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 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Cognex's shares. Their CGNX share price forecasts range from $40.00 to $80.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $54.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 28.7% from the stock's current price.
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Cognex's stock was trading at $77.76 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, CGNX stock has decreased by 45.3% and is now trading at $42.54.
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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) released its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 2nd. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.36 by $0.05. Cognex had a net margin of 23.82% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.19%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.43 earnings per share.

Cognex declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 2nd. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.61%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 0.61%. 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 21.85% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Cognex's stock split on Monday, December 4th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Monday, October 30th 2017. The newly created shares were payable 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, September, 20th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $195.00 million-$205.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $170.43 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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.18%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (3.14%), Lazard Asset Management LLC (2.01%), Eagle Asset Management Inc. (1.38%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (1.20%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.19%). 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 $42.54.

Cognex (NASDAQ:CGNX) has a market capitalization of $7.38 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'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.