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Mariner LLC decreased its position in Cognex Co. ( NASDAQ:CGNX – Free Report ) by 5.1% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC.
The firm owned 23,818 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 1,275 shares during the period. Mariner LLC’s holdings in Cognex were worth $854,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock.
SBI Securities Co. Ltd. acquired a new stake in shares of Cognex in the 4th quarter valued at $29,000.
SRS Capital Advisors Inc. lifted its position in Cognex by 50.0% during the 4th quarter.
SRS Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 885 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 295 shares during the last quarter. CBIZ Investment Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in Cognex by 129.
9% during the 4th quarter. CBIZ Investment Advisory Services LLC now owns 1,007 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $36,000 after acquiring an additional 569 shares during the last quarter. Clean Yield Group lifted its position in Cognex by 1,686.
7% during the 4th quarter. Clean Yield Group now owns 1,072 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $38,000 after acquiring an additional 1,012 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Principal Securities Inc.
increased its holdings in shares of Cognex by 50.2% during the 4th quarter. Principal Securities Inc.
now owns 1,047 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $38,000 after purchasing an additional 350 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 88.12% of the company’s stock.
Insiders Place Their Bets In other Cognex news, EVP Carl Gerst sold 6,803 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $32.73, for a total value of $222,662.
19. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 4,566 shares in the company, valued at approximately $149,445.18.
This trade represents a 59.84 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink .
Corporate insiders own 1.60% of the company’s stock. Wall Street Analyst Weigh In Get Our Latest Stock Analysis on CGNX Cognex Stock Performance Shares of NASDAQ CGNX opened at $26.
92 on Tuesday. Cognex Co. has a 52 week low of $22.
67 and a 52 week high of $53.13. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $28.
95 and its 200 day moving average is $35.26. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.
56 billion, a P/E ratio of 44.13 and a beta of 1.56.
Cognex ( NASDAQ:CGNX – Get Free Report ) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.14 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.
15 by ($0.01). Cognex had a net margin of 11.
61% and a return on equity of 5.65%. Equities research analysts forecast that Cognex Co.
will post 0.61 earnings per share for the current year. Cognex Dividend Announcement The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 13th.
Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 27th were issued a $0.08 dividend. This represents a $0.
32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.19%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 27th.
Cognex’s payout ratio is 52.46%. About Cognex ( Free Report ) 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. See Also Receive News & Ratings for Cognex Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Cognex and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
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