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Cognex KeyBanc Capital Markets Technology Leadership Forum summary

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KeyBanc Capital Markets Technology Leadership Forum summary11 Aug, 2025

Company overview and market positioning

  • Operates as a leader in machine vision, providing software-on-device solutions for factory automation, inspection, and robotic guidance.

  • Embraced AI since 2022, launching products to expand use cases and market penetration.

  • Targets attractive growth markets driven by automation, reshoring, and labor shortages.

  • Maintains high margins with a focus on returning to historical profitability levels.

  • New CEO and CFO are driving renewed focus on bottom-line performance.

Market trends and end-market performance

  • Logistics and warehouse automation represent the largest and fastest-growing segment, with strong long-term potential.

  • Packaging, consumer goods, and healthcare are seeing positive momentum due to dedicated sales focus.

  • Consumer electronics is showing early signs of recovery, aided by supply chain shifts and reshoring.

  • Visibility in logistics is higher (nine months) compared to other markets (three months).

  • Automotive remains a weaker segment, with sales efforts shifting to more promising verticals.

Financial performance and margin initiatives

  • Achieved four consecutive quarters of year-over-year EPS growth and exceeded 20% adjusted EBITDA in the latest quarter.

  • Focused on structural cost optimization, with OpEx down 3% year-over-year on a constant currency basis.

  • Margin improvements are driven by controllable factors, not external conditions.

  • Sales resource allocation is shifting toward higher-growth, higher-margin markets.

  • Cost discipline and efficiency are central to the profitability strategy.

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Cognex Corporation provides machine vision products that capture and analyze visual information in order to automate the manufacturing process. The Company's products are used to examine products at various points in the manufacturing process and ensure that they are being manufactured correctly, identify individual items for tracking through the distribution process, and prevent lost, stolen or counterfeit products from entering the supply stream. Cognex Corporation was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts.

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