Cognex Corporation (CGNX)Technology | Scientific & Technical Instruments | Natick, United States | NasdaqGS
55.50 USD
+0.53
(0.964%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 55.07 -0.43 (-0.430%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 4:01 p.m. EDT
CGNX has shown recent price volatility, with a mix of positive and negative news impacting its performance. The stock has experienced a recent uptick, but the price has dipped slightly from its recent high. The dividend yield is modest, and while the company has a solid growth trajectory, the dividend payouts are not substantial. The options data suggests a cautious outlook with potential for both upward and downward movements, making it a moderate short-term opportunity. For long-term investors, the strong fundamentals and positive analyst ratings support a buy-and-hold strategy. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.226354 |
| AutoETS | 0.236098 |
| MSTL | 0.236862 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.268223 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 73% |
| H-stat | 1.21 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.093 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.30 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-02-25 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-02-25 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 5.133 |
| Revenue per Share | 5.917 |
| Market Cap | 9,269,269,504 |
| Trailing P/E | 81.62 |
| Forward P/E | 36.03 |
| Beta | 1.47 |
| Profit Margins | 11.51% |
| Website | https://www.cognex.com |
As of April 11, 2026, 4:01 p.m. EDT: Options activity indicates a mixed sentiment. The calls show higher open interest and volatility in the upper strike prices, suggesting some bullish speculation, while puts have significant open interest at lower strikes, indicating potential bearish sentiment. The high IV and OI in calls at strikes above the current price suggest traders are preparing for potential upward movement, while the puts at lower strikes could reflect caution or hedging against downside risks. Overall, the options market is showing a balance between bullish and bearish positioning.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.15% | 0.82% | 0.77% | 0.65% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-26 | 0.08500 | 0.153540 |
| 2025-11-13 | 0.08500 | 0.229760 |
| 2025-08-14 | 0.08000 | 0.184507 |
| 2025-05-15 | 0.08000 | 0.254486 |
| 2025-02-27 | 0.08000 | 0.246543 |
| 2024-11-14 | 0.08000 | 0.199455 |
| 2024-08-15 | 0.07500 | 0.193018 |
| 2024-05-15 | 0.07500 | 0.160374 |
| 2024-02-28 | 0.07500 | 0.199693 |
| 2023-11-16 | 0.07500 | 0.208780 |
| 2023-08-17 | 0.07000 | 0.153789 |
| 2023-05-18 | 0.07000 | 0.136992 |
| 2023-03-02 | 0.07000 | 0.149867 |
| 2022-11-17 | 0.07000 | 0.146618 |
| 2022-08-18 | 0.06500 | 0.141245 |
| 2022-05-19 | 0.06500 | 0.141110 |
| 2022-03-03 | 0.06500 | 0.100292 |
| 2021-11-18 | 0.06500 | 0.084368 |
| 2021-08-19 | 0.06000 | 0.073994 |
| 2021-05-20 | 0.06000 | 0.080335 |
| 2021-02-25 | 0.06000 | 0.076054 |
| 2020-12-11 | 2.00000 | 2.694816 |
| 2020-11-12 | 0.06000 | 0.090818 |
| 2020-08-13 | 0.05500 | 0.086020 |
| 2020-05-14 | 0.05500 | 0.103912 |
| 2020-02-27 | 0.05500 | 0.131259 |
| 2019-11-14 | 0.05500 | 0.115135 |
| 2019-08-15 | 0.05000 | 0.122453 |
| 2019-05-16 | 0.05000 | 0.118720 |
| 2019-02-28 | 0.05000 | 0.100022 |
| 2018-11-15 | 0.05000 | 0.127046 |
| 2018-08-16 | 0.04500 | 0.091567 |
| 2018-05-17 | 0.04500 | 0.103111 |
| 2018-03-01 | 0.04500 | 0.091056 |
| 2017-11-16 | 0.04500 | 0.070031 |
| 2017-08-16 | 0.04250 | 0.087943 |
| 2017-05-31 | 0.04250 | 0.099845 |
| 2017-03-01 | 0.03750 | 0.101821 |
| 2016-11-30 | 0.03750 | 0.135273 |
| 2016-08-31 | 0.03750 | 0.162524 |
| 2016-06-01 | 0.03750 | 0.186578 |
| 2016-03-02 | 0.03500 | 0.193721 |
| 2015-12-02 | 0.03500 | 0.213521 |
| 2015-09-02 | 0.03500 | 0.217919 |
| 2015-06-03 | 0.03500 | 0.148819 |
| 2012-12-12 | 0.27750 | 3.298208 |
| 2012-11-28 | 0.02750 | 0.347944 |
| 2012-08-29 | 0.02750 | 0.340495 |
| 2012-05-30 | 0.02750 | 0.350881 |
| 2012-02-29 | 0.02500 | 0.265543 |
| 2011-11-30 | 0.02500 | 0.318181 |
| 2011-08-31 | 0.02250 | 0.320190 |
| 2011-06-01 | 0.02250 | 0.295766 |
| 2011-03-02 | 0.02000 | 0.341438 |
| 2010-12-01 | 0.02000 | 0.320688 |
| 2010-09-01 | 0.01500 | 0.336207 |
| 2010-06-02 | 0.01500 | 0.370230 |
| 2010-03-03 | 0.01250 | 0.298509 |
| 2009-12-02 | 0.01250 | 0.348086 |
| 2009-09-02 | 0.01250 | 0.361731 |
| 2009-06-03 | 0.01250 | 0.435317 |
