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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Badger Meter, Inc. stock logo
BMI
Badger Meter
$243.71
+0.0%
$208.64
$162.17
$249.65
$7.18B0.83207,542 shs158,113 shs
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%
$66.15
$45.58
$113.60
$12.21B1.913.03 million shs2.31 million shs
National Instruments Co. stock logo
NATI
National Instruments
$59.98
$59.82
$34.97
$59.99
$7.97B1.141.82 million shsN/A
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Badger Meter, Inc. stock logo
BMI
Badger Meter
-0.02%-0.55%+15.98%+15.97%+22.17%
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
-0.57%-5.89%+18.93%-9.38%-38.43%
Coherent Corp. stock logo
COHR
Coherent
-0.40%-0.32%+32.46%-5.01%+37.52%
National Instruments Co. stock logo
NATI
National Instruments
0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Badger Meter, Inc. stock logo
BMI
Badger Meter
3.385 of 5 stars
1.31.03.31.63.62.51.9
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
4.9451 of 5 stars
4.34.04.21.73.52.51.9
Coherent Corp. stock logo
COHR
Coherent
4.5918 of 5 stars
4.55.00.00.02.02.53.1
National Instruments Co. stock logo
NATI
National Instruments
1.3552 of 5 stars
0.00.02.53.00.61.71.3
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Badger Meter, Inc. stock logo
BMI
Badger Meter
2.60
Moderate Buy$229.80-5.71% Downside
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
National Instruments Co. stock logo
NATI
National Instruments
0.00
N/AN/AN/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest NATI, COHR, BMI, and CGNX 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
5/8/2025
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
4/24/2025
Badger Meter, Inc. stock logo
BMI
Badger Meter
Argus
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Set Price Target$240.00
(Data available from 5/24/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Badger Meter, Inc. stock logo
BMI
Badger Meter
$852.49M8.42$5.97 per share40.84$20.61 per share11.82
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
National Instruments Co. stock logo
NATI
National Instruments
$1.66B4.81$2.13 per share28.13$8.85 per share6.78
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Badger Meter, Inc. stock logo
BMI
Badger Meter
$124.94M$4.5457.6145.303.8915.12%21.77%15.90%7/18/2025 (Estimated)
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
National Instruments Co. stock logo
NATI
National Instruments
$139.64M$1.3544.4331.90N/A10.37%22.27%11.17%N/A

Latest NATI, COHR, BMI, and CGNX Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
4/17/2025Q1 2025
Badger Meter, Inc. stock logo
BMI
Badger Meter
$1.08$1.30+$0.22$1.30$220.39 million$222.21 million
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Badger Meter, Inc. stock logo
BMI
Badger Meter
$1.360.56%+17.09%29.96%32 Years
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
National Instruments Co. stock logo
NATI
National Instruments
$1.121.87%+3.85%82.96%9 Years

Latest NATI, COHR, BMI, and CGNX Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
4/25/2025
Badger Meter, Inc. stock logo
BMI
Badger Meter
quarterly$0.340.63%5/23/20255/23/20256/6/2025
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
Badger Meter, Inc. stock logo
BMI
Badger Meter
N/A
4.57
3.36
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
N/A
3.62
2.69
Coherent Corp. stock logo
COHR
Coherent
0.69
2.67
1.64
National Instruments Co. stock logo
NATI
National Instruments
0.46
2.49
1.54

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Badger Meter, Inc. stock logo
BMI
Badger Meter
89.01%
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
88.12%
Coherent Corp. stock logo
COHR
Coherent
83.33%
National Instruments Co. stock logo
NATI
National Instruments
80.40%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Badger Meter, Inc. stock logo
BMI
Badger Meter
0.90%
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
1.60%
Coherent Corp. stock logo
COHR
Coherent
0.56%
National Instruments Co. stock logo
NATI
National Instruments
0.66%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Badger Meter, Inc. stock logo
BMI
Badger Meter
1,98029.45 million29.18 millionOptionable
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
2,440167.87 million168.00 millionOptionable
Coherent Corp. stock logo
COHR
Coherent
23,700155.44 million154.10 millionOptionable
National Instruments Co. stock logo
NATI
National Instruments
7,000132.80 million131.92 millionOptionable

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Badger Meter stock logo

Badger Meter NYSE:BMI

$243.71 +0.04 (+0.02%)
Closing price 05/23/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$243.63 -0.08 (-0.03%)
As of 05/23/2025 04:04 PM Eastern
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Badger Meter, Inc. manufactures and markets flow measurement, quality, control, and communication solutions worldwide. It offers mechanical or static water meters, and related radio and software technologies and services to municipal water utilities market. The company also provides flow instrumentation products, including meters, valves, and other sensing instruments to measure and control fluids going through a pipe or pipeline, including water, air, steam, and other liquids and gases to original equipment manufacturers as the primary flow measurement device within a product or system, as well as through manufacturers' representatives. In addition, the company offers ORION Cellular endpoints to power network as a service; ORION mobile read endpoints support for deploying AMR solution; radio products; hardware, instruments, and sensors, and related software, to enhance connected data to a water utility's operation; water quality monitoring solutions, including optical sensing and electrochemical instruments; and high frequency pressure and leak detection sensors to aid in burst pipe and leak events; as well as BEACON, a secure cloud-hosted software suite that establishes alerts for specific conditions and allows consumer engagement tools that permit end water customers to view and manage their water usage activity. Its flow instrumentation products are used in water/wastewater, heating, ventilating and air conditioning, and corporate sustainability markets. The company serves water utilities, commercial, and industrial industries; and provides training, project management, technical support, and other collaborative services for customers. It sells its products and software directly, as well as through resellers and representatives. The company was incorporated in 1905 and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Cognex stock logo

Cognex NASDAQ:CGNX

$29.72 -0.17 (-0.57%)
Closing price 05/23/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$30.29 +0.57 (+1.91%)
As of 05/23/2025 06:44 PM Eastern
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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 05/23/2025 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.

National Instruments stock logo

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.