Cognex Corp (NASDAQ: CGNX) kicked off on Tuesday, down -2.40% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $37.47. Over the past 52 weeks, CGNX has traded in a range of $34.79-$53.13.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Technology sector saw sales topped by 1.98%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -6.31%. With a float of $171.08 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $171.51 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 2992 workers is very important to gauge. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 68.4%, operating margin of 11.0%, and the pretax margin is 12.48%.
Cognex Corp (CGNX) Insider Updates
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Scientific & Technical Instruments Industry. The insider ownership of Cognex Corp is 0.25%, while institutional ownership is 97.48%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 12 ’24, was worth 110,773. In this transaction Chief Technology Officer of this company sold 2,934 shares at a rate of $37.75, taking the stock ownership to the 0 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 12 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 2,934 for $37.75, making the entire transaction worth $110,773.
Cognex Corp (CGNX) Performance Highlights and Predictions
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.17 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -6.31% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 2.97% during the next five years compared to -11.98% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Cognex Corp (NASDAQ: CGNX) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Cognex Corp’s (CGNX) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 2.96. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 7.12. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 68.04.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.52, a number that is poised to hit 0.15 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.96 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Cognex Corp (CGNX)
The latest stats from [Cognex Corp, CGNX] show that its last 5-days average volume of 1.23 million was inferior to 1.26 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 9.82%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.11.
During the past 100 days, Cognex Corp’s (CGNX) raw stochastic average was set at 8.50%, which indicates a significant increase from 0.47% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 22.04% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 48.21% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $39.69, while its 200-day Moving Average is $42.10. Now, the first resistance to watch is $37.23. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $37.89. The third major resistance level sits at $38.23. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $36.23, it is likely to go to the next support level at $35.89. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $35.23.
Cognex Corp (NASDAQ: CGNX) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 6.27 billion has total of 171,515K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 837,550 K in contrast with the sum of 113,230 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 234,740 K and last quarter income was 29,590 K.
