CGNX
Cognex Corporation
NasdaqGSUSDEQUITY
Technology
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Last price
61.12
▲ 1.39 (2.33%)
MARKET · —
Price
Open
59.73
Prev close
59.73
Day high
60.92
Day low
59.03
Volume
1.70M
Market cap
$10.18B
P/E (TTM)
58.21
52W range
34.60 – 72.88
Trailing performance
Returnvs SPY
1W
-7.76%
-6.4%
1M
-4.57%
-8.3%
3M
-5.80%
-8.9%
6M
+8.05%
-3.0%
YTD
+68.26%
+56.0%
1Y
+41.75%
+21.7%
3Y
+28.10%
-46.1%
5Y
—
—
Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.
Fundamentals
Market cap$10.18B
Enterprise value$9.85B
Revenue (TTM)$1.09B
Gross profit$749.91M
EBITDA$267.41M
Net income$174.79M
EPS (TTM)$1.04
Free cash flow$195.67M
Total cash$404.37M
Total debt$72.48M
Book value / share$9.69
Shares outstanding168.22M
Float160.52M
Short % of float5.84%
Dividend yield0.56%
Beta (5Y)1.50
Valuation & profitability ratios
Trailing P/E58.21
Forward P/E29.91
PEG ratio2.71
Price / sales—
Price / book6.25
EV / revenue9.05
EV / EBITDA36.84
Gross margin68.87%
Operating margin29.36%
Profit margin16.05%
Return on equity11.15%
Return on assets7.13%
Debt / equity4.45
Current ratio3.93
Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.
Financial statements
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | $994.36M | $914.51M | $837.55M | $1.01B |
| Cost of revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Gross profit | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| R&D | — | — | — | — |
| SG&A | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | — | — | — | — |
| Pre-tax income | — | — | — | — |
| Tax provision | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net income | $114.44M | $106.17M | $113.23M | $215.53M |
| EBIT | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | — | — | — | — |
| Short-term investments | — | — | — | — |
| Net receivables | — | — | — | — |
| Inventory | — | — | — | — |
| Total current assets | — | — | — | — |
| Total assets | — | — | — | — |
| Total current liabilities | — | — | — | — |
| Long-term debt | — | — | — | — |
| Total liabilities | — | — | — | — |
| Retained earnings | — | — | — | — |
| Shareholder equity | — | — | — | — |
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income | $114.44M | $106.17M | $113.23M | $215.53M |
| Depreciation | — | — | — | — |
| Change in working capital | — | — | — | — |
| Operating cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Capital expenditure | — | — | — | — |
| Investing cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | — |
| Buybacks | — | — | — | — |
| Financing cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Net change in cash | — | — | — | — |
Earnings
Reported vs expected · EPS
| Quarter | Est. | Actual | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 0.42 | 0.45 | +5.9% |
| Mar 2026 | 0.25 | 0.34 | +37.1% |
| Dec 2025 | 0.22 | 0.27 | +22.9% |
| Sep 2025 | 0.29 | 0.33 | +13.5% |
Forward consensus
| Period | EPS | Analysts | Revenue | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current quarter | 0.52 | 17 | $313.34M | +13.2% |
| Next quarter | 0.39 | 17 | $272.86M | +8.1% |
| Current year | 1.69 | 18 | $1.15B | +15.2% |
| Next year | 2.03 | 18 | $1.25B | +9.3% |
Analyst targets & ownership
Mean target$80.05
High target$92.00
Low target$65.00
Implied upside30.98%
Analyst count19
ConsensusBUY
Strong buy / Buy5 / 9
Hold6
Sell / Strong sell0 / 0
Held by insiders0.36%
Held by institutions112.47%
Institutions holding871
Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.
