Cognex Corporation

BIT:1CGNX Stock Report

Market Cap: €5.5b

Cognex Valuation

Is 1CGNX undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of 1CGNX when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: 1CGNX (€32.82) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (€36.37)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: 1CGNX is trading below future cash flow value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 1CGNX?

Key metric: As 1CGNX is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 1CGNX. This is calculated by dividing 1CGNX's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 1CGNX's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio58.9x
EarningsUS$110.12m
Market CapUS$6.49b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 1CGNX's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 1CGNX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average45x
DAL Datalogic
77.8x68.27%€220.7m
SES SeSa
20.6x17.14%€1.4b
ELB EdgeLab
56xn/a€16.4m
RAL Ralliant
25.5x8.57%US$6.0b
1CGNX Cognex
58.9x24.53%€6.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 1CGNX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (58.9x) compared to the peer average (45x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 1CGNX's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Electronic Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
1CGNX 58.9xIndustry Avg. 23.2xNo. of Companies14PE01632486480+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 1CGNX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (58.9x) compared to the European Electronic industry average (23.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 1CGNX's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

1CGNX PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio58.9x
Fair PE Ratio29.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 1CGNX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (58.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.7x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst 1CGNX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€32.82
€40.44
+23.23%
11.89%€48.82€29.46n/a20
Jan ’27€30.97
€41.51
+34.03%
13.20%€53.75€29.86n/a20
Dec ’26€33.51
€42.12
+25.70%
11.76%€54.27€32.73n/a20
Nov ’26€35.56
€42.12
+18.44%
12.30%€52.92€30.36n/a20
Oct ’26€38.56
€40.21
+4.29%
13.37%€51.96€29.81n/a19
Sep ’26€37.60
€40.22
+6.96%
14.38%€52.08€29.88n/a18
Aug ’26€34.86
€39.01
+11.89%
19.18%€51.82€26.77n/a18
Jul ’26€27.52
€31.43
+14.22%
18.73%€44.95€22.90n/a17
Jun ’26€26.61
€32.20
+21.00%
19.98%€46.68€23.78n/a18
May ’26€23.56
€33.32
+41.44%
24.07%€49.60€23.03n/a18
Apr ’26n/a
€39.45
0%
19.05%€55.61€27.81n/a19
Mar ’26n/a
€40.59
0%
19.05%€57.22€28.61n/a19
Feb ’26n/a
€45.85
0%
12.68%€58.39€36.98€32.8219
Jan ’26n/a
€45.70
0%
13.07%€57.87€36.65€30.9719
Dec ’25n/a
€44.86
0%
12.98%€56.85€36.01€33.5118
Nov ’25n/a
€44.19
0%
13.19%€55.37€35.07€35.5617
Oct ’25n/a
€42.42
0%
13.28%€54.02€34.21€38.5617
Sep ’25n/a
€43.32
0%
12.91%€54.76€34.68€37.6017
Aug ’25n/a
€45.63
0%
13.08%€55.60€36.14€34.8617
Jul ’25n/a
€44.61
0%
13.11%€55.05€36.70€27.5216
Jun ’25n/a
€45.43
0%
13.32%€55.78€37.19€26.6115
May ’25n/a
€41.82
0%
14.11%€55.27€33.16€23.5615
Apr ’25n/a
€41.79
0%
14.20%€55.22€33.13n/a15
Mar ’25n/a
€41.06
0%
14.05%€55.45€33.27n/a14
Feb ’25n/a
€40.89
0%
15.19%€55.13€32.16n/a14
€40.71
Fair Value
19.4% undervalued intrinsic discount
20
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/02/01 01:27
End of Day Share Price 2026/01/30 00:00
Earnings2025/09/28
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Cognex Corporation is covered by 37 analysts. 20 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
Guy HardwickBarclays
Alek GasielBarrington Research Associates, Inc.