Cognex Ownership

CGNX Stock  USD 31.51  1.25  4.13%   
Cognex holds a total of 169.87 Million outstanding shares. The majority of Cognex outstanding shares are owned by other corporate entities. These outside corporations are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to acquire positions in Cognex to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, institutional investors are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in Cognex. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of Cognex as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. Please note that no matter how many assets the company secures, if the real value of the firm is less than the current market value, you may not be able to make money on it.
 
Shares in Circulation  
First Issued
2009-03-31
Previous Quarter
173 M
Current Value
173 M
Avarage Shares Outstanding
173.8 M
Quarterly Volatility
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Some institutional investors establish a significant position in stocks such as Cognex in order to find ways to drive up its value. Retail investors, on the other hand, need to know that institutional holders can own millions of shares of Cognex, and when they decide to sell, the stock will often sell-off, which may instantly impact shareholders' value. So, traders who get in early or near the beginning of the institutional investor's buying cycle could potentially generate profits.
  
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Cognex Stock Ownership Analysis

About 100.0% of the company shares are held by institutions such as insurance companies. The book value of Cognex was currently reported as 8.9. The company has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 1.85. Cognex last dividend was issued on the 27th of February 2025. The entity had 2:1 split on the . Cognex Corporation provides machine vision products that capture and analyze visual information in order to automate manufacturing and distribution tasks worldwide. Cognex Corporation was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts. Cognex Cp operates under Scientific Technical Instruments classification in the United States and is traded on NASDAQ Exchange. It employs 2257 people. For more info on Cognex please contact Robert Willett at 508 650 3000 or go to https://www.cognex.com.
Besides selling stocks to institutional investors, Cognex also allocates a substantial amount of its earnings to a pull of share-based compensation to be paid out to its employees, managers, executives, and members of the board of directors. Share-Based compensation (also sometimes called Stock-Based Compensation) is a way of paying different Cognex's stakeholders with equity in the business. It is typically used as a motivation factor for employees to contribute beyond their regular compensation (salary and bonus). It is also used as a tool to align Cognex's strategic interests with those of the company's shareholders. Shares issued to employees are usually subject to a vesting period before they are earned and sold.

Cognex Quarterly Liabilities And Stockholders Equity

1.99 Billion

Cognex Insider Trades History

Less than 1% of Cognex are currently held by insiders. Unlike Cognex's institutional investors, corporate insiders most likely have a limit on the maximum percentage of share ownership. This is done to align insiders' influence against Cognex's private investors even though both sides will benefit from rising prices or experience loss when the share price declines. The good rule to have in mind is that the maximum share ownership percentage of the corporate insiders should not surpass 25%. View all of Cognex's insider trades
 
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Cognex Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as Cognex is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Cognex backward and forwards among themselves. Cognex's institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase Cognex's securities or originate loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Lazard Asset Management Llc2024-12-31
2.3 M
Nordea Investment Mgmt Bank Demark A/s2024-12-31
2.3 M
Mirae Asset Global Etfs Holdings Ltd.2024-12-31
2.1 M
Bank Of New York Mellon Corp2024-12-31
2.1 M
Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc.2024-12-31
1.9 M
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.2024-12-31
1.9 M
Northern Trust Corp2024-12-31
1.7 M
Copeland Capital Management, Llc2024-12-31
1.7 M
Swedbank Ab2024-12-31
1.7 M
Vanguard Group Inc2024-12-31
18.5 M
Blackrock Inc2024-12-31
15.3 M
Note, although Cognex's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Cognex Insider Trading Activities

Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific Cognex insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on Cognex's material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases Cognex insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.

Cognex Outstanding Bonds

Cognex issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. Cognex uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most Cognex bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when Cognex has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

Cognex Corporate Filings

14th of March 2025
Other Reports
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F4
12th of March 2025
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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8K
20th of February 2025
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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F3
14th of February 2025
The report used by insiders such as officers, directors, and major shareholders (beneficial owners holding more than 10% of any class of the company's equity securities) to declare their ownership of a company's stock
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