COGNEX CORP (CGNX)

Latest Insider Confidence Score

2026Q1

43.8
Bearish

Company insider confidence (by quarter)

2004Q1 2026Q1

Largest shareholders

Insider Role (last 12 mo) Shares held Filed at
Shillman Robert J Chair 5,660,800 Feb 21, 2020
Willett Robert Director 1,570,238 Oct 22, 2025
Gerst Carl EVP, Vision & ID Products 736,582 Feb 25, 2025
Moschner Matthew CEO 675,568 Aug 11, 2025
DiPalma Sheila Marie EVP, Employee Services 562,361 Sep 8, 2025

Recent buy/sell transactions

Exec date Filing date Insider Role Signal Confidence Shares % of shares Under plan? Amount (USD)
Mar 2, 2026 Mar 3, 2026 PARROTTE DIANNE M Director Sell 17.5 -44,000 -24.76% ✗ $2.4M
Feb 21, 2026 Feb 24, 2026 PARROTTE DIANNE M Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 21, 2026 Feb 24, 2026 Papadimitriou Angelos Director Sell 22.5 -4,150 -20.37% ✗ $230.7K
Feb 21, 2026 Feb 24, 2026 Lee John Tseng-Chung Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 21, 2026 Feb 24, 2026 Sennett Marjorie Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 21, 2026 Feb 24, 2026 Lawande Sachin Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 21, 2026 Feb 24, 2026 SUN ANTHONY Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 20, 2026 Feb 24, 2026 Moschner Matthew CEO Sell 42.5 -1,919 -5.93% ✗ $107.5K
Feb 20, 2026 Feb 24, 2026 Kuechen Joerg Head of Corporate M&A Sell 37.5 -67,548 -79.92% ✗ $3.8M
Feb 20, 2026 Feb 24, 2026 Gerst Carl EVP, Global Sales and Products Sell 8.8 -19,441 -44.74% ✓ $1.1M
Feb 20, 2026 Feb 24, 2026 MACDONALD LAURA ANN VP and PAO Sell 42.5 -1,368 -9.87% ✗ $76.6K
Feb 20, 2026 Feb 24, 2026 DiPalma Sheila Marie EVP, Employee Services Sell 42.5 -2,672 -9.23% ✗ $149.7K
Feb 18, 2026 Feb 19, 2026 PARROTTE DIANNE M Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 18, 2026 Feb 19, 2026 Moschner Matthew CEO Sell 42.5 -1,600 -11.90% ✗ $90.8K
Feb 18, 2026 Feb 19, 2026 Fehr Dennis CFO Sell 42.5 -1,618 -11.40% ✗ $91.8K
Feb 18, 2026 Feb 19, 2026 Papadimitriou Angelos Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 18, 2026 Feb 19, 2026 Kuechen Joerg Chief Technology Officer Sell 42.5 -1,327 -32.72% ✗ $75.3K
Feb 18, 2026 Feb 19, 2026 Lee John Tseng-Chung Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 18, 2026 Feb 19, 2026 Sennett Marjorie Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 18, 2026 Feb 19, 2026 Lawande Sachin Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 18, 2026 Feb 19, 2026 Gerst Carl EVP, Vision & ID Products Sell 42.5 -1,766 -31.71% ✗ $100.2K
Feb 18, 2026 Feb 19, 2026 MACDONALD LAURA ANN VP and PAO Sell 46.3 -711 -15.28% ✗ $40.3K
Feb 18, 2026 Feb 19, 2026 DiPalma Sheila Marie EVP, Employee Services Sell 42.5 -1,022 -10.64% ✗ $58K
Feb 18, 2026 Feb 19, 2026 Willett Robert Director Sell 40.0 -6,849 -22.85% ✗ $388.5K
Feb 18, 2026 Feb 19, 2026 SUN ANTHONY Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 13, 2026 Feb 17, 2026 Willett Robert Director Sell 26.3 -2,148 -11.97% ✓ $127.8K
Feb 12, 2026 Feb 13, 2026 Willett Robert Director Sell 7.5 -177,052 -91.81% ✓ $10.3M
Feb 12, 2026 Feb 13, 2026 MACDONALD LAURA ANN VP and PAO Sell 10.0 -14,881 -77.00% ✓ $850.6K
Jan 8, 2026 Jan 8, 2026 SUN ANTHONY Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Oct 21, 2025 Oct 22, 2025 Willett Robert Director Sell 7.5 -6,704 -29.78% ✓ $331.9K
