. The Device Solutions segment offers hardware products that are used for measurement, control, or sensing, such as standard gas, electricity, water, and communicating meters, as well as heat and allocation products. The Networked Solutions segment provides communicating devices, such as smart meters, modules, endpoints, and sensors; network infrastructure; and associated heat-end management and application software for acquiring and transporting application-specific data. This segment also offers industrial internet of things solutions. Including automated meter reading; advanced metering infrastructure for electricity, water, and gas; distributed energy resource management; smart grid and distribution automation; smart street lighting; and leak detection and applications for gas and water systems. The Outcomes segment provides value-added, enhanced software and services, artificial intelligence, and machine learning for managing, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data to enhance decision making, maximize operational profitability, resource efficiency, grid analytics, and deliver results for consumers, utilities, and smart cities. In addition, it offers implementation, project management, installation, consulting, and post-sale maintenance support services, as well as cloud and software-as-a-service; and extended or customer-specific warranties. The company offers its products and services under the Itron brand. It serves utility and smart city customers, and municipalities through its sales force, distributors, agents, partners, and meter manufacturer representatives. Itron, Inc. was incorporated in 1977 and is headquartered in Liberty Lake, Washington.

National Instruments NASDAQ:NATI

National Instruments Corporation provides a software-centric platform to engineers and scientists worldwide. Its programming environments software includes NI LabVIEW, a graphical software platform to visualize hardware configuration, measurement data, and debugging; NI LabWindows/CVI, an ANSI C integrated development environment and engineering toolbox; and NI Measurement Studio, a suite of .NET tools for building engineering applications in Microsoft Visual Studio. The company's application software comprises NI TestStand that is used for automated test and measurement applications in manufacturing environment; NI VeriStand, a software environment for configuring real-time testing applications; Flexlogger for sensor configuration and data logging of mixed signals. Its operations management and analytic enterprise software include NI DIAdem, which is configuration-based technical data management, analysis, and report generation tools to mine and analyze engineering and measurement data; NI SystemLink, a systems management and data collection software that enables the mass coordination of connected devices, software deployments, and data communications throughout a distributed system; and NI Optimal Plus. The company also offers PXI and NI C-series hardware; NI PXI modular instrument platform; and NI semiconductor test systems, as well as software and hardware maintenance, and training and certification services. It serves semiconductor and electronics, transportation, aerospace, and defense industries; and government agencies. The company sells its products through direct sales, independent distributors, original equipment manufacturers, resellers, and system integrators and consultants. National Instruments Corporation was incorporated in 1976 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

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