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CGNX Stock Analysis, Forecast & Valuation

Market cap	10B
Revenue (ttm)	1B
Net income (ttm)	142.5M
EPS (ttm)	$0.85
Shares out	166.4M
P/E (trailing)	71.0x
P/E (forward)	40.8x
Dividend	$0.34 (0.56%)
Volume	1,883,942

Beta	1.49

Price target	$77.6	+28.6%

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000851205
Company name	Cognex Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	192422103
Employees	2,745
Employees Change	-169%
Employees Change Percent	-5.8
Enterprise value	$9.8B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Scientific & Technical Instruments
Industry PE	43.22
Industry PE Fwd	25.11
IPO Date	1989-07-20
Isin	US1924221039
Last refreshed	2026-07-29
Market cap	$10B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Price	$60.36
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	381,333.33x
Sector	Technology
Sector PE	36.16
Sector PE Fwd	20.03
Sic	3823
Symbol	CGNX
Tags	artificial-intelligence
Website	https://www.cognex.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	1.42%
EV Earnings	68.91x
EV Sales Forward	8.76x
EV/EBIT	50.03x
EV/EBITDA	43.38x
EV/FCF	40.74x
EV/Sales	9.38x
FCF yield	2.4%
Forward P/E	40.84x
P/B ratio	6.8x
P/E ratio	71.02x
P/S ratio	9.6x
PE Ratio10 Y	51.09x
PE Ratio3 Y	61.97x
PE Ratio5 Y	54.46x
PS Forward	8.96x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	18.76%
EBITDA Margin	21.63%
FCF margin	23.03%
Gross margin	68.02%
Gross Profit	$712M
Gross Profit Growth	13.34%
Gross Profit Growth Q	32.3%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	2.46%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	1.42%
Net Income	$142.5M
Net Income Growth	21.05%
Net Income Growth Q	119.06%
Net Income Growth Quarters	2%
Net Income Growth Years	1%
Net Income Growth3 Y	-6.4%
Net Income Growth5 Y	-8.77%
Pretax Margin	20.71%
Profit Margin	13.62%
Profit Per Employee	$51,928
Profitable Quarters	$23
Profitable Years	16
ROA	6.23
Roa5y	6.27
ROCE	10.81
ROE	9.75
Roe5y	11.63
ROIC	10.38
Roic5y	14.36

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	11.27%
Cagr15y	15.01%
Cagr1y	78.4%
Cagr20y	14.14%
Cagr3y	4.57%
Cagr5y	-5.83%
Div CAGR10	8.92%
Div CAGR3	6.8%
Div CAGR5	-31.58%
EPS Growth	23.3
EPS Growth Q	122.3
EPS Growth Quarters	2
EPS Growth Years	1
EPS Growth3 Y	-5.25
EPS Growth5 Y	-7.72
FCF Growth	48.41%
FCF Growth Q	11.41%
FCF Growth3 Y	6.28%
FCF Growth5 Y	-1.97%
OCF Growth	42.15%
OCF Growth Q	11.34%
OCF Growth10 Y	5.07%
OCF Growth3 Y	4.14%
OCF Growth5 Y	-2.16%
Revenue Growth	13.81x
Revenue Growth Q	24.26x
Revenue Growth Quarters	7x
Revenue Growth Years	2x
Revenue Growth3 Y	4.22x
Revenue Growth5 Y	3.47x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.53
Assets	$2B
Cash	$296.8M
Current Assets	$690.3M
Current Liabilities	$189.5M
Debt	$74M
Debt EBITDA	$0.33
Debt Equity	$0.05
Debt FCF	$0.31
Equity	$1.5B
Liabilities	$526.6M
Long Term Assets	$1.3B
Long Term Liabilities	$337.2M
Net Cash	$222.7M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$2.22
Net Cash Growth	75.74%
Net Debt EBITDA	$-0.98
Net Debt Equity	$-0.15
Net Debt FCF	$-0.92
Tangible Book Value	$1B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$6.18
WACC	12.36

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	3.64
Inventory Turnover	2.33
Net Working Capital	$216.4M
Quick ratio	2.57
Working Capital	$500.9M
Working Capital Turnover	$2.34

