Cognex Corp (CGNX) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $31.21, with 5.26 million shares of worth about $164.05 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -19.25% during that period and on Wednesday the price saw a loss of about -3.49%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 170.43M shares, out of which, 168.87M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 0.64% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -5.54%. Year-to-date (YTD), CGNX shares are showing a performance of -12.97% which decreased to -23.35% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $30.04 but also hit the highest price of $53.13 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Cognex Corp shares is 1.55 million. The stock is currently trading -3.51% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -13.03% for SMA50 and it goes to -22.06% lower than SMA200.
Cognex Corp (NASDAQ: CGNX) currently have 170.43M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 97.35% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $5.29B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.53. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 50.76, while it has posted earnings per share of $0.61 in the same period. Its PEG reads 1.75 and has Quick Ratio of 2.63 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for CGNX, volatility over the week remained 3.66% while standing at 3.46% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 37.18% while it is estimated to increase by 30.60% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 29.01% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -11.96% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by HSBC Securities on February 21, 2025 offering a Hold rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $33 to it. Coverage by Cantor Fitzgerald stated Cognex Corp (CGNX) stock as an Overweight in their note to investors on December 20, 2024, suggesting a price target of $49 for the stock. On November 05, 2024, Truist Downgrade their recommendations, while on October 16, 2024, Stephens Upgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $55. Stock get a Buy rating from Needham on July 29, 2024.
