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Cognex Corp

CGNX
40.500USD
+0.500+1.25%
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6.79BMarket Cap
61.62P/E TTM

Cognex Corp

40.500
+0.500+1.25%
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Cognex Corp

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-04

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively very healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. Despite a weak 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.

Cognex Corp's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
73 / 183
Overall Ranking
169 / 4616
Industry
Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 23 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
48.223
Target Price
+15.64%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Cognex Corp 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%.
Fairly Valued
The company’s latest PE is 61.39, at a medium 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 172.29M shares, decreasing 15.40% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by Chuck Royce
Star Investor Chuck Royce holds 1.03M shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-04

The company's current financial score is 8.09, which is higher than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 7.49. Its financial status is robust, and its operating efficiency is average. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 276.89M, representing a year-over-year increase of 17.96%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 40.31%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.09
Change
0

Financials

9.94

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets
Total liabilities
Free cash flow
No Data

Quality of Earnings

6.66

Operational Efficiency

7.83

Growth Potential

7.72

Shareholder Returns

8.31

Cognex Corp's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-04

The company’s current valuation score is 4.34, which is lower than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 7.15. Its current P/E ratio is 61.39, which is 88.67% below the recent high of 115.82 and 44.96% above the recent low of 33.79.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
4.34
Change
0

Valuation Dimensions

P/E
P/B
P/S
P/CF
Industry Ranking 73/183
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-04

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 7.39, which is lower than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 7.56. The average price target for Cognex Corp is 49.00, with a high of 58.00 and a low of 38.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.39
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 23 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
48.223
Target Price
+20.56%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

73
Total
7
Median
8
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Cognex Corp
CGNX
23
Parker-Hannifin Corp
PH
25
Xylem Inc
XYL
23
Pentair PLC
PNR
21
Symbotic Inc
SYM
21
WW Grainger Inc
GWW
21
1
2
3
...
15

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: 2025-11-04

The company’s current price momentum score is 6.52, which is lower than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 7.27. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 46.54 and the support level at 36.68, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.76
Change
-0.24

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

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(2)
Buy(0)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
-1.712
Neutral
RSI(14)
34.010
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
10.226
Oversold
ATR(14)
2.072
High Vlolatility
CCI(14)
-141.775
Sell
Williams %R
98.986
Oversold
TRIX(12,20)
-0.073
Sell
StochRSI(14)
0.000
Oversold
Moving Average
Sell(5)
Neutral(0)
Buy(1)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
42.368
Sell
MA10
45.009
Sell
MA20
45.345
Sell
MA50
45.178
Sell
MA100
40.630
Sell
MA200
36.010
Buy

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-04

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 7.08. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 102.80%, representing a quarter-over-quarter increase of 2.26%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 18.60M shares, representing 11.10% of shares outstanding, with 2.57% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
10.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
18.19M
-0.74%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
13.98M
-1.97%
Nordea Funds Oy
7.08M
+148.53%
GIC Private Limited
6.95M
-19.75%
State Street Investment Management (US)
5.27M
-2.48%
Pictet Asset Management Ltd.
5.16M
+23.08%
Disciplined Growth Investors, Inc.
4.77M
+0.87%
Pictet Asset Management (Europe) SA
4.66M
+9.60%
Mackenzie Investments
4.61M
+0.08%
Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.
3.04M
-2.61%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-04

The company’s current risk assessment score is 6.38, which is higher than the Machinery, Tools, Heavy Vehicles, Trains & Ships industry's average of 5.64. The company's beta value is 1.52. This indicates that the stock tends to outperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences larger declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.38
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
1.52
VaR
+3.45%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+43.97%
240-Day Volatility
+42.06%

Return

Best Daily Return
60 days
+7.26%
120 days
+20.76%
5 years
+20.76%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-12.92%
120 days
-12.92%
5 years
-21.24%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
+0.07
120 days
+1.23
5 years
-0.18

Risk Assessment

Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+43.97%
3 years
+60.51%
5 years
+75.24%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
+0.08
3 years
-0.08
5 years
-0.14
Skewness
240 days
+0.26
3 years
-0.72
5 years
-0.62

Volatility

Realised Volatility
240 days
+42.06%
5 years
+38.10%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+3.08%
5 years
+3.96%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
+169.35%
240 days
+169.35%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+33.83%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+44.45%

Liquidity

Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+1.17%
120 days
+1.38%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
+35.67%
60 days
+27.90%
120 days
+50.91%

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