Cognex CGNX Insider Ownership

Updated Oct 10, 2026

Across the past 12 months, open-market trades by Cognex insiders were all sales, totaling $29.4 million (489.86K shares).

• Counted by insider, open-market selling of CGNX stock in the past 12 months came from 7 insiders, with no insider buying.
• Robert Willett (Director) led open-market sales of Cognex stock over the past 12 months with $10.8 million (185.9K shares), most recently on February 13, 2026.
• The latest open-market trade on record is a sale of 24.96K shares for $1.6 million by Matthew Moschner (CEO & President) on August 11, 2026.
• Outside the open market, Cognex insiders acquired 590.65K shares through option exercises and conversions and gave up 36.65K shares to cover taxes or exercise prices over the past 12 months.
• According to Business Quant data, insiders at Cognex reported 598.58K shares in total in their latest Form 4 filings, or 0.36% of the 168.22Mn shares outstanding; that total is up 0.03% from 598.41K shares at the end of Q2 2026 and up 15.55% from 518.03K shares at the end of Q3 2025.
• By type of ownership, CGNX insiders hold 87.35% of their shares directly (522.86K shares) and 12.65% indirectly (75.73K shares).
• The insider holdings in Cognex belong to 13 insiders who have reported on Form 4 within the past two years.
• Cognex's top three insider holders by shares held are Anthony Sun (Director, 387.69K shares), Dianne M. Parrotte (Director, 33.43K shares) and Sachin Lawande (Director, 28.43K shares).
• Anthony Sun holds 64.77% of the combined insider position in Cognex.
• Over the trailing 12 months, 14 insiders reported transactions in CGNX stock across 36 Form 4 filings.
• This summary of Cognex insider activity covers Form 4 filings through August 12, 2026.