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COGNEX CORP Stock: price and insider trades · United States · SEC (Form 4)
Track the COGNEX CORP stock price and the full directors' dealings record of the company, a listed equity based in United States. Shares trade on US US, under the oversight of SEC (Form 4). Operating in the Technology sector, COGNEX CORP has published 116 insider filings. Market capitalisation: €10.1bn. The latest transaction was disclosed on 28 May 2026 (Levée d'options). Among the most active insiders: PARROTTE DIANNE M. All data is free.
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Insider Decl.
0
Thresholds
€418,135
4 ops.
Buy Volume
€3m
14 ops.
Sell Volume
Analyst consensus: bullish or bearish?
Analysts rate COGNEX CORP Buy (bullish), based on 20 analysts. Average price target: US$76.25.
28Σ signal
Informational score on this market. Our backtest validates the signal only on 8 EU venues; elsewhere (notably US markets) insider buys historically invert or do not hold. Not a recommendation.
Fundamental score
Ranked 12,551 of 25,791 companies
52.7
score / 100
Value30
Quality75
FCF yld2.2%
Earn yld1.1%
EV/EBITDA55.6x
ROE9.7%
Gross mgn67%
Net mgn12%
Debt/EBITDA0.4x
Pillars2/3
Transparent value + quality ranking, distinct from the insider signal.
Sigma AI Analysis
Fundamental view, insider signal, bull and bear case, synthesis.
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Last declaration on 28 May 2026
Declarations116 total
4,500 shares@ US$56.440.0020% mcap11.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0002132179-26-000004:0
4,500 shares@ US$66.32150.0024% mcap12.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0002132179-26-000004:1
8,675 shares@ US$51.490.0036% mcap19.3% of flowCommon StockSEC:0002132179-26-000004:2
8,675 shares@ US$66.32150.0046% mcap24.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0002132179-26-000004:3
5,498 shares@ US$49.120.0022% mcap11.7% of flowCommon StockSEC:0002132179-26-000004:4
5,498 shares@ US$66.32150.0029% mcap15.8% of flowCommon StockSEC:0002132179-26-000004:5
1,579 shares@ US$66.52010.0008% mcap4.5% of flowCommon StockSEC:0002132179-26-000004:6
1,848 shares0Common StockSEC:0002054688-25-000008:0
3,597 shares0Common StockSEC:0002054688-25-000006:0
246 shares0Common StockSEC:0001199723-25-000002:0
7,991 shares@ US$32.970744.3% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001938568-25-000002:0
6,803 shares@ US$32.725345.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001829813-25-000018:0
2,536 shares0Common StockSEC:0001721515-25-000028:0
3,550 shares0Common StockSEC:0001829813-25-000007:0
6,973 shares0Common StockSEC:0001829813-25-000012:0
6,973 shares0Common StockSEC:0001829813-25-000011:0
6,973 shares0Common StockSEC:0001829813-25-000013:0
2,029 shares0Common StockSEC:0001829813-25-000016:0
6,973 shares0Common StockSEC:0001829813-25-000008:0
1,268 shares0Common StockSEC:0001829813-25-000010:0
6,973 shares0Common StockSEC:0001829813-25-000009:0
4,564 shares0Common StockSEC:0001829813-25-000002:0
6,973 shares0Common StockSEC:0001829813-25-000014:0
2,934 shares@ US$37.754919.2% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001773704-24-000013:0
26,000 shares@ US$20.62529.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001773704-24-000011:0
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About COGNEX CORP
Cognex Corp. (NASDAQ: CGNX) is a leading industrial machine vision and visual automation company headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1981 by Dr. Robert J. Shillman, Cognex was an early pioneer in commercial machine vision and has built a long-standing franchise around technologies that help manufacturers and logistics operators inspect, identify, measure, and guide products and components with high precision. Over time, the company has become one of the best-known names in industrial vision, benefiting from decades of engineering depth, a broad installed base, and a brand associated with reliability in factory automation. Cognex’s business is centered on hardware, software, and AI-enabled solutions for industrial applications. Its core portfolio includes In-Sight vision systems, DataMan barcode readers, VisionPro software, and a growing set of cloud and edge-based AI tools. A notable recent addition is OneVision, a cloud platform designed to simplify how customers build, train, and scale AI-powered vision applications. In 2025 and 2026, Cognex also expanded its product roadmap with new Solutions Experience (SLX) offerings and launched higher-performance systems such as the In-Sight 6900 vision controller and the In-Sight 3900 embedded AI vision system, signaling a clear push toward more modular, easier-to-deploy, edge-compute architectures. From a competitive standpoint, Cognex holds a strong position in a specialized and technically demanding market. Its edge lies in combining optics, sensors, embedded processing, machine learning, and application software into solutions that can be deployed on production lines and in distribution centers. That integrated approach matters because industrial customers increasingly want faster implementation, lower total cost of ownership, and higher uptime, not just raw technical performance. Cognex competes on product quality, application know-how, and the ability to support mission-critical inspection use cases across manufacturing and logistics verticals. Geographically, Cognex serves customers across the Americas, Europe, and Asia through a global network of offices and distributors. While the company remains rooted in the United States, its end markets are international and tied to global manufacturing and warehouse automation trends. Recent headlines underline a strategic shift toward artificial intelligence: Cognex published research in March 2026 on manufacturers’ growing expectations for AI vision systems, launched a NVIDIA-powered vision controller in April 2026, and introduced the In-Sight 3900 in May 2026. For investors, Cognex stands out as a U.S.-listed NASDAQ technology company with a durable industrial franchise and meaningful exposure to automation and AI-led productivity spending.
