Cognex - CGNX Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cognex in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings, 6 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" CGNX shares.
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12 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Cognex's stock. Their CGNX share price forecasts range from $40.00 to $80.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $55.42 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.1% from the stock's current price.
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Cognex's stock was trading at $77.76 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CGNX stock has decreased by 37.6% and is now trading at $48.56.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 3rd 2022.
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Cognex Co. (NASDAQ:CGNX) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 2nd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.41 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.05. Cognex had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.19% and a net margin of 23.82%. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.43 earnings per share.

Cognex declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 2nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 19th will be given a dividend of $0.065 per share on Friday, September 2nd. This represents a $0.26 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.54%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 18th.
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Cognex (NASDAQ:CGNX) pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.54%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 17.81%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CGNX will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.16% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Shares of Cognex split on Monday, December 4th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Monday, October 30th 2017. The newly minted shares were distributed to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, December 1st 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Cognex issued an update on its third quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 9th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $160.00 million-$180.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $290.25 million.

94 employees have rated Cognex Chief Executive Officer Robert Willett on Glassdoor.com. Robert Willett has an approval rating of 84% among the company's employees.

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Cognex trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CGNX."

Cognex's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.18%), Lazard Asset Management LLC (2.01%), Eagle Asset Management Inc. (1.38%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (1.20%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.19%) and Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (1.18%). Insiders that own company stock include Anthony Sun, Carl Gerst, Dianne M Parrotte, Eugene G Banucci, Jerry A Schneider, Jerry A Schneider, Laura Ann Macdonald, Patrick Alias, Paul Todgham, Robert Willett, Sheila Marie Dipalma and Theodor Krantz.
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One share of CGNX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.56.

Cognex (NASDAQ:CGNX) has a market capitalization of $8.42 billion and generates $1.04 billion in revenue each year. The scientific and technical instruments company earns $279.88 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.46 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,257 workers across the globe.

Cognex was founded in 1981.

Cognex's mailing address is ONE VISION DRIVE, NATICK MA, 01760. The official website for the company is www.cognex.com. The scientific and technical instruments company can be reached via phone at (508) 650-3000, via email at susan.conway@cognex.com, or via fax at 508-650-3333.