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Cognex Corporation (CGNX) 

NASDAQ
Market Cap
$7.98B
Sector
Technology
Industry
Hardware, Equipment & Parts
Rank in Sector
290 of 509
Rank in Industry
35 of 61

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 $0 and sold $493,134 worth of Cognex Corporation stock.

On average, over the past 5 years, insiders at Cognex Corporation have bought $138,000 and sold $31.74M worth of stock each year.

There was no buying activity among insiders over the last 12 months.

The last purchase of 3,000 shares for transaction amount of $138,000 was made by PARROTTE DIANNE M () on 2022‑05‑12.

List of Insider Buy and Sell Transactions, Cognex Corporation

2024-03-12SaleKuechen JoergChief Technology Officer
5,331
0.0031%
$40.93$218,212+3.86%
2024-03-06SaleGerst CarlEVP, Vision & ID Products
6,782
0.0039%
$40.54$274,923+3.32%
2023-03-06SaleALIAS PATRICKdirector
4,375
0.0026%
$49.53$216,676-6.64%
2023-03-03SaleALIAS PATRICKdirector
600
0.0003%
$49.50$29,700-6.38%
2023-02-23SaleKRANTZ THEODORdirector
854
0.0005%
$48.04$41,026+0.29%
2023-02-17SaleKRANTZ THEODORdirector
912
0.0005%
$48.39$44,132-2.24%
2023-02-17SaleALIAS PATRICKdirector
641
0.0004%
$49.50$31,730-2.24%
2023-02-02SaleKRANTZ THEODORdirector
10,400
0.006%
$57.00$592,816-16.83%
2022-12-13SaleKRANTZ THEODORdirector
9,200
0.0054%
$52.00$478,400-5.55%
2022-12-12SaleKRANTZ THEODORdirector
26,000
0.0151%
$50.00$1.3M-2.70%
2022-11-30SaleSUN ANTHONYdirector
30,000
0.0174%
$50.01$1.5M-2.24%
2022-05-12PurchasePARROTTE DIANNE M
3,000
0.0017%
$46.00$138,000+2.96%
2022-02-17SaleALIAS PATRICKdirector
427
0.0003%
$63.75$27,221-21.37%
2021-11-12SaleTodgham PaulSVP, CFO
3,000
0.0017%
$82.99$248,979-39.73%
2021-09-08SaleSUN ANTHONYdirector
30,000
0.017%
$86.41$2.59M-21.63%
2021-08-24SaleALIAS PATRICKdirector
17,500
0.0099%
$87.19$1.53M-19.57%
2021-06-11SalePARROTTE DIANNE Mdirector
7,167
0.0041%
$80.00$573,360-2.52%
2021-06-01SalePARROTTE DIANNE Mdirector
333
0.0002%
$80.03$26,651-1.07%
2021-03-18SaleSchneider Jerry A.director
5,000
0.0029%
$82.26$411,292+0.38%
2021-02-23SaleGerst CarlEVP, Vision & ID Products
20,000
0.0113%
$82.76$1.66M-2.73%

Insider Historical Profitability

20.18%
Kuechen JoergChief Technology Officer
2934
0.0017%
$46.4901
Gerst CarlEVP, Vision & ID Products
0
0%
$46.4902
SHILLMAN ROBERT JChairman of the Board
4356800
2.5309%
$46.49034
KRANTZ THEODORdirector
35500
0.0206%
$46.49015
BANUCCI EUGENE Gdirector
23000
0.0134%
$46.4913+47.72%
PARROTTE DIANNE M
3608
0.0021%
$46.49210<0.0001%
Todgham PaulSVP, CFO
3492
0.002%
$46.4901
MORIN RICHARDSr. VP F&A, CFO
1998
0.0012%
$46.49034
J BRUCE ROBINSONdirector
1875
0.0011%
$46.4932+21.09%
Ceyrolle EricEx VP WW Sales & Marketing
500
0.0003%
$46.4912+30.42%
KRIVSKY WILLIAMdirector
299
0.0002%
$46.4902
SUN ANTHONYdirector
0
0%
$46.49017
Testa JustinEVP, MVSD
0
0%
$46.4908
ALIAS PATRICKdirector
0
0%
$46.49043
CURRAN JOHN J.Sr Vice President, CFO
0
0%
$46.4902
FISHMAN JERALDdirector
0
0%
$46.49018
SMITH EDWARD Jdirector
0
0%
$46.4901
Willett RobertCEO & President
0
0%
$46.49058
HOFFMASTER JAMESPresident & COO
0
0%
$46.4904
WASSERMAN REUBENdirector
0
0%
$46.49010
Schneider Jerry A.director
0
0%
$46.4908
MACDONALD LAURA ANNPrincipal Financial Officer
0
0%
$46.4902
DiPalma Sheila MarieEVP, Employee Services
0
0%
$46.4903
miller jeffrey benjamindirector
0
0%
$46.4906

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%+$35.84M0.02
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%-$66.57M2.89
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%+$61.66M2.64
Geode Capital Management$138.88M1.913.27M+2.68%+$3.62M0.01
Nordea Investment Management Ab$113.72M1.552.66M+28.96%+$25.54M0.13
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%-$22.19M0.06
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%+$25.81M0.1
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%+$19.69M0.06
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%+$5.24M0.03
Capital International Investors$34.98M0.48824,5230%+$00.01
Nzs Capital Llc$29.55M0.41696,536+66.73%+$11.83M1.23
Goldman Sachs$29.46M0.41694,600+102.48%+$14.91M0.01