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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Alight, Inc. stock logo
ALIT
Alight
$8.35
+1.1%
$9.01
$6.33
$10.38
$4.69B0.946.83 million shs7.98 million shs
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
$47.71
-1.2%
$42.49
$34.28
$59.51
$8.19B1.481.42 million shs920,185 shs
MKS Instruments, Inc. stock logo
MKSI
MKS Instruments
$128.53
-2.6%
$123.97
$63.44
$135.51
$8.62B1.69710,064 shs988,065 shs
Sensata Technologies Holding plc stock logo
ST
Sensata Technologies
$41.88
-0.3%
$37.47
$30.56
$47.41
$6.30B1.322.21 million shs1.13 million shs
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Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Alight, Inc. stock logo
ALIT
Alight
+1.91%+7.84%-10.08%-7.46%-3.00%
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
+0.23%+1.75%+23.23%+18.22%-7.35%
MKS Instruments, Inc. stock logo
MKSI
MKS Instruments
+0.06%+2.45%+20.22%+6.73%+48.45%
Sensata Technologies Holding plc stock logo
ST
Sensata Technologies
-1.29%-2.37%+24.59%+22.57%+1.67%

MarketRank™

CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Alight, Inc. stock logo
ALIT
Alight
4.3266 of 5 stars
4.54.00.00.03.12.51.9
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
4.4819 of 5 stars
2.23.02.51.73.12.53.1
MKS Instruments, Inc. stock logo
MKSI
MKS Instruments
4.1056 of 5 stars
2.43.00.82.93.32.51.9
Sensata Technologies Holding plc stock logo
ST
Sensata Technologies
4.1409 of 5 stars
2.13.01.72.83.93.31.3

Analyst Ratings

CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Alight, Inc. stock logo
ALIT
Alight
3.00
Buy$12.0043.71% Upside
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
2.40
Hold$49.153.03% Upside
MKS Instruments, Inc. stock logo
MKSI
MKS Instruments
2.75
Moderate Buy$141.259.90% Upside
Sensata Technologies Holding plc stock logo
ST
Sensata Technologies
2.11
Hold$43.784.53% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest ST, CGNX, MKSI, and ALIT Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
5/23/2024
MKS Instruments, Inc. stock logo
MKSI
MKS Instruments
KeyCorp
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Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$140.00 ➝ $150.00
5/22/2024
MKS Instruments, Inc. stock logo
MKSI
MKS Instruments
Needham & Company LLC
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$145.00 ➝ $153.00
5/10/2024
Alight, Inc. stock logo
ALIT
Alight
Wedbush
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Lower Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$14.00 ➝ $12.00
5/10/2024
MKS Instruments, Inc. stock logo
MKSI
MKS Instruments
Benchmark
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Reiterated RatingBuy ➝ Buy$142.00
5/10/2024
MKS Instruments, Inc. stock logo
MKSI
MKS Instruments
Needham & Company LLC
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$125.00 ➝ $145.00
5/9/2024
Alight, Inc. stock logo
ALIT
Alight
KeyCorp
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$12.00 ➝ $11.00
5/9/2024
Alight, Inc. stock logo
ALIT
Alight
Needham & Company LLC
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$13.00 ➝ $11.00
5/7/2024
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
HSBC
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UpgradeHold ➝ Buy$52.00
5/7/2024
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
Truist Financial
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Reiterated RatingBuy ➝ Buy$47.00 ➝ $50.00
5/6/2024
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
The Goldman Sachs Group
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Boost Price TargetSell ➝ Sell$36.00 ➝ $41.00
5/6/2024
Sensata Technologies Holding plc stock logo
ST
Sensata Technologies
Evercore ISI
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UpgradeIn-Line ➝ Outperform$44.00 ➝ $60.00
(Data available from 5/23/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Alight, Inc. stock logo
ALIT
Alight
$3.41B1.37$1.52 per share5.48$8.06 per share1.04
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
$837.55M9.78$0.87 per share54.90$8.68 per share5.50
MKS Instruments, Inc. stock logo
MKSI
MKS Instruments
$3.62B2.38$38.37 per share3.35$36.15 per share3.56
Sensata Technologies Holding plc stock logo
ST
Sensata Technologies
$4.05B1.55$7.71 per share5.43$19.77 per share2.12

Profitability & Earnings

CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Alight, Inc. stock logo
ALIT
Alight
-$345M-$0.62N/A13.251.38-9.19%5.14%2.28%8/6/2024 (Estimated)
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
$113.23M$0.5882.2654.84N/A11.76%6.81%5.06%8/1/2024 (Estimated)
MKS Instruments, Inc. stock logo
MKSI
MKS Instruments
-$1.84B-$26.69N/A19.714.38-48.24%13.90%3.77%8/7/2024 (Estimated)
Sensata Technologies Holding plc stock logo
ST
Sensata Technologies
-$3.91M-$0.11N/A9.951.24-0.35%17.58%6.80%7/23/2024 (Estimated)

Latest ST, CGNX, MKSI, and ALIT Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
5/8/2024Q1 2024
MKS Instruments, Inc. stock logo
MKSI
MKS Instruments
$0.75$1.18+$0.43$2.14$848.94 million$868.00 million    
4/29/2024Q1 2024
Sensata Technologies Holding plc stock logo
ST
Sensata Technologies
$0.86$0.89+$0.03$1.28$986.51 million$1.01 billion      

