Cognex Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cognex in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings, 2 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" Cognex stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CGNX, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Cognex is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 27th 2021.
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Cognex Co. (NASDAQ:CGNX) posted its earnings results on Thursday, August, 5th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.38 by $0.05. The scientific and technical instruments company earned $269.16 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $263.11 million. Cognex had a net margin of 30.96% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.92%.
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Cognex's stock was trading at $39.40 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CGNX stock has increased by 121.4% and is now trading at $87.25.
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Cognex declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 5th. Investors of record on Friday, August 20th will be given a dividend of $0.06 per share on Friday, September 3rd. This represents a $0.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 19th.
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Cognex pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.28%. Cognex has been increasing its dividend for 5 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Cognex is 24.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Cognex will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.48% next year. This indicates that Cognex will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Cognex's stock split on the morning of Monday, December 4th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Monday, October 30th 2017. The newly minted shares were issued 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 updated its third quarter 2021 earnings guidance on Thursday, September, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $275 million-$295 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $264.22 million.

8 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Cognex's stock. Their forecasts range from $63.00 to $120.00. On average, they anticipate Cognex's stock price to reach $89.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.6% from the stock's current price.
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94 employees have rated Cognex CEO Robert Willett on Glassdoor.com. Robert Willett has an approval rating of 84% among Cognex's employees.

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

Cognex's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (10.73%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.95%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (6.24%), Brown Capital Management LLC (4.69%), State Street Corp (3.17%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.84%). Company insiders that own Cognex stock include Anthony Sun, Carl Gerst, Dianne M Parrotte, Eugene G Banucci, Jerry A Schneider, Jerry A Schneider, Laura Ann Macdonald, Patrick Alias, Robert Willett, Sheila Marie Dipalma and Theodor Krantz.
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CGNX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, American Century Companies Inc., Brown Capital Management LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Bank of America Corp DE, and Allianz Asset Management GmbH. Company insiders that have sold Cognex company stock in the last year include Anthony Sun, Carl Gerst, Dianne M Parrotte, Eugene G Banucci, Jerry A Schneider, Patrick Alias, Robert Willett, Sheila Marie Dipalma, and Theodor Krantz.
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CGNX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, State Street Corp, Franklin Resources Inc., Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Ardevora Asset Management LLP, and Principal Financial Group Inc..
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One share of CGNX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $87.25.

Cognex has a market capitalization of $15.42 billion and generates $811.02 million in revenue each year. The scientific and technical instruments company earns $176.19 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.00 on an earnings per share basis.

Cognex employs 2,055 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Cognex: *CHIARO TECHNOLOGIES, AQSENSE, AssistWare Technology, Cognex Asia Inc., Cognex Canada Inc., Cognex Canada Technology Inc., Cognex Distribution, Cognex EnShape GmbH, Cognex Europe B.V., Cognex Europe Inc., Cognex Foreign Sales Corporation, Cognex Germany Aachen GmbH, Cognex Germany Inc., Cognex Goruntu Sistemleri Satis ve Ticaret Limited Sirketi, Cognex Hungary Kft., Cognex International Inc., Cognex Ireland Ltd., Cognex K.K., Cognex Korea Inc., Cognex Ltd., Cognex Mexico S.R.L.C.V., Cognex Poland z.o.o, Cognex Representacao Comercial E Participacoes Ltda., Cognex Sensors India Private Limited, Cognex Service Inc, Cognex Service Ltd., Cognex Singapore Inc., Cognex Switzerland GmbH, Cognex Taiwan Inc., Cognex Technology and Investment LLC, Cognex UK Ltd., Cognex Vietnam Company Ltd., Cognex Vision Inspection System (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Cognex Vision Spain S.L.U., Enshape, One Vision Drive LLC, ViDi Systems, Vision Drive Inc., and Webscan Inc.

Cognex was founded in 1981.

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

Cognex is headquartered at ONE VISION DRIVE, NATICK MA, 01760.

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].