| 2009-03-04 | 0.03750 | 1.684959 |
| 2008-11-25 | 0.03750 | 1.450305 |
| 2008-08-27 | 0.03750 | 0.899862 |
| 2008-05-28 | 0.02125 | 0.375894 |
| 2008-02-27 | 0.02125 | 0.520391 |
| 2007-11-14 | 0.02125 | 0.493877 |
| 2007-08-08 | 0.02125 | 0.433663 |
| 2007-05-09 | 0.02125 | 0.449102 |
| 2007-02-07 | 0.02125 | 0.465524 |
| 2006-11-08 | 0.02125 | 0.445605 |
| 2006-08-09 | 0.02125 | 0.465294 |
| 2006-05-10 | 0.02000 | 0.357435 |
| 2006-02-08 | 0.02000 | 0.347774 |
| 2005-11-08 | 0.02000 | 0.329039 |
| 2005-08-03 | 0.02000 | 0.304703 |
| 2005-05-04 | 0.02000 | 0.443683 |
| 2005-02-09 | 0.02000 | 0.376030 |
| 2004-11-03 | 0.02000 | 0.393133 |
| 2004-08-04 | 0.02000 | 0.361798 |
| 2004-05-05 | 0.01500 | 0.237159 |
| 2004-02-18 | 0.01500 | 0.235707 |
| 2003-11-06 | 0.01500 | 0.275361 |
| 2003-08-27 | 0.01500 | 0.265618 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 1.3401446 |
| Address1 | One Vision Drive |
| All Time High | 101.82 |
| All Time Low | 0.316406 |
| Ask | 55.59 |
| Ask Size | 6 |
| Audit Risk | 7 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.8 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,632,930 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 2,214,872 |
| Average Volume | 2,214,872 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,632,930 |
| Beta | 1.474 |
| Bid | 55.42 |
| Bid Size | 6 |
| Board Risk | 3 |
| Book Value | 8.934 |
| City | Natick |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 3 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 55.5 |
| Current Ratio | 3.799 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 55.98 |
| Day Low | 55.07 |
| Debt To Equity | 5.133 |
| Display Name | Cognex |
| Dividend Date | 1,773,273,600 |
| Dividend Rate | 0.33 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.59 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,157,000 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.18 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.152 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,097,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,097,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,097,600 |
| Ebitda | 193,359,008 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.19445999 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 46.217 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 8.987 |
| Enterprise Value | 8,936,413,184 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.25433 |
| Eps Forward | 1.54048 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.68 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,772,064,000 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 51.257 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 4.243 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.08277894 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 134.01447 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 59.88 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -4.380001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.073146306 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 22.85 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 32.65 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.428884 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 22.85 - 59.88 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 616,944,600,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 0.62 |
| Float Shares | 158,080,384 |
| Forward Eps | 1.54048 |
| Forward P E | 36.027733 |
| Free Cashflow | 190,512,752 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 2,745 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.66917 |
| Gross Profits | 665,393,024 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00358 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.03349 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 167,013,856 |
| Industry | Scientific & Technical Instruments |
| Industry Disp | Scientific & Technical Instruments |
| Industry Key | scientific-technical-instruments |
| Ir Website | http://www.cognex.com/CognexInfo/InvestorInfo/default.aspx?id=104&langtype=1033&locale=us |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,772,064,000 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.085 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,512,345,600 |
| Last Split Factor | 2:1 |