Dividends

CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Alight, Inc. stock logo
ALIT
Alight
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
$0.300.63%+8.20%51.72%9 Years
MKS Instruments, Inc. stock logo
MKSI
MKS Instruments
$0.880.68%+3.23%N/A N/A
Sensata Technologies Holding plc stock logo
ST
Sensata Technologies
$0.481.15%N/AN/A 1 Years

Latest ST, CGNX, MKSI, and ALIT Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
5/8/2024
MKS Instruments, Inc. stock logo
MKSI
MKS Instruments
Quarterly$0.220.7%5/24/20245/28/20246/7/2024
5/2/2024
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
Quarterly$0.07500.69%5/15/20245/16/20245/30/2024
4/24/2024
Sensata Technologies Holding plc stock logo
ST
Sensata Technologies
Quarterly$0.121.39%5/7/20245/8/20245/22/2024
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Alight, Inc. stock logo
ALIT
Alight
0.61
1.57
1.57
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
N/A
3.52
2.61
MKS Instruments, Inc. stock logo
MKSI
MKS Instruments
1.94
3.69
2.34
Sensata Technologies Holding plc stock logo
ST
Sensata Technologies
1.14
2.64
1.74

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Alight, Inc. stock logo
ALIT
Alight
96.74%
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
88.12%
MKS Instruments, Inc. stock logo
MKSI
MKS Instruments
99.79%
Sensata Technologies Holding plc stock logo
ST
Sensata Technologies
99.42%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Alight, Inc. stock logo
ALIT
Alight
3.96%
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
1.10%
MKS Instruments, Inc. stock logo
MKSI
MKS Instruments
0.46%
Sensata Technologies Holding plc stock logo
ST
Sensata Technologies
1.00%

Miscellaneous

CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Alight, Inc. stock logo
ALIT
Alight
18,000561.49 million539.26 millionOptionable
Cognex Co. stock logo
CGNX
Cognex
2,992171.66 million169.77 millionOptionable
MKS Instruments, Inc. stock logo
MKSI
MKS Instruments
10,20067.06 million66.75 millionOptionable
Sensata Technologies Holding plc stock logo
ST
Sensata Technologies
19,400150.50 million149.00 millionOptionable

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Company Descriptions

Alight logo

Alight

NYSE:ALIT
Alight, Inc. provides cloud-based integrated digital human capital and business solutions worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Employer Solutions and Professional Services. The Employer Solutions segment offers employee wellbeing, integrated benefits administration, healthcare navigation, financial wellbeing, leave of absence management, retiree healthcare and payroll; and operates AI-led capabilities software. The Professional Services segment offers consulting offerings, such as cloud advisory, deployment, and optimization services for cloud platforms. The company provides Alight Worklife, an intuitive, cloud-based employee engagement platform. Its solutions enable employees to enrich their health, wealth, and wellbeing that helps organizations achieve a high-performance culture. Alight, Inc. was founded in 2020 and is based in Lincolnshire, Illinois.
Cognex logo

Cognex

NASDAQ:CGNX
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.
MKS Instruments logo

MKS Instruments

NASDAQ:MKSI
MKS Instruments, Inc. provides foundational technology solutions to semiconductor manufacturing, electronics and packaging, and specialty industrial applications in the United States, Germany, China, South Korea, and internationally. It operates through Vacuum Solutions Division (VSD), Photonics Solutions Division (PSD), and Material Solutions Division (MSD) segments. The VSD segment provides foundational technology solutions, including pressure measurement and control, flow measurement and control, gas and vapor delivery, gas composition analysis, electronic control technology, reactive gas generation and delivery, power generation and delivery, and vacuum technology. The PSD segment offers range of solutions, which include lasers, beam measurement and profiling, precision motion control, vibration isolation systems, photonics instruments, temperature sensing, opto-mechanical components, optical elements, systems for flexible PCB laser processing, and laser-based systems, as well as high density interconnect PCB and package manufacturing. The MSD segment develops, process, and manufactures technologies comprising advanced surface modification, electroless and electrolytic plating, and surface finishing for chemistry, equipment, software, and services markets, as well as high-technology applications. In addition, the company sells its products and services through direct sales, network of independent distributors, and sales representatives, as well as websites, including product catalogs. The company was incorporated in 1961 and is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts.
Sensata Technologies logo

Sensata Technologies

NYSE:ST
Sensata Technologies Holding plc develops, manufactures, and sells sensors and sensor-rich solutions, electrical protection components and systems, and other products used in mission-critical systems and applications in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Performance Sensing and Sensing Solutions. The Performance Sensing segment offers pressure, temperature, and position sensors, high-voltage solutions, and other solutions used in mission-critical systems and applications, such as tire pressure monitoring, thermal management, electrical protection, regenerative braking, powertrain for engine/transmission, and exhaust management for automobiles, on-road trucks, and off-road equipment customers. The Sensing Solutions segment provides application-specific sensor and electrical protection products, such as pressure, temperature, and position sensors; motor and compressor protectors; high-voltage contactors; solid state relays; bimetal electromechanical controls; power inverters; charge controllers; battery management systems; operator controls; and power conversion systems. It serves automotive, on-road truck, construction, and original equipment manufacturers in agriculture, control, appliance, medical, energy and charging infrastructure, data/telecom, and aerospace and defense industries, as well as systems integrators, aerospace, and motor and compressor distributors. Sensata Technologies Holding plc was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Attleboro, Massachusetts.