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Cognex DB:CGZ Stock Report

Last Price

€34.85

Market Cap

€6.0b

7D

-1.5%

1Y

0%

Updated

05 Jan, 2025

Data

Company Financials +

Cognex Corporation

DB:CGZ Stock Report

Market Cap: €6.0b

CGZ Stock Overview

Provides machine vision products that capture and analyze visual information to automate manufacturing and distribution tasks worldwide. More details

CGZ fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation2/6
Future Growth4/6
Past Performance1/6
Financial Health6/6
Dividends4/6

Rewards

Trading at 6.3% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 30.39% per year

Analysts in good agreement that stock price will rise by 30.3%

Risk Analysis

Profit margins (10.1%) are lower than last year (17.9%)


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Cognex Corporation Competitors

Jenoptik

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€1.3b

Stemmer Imaging

XTRA:S9I

€351.0m

Nynomic

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€141.0m

FORTEC Elektronik

XTRA:FEV

€65.0m

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Cognex
Historical stock prices
Current Share PriceUS$34.85
52 Week HighUS$49.23
52 Week LowUS$32.75
Beta1.39
1 Month Change-2.54%
3 Month Change-2.95%
1 Year Change0%
3 Year Change-45.53%
5 Year Change-30.74%
Change since IPO831.39%

Recent News & Updates

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

CGZDE ElectronicDE Market
7D-1.5%0.7%-0.4%
1Y0%-15.3%7.9%

Return vs Industry: CGZ exceeded the German Electronic industry which returned -15.3% over the past year.

Return vs Market: CGZ underperformed the German Market which returned 7.9% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is CGZ's price volatile compared to industry and market?
CGZ volatility
CGZ Average Weekly Movement4.6%
Electronic Industry Average Movement5.2%
Market Average Movement4.9%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market11.8%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market2.4%

Stable Share Price: CGZ has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: CGZ's weekly volatility (5%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

FoundedEmployeesCEOWebsite
19812,992Rob Willettwww.cognex.com

Cognex Corporation provides machine vision products that capture and analyze visual information to automate manufacturing and distribution tasks worldwide. Its machine vision products are used to automate the manufacturing and tracking of discrete items, including mobile phones, electric vehicle batteries, and e-commerce packages by locating, identifying, inspecting, and measuring them during the manufacturing or distribution process. The company offers VisionPro software, a suite of patented vision tools for advanced programming; QuickBuild that allows customers to build vision applications with a graphical, flowchart-based programming interface; and Cognex deep learning vision software.

Cognex Corporation Fundamentals Summary

How do Cognex's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
CGZ fundamental statistics
Market cap€6.03b
Earnings (TTM)€86.42m
Revenue (TTM)€855.41m

69.8x

P/E Ratio

7.1x

P/S Ratio

Is CGZ overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
CGZ income statement (TTM)
RevenueUS$881.50m
Cost of RevenueUS$278.52m
Gross ProfitUS$602.98m
Other ExpensesUS$513.93m
EarningsUS$89.05m

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 29, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)0.52
Gross Margin68.40%
Net Profit Margin10.10%
Debt/Equity Ratio0%

How did CGZ perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

0.9%

Current Dividend Yield

58%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/05 14:06
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/03 00:00
Earnings2024/09/29
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Cognex Corporation is covered by 38 analysts. 22 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Robert MasonBaird
Alek GasielBarrington Research Associates, Inc.
Holden LewisBB&T Capital Markets