What is DA Davidson’s Forecast for Cognex Q4 Earnings?

Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ:CGNX) – Research analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for Cognex in a report released on Tuesday, November 4th. DA Davidson analyst M. Summerville anticipates that the scientific and technical instruments company will post earnings of $0.16 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson has a “Neutral” rating and a $38.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Cognex’s current full-year earnings is $0.61 per share.

Several other brokerages also recently issued reports on CGNX. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their target price on shares of Cognex from $36.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 16th. Citigroup reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $37.00 target price (up previously from $30.00) on shares of Cognex in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $56.00 target price (up previously from $55.00) on shares of Cognex in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Robert W. Baird set a $45.00 target price on shares of Cognex in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Finally, Truist Financial set a $45.00 target price on shares of Cognex and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have assigned a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $46.20.

Cognex Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ CGNX opened at $40.50 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $45.10 and its 200-day moving average price is $37.41. The company has a market cap of $6.80 billion, a PE ratio of 63.28 and a beta of 1.50. Cognex has a 52-week low of $22.67 and a 52-week high of $49.76.

Cognex (NASDAQ:CGNX) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.27 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $276.89 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $261.86 million. Cognex had a net margin of 11.33% and a return on equity of 8.26%. The business’s revenue was up 18.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.20 earnings per share. Cognex has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.190-0.24 EPS.

Institutional Trading of Cognex

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in CGNX. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its holdings in Cognex by 155.3% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,062 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 646 shares during the last quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas increased its holdings in Cognex by 51.3% during the first quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas now owns 48,640 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,451,000 after buying an additional 16,489 shares during the last quarter. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Cognex by 7.4% during the first quarter. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 7,698 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $230,000 after buying an additional 532 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its holdings in Cognex by 1.9% during the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 2,131,538 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $63,584,000 after buying an additional 38,857 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Cognex by 1.7% in the first quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 577,616 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $17,230,000 after purchasing an additional 9,475 shares in the last quarter. 88.12% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Cognex

In other Cognex news, Director Robert Willett sold 6,704 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $49.51, for a total transaction of $331,915.04. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Sheila Marie Dipalma sold 2,002 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $45.00, for a total transaction of $90,090.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 8,582 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $386,190. This represents a 18.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 10,706 shares of company stock valued at $512,065 over the last three months. 1.60% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Cognex Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 28th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 13th will be issued a dividend of $0.085 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 13th. This is a positive change from Cognex’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.08. This represents a $0.34 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.8%. Cognex’s dividend payout ratio is presently 53.13%.

About Cognex

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.