CGNX — Cognex Corporation

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About Cognex Corporation

Cognex Corporation provides machine vision products that capture and analyze visual information to automate manufacturing and distribution tasks in the United States, Europe, Greater China, and internationally. Its machine vision products are used to automate the manufacture and distribution of discrete items, such as mobile phones, automotive components, and e-commerce packages, by locating, identifying, inspecting, and measuring them. Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$66.01
Market Cap$10.70B
Float158.7M
Shares Outstanding166.4M
P/E (Forward)33.90
P/E (TTM)74.73
Price/Sales (TTM)10.22
vs. Analyst Target+14.8% to analyst PT
Profit Margin13.62%
Operating Margin (TTM)22.30%
Revenue (TTM)$1.05B
Earnings Growth (YoY)122.30%
Dividend Rate0.3%
Analyst Target Price$75.75 (21 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $811M $176M $605M $233M
2021 $1.04B $280M $760M $335M
2022 $1.01B $216M $722M $288M
2023 $838M $113M $601M $145M
2024 $915M $106M $626M $148M
2025 $994M $114M $665M $193M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $249M $40.5M
Sep 2025 $277M $17.7M
Dec 2025 $252M $32.7M
Mar 2026 $268M $51.7M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership0.4%
Institutional Ownership103.8%
Short Float3.5%
% of All Funds Holding6.47%
Number of Funds Holding532

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$57.79Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$46.96Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$40.44Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$43.13Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$46.84Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$40.84Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$42.86Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$56.00 support 1.29x 0 months ago
$38.60 support 1.45x 2 months ago
$31.60 support 1.16x 9 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (123 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.31% 0.12% 52.03% 31.30% -25.72%
1 Day 1.03% 0.00% 49.59% 36.35% -22.14%
1 Week 1.67% 1.09% 53.66% 30.68% -23.83%
2 Weeks 2.17% 3.19% 57.72% 34.66% -22.08%
1 Month 2.69% 4.46% 56.56% 51.71% -30.37%

Next earnings: July 25, 2026 (57 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan1.0%56.8%37
Feb3.4%64.9%37
Mar4.2%56.8%37
Apr1.0%45.9%37
May2.0%58.3%36
Jun0.3%52.8%36
Jul4.9%61.1%36
Aug-1.3%48.6%37
Sep-0.7%37.8%37
Oct2.0%40.5%37
Nov3.1%64.9%37
Dec5.2%70.3%37

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday 0.00% 47.1% 1748
Tuesday 0.10% 49.4% 1905
Wednesday 0.09% 48.2% 1901
Thursday 0.19% 49.7% 1866
Friday 0.15% 48.0% 1859

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 103.8%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 0.4%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings12
Net Value-$7.5M
Net Shares Change-18,238
% of Float-0.0%
C-Suite Filings7
Clusters Detected1

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Willett Robert -$3.5M 1 N/A
MACDONALD LAURA ANN VP and PAO -$3.1M 3 1 sell
Fennell Mark Chief Legal Officer andSecretary -$1.6M 1 1 sell
Kuechen Joerg Head of Corporate MandA -$1.5M 1 1 sell
Gerst Carl EVP, Global Sales and Products -$1.1M 1 N/A
Papadimitriou Angelos -$230,658.66 1 1 sell
DiPalma Sheila Marie EVP, Employee Services -$180,150.03 1 N/A
PARROTTE DIANNE M -$168,784 1 1 sell

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2026-02-13 – 2026-02-24 6 5 -$6.8M 3 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-05-12 MACDONALD LAURA ANN VP and PAO -$2.6M Transaction at $57.64, now +14.5%
2026-05-12 Fennell Mark Chief Legal Officer andSecretary -$1.6M Transaction at $56.19, now +17.5%
2026-03-03 PARROTTE DIANNE M -$168,784 Transaction at $52.08, now +26.7%
2026-02-24 Kuechen Joerg Head of Corporate MandA -$1.5M Transaction at $47.94, now +37.7%
2026-02-24 Papadimitriou Angelos -$230,658.66 Transaction at $55.58, now +18.8%
2026-02-13 MACDONALD LAURA ANN VP and PAO -$370,678.317 Transaction at $47.77, now +38.2%

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