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	1.86%
Dividend Growth	6.35%
Dividend Growth Years	4%
Dividend per share	$0.34
Dividend Years	12
Dividend Yield	0.56%
Ex Div Date	2026-05-21
Last Dividend	$0.09
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	39.42%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	191%
1Y total return	78.33%
200-day SMA	50.74
3Y total return	14.36%
50-day SMA	64.69
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	-25.93%
All Time High	101.8
All Time High Change	-40.72%
All Time High Date	2021-02-12
All Time Low	0.32
All Time Low Change	18,977.12%
All Time Low Date	1989-08-22
ATR	3.1
Beta	1.49
Beta1y	0.88
Beta2y	1.18
Ch YTD	67.76
High	60.74
High52	72.88
High52 Date	2026-06-30
High52ch	-17.18%
Low	57.7
Low52	33.45
Low52 Date	2025-07-30
Low52ch	80.45%
Ma50ch	-6.69%
Premarket Change Percent	-1.22
Premarket Price	$60.54
Premarket Volume	4,167
Price vs 200-day SMA	18.96%
RSI	39.62
RSI Monthly	58.73
RSI Weekly	55.91
Sharpe ratio	1.18x
Sortino ratio	2.43
Total Return	2.42%
Tr YTD	68.23
Tr15y	714.92%
Tr1m	-9.31%
Tr1w	-4.1%
Tr3m	9.71%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	21
Analyst Count Top	11
Analyst Price Target Top	$73.8
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.42
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	68
Earnings Revenue Estimate	292,022,552x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	17.23x
Operating Income	$196.3M
Operating Income Growth	54.66
Operating Income Growth Q	129.5
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-1.28
Operating Income Growth5 Y	-5.72
Operating margin	18.76
Price target	$77.6
Price Target Change	$28.56
Price Target Change Top	$22.27

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	158,719,062%
Float Percent	95.37%
Shares Insiders	0.37%
Shares Institutions	97.47%
Shares Out	166,419,451
Shares Qo Q	-0.3%
Shares Yo Y	-1.86%
Short Float	5.24%
Short Ratio	3.33
Short Shares	4.99

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$190.6M
Adjusted OCF	199,594,000
Average Volume	2,107,073.4x
Bv Per Share	8.88
CAPEX	$-9M
Ch10y	169.1
Ch15y	613.1
Ch1m	-9.31
Ch1w	-4.1
Ch1y	77.11
Ch20y	1,025.1
Ch3m	9.57
Ch3y	11.8
Ch5y	-28.27
Ch6m	52.97
Change	-1.52%
Change From Open	1
Close	61.29
Days Gap	-2.5
Depreciation Amortization	30,094,000
Dollar Volume	113,714,739.1
Earnings Date	2026-08-05
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$196.3M
EBITDA	$226.4M
EPS	$0.85
F Score	6
FCF	$241.1M
FCF EV Yield	2.45x
FCF Per Share	$1.45
Financing CF	-157,224,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,981
Goodwill	382,818,000
Graham Number	13.03183
Graham Upside	-78.41
Income Tax	$74.2M
Investing CF	-4,280,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-06
Last Report Date	2026-04-05
Last Split Date	2017-12-04
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-12
Lynch Fair Value	$4.25
Lynch Upside	-92.96
Ma150	54.18
Ma150ch	11.4%
Ma20	64.89
Ma20ch	-6.98%
Net CF	93,599,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-05
Open	59.76
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	41.66
P FCF Ratio SBC	52.7
P OCF Ratio	40.16
P OCF Ratio SBC	50.33
Payment Date	2026-06-04
Position In Range	87.5
Post Close	60.36
Postmarket Change Percent	1.06
Postmarket Price	$61
Ppne	154,000,000
Pre Close	61.29
Price Date	2026-07-28
Price EBITDA	$44.36
Ptbv Ratio	9.76
Relative Volume	0.89x
Revenue	1,046,760,000x
SBC By Revenue	4.83x
Share Based Comp	50,511,000
Tax By Revenue	7.09x
Tax Rate	34.24%
Tr20y	1,309.38%
Tr6m	53.4%
Us State	Massachusetts
Volume	1,883,942
Z Score	8.85

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