cognex corp. - CGNX

CGNX

Close Chg Chg %
36.35 -0.37 -1.02%

Closed Market

35.98

-0.37 (1.02%)

Volume: 954.90K

Last Updated:

Dec 31, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT

Company Overview: cognex corp. - CGNX

CGNX Key Data

Open

$36.39

Day Range

35.93 - 36.64

52 Week Range

22.67 - 49.76

Market Cap

$6.03B

Shares Outstanding

167.60M

Public Float

167.12M

Beta

1.52

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

56.17

EPS

$0.65

Yield

89.36%

Dividend

$0.09

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Nov 13, 2025

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

1.83M

 

CGNX Performance

1 Week
 
-1.56%
 
1 Month
 
-6.35%
 
3 Months
 
-22.29%
 
1 Year
 
0.33%
 
5 Years
 
-55.18%
 

CGNX Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 24
Full Ratings ➔

About cognex corp. - CGNX

Cognex Corp. engages in the provision of machine vision products and solutions that improve efficiency and quality in a wide range of businesses across attractive industrial end markets. It operates through the following geographical segments: the United States, Europe, Greater China, and Other. The company was founded by Robert J. Shillman, William Silver, and Marilyn Matz on January 7, 1981 and is headquartered in Natick, MA.

CGNX At a Glance

Cognex Corp.
One Vision Drive
Natick, Massachusetts 01760-2059
Phone 1-508-650-3000 Revenue 914.52M
Industry Electronic Equipment/Instruments Net Income 106.17M
Sector Electronic Technology 2024 Sales Growth 9.19%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025 Employees 2,914
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CGNX Valuation

P/E Current 56.17
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 58.299
Price to Sales Ratio 6.768
Price to Book Ratio 4.028
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 41.52
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 40.703
Enterprise Value to Sales 6.576
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.012

CGNX Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 313,834.935
Income Per Employee 36,434.798
Receivables Turnover 6.074
Total Asset Turnover 0.456

CGNX Liquidity

Current Ratio 3.558
Quick Ratio 2.628
Cash Ratio 1.453

CGNX Profitability

Gross Margin 68.429
Operating Margin 12.582
Pretax Margin 14.378
Net Margin 11.61
Return on Assets 5.294
Return on Equity 7.026
Return on Total Capital 6.687
Return on Invested Capital 6.735

CGNX Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 4.627
Total Debt to Total Capital 4.422
Total Debt to Total Assets 3.523
Long-Term Debt to Equity 4.044
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 3.865
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Annual Financials for Cognex Corp. - CGNX

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
1.04B 1.01B 837.55M 914.51M
Sales Growth
+27.88% -2.99% -16.75% +9.19%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
277.27M 284.19M 236.31M 288.72M
COGS excluding D&A
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Depreciation & Amortization Expense
20.28M 19.62M 21.88M 32.69M
Depreciation
16.62M 16.35M 17.27M 21.27M
Amortization of Intangibles
3.67M 3.27M 4.61M 11.42M
COGS Growth
+34.32% +2.49% -16.85% +22.18%
Gross Income
759.83M 721.90M 601.24M 625.79M
Gross Income Growth
+25.67% -4.99% -16.71% +4.08%
Gross Profit Margin
+73.26% +71.75% +71.79% +68.43%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
444.73M 453.24M 478.54M 510.73M
Research & Development
135.37M 141.13M 139.40M 139.81M
Other SG&A
309.35M 312.11M 339.14M 370.91M
SGA Growth
+11.58% +1.91% +5.58% +6.73%
Other Operating Expense
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Unusual Expense
(4.26M) 12.61M 2.02M (1.95M)
EBIT after Unusual Expense
319.36M 256.05M 120.68M 117.01M
Non Operating Income/Expense
(463.00K) (5.36M) 14.67M 14.48M
Non-Operating Interest Income
6.42M 6.90M 16.05M 13.98M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
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Interest Expense
- - - -
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Interest Expense Growth
- - - -
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Gross Interest Expense
- - - -
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Interest Capitalized
- - - -
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Pretax Income
318.90M 250.69M 135.35M 131.49M
Pretax Income Growth
+70.62% -21.39% -46.01% -2.85%
Pretax Margin
+30.75% +24.92% +16.16% +14.38%
Income Tax
39.02M 35.17M 22.11M 25.32M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
33.24M 54.04M 32.63M 32.53M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
8.41M 10.24M 9.21M 12.79M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(20.04M) (49.13M) (30.61M) (23.60M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
17.41M 20.01M 10.89M 3.59M
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
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Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
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Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
279.88M 215.53M 113.23M 106.17M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
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Net Income
279.88M 215.53M 113.23M 106.17M
Net Income Growth
+58.86% -22.99% -47.46% -6.24%
Net Margin Growth
+26.99% +21.42% +13.52% +11.61%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
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Discontinued Operations
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Net Income After Extraordinaries
279.88M 215.53M 113.23M 106.17M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
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Net Income Available to Common
279.88M 215.53M 113.23M 106.17M
EPS (Basic)
1.5861 1.2429 0.6574 0.6193
EPS (Basic) Growth
+56.17% -21.64% -47.11% -5.80%
Basic Shares Outstanding
176.46M 173.41M 172.25M 171.44M
EPS (Diluted)
1.5556 1.2325 0.653 0.6151
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+55.92% -20.77% -47.02% -5.80%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
179.92M 174.87M 173.40M 172.61M
EBITDA
335.38M 288.29M 144.58M 147.75M
EBITDA Growth
+44.23% -14.04% -49.85% +2.19%
EBITDA Margin
+32.34% +28.65% +17.26% +16.16%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 48.65
Number of Ratings 24 Current Quarters Estimate 0.192
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 1.152
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.22 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 0.963 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 1.385
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 13 13 20 16
Mean Estimate 0.19 0.31 1.15 1.38
High Estimates 0.22 0.35 1.48 1.80
Low Estimate 0.16 0.29 1.03 1.25
Coefficient of Variance 10.32 7.18 8.39 10.70

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 12 12 10
OVERWEIGHT 4 4 4
HOLD 7 7 9
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 1 1 1
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Cognex Corp. - CGNX

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Feb 26, 2025 Carl Gerst EVP, Vision & ID Products 4,566 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $32.73 per share 149,445.18
Feb 26, 2025 Carl Gerst EVP, Vision & ID Products N/A Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $33.05 per share 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Sheila DiPalma EVP, Employee Services 15,134 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Matthew Moschner Senior Vice President 25,424 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Matthew Moschner Senior Vice President 58,260 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Matthew Moschner Senior Vice President 68,823 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Dennis Fehr SVP, Chief Financial Officer 25,424 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Dennis Fehr SVP, Chief Financial Officer 68,823 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Dianne M. Parrotte Director 8,324 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Laura A. MacDonald PFO & PAO 12,107 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Laura A. MacDonald PFO & PAO 33,168 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Joerg Kuechen Chief Technology Officer 20,279 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Joerg Kuechen Chief Technology Officer 55,141 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Tseng Chung Lee Director 8,324 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Sheila DiPalma EVP, Employee Services 41,460 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Robert J. Willett CEO & President; Director 70,824 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Robert J. Willett CEO & President; Director 193,201 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Angelos Papadimitriou Director 8,324 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Marjorie T. Sennett Director 8,324 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Anthony Sun Director 8,324 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

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