CGNX Insider Trading

Insider Ownership Percentage: 1.60%
Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $327,162.80
Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $1,374,200.69

Cognex Insider Trading History Chart

This chart shows the insider buying and selling history at Cognex by year and by quarter.

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Cognex Share Price & Price History

Current Price: $26.92
Price Change: Price Increase of +0.76 (2.91%)
As of 04/28/2025 05:00 PM ET

This chart shows the closing price history over time for CGNX up to the past year.

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SEC Filings (Institutional Ownership Changes) for Cognex (NASDAQ:CGNX)

88.12% of Cognex stock is owned by institutions. Institutional ownership can be a sign of analyst confidence in the fundamentals of the stock.

Institutional Buying and Selling by Quarter

This chart shows the instiutional buying and selling at CGNX by year and by quarter.

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2022202320242025$32Mbought$15MsoldQ2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2-$400M-$200M$0$200M$400MTotal InflowsTotal Outflows
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Cognex Corporation provides machine vision products that capture and analyze visual information 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, electric vehicle batteries, and e-commerce packages 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 automotive, logistics, consumer electronics, medical-related, semiconductor, consumer products, food and beverage, and others, as well as through a network of distributors and integrators. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts.
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Today's Range

Now: $26.92
Low: $26.64
High: $27.36

50 Day Range

MA: $28.95
Low: $23.27
High: $33.97

52 Week Range

Now: $26.92
Low: $22.67
High: $53.13

Volume

2,840,642 shs

Average Volume

1,498,671 shs

Market Capitalization

$4.56 billion

P/E Ratio

44.13

Dividend Yield

1.22%

Beta

1.56

Who are the company insiders with the largest holdings of Cognex?

Cognex's top insider investors include:
  1. Anthony Sun (Director)
  2. Dianne M Parrotte (Director)
  3. Dennis Fehr (CFO)
  4. Carl Gerst (EVP)
  5. Joerg Kuechen (CTO)
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Who are the major institutional investors of Cognex?

Cognex's top institutional shareholders include:
  1. Copeland Capital Management LLC — 1.01%
  2. Chevy Chase Trust Holdings LLC — 0.83%
  3. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. — 0.83%
  4. Riverbridge Partners LLC — 0.73%
  5. SG Americas Securities LLC — 0.48%
  6. Rhumbline Advisers — 0.28%
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Which institutional investors are selling Cognex stock?

During the previous quarter, CGNX stock was sold by these institutional investors:
  1. Chevy Chase Trust Holdings LLC
  2. Riverbridge Partners LLC
  3. Bessemer Group Inc.
  4. KBC Group NV
  5. Copeland Capital Management LLC
  6. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc.
  7. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc.
  8. New York State Teachers Retirement System
In the previous year, company insiders that have sold Cognex company stock include:
  1. Anthony Sun (Director)
  2. Dianne M Parrotte (Director)
  3. Dennis Fehr (CFO)
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Which institutional investors are buying Cognex stock?

During the previous quarter, CGNX stock was acquired by institutional investors including:
  1. SG Americas Securities LLC
  2. Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC
  3. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc.
  4. Kopion Asset Management LLC
  5. GAMMA Investing LLC
  6. Lecap Asset Management Ltd.
  7. Teacher Retirement System of Texas
  8. Golden State Equity Partners
During the last year, these company insiders have bought Cognex stock:
  1. Anthony Sun (Director)
  2. Dianne M Parrotte (Director)
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