Cognex Corporation
General ticker "CGNX" information:
- Sector: Information Technology
- Industry: Hardware, Equipment & Parts
- Capitalization: $7.4B (TTM average)
Cognex Corporation follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 62.5%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.8%: low 59.83$, high 62.01$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-08-20, amount 0.09$ (Y0.60%)
- Total employees count: 2745 (-5.8%) as of 2025
- China accounted for 17.9% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- US accounted for 33.5% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Inability to develop new products, Labor/talent shortage/retention, Distribution channel risks, Geopolitical risks, Supply chain disruptions
- Current price 17.6% above estimated high
- Earnings for 6 months up through Q2 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [34.94$, 50.98$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [35.63$, 52.09$]
Financial Metrics affecting the CGNX estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 36.1 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: 7.80 < Operating profit margin, % of 16.35
- Positive: 1.88 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 5.37
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of -2.14 <= -0.75
- Positive: -9.15 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of -0.09
- Positive: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of 0.46 > -0.64
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -0.91 <= -0.14
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0 <= 0.01
Short-term CGNX quotes
Long-term CGNX plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $837.55MM | $914.51MM | $994.36MM |
| Operating Expenses | $706.85MM | $799.45MM | $831.79MM |
| Operating Income | $130.70MM | $115.06MM | $162.57MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $4.65MM | $16.42MM | $20.24MM |
| R&D Expense | $139.40MM | $139.81MM | $138.97MM |
| Income(Loss) | $135.35MM | $131.49MM | $182.80MM |
| Taxes | $22.11MM | $25.32MM | $68.36MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $113.23MM | $106.17MM | $114.44MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $1,504.75MM | $1,517.51MM | $1,491.90MM |
| Inventory | $162.28MM | $157.53MM | $137.89MM |
| Assets | $2,017.81MM | $1,992.85MM | $2,016.56MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $112.92MM | $149.08MM | $245.51MM |
| Capital expenditure | $23.08MM | $15.04MM | $8.74MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $32.27MM | $-38.97MM | $28.02MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-125.61MM | $-118.42MM | $-206.69MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $0.66 | $0.62 | $0.68 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.