—
C+
C+ The full Closelooknet — membership. Open the C+ overview

Cognex Corporation (CGNX) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

Pick a ticker to load its detail page.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for CGNX, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Versus its index Rubin Build-Out 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Rubin Build-Out 100 · as of 2026-10-06

DayWeekMonth3 months
CGNX+3.1%+11.2%+6.6%+3.5%
Machine Vision, Sensing & Edge+1.2%+8.4%+12.6%—
Rubin Build-Out 100+0.8%+7.0%+11.0%—

Against the index: 4.2 pts ahead on the week, 4.4 pts behind on the month; against its Machine Vision, Sensing & Edge sleeve 6.0 pts behind on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sector × region Technology in US: +3.9% week · +8.0% month · +11.5% quarter · +49.8% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLK.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
How it trades on rate days beta 1.23 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How CGNX has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 1.23 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Cognex Corporation moved 1.23% on average · correlation 0.19 · higher than 92% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.61 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.00% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.84% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Scientific & Technical Instruments · US · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Scientific & Technical Instruments · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against CGNX on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Cognex Corporation

CGNX in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Cognex makes machine vision equipment: cameras, sensors and software that let factories and warehouses locate, inspect, measure and identify items automatically. Its tools guide robots, verify assembly steps and read barcodes on production and distribution lines across autos, electronics, logistics and medical goods. It has also added a cloud platform for building and training vision applications with deep learning. The company is based in Natick, Massachusetts.
Where it sits in the stack
Cognex carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, our AI infrastructure and robotics indices; within Closelooknet's universe it sits in the Technology sector, US bucket, grouped with scientific and technical instrument makers.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group for Cognex draws on scored Technology names from the same country, including Micron, Nvidia, Adobe, Fortinet, Intuit, Trend Micro, Sandisk and Kaspi.kz, grouped by sector and geography rather than by market or customer overlap. The competitor the market usually names alongside it is Keyence.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Cognex carries a Closelooknet score; its strongest module is momentum, while valuation reads weakest. It holds no seat in Rubin or Halo and has not yet drawn a quote in our editions.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the valuation module recovers as machine-vision demand from automotive and electronics lines picks up, and whether the deep-learning tools broaden its customer base beyond factory inspection.

Cognex Corporation (CGNX) trades on US exchanges, classified under Technology.

The Closelooknet company score reads 62/100 composite (momentum 71, quality 64, valuation 22) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Truist, 2026-10-05

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for CGNX from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Truist — target 74 from 78 Target cut to $74 from $78 (+14.8% to spot) 2026-10-05
  • Price target Baird — target 70 from 78 Target cut to $70 from $78 (+18.7% to spot) 2026-09-23

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.51%, quarterly · buybacks 151 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What CGNX pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.34 USD per share · a 0.51% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-06
  • Change on the year +6.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.32 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.0850 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-20
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.0750 USD (partial) · 2024: 0.31 USD · 2025: 0.33 USD · 2026: 0.26 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-16
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 55 m USD 24% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 151 m USD 1.4% of today's market value
  • Share count −1.9% in FY2025 49 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 206 m USD · 87% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Cognex Corporation (CGNX)?

Cognex Corporation trades as CGNX on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Technology in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is CGNX in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Cognex Corporation is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-07.

What is Cognex Corporation's Closelooknet composite score?

62 out of 100, with momentum 71, quality 64 and valuation 22 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does CGNX trade against its moving averages?

Reclaimed its 50-day: Closed back above its 50-day line 4 sessions ago, with the 200-day still rising beneath it. As of 2026-10-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is CGNX doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month Cognex Corporation is +6.6% against +11.0% for the Rubin Build-Out 100 — 4.4 points behind its index, as of 2026-10-06. Its Machine Vision, Sensing & Edge sleeve is +12.6% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

How does Cognex Corporation compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Scientific & Technical Instruments · US), Cognex Corporation (CGNX) sits 10.0% below its 52-week high, 5.5% above its 50-day average; Shimadzu Corp (SHMXY) is 22.0% below, MKS Instruments Inc (MKSI) is 37.3% below, ESCO Technologies Inc (ESE) is 25.9% below. Put any of them next to CGNX in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Cognex Corporation trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Cognex Corporation had a beta of 1.23 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 92% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.00% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Cognex Corporation do?

Cognex makes machine vision equipment: cameras, sensors and software that let factories and warehouses locate, inspect, measure and identify items automatically. Its tools guide robots, verify assembly steps and read barcodes on production and distribution lines across autos, electronics, logistics and medical goods. It has also added a cloud platform for building and training vision applications with deep learning. Closelooknet's peer group for Cognex draws on scored Technology names from the same country, including Micron, Nvidia, Adobe, Fortinet, Intuit, Trend Micro, Sandisk and Kaspi.kz, grouped by sector and geography rather than by market or customer overlap. The competitor the market usually names alongside it is Keyence.

Where does Cognex Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

Cognex carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, our AI infrastructure and robotics indices; within Closelooknet's universe it sits in the Technology sector, US bucket, grouped with scientific and technical instrument makers. Cognex carries a Closelooknet score; its strongest module is momentum, while valuation reads weakest. It holds no seat in Rubin or Halo and has not yet drawn a quote in our editions.

Does Cognex Corporation pay a dividend?

Cognex Corporation has paid 0.34 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.51% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.0850 USD on 2026-08-20. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 55 m USD in dividends and bought back 151 m USD of its own shares, 87% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 1.9% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Cognex Corporation recently?

The most recent analyst action on Cognex Corporation on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Truist on 2026-10-05 (target 74 from 78). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CGNX, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

same Closelooknet index seat first, then Scientific & Technical Instruments. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.