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Cognex Corporation (CGNX) 

NASDAQ
Market Cap
$6.73B
Sector
Technology
Industry
Hardware, Equipment & Parts
Rank in Sector
86 of 583
Rank in Industry
6 of 66

Largest Insider Buys in Sector

CGNX Stock Price History Chart

CGNX Stock Performance

About Cognex Corporation

Cognex Corporation provides machine vision products that capture and analyze visual information in order to automate manufacturing and distribution tasks worldwide. Its machine vision products are used to automate the manufacturing and tracking of discrete items, including mobile phones, aspirin bottles, and automobile tires by locating, identifying, inspecting, and measuring them during the manufacturing or distribution process. The company offers VisionPro software, a suite of patented vision tools for advanced programming; QuickBuild that allows customers to build vision applications with a graphical, flowchart-based programming interface; and Cognex deep learning vision software. It also provides a range of inspection tasks, including part location, identification, measurement, assembly verification, and robotic guidance; vision sensors for vision applications, such as checking the presence and size of parts; and the In-Sight product line of vision systems and sensors. In addition, the company offers DataMan, an image-based barcode readers and barcode verifiers. It sells its products to consumer electronics, automotive, consumer products, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices industries, as well as through a network of distributors and integrators. Cognex Corporation was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts.

Insider Activity of Cognex Corporation

Over the last 12 months, insiders at Cognex Corporation have bought $327,150 and sold $1.53M worth of Cognex Corporation stock.

On average, over the past 5 years, insiders at Cognex Corporation have bought $232,575 and sold $26.36M worth of stock each year.

Highest buying activity among insiders over the last 12 months: Fehr Dennis (SVP, Chief Financial Officer) — $499,839. PARROTTE DIANNE M (director) — $77,230.

The last purchase of 6,570 shares for transaction amount of $249,920 was made by Fehr Dennis (SVP, Chief Financial Officer) on 2024‑09‑04.

List of Insider Buy and Sell Transactions, Cognex Corporation

2024-11-22Saledirector
26,000
0.015%
$40.03$1.04M-1.06%
2024-09-04PurchaseSVP, Chief Financial Officer
6,570
0.0038%
$38.04$249,920+3.00%
2024-08-07Purchasedirector
2,000
0.0012%
$38.62$77,230+6.27%
2024-03-12SaleChief Technology Officer
5,331
0.0031%
$40.93$218,212-1.51%
2024-03-06SaleEVP, Vision & ID Products
6,782
0.0039%
$40.54$274,923-0.52%
2023-03-06Saledirector
4,375
0.0026%
$49.53$216,676-6.64%
2023-03-03Saledirector
600
0.0003%
$49.50$29,700-6.38%
2023-02-23Saledirector
854
0.0005%
$48.04$41,026+0.29%
2023-02-17Saledirector
912
0.0005%
$48.39$44,132-2.24%
2023-02-17Saledirector
641
0.0004%
$49.50$31,730-2.24%
2023-02-02Saledirector
10,400
0.006%
$57.00$592,816-16.83%
2022-12-13Saledirector
9,200
0.0054%
$52.00$478,400-5.55%
2022-12-12Saledirector
26,000
0.0151%
$50.00$1.3M-2.70%
2022-11-30Saledirector
30,000
0.0174%
$50.01$1.5M-2.24%
2022-05-12Purchase
3,000
0.0017%
$46.00$138,000+2.96%
2022-02-17Saledirector
427
0.0003%
$63.75$27,221-21.37%
2021-11-12SaleSVP, CFO
3,000
0.0017%
$82.99$248,979-39.73%
2021-09-08Saledirector
30,000
0.017%
$86.41$2.59M-21.63%
2021-08-24Saledirector
17,500
0.0099%
$87.19$1.53M-19.57%
2021-06-11Saledirector
7,167
0.0041%
$80.00$573,360-2.52%

Insider Historical Profitability

20.18%
SUN ANTHONYdirector
26608
0.0155%
$39.22018
PARROTTE DIANNE Mdirector
11340
0.0066%
$39.22310<0.0001%
Fehr DennisSVP, Chief Financial Officer
6570
0.0038%
$39.2210
Kuechen JoergChief Technology Officer
2934
0.0017%
$39.2201
Gerst CarlEVP, Vision & ID Products
0
0%
$39.2202
SHILLMAN ROBERT JChairman of the Board
4356800
2.5402%
$39.22034
KRANTZ THEODORdirector
35500
0.0207%
$39.22015
BANUCCI EUGENE Gdirector
23000
0.0134%
$39.2213+47.72%
Todgham PaulSVP, CFO
3492
0.002%
$39.2201
MORIN RICHARDSr. VP F&A, CFO
1998
0.0012%
$39.22034
J BRUCE ROBINSONdirector
1875
0.0011%
$39.2232+21.09%
Ceyrolle EricEx VP WW Sales & Marketing
500
0.0003%
$39.2212+30.42%
KRIVSKY WILLIAMdirector
299
0.0002%
$39.2202
HOFFMASTER JAMESPresident & COO
0
0%
$39.2204
ALIAS PATRICKdirector
0
0%
$39.22043
WASSERMAN REUBENdirector
0
0%
$39.22010
FISHMAN JERALDdirector
0
0%
$39.22018
SMITH EDWARD Jdirector
0
0%
$39.2201
Testa JustinEVP, MVSD
0
0%
$39.2208
Willett RobertCEO & President
0
0%
$39.22058
miller jeffrey benjamindirector
0
0%
$39.2206
Schneider Jerry A.director
0
0%
$39.2208
CURRAN JOHN J.Sr Vice President, CFO
0
0%
$39.2202
DiPalma Sheila MarieEVP, Employee Services
0
0%
$39.2203
MACDONALD LAURA ANNPrincipal Financial Officer
0
0%
$39.2202