Insider net activity
Net shares
+39.74K
Net buying
Buy transactions
20
413.94K shares
Sell transactions
8
374.19K shares
Net transactions
+28
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
0.9 : 1
Mixed
Insider-held shares
608.97K
Total on file
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Action | Shares | Value | Held |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 26 | MOSCHNER MATTHEW Chief Executive Officer |
CONVERSION | 16.60K | $758.98K | Direct |
| Aug 11, 26 | MOSCHNER MATTHEW Chief Executive Officer |
SELL | 24.96K | $1.60M | Direct |
| Aug 7, 26 | MOSCHNER MATTHEW Chief Executive Officer |
— | 5.00K | — | Direct |
| Aug 7, 26 | LONG DARREN MARC Officer |
— | 2.50K | — | Direct |
| May 27, 26 | LONG DARREN MARC Officer |
CONVERSION | 18.67K | $970.72K | Direct |
| May 27, 26 | LONG DARREN MARC Officer |
SELL | 20.25K | $1.34M | Direct |
| May 12, 26 | MACDONALD LAURA ANN Officer |
CONVERSION | 137.51K | $6.72M | Direct |
| May 12, 26 | MACDONALD LAURA ANN Officer |
SELL | 139.72K | $9.28M | Direct |
| May 11, 26 | FENNELL MARK Officer |
CONVERSION | 60.01K | $2.72M | Direct |
| May 11, 26 | FENNELL MARK Officer |
SELL | 64.87K | $4.35M | Direct |
| May 6, 26 | FEHR DENNIS Chief Financial Officer |
— | 5.39K | — | Direct |
| Mar 13, 26 | MACDONALD LAURA ANN Officer |
— | 368 | — | Direct |
| Mar 2, 26 | PARROTTE DIANNE M Director |
CONVERSION | 44.00K | $2.21M | Direct |
| Mar 2, 26 | PARROTTE DIANNE M Director |
SELL | 44.00K | $2.38M | Direct |
What this is, and what it is not
These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.
A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.
This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.
Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.
Insider holders
| Name | Relation | Shares held | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
DIPALMA SHEILA MARIE |
Officer | 15.01K | Conversion of Exercise of derivative security |
FEHR DENNIS |
Chief Financial Officer | 15.99K | Conversion of Exercise of derivative security |
LAWANDE SACHIN S |
Director | 28.43K | Conversion of Exercise of derivative security |
LEE JOHN TSENG-CHUNG |
Director | 24.82K | Conversion of Exercise of derivative security |
MOSCHNER MATTHEW |
Chief Executive Officer | 10.88K | Conversion of Exercise of derivative security |
PAPADIMITRIOU ANGELOS |
Director | 16.22K | Sale |
PARROTTE DIANNE M |
Director | 33.43K | Conversion of Exercise of derivative security |
SENNETT MARJORIE T |
Director | 25.94K | Conversion of Exercise of derivative security |
SUN ANTHONY |
Director | 387.69K | Conversion of Exercise of derivative security |
WILLETT ROBERT |
Director | — | Conversion of Exercise of derivative security |
Moving averages & technicals
SMA 10
62.61
-2.38% from price
SMA 20
63.87
-5.21% from price
SMA 50
64.76
-6.52% from price
SMA 100
61.92
-1.29% from price
SMA 200
52.42
+15.49% from price
EMA 12
62.85
-2.76% from price
EMA 26
63.69
-4.03% from price
EMA 50
63.58
-3.86% from price
RSI (14)
43.5
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
-0.83
Hist -0.54
ATR (14)
3.17
5.24% of price
Realised vol 30D
53.2%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
71.14
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
56.59
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Golden
64.76 vs 52.42
Trend bias
Above 200
+15.49%
Risk profile
Beta vs SPY
1.94
More volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.43
Loosely linked
Realised vol 30D
53.2%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
12.9%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-28.0%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-74.6%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
3.17
5.24% of price
Beta (reported)
1.50
5Y monthly, from filing
Unusual options activity
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.
Options analytics
Put / call volume
0.45
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
0.78
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
65.00
+7.4% from spot
ATM implied vol
68.0%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
+0.6%
Puts bid over calls
Call volume
163
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
74
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
70.00
1.03K contracts
Heaviest put OI
55.00
992 contracts
Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.
Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.
Options chain
Calls
| Strike | Last | Bid | Ask | Vol | OI | IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Puts
| Strike | Last | Bid | Ask | Vol | OI | IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.
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