Sep 5, 2025 Sep 8, 2025 DiPalma Sheila Marie EVP, Employee Services Sell 10.0 -4,002 -37.81% ✓ $180.2K
Sep 5, 2025 Sep 8, 2025 MACDONALD LAURA ANN VP and PAO Sell 10.0 -2,666 -36.63% ✓ $120K
Aug 7, 2025 Aug 11, 2025 Moschner Matthew CEO Sell 46.3 -881 -9.53% ✗ $36.4K
Aug 4, 2025 Aug 5, 2025 Moschner Matthew CEO Sell 46.3 -1,010 -13.93% ✗ $41.8K
May 9, 2025 May 12, 2025 Lee John Tseng-Chung Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
May 6, 2025 May 7, 2025 Fehr Dennis CFO Sell 46.3 -1,056 -10.39% ✗ $29.4K
May 5, 2025 May 7, 2025 Moschner Matthew COO Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Mar 15, 2025 Mar 17, 2025 MACDONALD LAURA ANN VP and PAO Sell 50.0 -73 -0.99% ✗ $2.3K
Mar 11, 2025 Mar 12, 2025 Kuechen Joerg Chief Technology Officer Sell 7.5 -7,991 -100.00% ✓ $263.5K
Feb 24, 2025 Feb 25, 2025 Gerst Carl EVP, Vision & ID Products Sell 7.5 -11,369 -100.00% ✓ $373.5K
Feb 20, 2025 Feb 24, 2025 Moschner Matthew COO Sell 42.5 -1,866 -19.21% ✗ $61.6K
Feb 20, 2025 Feb 24, 2025 SUN ANTHONY Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 20, 2025 Feb 24, 2025 Sennett Marjorie T. Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 20, 2025 Feb 24, 2025 PARROTTE DIANNE M Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 20, 2025 Feb 24, 2025 Papadimitriou Angelos Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 20, 2025 Feb 24, 2025 MACDONALD LAURA ANN PFO & PAO Sell 42.5 -1,671 -8.78% ✗ $55K
Feb 20, 2025 Feb 24, 2025 Lee John Tseng-Chung Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 20, 2025 Feb 24, 2025 Lawande Sachin Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 20, 2025 Feb 24, 2025 Kuechen Joerg Chief Technology Officer Sell 42.5 -3,601 -19.04% ✗ $118.8K
Feb 20, 2025 Feb 24, 2025 Gerst Carl EVP, Vision & ID Products Sell 42.5 -4,933 -18.84% ✗ $162.6K
Feb 20, 2025 Feb 24, 2025 DiPalma Sheila Marie EVP, Employee Services Sell 42.5 -3,011 -11.11% ✗ $99.2K
Feb 18, 2025 Feb 20, 2025 Papadimitriou Angelos Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 18, 2025 Feb 20, 2025 Lawande Sachin Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 18, 2025 Feb 20, 2025 Sennett Marjorie T. Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 18, 2025 Feb 20, 2025 Lee John Tseng-Chung Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 18, 2025 Feb 20, 2025 PARROTTE DIANNE M Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 18, 2025 Feb 20, 2025 SUN ANTHONY Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 18, 2025 Feb 20, 2025 Moschner Matthew President Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 18, 2025 Feb 20, 2025 MACDONALD LAURA ANN PFO & PAO Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 18, 2025 Feb 20, 2025 Fehr Dennis CFO Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 18, 2025 Feb 20, 2025 Willett Robert CEO Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 18, 2025 Feb 20, 2025 Kuechen Joerg Chief Technology Officer Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 18, 2025 Feb 20, 2025 Gerst Carl EVP, Vision & ID Products Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 18, 2025 Feb 20, 2025 DiPalma Sheila Marie EVP, Employee Services Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 14, 2025 Moschner Matthew President Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Dec 12, 2024 Dec 16, 2024 Kuechen Joerg Chief Technology Officer Sell 22.5 -2,934 -100.00% ✗ $110.8K