Institutional Investor Ownership

Top Shareholders
Top Buyers
Top Sellers
New Shareholders
Sold-Out Shareholders
The Vanguard Group$743.31M10.2117.52M+1.09%+$8M0.01
BlackRock$665.38M9.1415.69M+5.69%+$35.84M0.01
T Rowe Price Investment Management Inc$288.75M3.976.81M+22.07%+$52.21M0.18
State Street$219.19M3.015.17M+2.84%+$6.06M0.01
Brown Capital Management$163.32M2.243.85M-28.96%-$66.57M2.9
Impax Asset Management Group$162.88M2.243.84M+35.05%+$42.28M0.62
William Blair Investment Management$157.66M2.173.72M+41.4%+$46.16M0.41
Capital Research Global Investors$150.72M2.073.55M+0.05%+$71,562.540.03
Disciplined Growth Investors Inc Mn$144.1M1.983.4M+74.8%+$61.66M2.65
Geode Capital Management$138.88M1.913.27M+2.68%+$3.62M0.01
Nordea Investment Management Ab$113.72M1.552.66M+28.96%+$25.54M0.14
LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC$91.4M1.262.15M+2.54%+$2.26M0.12
Fundsmith LLP$83.41M1.151.97M-2.63%-$2.25M0.33
HERITAGE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC$76.35M1.071.83M+27.9%+$16.66M0.39
JPMorgan Chase$74.82M1.031.76M+8.59%+$5.92M0.01
Riverbridge Partners$73.21M1.011.73M+0.3%+$219,438.700.9
T. Rowe Price$68.68M0.941.62M+986.25%+$62.36M0.01
DekaBank$68.09M0.941.61M-15.49%-$12.48M0.13
Copeland Capital Management LLC$67.7M0.931.6M+227.84%+$47.05M1.23
Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc$66.88M0.921.58M+24.68%+$13.24M0.22
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co Ltd$71.95M0.891.53M-23.57%-$22.19M0.07
American Capital Management, Inc.$64.4M0.881.52M+0.22%+$138,501.302.06
GW&K Investment Management$64.15M0.881.51M-0.61%-$396,284.660.57
Bamco$63.63M0.871.5M0%+$00.17
BNY Mellon$59.36M0.821.4M-86.26%-$372.72M0.01
American Century Investments$58.43M0.81.38M-23.93%-$18.38M0.04
Charles Schwab$56.92M0.781.34M+3.55%+$1.95M0.01
ROYCE & ASSOCIATES INC$56.16M0.771.32M+22.4%+$10.28M0.5
Northern Trust$55.8M0.771.32M-4.94%-$2.9M0.01
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings$54.89M0.751.29M-4.04%-$2.31M0.04
Mackenzie Financial Corp$54.5M0.751.28MNew+$54.5M0.07
Ensign Peak Advisors Inc$54.29M0.751.28M+2.82%+$1.49M0.1
Dimensional Fund Advisors$51.42M0.711.21M+34.19%+$13.1M0.01
Baillie Gifford Co$49.39M0.681.16M-3.47%-$1.78M0.04
Voloridge Investment Management, LLC$46.34M0.641.09M+125.73%+$25.81M0.17
Stephens Investment Management Group LLC$44.5M0.611.05M+26.86%+$9.42M0.59
Invesco$44.41M0.611.05M-29.11%-$18.23M0.01
Front Street Capital Management Inc$44.17M0.611.04M+2.89%+$1.24M8.4
Morgan Stanley$43.71M0.61.03M-9.97%-$4.84M<0.01
Shannon River Fund Management Llc$42.2M0.58994,862New+$42.2M9.4
D. E. Shaw & Co.$40.98M0.56965,940+92.47%+$19.69M0.04
Legal & General$40.75M0.56960,623-4.23%-$1.8M0.01
AXA$37.27M0.51878,482-3.93%-$1.52M0.11
Ameriprise Financial$36.92M0.51870,227-6.89%-$2.73M0.01
JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC$36.94M0.51870,822+30.53%+$8.64M0.03
New York State Common Retirement Fund$36.44M0.5859,060-25.97%-$12.79M0.05
Td Asset Management Inc$35.94M0.49847,274+111.1%+$18.92M0.03
Millennium Management LLC$35.73M0.49842,379+17.18%+$5.24M0.02
Capital International Investors$34.98M0.48824,5230%+$00.01
Nzs Capital Llc$29.55M0.41696,536+66.73%+$11.83M1.23
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