Cognex Corp [CGNX] stock is trading at $41.43, up 2.37%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The CGNX shares have gain 19.64% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 27.40%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Cognex Corp [NASDAQ: CGNX] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on August 01, 2025, when KeyBanc Capital Markets upgraded its rating to a Overweight but kept the price target unchanged to $50 for it. Previously, Melius upgraded its rating to Buy on July 10, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $60. On April 28, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy but maintained its price target of $35 on the stock. HSBC Securities downgraded its rating to a Hold but stick to its price target of $33 on February 21, 2025. Cantor Fitzgerald initiated its recommendation with a Overweight and recommended $49 as its price target on December 20, 2024. Truist downgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on November 05, 2024, and downed its price target to $43. In a note dated October 16, 2024, Stephens upgraded an Overweight rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $45 to $55.
Cognex Corp [CGNX] stock has fluctuated between $22.67 and $44.17 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $47 within the next 12 months. Cognex Corp [NASDAQ: CGNX] shares were valued at $41.43 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 13.44% based on the average CGNX price forecast.
Analyzing the CGNX fundamentals
Cognex Corp [NASDAQ:CGNX] reported sales of 929.55M for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 4.10%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.68% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.14%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.16%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.13%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.06, Equity is 0.08 and Total Capital is 0.07. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.06.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Cognex Corp’s Current Ratio is 3.21. As well, the Quick Ratio is 2.45, while the Cash Ratio is 0.94. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 7.48, the price to book ratio is 4.62 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 57.98.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Kuechen Joerg, Chief Technology Officer, that happened on Mar 11 ’25 when 7991.0 shares were sold. Officer, JOERG KUECHEN completed a deal on Mar 11 ’25 to buy 7991.0 shares. Meanwhile, EVP, Vision & ID Products Gerst Carl sold 6803.0 shares on Feb 24 ’25.
