Cognex Corporation (CGNX)

Cognex Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 12 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Cognex stock have an average target of 46.42, with a low estimate of 35 and a high estimate of 58. The average target predicts an increase of 54.68% from the current stock price of 30.01.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$35	$46.42	$49	$58
Change	+16.63%	+54.68%	+63.28%	+93.27%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Cognex stock from 12 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25	Mar '25
Strong Buy	6	5	4	4	4	4
Buy	1	1	2	3	3	3
Hold	6	5	5	4	4	4
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	1	1	1	1	1	1
Total	14	12	12	12	12	12

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Tommy Moll Stephens & Co.	Stephens & Co.	Buy Reiterates $55	Buy	Reiterates	$55	+83.27%	Mar 12, 2025
Joe Ritchie Goldman Sachs	Goldman Sachs	Strong Sell Maintains $39 → $35	Strong Sell	Maintains	$39 → $35	+16.63%	Feb 18, 2025
Damian Karas UBS	UBS	Strong Buy Maintains $58 → $56	Strong Buy	Maintains	$58 → $56	+86.60%	Feb 18, 2025
Richard Eastman Baird	Baird	Hold Maintains $42 → $38	Hold	Maintains	$42 → $38	+26.62%	Feb 18, 2025
Jamie Cook Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Hold Reiterates $43 → $37	Hold	Reiterates	$43 → $37	+23.29%	Feb 14, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

994.04M

Increased by 8.70%

from 914.52M

Revenue Next Year

1.10B

Increased by 10.96%

from 994.04M

EPS This Year

0.88

Increased by 42.42%

from 0.62

EPS Next Year

1.16

Increased by 31.19%

from 0.88

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	811.02M	1.04B	1.01B	837.55M	914.52M	994.04M	1.10B	1.22B
Revenue Growth	11.77%	27.88%	-2.99%	-16.75%	9.19%	8.70%	10.96%	10.70%
EPS	1.00	1.56	1.23	0.65	0.62	0.88	1.16	1.41
EPS Growth	-13.79%	56.00%	-21.15%	-47.15%	-4.72%	42.42%	31.19%	21.71%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	34.03	25.94	21.31
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	24	24	10

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	1.1B	1.3B	1.4B
Avg	994.0M	1.1B	1.2B
Low	925.5M	1.0B	1.1B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	18.8%	29.1%	26.5%
Avg	8.7%	11.0%	10.7%
Low	1.2%	1.1%	0.3%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	1.14	1.73	1.58
Avg	0.88	1.16	1.41
Low	0.74	0.92	1.21

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	84.8%	96.4%	36.1%
Avg	42.4%	31.2%	21.7%
Low	18.7%	4.4%	4.2%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.