Analyst Activity – Cowen and Company Raises Its Price Target On Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ:CGNX) to $135.00

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Analyst Ratings For Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ:CGNX)

Today, Cowen and Company raised its price target on Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ:CGNX) to $135.00 per share.

There are 5 hold ratings, 4 buy ratings on the stock.

The current consensus rating on Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ:CGNX) is Hold (Score: 2.44) with a consensus target price of $77.71 per share, a potential 23.52% downside.

Some recent analyst ratings include

  • 7/11/2017-Wolfe Research initiated coverage with a Peer Perform rating.
  • 5/3/2017-Canaccord Genuity Reiterated Rating of Hold.
  • 4/3/2017-Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) initiated coverage with a Buy rating.
  • 3/30/2017-Summit Redstone Reiterated Rating of Buy.
  • 3/21/2017-Needham & Company LLC Reiterated Rating of Hold.
  • 1/26/2017-J P Morgan Chase & Co initiated coverage with a Neutral rating.

Dividend information for Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ:CGNX)

Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ:CGNX) pays an annual dividend of Community Ranking: with a yield of 0.33%.

Dividend History for Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ:CGNX)

  • On 8/1/2017 Cognex Corporation announced a quarterly dividend of $0.09 0.32% with an ex dividend date of 8/16/2017 which will be payable on 9/1/2017.
  • On 5/1/2017 Cognex Corporation announced a quarterly dividend of $0.09 0.4% with an ex dividend date of 5/31/2017 which will be payable on 6/16/2017.
  • On 2/16/2017 Cognex Corporation announced a quarterly dividend of $0.08 0.39% with an ex dividend date of 3/1/2017 which will be payable on 3/17/2017.
  • On 10/31/2016 Cognex Corporation announced a quarterly dividend of $0.08 0.58% with an ex dividend date of 11/30/2016 which will be payable on 12/16/2016.
  • On 8/1/2016 Cognex Corporation announced a quarterly dividend of $0.08 0.61% with an ex dividend date of 8/31/2016 which will be payable on 9/16/2016.
  • On 5/2/2016 Cognex Corporation announced a quarterly dividend of $0.08 0.73% with an ex dividend date of 6/1/2016 which will be payable on 6/17/2016.
  • On 2/10/2016 Cognex Corporation announced a quarterly dividend of $0.07 0.85% with an ex dividend date of 3/2/2016 which will be payable on 3/18/2016.

Recent Insider Trading Activity For Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ:CGNX)
Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ:CGNX) has insider ownership of 5.60% and institutional ownership of 87.55%.

  • On 6/6/2017 Theodor Krantz, Director, sold 7,500 with an average share price of $96.09 per share and the total transaction amounting to $720,675.00. View SEC Filing
  • On 5/15/2017 Robert Willett, CEO, sold 55,919 with an average share price of $91.73 per share and the total transaction amounting to $5,129,449.87. View SEC Filing
  • On 5/9/2017 Robert Willett, CEO, sold 43,981 with an average share price of $89.79 per share and the total transaction amounting to $3,949,053.99. View SEC Filing
  • On 5/4/2017 Robert Willett, CEO, sold 100 with an average share price of $89.64 per share and the total transaction amounting to $8,964.00. View SEC Filing
  • On 3/6/2017 Robert Willett, CEO, sold 50,000 with an average share price of $80.69 per share and the total transaction amounting to $4,034,500.00. View SEC Filing
  • On 2/28/2017 Patrick Alias, Director, sold 5,000 with an average share price of $77.85 per share and the total transaction amounting to $389,250.00. View SEC Filing
  • On 2/27/2017 Robert Willett, CEO, sold 50,000 with an average share price of $77.75 per share and the total transaction amounting to $3,887,500.00. View SEC Filing

Recent Trading Activity for Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ:CGNX)
Shares of Cognex Corporation closed the previous trading session at 101.61 down -3.67 -3.49% with 2,281,065 shares trading hands.