Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX) stock closed at 89.99 per share at the end of the most recent trading day (a 2.2% change compared to the prior day closing price) with a volume of 707.05K shares and market capitalization of 15.90B. Is a component of Russell 1000 indices and it is traded on NASDAQ exchange. The company belongs in the Hardware industry, Technology sector and employs 2055 people. Cognex Corporation CEO is Robert J. Willett.

The one-year performance of Cognex Corporation stock is 39.56%, while year-to-date (YTD) performance is 12.08%. CGNX stock has a five-year performance of 265.6%. Its 52-week range is between 58.82 and 101.82, which gives CGNX stock a 52-week price range ratio of 72.49%

Cognex Corporation currently has a PE ratio of 51.40, a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 10.80, a price-to-sale (PS) ratio of 15.80, a price to cashflow ratio of 43.30, a PEG ratio of 2.32, a ROA of 14.97%, a ROC of 21.29% and a ROE of 21.12%. The company’s profit margin is 31.28%, its EBITDA margin is 35.70%, and its revenue ttm is $982.87 Million , which makes it $5.56 revenue per share.

Of the last four earnings reports from Cognex Corporation, there were 4 positive earnings surprise and 0 negative earnings surprise. The company has EPS estimate of $0.41 for the next earnings report. Cognex Corporation’s next earnings report date is 27th Oct 2021.

The consensus rating of Wall Street analysts for Cognex Corporation is Hold (3.21), with a target price of $96.38, which is +7.10% compared to the current price. The earnings rating for Cognex Corporation stock is Strong Buy (calculated from actual period earnings estimates revision (80% weight) and previous period earnings surprise (20% weight)).

Cognex Corporation has a dividend yield of 0.27% with a dividend per share of $0.24 and a payout ratio of 18.00%.

Cognex Corporation has a Buy technical analysis rating based on Technical Indicators (ADX : 10.46, ATR14 : 1.83, CCI20 : 105.16, Chaikin Money Flow : 0.00, MACD : 0.77, Money Flow Index : 61.58, ROC : 0.92, RSI : 62.34, STOCH (14,3) : 89.76, STOCH RSI : 1.00, UO : 44.43, Williams %R : -10.25), Simple Moving Averages and Exponential Moving Averages.

Aggregated Insider Trades of Cognex Corporation in the last 12-months were: Anthony Sun (Option Excercise at a value of $251 925), Anthony Sun (Sold 30 000 shares of value $2 592 300 ), Carl Gerst (Option Excercise at a value of $5 731 350), Carl Gerst (Sold 115 000 shares of value $9 517 135 ), Dianne M. Parrotte (Option Excercise at a value of $1 478 940), Dianne M. Parrotte (Sold 29 667 shares of value $2 366 412 ), Eugene G. Banucci (Option Excercise at a value of $1 191 839), Eugene G. Banucci (Sold 20 400 shares of value $1 544 486 ), Jerry A. Schneider (Option Excercise at a value of $313 300), Jerry A. Schneider (Sold 10 000 shares of value $879 103 ), Patrick A. Alias (Option Excercise at a value of $1 211 025), Patrick A. Alias (Sold 62 500 shares of value $5 271 934 ), Robert J. Willett (Option Excercise at a value of $9 415 600), Robert J. Willett (Sold 480 000 shares of value $34 402 404 ), Sheila Marie DiPalma (Option Excercise at a value of $3 073 120), Sheila Marie DiPalma (Sold 52 000 shares of value $4 024 024 ), Theodor Krantz (Option Excercise at a value of $157 912), Theodor Krantz (Sold 15 000 shares of value $1 081 949 )