CGNX Cognex Corporation

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$61.56

Cognex Corporation (CGNX) Insider Activity

What the officers, directors and large holders did with their own shares. Only open-market purchases and sales count toward the totals — grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax are compensation mechanics, not decisions, and they're listed separately below.

30D 90D 6M 1Y
Insider signal In line Selling ran in line with CGNX's own trailing one-year pace, with 0% of sale value under a prearranged plan.
Cluster activity 0 buyers in the last 30 days 0 buyers in the last 90 days 1 seller in the last 90 days
Insiders buying
0
0 transactions
Insiders selling
9
43 transactions
Purchases
$0
0 shares
Sales
$35.1M
574,980 shares
Net activity
-$35.1M
purchases less sales

How much of that selling was preplanned? 0% planned / 100% discretionary

10b5-1 plan sales $0 0 transactions · 0 shares
Discretionary sales $35.1M 43 transactions · 574,980 shares

Largest single sale: $10.1M.

Where they traded

Buy Sell Dot area is proportional to transaction value.

No open-market insider purchase on record.

Recent open-market activity

Date Insider Role Action Shares Price Value Held after
Moschner Matthew 5 fills CEO & President Sell 24,962 $64.01 $1.6M 19,246 −56.5% of holding
Long Darren Marc 4 fills Vice President Sell 20,252 $66.34 $1.3M 5,569 −78.4% of holding
MACDONALD LAURA ANN 3 fills VP and PAO Sell 41,600 $65.56 $2.7M 5,258 −88.8% of holding
MACDONALD LAURA ANN 7 fills VP and PAO Sell 98,122 $66.80 $6.6M 7,470 −92.9% of holding
Fennell Mark 7 fills Chief Legal Officer &Secretary Sell 64,873 $67.05 $4.3M 4,863 −93% of holding
PARROTTE DIANNE M 4 fills Director Sell 44,000 $54.00 $2.4M 33,431 −56.8% of holding
Gerst Carl EVP, Global Sales and Products Sell 10,532 $55.93 $589.0K None left
Papadimitriou Angelos Director Sell 4,150 $55.58 $230.7K 16,222 −20.4% of holding
Kuechen Joerg 4 fills Head of Corporate M&A Sell 61,900 $56.03 $3.5M 2,729 −95.8% of holding
Gerst Carl EVP, Global Sales and Products Sell 3,804 $55.99 $213.0K 4,836 −44% of holding
Willett Robert Director Sell 2,148 $59.50 $127.8K None left
Willett Robert 2 fills Director Sell 177,052 $58.39 $10.3M None left
MACDONALD LAURA ANN 2 fills VP and PAO Sell 14,881 $57.16 $850.6K 2,212 −87.1% of holding
Willett Robert Director Sell 6,704 $49.51 $331.9K None left

Form 4s are due within two business days of a transaction, so this is close to real time — unlike the quarterly 13F data on the Institutional tab. A single large sale often reflects a prearranged 10b5-1 plan rather than a fresh view, so read a pattern of sales rather than any one of them.