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After finishing at $23.55 in the prior trading day, Cognex Corp (NASDAQ: CGNX) closed at $23.77, up 0.93%. In other words, the price has increased by $0.93 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.86 million shares were traded. CGNX stock price reached its highest trading level at $23.79 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $23.18.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of CGNX by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 16.36 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 30.04. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.63 and its Current Ratio is at 3.56. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.05 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.04.
On December 20, 2024, Cantor Fitzgerald started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $49.
Truist Downgraded its Buy to Hold on November 05, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $46 to $43.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 11 ’25 when Kuechen Joerg sold 7,991 shares for $32.97 per share. The transaction valued at 263,469 led to the insider holds 0 shares of the business.
JOERG KUECHEN bought 7,991 shares of CGNX for $263,469 on Mar 11 ’25. On Feb 24 ’25, another insider, Gerst Carl, who serves as the EVP, Vision & ID Products of the company, sold 6,803 shares for $32.73 each. As a result, the insider received 222,630 and left with 4,566 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CGNX now has a Market Capitalization of 4025924864 and an Enterprise Value of 3861874944. As of this moment, Cognex’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 38.66, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 22.16. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.42. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.40 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.67. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.223 whereas that against EBITDA is 26.137.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CGNX is 1.50, which has changed by -0.38195527 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.0635103 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CGNX has reached a high of $53.13, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $22.67. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -23.42%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -37.68%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 2.30M shares per day over the past 3-months and 4806690 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 170.43M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 168.87M. Insiders hold about 0.29% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 97.93% stake in the company. Shares short for CGNX as of 1743379200 were 5058899 with a Short Ratio of 2.20, compared to 1740700800 on 5098672. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5058899 and a Short% of Float of 3.34.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, CGNX’s forward annual dividend rate was 0.305, compared to 0.31 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.012951168The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.51. The current Payout Ratio is 49.59% for CGNX, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-27 with an ex-dividend date of 1740614400. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2017-12-04 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
