NASDAQ:CGNXCognex Stock Price, Forecast & News

Cognex's stock was trading at $39.40 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CGNX shares have increased by 53.4% and is now trading at $60.42. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cognex in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Cognex.

Cognex is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Cognex.

Cognex Co. (NASDAQ:CGNX) posted its earnings results on Monday, April, 27th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.11 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.08 by $0.03. The scientific and technical instruments company earned $167.20 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $154.89 million. Cognex had a net margin of 26.58% and a return on equity of 14.96%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.17 earnings per share. View Cognex's earnings history.

Cognex declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.055 per share on Friday, May 29th. This represents a $0.22 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.36%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 14th. View Cognex's dividend history.

Shares of Cognex split on Monday, December 4th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Monday, October 30th 2017. The newly created shares were distributed to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, December 1st 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of Cognex stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Cognex announced that its board has initiated a stock repurchase program on Monday, October 29th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 2.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

11 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Cognex's shares. Their forecasts range from $36.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate Cognex's stock price to reach $48.90 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 19.1%. View analysts' price targets for Cognex.

Media headlines about CGNX stock have trended negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cognex earned a news sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the scientific and technical instruments company a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Cognex.

Cognex saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,770,000 shares, a drop of 17.6% from the May 31st total of 8,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,340,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.1 days. Currently, 4.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Cognex's Current Options Chain.

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

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One share of CGNX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $60.42.

Cognex has a market capitalization of $10.37 billion and generates $725.63 million in revenue each year. The scientific and technical instruments company earns $203.87 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.16 on an earnings per share basis. Cognex employs 2,267 workers across the globe.

The official website for Cognex is www.cognex.com.

Cognex's mailing address is ONE VISION DRIVE, NATICK MA, 01760. The scientific and technical instruments company can be reached via phone at 508-650-3000 or via email at [email protected]