Cognex (LTS:0I14) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 0.95 (As of May. 15, 2024)

View and export this data going back to 2018. Start your Free Trial

What is Cognex 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Cognex's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.95.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cognex's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

LTS:0I14' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.22 Med: 0.6 Max: 1.57
Current: 0.95

During the past 13 years, Cognex's highest Yield on Cost was 1.57. The lowest was 0.22. And the median was 0.60.

LTS:0I14's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
80.12% of 1363 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 2.76 vs LTS:0I14: 0.95

Competitive Comparison of Cognex's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Cognex's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Cognex's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Cognex's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cognex's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.

Cognex 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Cognex is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Cognex (LTS:0I14) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.

Cognex 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Cognex's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.

Cognex (LTS:0I14) Business Description

Industry

GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Technology » Hardware » Cognex Corp (LTS:0I14) » Definitions » 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

CGNX:USA CGNX:Mexico CGZ:Germany

Address

One Vision Drive, Natick, MA, USA, 01760-2059

Website

https://www.cognex.com

Cognex Corp provides machine vision products that help automate manufacturing processes. The firm's products include vision software, vision systems, vision sensors, and ID products. Vision software combines vision tools with a customer's own cameras and peripheral equipment and can help with several vision tasks, including part location, identification, measurement, and robotic guidance. Vision systems combine a camera, processor, and vision software into a single package. Vision sensors deliver simple, low-cost solutions for common vision applications, such as checking the size of parts. ID products read codes that have been applied to items during the manufacturing process. Cognex generates the largest proportion of its sales in the United States and Europe.

Cognex (LTS:0I14) Headlines

No Headlines