Nov 22, 2024 Nov 25, 2024 SUN ANTHONY Director Sell 17.5 -26,000 -7.11% ✗ $1M
Nov 8, 2024 Nov 12, 2024 Sennett Marjorie T. Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Sep 4, 2024 Sep 5, 2024 Fehr Dennis CFO Buy 95.0 +6,570 100.00% ✗ $249.9K
Aug 7, 2024 Aug 8, 2024 PARROTTE DIANNE M Director Buy 95.0 +2,000 21.41% ✗ $77.2K
May 9, 2024 May 10, 2024 Lee John Tseng-Chung Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
May 6, 2024 May 7, 2024 Fehr Dennis CFO Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
May 7, 2024 Fehr Dennis CFO Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Mar 21, 2024 COGNEX CORP PFO & PAO Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Mar 15, 2024 Mar 19, 2024 MACDONALD LAURA ANN PFO & PAO Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Mar 12, 2024 Mar 13, 2024 Kuechen Joerg Chief Technology Officer Sell 10.0 -5,331 -64.50% ✓ $218.2K
Feb 16, 2024 Mar 11, 2024 Willett Robert CEO Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 16, 2022 Mar 11, 2024 Willett Robert CEO Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Mar 6, 2024 Mar 7, 2024 Gerst Carl EVP, Vision & ID Products Sell 20.0 -6,782 -100.00% ✗ $274.9K
Feb 22, 2024 Feb 23, 2024 Kuechen Joerg Chief Technology Officer Sell 46.3 -745 -8.27% ✗ $30.4K
Feb 22, 2024 Feb 23, 2024 Sennett Marjorie T. Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 22, 2024 Feb 23, 2024 Lawande Sachin Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 22, 2024 Feb 23, 2024 Gerst Carl EVP, Vision & ID Products Sell 46.3 -1,138 -14.37% ✗ $46.5K
Feb 22, 2024 Feb 23, 2024 PARROTTE DIANNE M Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 22, 2024 Feb 23, 2024 Todgham Paul CFO Sell 46.3 -1,025 -3.29% ✗ $41.9K
Feb 22, 2024 Feb 23, 2024 DiPalma Sheila Marie EVP, Employee Services Sell 46.3 -724 -15.32% ✗ $29.6K
Feb 22, 2024 Feb 23, 2024 SUN ANTHONY Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 21, 2024 Feb 22, 2024 Gerst Carl EVP, Vision & ID Products Sell 46.3 -1,181 -22.62% ✗ $46.8K
Feb 21, 2024 Feb 22, 2024 Papadimitriou Angelos Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 21, 2024 Feb 22, 2024 Lee John Tseng-Chung Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 21, 2024 Feb 22, 2024 Sennett Marjorie T. Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 21, 2024 Feb 22, 2024 Lawande Sachin Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 21, 2024 Feb 22, 2024 PARROTTE DIANNE M Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 21, 2024 Feb 22, 2024 SUN ANTHONY Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 21, 2024 Feb 22, 2024 Todgham Paul CFO Sell 46.3 -933 -3.26% ✗ $36.9K
Feb 21, 2024 Feb 22, 2024 Kuechen Joerg Chief Technology Officer Sell 46.3 -767 -10.60% ✗ $30.4K
Feb 21, 2024 Feb 22, 2024 DiPalma Sheila Marie EVP, Employee Services Sell 46.3 -735 -23.46% ✗ $29.1K
Feb 20, 2024 Feb 22, 2024 Willett Robert CEO Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -
Feb 16, 2024 Feb 20, 2024 Kuechen Joerg Chief Technology Officer Sell 46.3 -935 -16.60% ✗ $35.7K
Feb 16, 2024 Feb 20, 2024 PARROTTE DIANNE M Director Neutral 52.5 - 0.00% ✗ -