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Earnings Estimates Moving Higher for Cognex (CGNX): Time to Buy?

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Cognex Corporation (CGNX - Free Report) designs, develops, manufactures, and markets machine vision systems that could be an interesting play for investors. That is because, not only does the stock have decent short-term momentum, but it is seeing solid activity on the earnings estimate revision front as well.

These positive earnings estimate revisions suggest that analysts are becoming more optimistic on CGNX’ earnings for the coming quarter and year. In fact, consensus estimates have moved sharply higher for both of these time frames over the past four weeks, suggesting that Cognex could be a solid choice for investors.

Current Quarter Estimates for CGNX

In the past 30 days, 3 estimates have gone higher for Cognex while none have gone lower in the same time period. The trend has been pretty favorable too, with estimates increasing from 22 cents a share 30 days ago, to 27 today, a move of 22.7%.

Current Year Estimates for CGNX

Meanwhile, Cognex’ current year figures are also looking quite promising, with 5 estimates moving higher in the past month, compared to none lower. The consensus estimate trend has also seen a boost for this time frame, increasing from $1.74 per share 30 days ago to $1.93 per share today, an increase of 10.9%.

Cognex Corporation Price and Consensus

 

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Bottom Line

The stock has also started to move higher lately, adding 13.7% over the past four weeks, suggesting that investors are starting to take note of this impressive story. So investors may definitely want to consider this Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stock to profit in the near future. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

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