After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
CGNX belongs to the Technology sector of the NASDAQ while operating in the Scientific & Technical Instruments industry. The current market capitalization of Cognex Corp is $6.33B. A total of 1.55 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.91M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Willett Robert sold 6,704 shares of CGNX for 49.51 per share on Oct 21 ’25. After the transaction, the Director now owns 0 company shares. In a previous transaction on Oct 21 ’25, Willett Robert bought 6,704 shares at 49.51 per share.
Among the insiders who sold shares, DiPalma Sheila Marie disposed of 2,002 shares on Sep 05 ’25 at a per-share price of $45.00. This resulted in the EVP, Employee Services holding 8,582 shares of CGNX after the transaction. In another insider transaction, DiPalma Sheila Marie sold 2,000 shares at $45.03 per share on Sep 08 ’25. Company shares held by the EVP, Employee Services now total 6,582.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Cognex Corp pays an annual dividend of $0.33, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.86%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 58.32.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, CGNX has a high of $49.76 and a low of $22.67.
As of this writing, CGNX has an earnings estimate of $0.22 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 18.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.24 per share and a lower estimate of $0.19. The company reported an EPS of $0.2 in the last quarter
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. CGNX’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $323.62M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $25.58M in debt and $188.59M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $8.89, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $1.43B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for CGNX is Buy with a score of 4.00.