| Long Business Summary | Cognex Corporation provides machine vision products that capture and analyze visual information to automate manufacturing and distribution tasks in the United States, Europe, Greater China, and internationally. Its machine vision products are used to automate the manufacture and distribution of discrete items, such as mobile phones, automotive components, and e-commerce packages, by locating, identifying, inspecting, and measuring them. The company offers VisionPro software, a suite of patented vision tools for traditional rule-based tools and deep learning-enabled tools for advanced programming; vision systems that combine smart cameras and software to perform a wide range of tasks, including part location, identification, measurement, assembly verification, and robotic guidance; OneVision, a cloud-based platform designed to transform how manufacturers build, train, and scale AI-powered vision applications; In-Sight product line of vision systems and sensors; QuickBuild, which allows customers to build vision applications with a graphical and flowchart-based programming interface; DataMan, an image-based barcode reader for fixed-mount and handheld models, as well as barcode verifiers; and vision accessories, such as industrial cameras, lenses, lighting, vision controllers, frame grabbers, and I/O cards. It sells its products to the automotive, logistics, packaging, consumer electronics, medical-related, semiconductor, and consumer products industries. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts. |
| Long Name | Cognex Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 9,269,269,504 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_26658 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 114,442,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 9,180,751,664 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 20 |
| Open | 55.46 |
| Operating Cashflow | 245,514,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.1398 |
| Overall Risk | 4 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.4779 |
| Peg Ratio | 2.71 |
| Phone | 508 650 3000 |
| Post Market Change | -0.4300003 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.7747753 |
| Post Market Price | 55.07 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,470,381 |
| Previous Close | 54.97 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 44.246727 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 6.212223 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 9.321855 |
| Profit Margins | 0.11509 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.749 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.7619 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.529999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.96416 |
| Regular Market Day High | 55.98 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 55.07 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 55.07 - 55.98 |
| Regular Market Open | 55.46 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 54.97 |
| Regular Market Price | 55.5 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,001 |
| Regular Market Volume | 2,106,092 |
| Return On Assets | 0.050679997 |
| Return On Equity | 0.07606 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.099 |
| Revenue Per Share | 5.917 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.36506534 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 6 |
| Shares Outstanding | 167,013,856 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0276 |
| Shares Short | 4,605,018 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 5,121,286 |
| Short Name | Cognex Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0311 |
| Short Ratio | 2.55 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | MA |
| Symbol | CGNX |
| Target High Price | 80.0 |
| Target Low Price | 52.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 65.6 |
| Target Median Price | 66.5 |
| Total Cash | 336,961,984 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.033 |
| Total Debt | 76,586,000 |
| Total Revenue | 994,358,976 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.325 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0059123156 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.68 |
| Trailing P E | 81.617645 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 43.03965 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 12.46035 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.28950864 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 2,106,092 |
| Website | https://www.cognex.com |
| Zip | 01,760-2059 |