On Tuesday, Cognex Corp (NASDAQ: CGNX) was -0.06% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $30.99. A 52-week range for CGNX has been $22.67 – $53.13.
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A company in the Technology sector has jumped its sales by 5.82% annually for the last half of the decade. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 37.40%. With a float of $167.37 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $167.87 million.
In an organization with 2914 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 68.3%, operating margin of 13.8%, and the pretax margin is 15.41%.
Cognex Corp (CGNX) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Cognex Corp stocks. The insider ownership of Cognex Corp is 0.30%, while institutional ownership is 98.56%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 11 ’25, was worth 263,469. In this transaction Chief Technology Officer of this company sold 7,991 shares at a rate of $32.97, taking the stock ownership to the 0 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 11 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 7,991 for $32.97, making the entire transaction worth $263,469.
Cognex Corp (CGNX) Latest Financial update
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 37.40% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 29.04% during the next five years compared to -11.96% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Cognex Corp (NASDAQ: CGNX) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what Cognex Corp (CGNX) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 2.25. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 5.65. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 32.00.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.68, a number that is poised to hit 0.24 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.08 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Cognex Corp (CGNX)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 1.61 million. That was inferior than the volume of 2.24 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 75.94%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.99.
During the past 100 days, Cognex Corp’s (CGNX) raw stochastic average was set at 44.24%, which indicates a significant decrease from 76.16% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 34.17% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 51.07% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $28.44, while its 200-day Moving Average is $35.86. However, in the short run, Cognex Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $31.21. Second resistance stands at $31.44. The third major resistance level sits at $31.66. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $30.76, it is likely to go to the next support level at $30.54. The third support level lies at $30.31 if the price breaches the second support level.
Cognex Corp (NASDAQ: CGNX) Key Stats
There are 167,865K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 5.20 billion. As of now, sales total 914,520 K while income totals 106,170 K. Its latest quarter income was 216,040 K while its last quarter net income were 23,600 K.
