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In the latest session, Cognex Corp (NASDAQ: CGNX) closed at $30.26 down -2.42% from its previous closing price of $31.01. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.42 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.45 million shares were traded. CGNX stock price reached its highest trading level at $31.0 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $30.045.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Cognex Corp’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 20.89 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 38.35. 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:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. 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 5140145152 and an Enterprise Value of 4964303360. As of this moment, Cognex’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 49.21, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 27.24. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.70. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 5.62 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.40. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.428 whereas that against EBITDA is 33.598.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CGNX is 1.55, which has changed by -0.25687623 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.07903516 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 $30.97. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -16.43%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -24.98%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, CGNX has traded an average of 1.45M shares per day and 2005050 over the past ten days. A total of 170.43M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 169.36M. Insiders hold about 0.30% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 97.10% stake in the company. Shares short for CGNX as of 1740700800 were 5098672 with a Short Ratio of 3.51, compared to 1738281600 on 4408491. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5098672 and a Short% of Float of 3.35.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for CGNX is 0.31, from 0.305 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0098355375The 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.
