Dividend Track Records

On October 31, 2025, Cognex Corporation (CGNX) announced a 6.3% increase in its quarterly dividend to $0.085 per share . Based on a share price of $41.70 , the dividend yield stands at 0.8% . The ex-dividend date is November 13, 2025 .

Cognex hikes dividend by 6.7% in 2024.

Cognex hikes dividend by 7.1% in 2023.

Cognex hikes dividend by 7.7% in 2022.

Cognex Corp (CGNX) will raise its dividend by 8.3 percent to 6.5 cents quarterly in 2021. This follows a  special cash dividend of $2.00 per share and a 9.1 percent dividend hike to 6 cents per share in 2020. Cognex has raised its dividend six consecutive years if this new increase is included. A regular annual dividend rate of 26 cents per share yields 0.3% at a stock price of $79.91. Cognex pays its shareholders an estimated $46 million in dividends annually. In the last five years the dividend was raised by at least double digits three times. The next CGNX dividend is payable on December 3, 2021 to all shareholders of record at the close of business on November 19, 2021.  Cognex Corporation designs, develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of image-based products, all of which use artificial intelligence (AI) techniques that give them the human-like ability to make decisions on what they see. Cognex products include barcode readers, machine vision sensors and machin...

Cognex Corp (CGNX) will pay a special cash dividend of $2.00 per share. Earlier this year the companyd already increased its regular quarterly dividend by 9.1 percent to 6 cents per share in 2020. Cognex has raised its dividend five consecutive years. In its press release dated December 3, 2020, the company calls this extra dividend of 2 dollars a “very special” cash dividend. The dividend is payable on December 28, 2020 to all shareholders of record at the close of business on December 14, 2020. The aggregate payment will be approximately $350 million and funded using existing cash balances. “Cognex has paid a quarterly cash dividend for every quarter starting in 2003. Since that time, our cash and investments balance has grown to over $1 billion, despite years of funding business growth, share repurchases, and dividend increases. At Cognex we have a motto, “When Cognex wins, we all win,” and in keeping with that motto, we are making this very special dividend payment to share our suc...

Cognex Corp (CGNX) will increase its quarterly dividend by 9.1 percent to 6 cents per share in 2020. This follows a 10.0 percent to $0.055 per share in 2019 and a 11.1 percent dividend hike to five cents per share quarterly in 2018. Cognex has now raised its dividend five consecutive years. The next dividend is payable on November 27, 2020 to all shareholders of record at the close of business on November 13, 2020. A new annual rate of 24 cents per share yields 0.4% at a stock price of $65.90. Cognex will now pay its shareholders an estimated $42 million in dividends annually. In the last five years the dividend was raised by at least double digits three times. Cognex Corporation designs, develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of image-based products, all of which use artificial intelligence (AI) techniques that give them the human-like ability to make decisions on what they see. Cognex products include barcode readers, machine vision sensors and machine vision systems that ar...

Cognex Corp (CGNX) will increase its quarterly dividend by 10.0 percent to $0.055 per share in 2019. This follows last year's 11.1 percent dividend hike to five cents per share quarterly. The next dividend is payable on November 29, 2019 to all shareholders of record at the close of business on November 15, 2019. A new annual rate of 22 cents per share yields 0.4% at a stock price of $53.42. Cognex Corporation designs, develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of image-based products, all of which use artificial intelligence (AI) techniques that give them the human-like ability to make decisions on what they see. Cognex products include barcode readers, machine vision sensors and machine vision systems that are used in factories, warehouses and distribution centers around the world to guide, gauge, inspect, identify and assure the quality of items during the manufacturing and distribution process. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Natick, Massachuset...