Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ:CGNX) reported earnings of $0.63 per share beating Walls Streets expectations.

Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ:CGNX) reported Q2 2017 earnings this Afternoon, coming in at $0.63 per share, beating Wall Street’s estimates of $0.54 per Share. Revenue for the quarter came in at $172.90 million beating analyst estimates of $169.79 million

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Analyst Coverage For Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ:CGNX)
These are 5 Hold Ratings, 4 Buy Ratings .
The current consensus rating for Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ:CGNX) is Hold (Score: 2.44) with a consensus target price of $72.71 , a potential (23.51% downside)

Recent Insider Trading for Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ:CGNX)

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.



Dividend History for Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ:CGNX)

  • On 5/1/2017 announced a quarterly dividend of $0.09 0.4% with an ex dividend date of 5/31/2017 which will be payable on 6/2/2017.
  • On 2/16/2017 announced a quarterly dividend of $0.08 0.39% with an ex dividend date of 3/1/2017 which will be payable on 3/3/2017.
  • On 10/31/2016 announced a quarterly dividend of $0.08 0.58% with an ex dividend date of 11/30/2016 which will be payable on 12/2/2016.
  • On 8/1/2016 announced a quarterly dividend of $0.08 0.61% with an ex dividend date of 8/31/2016 which will be payable on 9/2/2016.
  • On 5/2/2016 announced a quarterly dividend of $0.08 0.73% with an ex dividend date of 6/1/2016 which will be payable on 6/3/2016.
  • On 2/10/2016 announced a quarterly dividend of $0.07 0.85% with an ex dividend date of 3/2/2016 which will be payable on 3/4/2016.
  • On 11/2/2015 announced a quarterly dividend of $0.07 0.82% with an ex dividend date of 12/2/2015 which will be payable on 12/4/2015.



Recent Trading for Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ:CGNX)
Shares of Cognex Corporation closed the previous trading session at 95.06 up +0.26 0.27% with 1,084,660 shares trading hands.

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