Cognex (CGNX) Competitors

Zebra Technologies has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Cognex has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the broader market.

Zebra Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Cognex. Zebra Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cognex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

In the previous week, Zebra Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than Cognex. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Zebra Technologies and 31 mentions for Cognex. Cognex's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Zebra Technologies' score of 0.75 indicating that Cognex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Cognex has a net margin of 16.05% compared to Zebra Technologies' net margin of 9.22%. Zebra Technologies' return on equity of 22.29% beat Cognex's return on equity.

91.0% of Zebra Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Cognex shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Zebra Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Cognex shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Zebra Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $381.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.20%. Cognex has a consensus target price of $75.85, suggesting a potential upside of 13.39%. Given Cognex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cognex is more favorable than Zebra Technologies.

Cognex has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Teledyne Technologies has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the broader market.

Cognex has a net margin of 16.05% compared to Teledyne Technologies' net margin of 15.29%. Cognex's return on equity of 13.50% beat Teledyne Technologies' return on equity.

88.1% of Cognex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Teledyne Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Cognex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Teledyne Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Teledyne Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Cognex. Teledyne Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cognex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

In the previous week, Cognex had 23 more articles in the media than Teledyne Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Cognex and 8 mentions for Teledyne Technologies. Teledyne Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Cognex's score of 0.87 indicating that Teledyne Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Cognex presently has a consensus price target of $75.85, suggesting a potential upside of 13.39%. Teledyne Technologies has a consensus price target of $715.83, suggesting a potential upside of 3.59%. Given Cognex's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cognex is more favorable than Teledyne Technologies.

88.1% of Cognex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Cognex shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Cognex pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Advanced Energy Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Cognex pays out 33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Advanced Energy Industries pays out 7.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Cognex has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Cognex is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Cognex presently has a consensus target price of $75.85, suggesting a potential upside of 13.39%. Advanced Energy Industries has a consensus target price of $409.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.99%. Given Advanced Energy Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Advanced Energy Industries is more favorable than Cognex.

Advanced Energy Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Cognex. Advanced Energy Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cognex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

In the previous week, Cognex had 3 more articles in the media than Advanced Energy Industries. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Cognex and 28 mentions for Advanced Energy Industries. Advanced Energy Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Cognex's score of 0.87 indicating that Advanced Energy Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Cognex has a net margin of 16.05% compared to Advanced Energy Industries' net margin of 10.77%. Advanced Energy Industries' return on equity of 20.75% beat Cognex's return on equity.

Cognex has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Advanced Energy Industries has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the broader market.

Cognex pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Ralliant pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Cognex pays out 33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ralliant pays out -1.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Cognex has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Cognex is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Cognex currently has a consensus price target of $75.85, suggesting a potential upside of 13.39%. Ralliant has a consensus price target of $75.70, suggesting a potential upside of 12.11%. Given Cognex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cognex is more favorable than Ralliant.

88.1% of Cognex shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Cognex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Ralliant shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Cognex had 27 more articles in the media than Ralliant. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Cognex and 4 mentions for Ralliant. Cognex's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Ralliant's score of 0.78 indicating that Cognex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Cognex has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Ralliant has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the broader market.

Cognex has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ralliant. Ralliant is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cognex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Cognex has a net margin of 16.05% compared to Ralliant's net margin of -56.38%. Ralliant's return on equity of 14.97% beat Cognex's return on equity.