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Cognex Corporation (CGNX) Dividend

$55.55 NASDAQ: CGNX Market Cap $9.34B

Metric	Value
Dividend Yield	0.57%
Indicated Annual Dividend	$0.32
Payout Ratio	32.39%
FCF Yield	2.70%
Current Price	$55.55

Dividend Analysis

Cognex Corporation (CGNX) currently pays a dividend yielding 0.57%, an indicated annual rate of roughly $0.32 per share. The payout ratio is 32.39%, meaning less than 40% of reported earnings were paid out as dividends. Free cash flow yield is 2.70%. FCF yield compares the cash a company generates with its market value and can be read alongside the earnings-based payout ratio.

Cognex Corporation pays quarterly; the payout ratio is 32.4% of earnings; free cash flow yield of 2.70% covers the 0.57% dividend yield.

Payment schedule

Measure	Value
Indicated annual dividendYield times the current share price.	$0.32
Dividend yieldAnnual dividend as a percentage of the share price.	0.57%
Payments per yearThis stock pays quarterly.	4
Amount per paymentIndicated annual dividend divided by the number of payments.	$0.08

Dividend income by amount invested

At today's price and the current indicated dividend. Shares are not rounded to whole numbers, and a future dividend is never guaranteed.

Invested	Shares	Income per year	Per payment
$1,000	18.0	$5.70	$1.42
$5,000	90.0	$28.50	$7.12
$10,000	180.0	$57.00	$14.25
$25,000	450.0	$142.50	$35.62
$50,000	900.1	$285.00	$71.25

Yield across the 52-week range

Yield moves opposite the share price. Holding the current dividend constant, this is what the yield would have been at each end of the last year's range.

Share price	Price	Yield
At the 52-week high	$72.88	0.43%
Today	$55.55	0.57%
At the 52-week low	$34.60	0.92%

Dividend yield against peers

Cognex Corporation ranks 4 of 6 by dividend yield among these companies; 3 yield more.

Company	Yield	P/E	Price
Hexagon AB (publ) (HXGBY)	1.59%	43.19	$10.21
Sensata Technologies Holding plc (ST)	1.10%	69.11	$40.38
Keyence Corporation (KYCCF)	0.64%	41.88	$548.25
Cognex Corporation (CGNX)	0.57%	56.83	$55.55
MicroVision, Inc. (MVIS)	0.00%	-0.27	$1.18
Novanta Inc. (NOVT)	0.00%	93.88	$140.80