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Data last updated: Sep 17, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 17, 2026): Cognex Corporation (CGNX) pays a $0.34 annual dividend ($0.09 quarterly), yielding 0.57% at $60.10/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-08-20. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 0.57%
Annual Dividend: $0.34 per share
Payout Ratio: 32.1%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-08-20
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Technology
Years of Dividend History: 22
Cognex Corporation dividend reflects a business built on machine vision technology, serving manufacturers of mobile devices, automotive parts, and pharmaceuticals through products like its In-Sight vision systems and DataMan barcode readers. CGNX currently pays a 0.57% dividend yield. The trailing annual dividend rate is $0.34 per share, paid quarterly, with the next ex-dividend date on August 20, 2026. With a beta of 1.49, CGNX carries above-average price volatility, making it a better fit for growth-oriented dividend investors than those seeking steady income.
Cognex Corporation pays out 32.1% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%). That low payout leaves meaningful room to sustain the dividend even if earnings from its machine vision and industrial automation markets soften. Cognex Corporation dividend safety benefits from that earnings cushion, though a beta of 1.49 signals that the stock itself can swing sharply, and any prolonged downturn in capital spending by manufacturers could pressure future earnings that support the payout.
Cognex Corporation dividend history shows a CAGR of 0.7% per year from 2004 to 2025. Per-share payments moved from $0.28 to $0.325 over that span (2026 is a partial year and excluded from the CAGR). The largest annual increase in the window was 985.4% in 2020, which reflects a special or catch-up payment rather than a sustained acceleration in the base dividend. Growth is slow, and the 21-year CAGR barely outpaces zero.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +7.0% | $0.27 (2022) | $0.33 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +4.5% | $0.21 (2015) | $0.33 (2025) |
CGNX stock fits dividend investors who are primarily drawn to the company's machine vision business and treat the dividend as a secondary benefit. The yield is low (below 2%), currently at 0.57%, which is modestly above the 5-year average of 0.47% but still far below what income-focused portfolios typically require. Four consecutive years of increases show a commitment to growing the payout, but at 0.7% annual growth over two decades, the income itself compounds slowly. What an investor gets is a conservative 32.1% payout ratio and a dividend that has room to survive earnings pressure. What they give up is meaningful income.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-20 | $0.0850 |
| 2026-05-21 | $0.0850 |
| 2026-02-26 | $0.0850 |
| 2025-11-13 | $0.0850 |
| 2025-08-14 | $0.0800 |
| 2025-05-15 | $0.0800 |
| 2025-02-27 | $0.0800 |
| 2024-11-14 | $0.0800 |
| 2024-08-15 | $0.0750 |
| 2024-05-15 | $0.0750 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.2550 |
| 2025 | $0.3250 |
| 2024 | $0.3050 |
| 2023 | $0.2850 |
| 2022 | $0.2650 |
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