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Cognex Corp

CGNX

44.120USD

-0.120-0.27%

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7.41BMarket Cap

60.69P/E TTM

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Cognex Corp

44.120

-0.120-0.27%

Overview Company Financials Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-16

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively very healthy. Its valuation is considered undervalued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. Despite an average stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking

67 / 192

Overall Ranking

159 / 4724

Industry

Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score

Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 21 analysts

Buy

Current Rating

46.569

Target Price

+5.45%

Upside Space

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Company Highlights

StrengthsRisks

Cognex Corporation invents and commercializes technologies that address various critical manufacturing and distribution challenges. The Company is a global provider of machine vision products and solutions that improve efficiency and quality in businesses across industrial end markets. It operates through the machine vision technology segment. Its solutions blend physical products and software to capture and analyze visual information, allowing for the automation of manufacturing and distribution tasks for customers worldwide. Machine vision products are used to automate the manufacturing or distribution and tracking of discrete items, such as mobile phones, electric vehicle batteries and e-commerce packages, by locating, identifying, inspecting, and measuring them. Machine vision is important for applications in which human vision is inadequate to meet requirements for size, accuracy, or speed, or in instances where substantial cost savings or quality improvements are maintained.

High Dividend

The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 49.29%.

Stable Dividend

The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 49.29%.

Overvalued

The company’s latest PE is 61.56, at a high 3-year percentile range.

Institutional Selling

The latest institutional holdings are 168.79M shares, decreasing 11.28% quarter-over-quarter.

Held by The Vanguard

Star Investor The Vanguard holds 18.19M shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-16

The company's current financial score is 8.11, which is higher than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 7.43. Its financial status is robust, and its operating efficiency is high. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 249.09M, representing a year-over-year increase of 4.10%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 11.87%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

8.11

Change

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Financials

9.49

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

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Quality of Earnings

7.86

Key Metrics

Total revenue

Operating profit

Total assets

SG&A

No Data

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Operational Efficiency

8.11

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Income after tax

No Data

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Growth Potential

6.54

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Total revenue

No Data

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Shareholder Returns

8.56

Key Metrics

Free cash flow

No Data

Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-16

The company’s current valuation score is 1.80, which is lower than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 2.46. Its current P/E ratio is 61.56, which is -21.74% below the recent high of 48.18 and 29.41% above the recent low of 43.45.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

1.80

Change

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 67/192

No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-16

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 7.50, which is lower than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 7.59. The average price target for Cognex Corp is 47.12, with a high of 58.00 and a low of 35.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.50

Change

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 21 analysts

Buy

Current Rating

46.569

Target Price

+5.45%

Upside Space

Strong Buy

Buy

Hold

Sell

Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

Total

Median

Average

Company name

Ratings

Analysts

Cognex Corp

CGNX

Parker-Hannifin Corp

Xylem Inc

XYL

Pentair PLC

PNR

Fortive Corp

FTV

WW Grainger Inc

GWW

...

Financial Forecasting

EPS

Revenue

Net Profit

EBIT

No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-16

The company’s current price momentum score is 6.94, which is lower than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 7.47. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 45.68 and the support level at 42.34, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

8.47

Change

-1.53

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

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The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators

Sell(2)

Neutral(3)

Buy(1)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MACD(12,26,9)

-0.649

Neutral

RSI(14)

60.138

Neutral

STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)

49.682

Sell

ATR(14)

0.822

Low Volatility

CCI(14)

-42.542

Neutral

Williams %R

39.805

Buy

TRIX(12,20)

0.401

Sell

StochRSI(14)

6.868

Oversold

Moving Average

Sell(2)

Neutral(0)

Buy(4)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MA5

44.428

Sell

MA10

44.429

Sell

MA20

44.115

Buy

MA50

40.066

Buy

MA100

35.068

Buy

MA200

34.616

Buy

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-16

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 10.00, which is higher than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 7.81. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 100.53%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 3.11%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 18.19M shares, representing 10.83% of shares outstanding, with 0.12% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

10.00

Change

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name

Shares Held

Chg %

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Star Investors

18.32M

-0.64%

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

14.26M

-0.22%

Nordea Funds Oy

2.85M

+26.52%

GIC Private Limited

6.95M

-19.75%

State Street Global Advisors (US)

5.41M

-0.09%

Pictet Asset Management Ltd.

4.20M

+9.84%

Disciplined Growth Investors, Inc.

4.73M

+24.20%

Mackenzie Investments

4.61M

+126.15%

Pictet Asset Management (Europe) SA

3.76M

Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.

3.12M

+3.81%

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-16

The company’s current risk assessment score is 3.61, which is lower than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 4.36. The company's beta value is 1.51. This indicates that the stock tends to outperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences larger declines during downward trending markets.