Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX) stock closed at 85.54 per share at the end of the most recent trading day (a 1.71% change compared to the prior day closing price) with a volume of 526.06K shares and market capitalization of 15.11B. 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 84.59%, while year-to-date (YTD) performance is 6.54%. CGNX stock has a five-year performance of 364.09%. Its 52-week range is between 44.55 and 101.82, which gives CGNX stock a 52-week price range ratio of 71.57%

Cognex Corporation currently has a PE ratio of 85.20, a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 11.61, a price-to-sale (PS) ratio of 23.41, a price to cashflow ratio of 60.50, a PEG ratio of 2.32, a ROA of 9.14%, a ROC of 13.42% and a ROE of 12.87%. The company’s profit margin is 24.53%, its EBITDA margin is 28.70%, and its revenue ttm is $643.79 Million , which makes it $3.65 revenue per share.

Of the last four earnings reports from Cognex Corporation, there were 3 positive earnings surprise and 1 negative earnings surprise. The company has EPS estimate of $0.35 for the next earnings report. Cognex Corporation’s next earnings report date is 06th May 2021.

The consensus rating of Wall Street analysts for Cognex Corporation is Hold (3.21), with a target price of $83.9, which is -1.92% 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 0.28% with a dividend per share of $0.24 and a payout ratio of 20.00%.

Cognex Corporation has a Neutral technical analysis rating based on Technical Indicators (ADX : 10.39, ATR14 : 3.71, CCI20 : -99.74, Chaikin Money Flow : -0.25, MACD : -1.97, Money Flow Index : 47.34, ROC : -7.01, RSI : 41.54, STOCH (14,3) : 26.71, STOCH RSI : 0.47, UO : 43.94, Williams %R : -73.29), 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 $726 450), Anthony Sun (Sold 154 000 shares of value $9 369 879 ), 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 $2 041 120), Dianne M. Parrotte (Sold 71 200 shares of value $5 055 236 ), Eugene G. Banucci (Option Excercise at a value of $2 858 779), Eugene G. Banucci (Sold 81 400 shares of value $5 625 532 ), Jerry A. Schneider (Option Excercise at a value of $556 000), Jerry A. Schneider (Sold 20 000 shares of value $1 546 388 ), Patrick A. Alias (Option Excercise at a value of $1 704 625), Patrick A. Alias (Sold 85 000 shares of value $6 181 214 ), Robert J. Willett (Option Excercise at a value of $19 165 599), Robert J. Willett (Sold 980 000 shares of value $68 274 185 ), Sheila Marie DiPalma (Option Excercise at a value of $5 002 288), Sheila Marie DiPalma (Sold 139 000 shares of value $9 814 901 ), Theodor Krantz (Option Excercise at a value of $157 912), Theodor Krantz (Sold 15 000 shares of value $1 081 949 )