Cognex (NASDAQ:CGNX) reported quarterly earnings of $0.45 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.42 by 7.14 percent. This is a 80 percent increase over earnings of $0.25 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $291.263 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $292.545 million by 0.44 percent. This is a 16.93 percent increase over sales of $249.093 million the same period last year.