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Cognex stock: dividend

CGNX
$50.77Closing price of 12 Nov 2026MEQIRI Score 66 out of 100

Cognex paid $0.34 per share over the last twelve months, 0.67% on the price, and has not cut its dividend for 11 years.

Daily figure as of 13 Nov 2026

Dividend yield over the last 12 months
0.67%
$0.34 per share over 12 months
Dividend per share 2025
$0.33
for fiscal 2025
48%
$1.41
covers the dividend of $0.33
Raised in a row
11 years
Years with a higher annual dividend than the year before
Growth 5 years
+7.2%
per year, from the last twelve months, without special dividends
Growth 10 years
+8.9%
per year, from the last twelve months, without special dividends

The amounts for the last 12 months and for fiscal 2025 differ if the company has raised or cut its dividend since then.

Dividend dates and payments

Anyone holding the stock on the day before the ex-dividend date receives the dividend. Amounts are per share, before tax.

Last ex-dividend date
20 Aug 2026
$0.085, paid 3 Sep 2026
Next ex-dividend date
19 Nov 2026
$0.090, paid 3 Dec 2026
Frequency
quarterly
All 21 payments of the last five years
Ex-dividend datePayment dateDividend per share
19 Nov 20263 Dec 2026$0.090
20 Aug 20263 Sep 2026$0.085
21 May 20264 Jun 2026$0.085
26 Feb 202612 Mar 2026$0.085
13 Nov 202528 Nov 2025$0.085
14 Aug 202528 Aug 2025$0.080
15 May 202529 May 2025$0.080
27 Feb 202513 Mar 2025$0.080
14 Nov 202429 Nov 2024$0.080
15 Aug 202429 Aug 2024$0.075
15 May 202430 May 2024$0.075
28 Feb 202414 Mar 2024$0.075
16 Nov 20231 Dec 2023$0.075
17 Aug 20231 Sep 2023$0.070
18 May 20232 Jun 2023$0.070
2 Mar 202317 Mar 2023$0.070
17 Nov 20222 Dec 2022$0.070
18 Aug 20222 Sep 2022$0.065
19 May 20223 Jun 2022$0.065
3 Mar 202218 Mar 2022$0.065
18 Nov 20213 Dec 2021$0.065

Is today's dividend yield unusually high?

Dividend yield today

0.67%

above the average of recent years

$0.34 dividend per share over the last twelve months on a price of $50.77

Today 0.67%, on average over fiscal years 2016 to 2025 0.47% (range 0.27 to 0.90%).

The yield is at least a tenth above the average of recent fiscal years, but not above every one of them, and below 1%. The calculator does not rate yields this small as high: even a small dividend increase moves them a lot, and with so little paid out a dividend trap is hardly the issue.

Since the end of fiscal 2025 on 31 Dec 2025, the price has risen more than the dividend, so the yield has fallen.

  • Fiscal year
  • Today, last 12 months

For each fiscal year, the dividend per share for that year divided by the closing price on the last trading day of the fiscal year. The dashed line is the average (median) of the fiscal years.

Dividend development

Dividend per share

Payout ratio

  • of earnings
  • of free cash flow
Figures as a table
YearDividend per shareEarnings per share
2006$0.0825$0.22
2007$0.0850$0.16
2008$0.1175$0.17
2009$0.0750−$0.03
2010$0.0625$0.39
2011$0.0900$0.42
2012$0.1075$0.40
2015$0.1050$1.09
2016$0.1475$0.88
2017$0.1675$1.02
2018$0.1850$1.27
2019$0.2050$1.19
2020$0.2250$1.02
2021$0.2450$1.59
2022$0.2650$1.24
2023$0.2850$0.66
2024$0.3050$0.62
2025$0.3250$0.68

The dividend per share is shown under the fiscal year it was paid for, even when it is paid after that year ends. Special dividends are not included.

Data status and sources

Score
Daily value of 13 Nov 2026, recalculated nightly
Price
Closing price of 12 Nov 2026
Latest annual report
Fiscal year 2025, period end 31 Dec 2025
Source
Financial statements, ratios and prices from Financial Modeling Prep (FMP), based on the company's reports. MEQIRI calculates the score and fair value from them.

Mandatory disclosures for this rating

  • ; time horizon around 12 months
  • Rated Neutral, published since 7 Nov 2026 (in the score history since 9 Oct 2026)
  • Valuation signal Fairly valued since 7 Nov 2026
  • End-of-day prices, metrics cached for up to 24 hours
  • Score and fair value are estimates from a disclosed model. They are not facts and not a price target.
  • Produced by SSM Ventures UG (haftungsbeschränkt), responsible person Sven Brostmeyer, Managing Director, automatically according to the disclosed model.
  • Not investment advice. Losses up to and including a total loss are possible. Personal circumstances are not considered.

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