secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     COGNEX CORP (CGNX)
CIK:        0000851205
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-02-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001157523-22-000214
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cognex reports record FY2021 revenue of $1.037B; Q4 EPS $0.30; guides Q1 revenue $265M-$285M
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- FY2021 revenue $1.037B (+28% YoY); net income $279.9M (+59%); diluted EPS $1.56 (+56%).
- Q4 revenue $244M (+9% YoY); net income $53.5M (-23% YoY); diluted EPS $0.30.
- Board declares $0.065 quarterly dividend, payable March 18, 2022 to shareholders of record March 4.
- Q1 2022 revenue guidance $265M-$285M; gross margin expected low-70% range.
- Cash and investments $907M, no debt; logistics became largest end market (+65% YoY).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851205/000115752322000214/0001157523-22-000214-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851205/000115752322000214/a52581407.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-22-000214

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