Cognex Ownership | Who Owns Cognex?

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Cognex Ownership Summary

Cognex is owned by 88.74% institutional investors, 0.25% insiders, and 11.01% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 10.27% of CGNX shares. iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.15% of its assets in Cognex shares.

CGNX Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Cognex	88.74%	0.25%	11.01%
Sector	Technology Stocks	52.78%	10.49%	36.73%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	17.63M	10.27%	$824.20M
Blackrock	15.11M	8.80%	$706.34M
T. rowe price investment management	6.20M	3.61%	$290.00M
State street	5.15M	3.00%	$240.70M
Impax asset management group	5.10M	2.97%	$237.81M
William blair investment management	4.02M	2.34%	$187.91M
Brown capital management	3.57M	2.08%	$167.07M
Disciplined growth investors inc /mn	3.45M	2.01%	$161.13M
Geode capital management	3.43M	2.00%	$160.54M
Pictet asset management sa	2.43M	1.42%	$113.69M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Daventry group, lp	487.87K	10.19%	$22.81M
Front street capital management	1.06M	9.50%	$49.55M
Shannon river fund management	1.23M	9.24%	$57.30M
Kopion asset management	220.49K	7.32%	$10.31M
Alpine peaks capital, lp	240.05K	6.89%	$11.23M
Brown capital management	3.57M	3.38%	$167.07M
Montanaro asset management	375.20K	3.27%	$17.54M
Disciplined growth investors inc /mn	3.45M	3.03%	$161.13M
Thomas story & son	124.01K	2.50%	$5.80M
American capital management	1.60M	2.50%	$74.68M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Mirae asset global etfs	2.30M	0.26%	2.30M
Impax asset management group	5.10M	0.97%	1.26M
Norges bank	1.24M	0.01%	1.24M
Janus henderson group	1.14M	0.03%	1.06M
Great west life assurance co /can/	1.52M	0.13%	1.01M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Capital research global investors	-	-	-3.55M
Mirae asset global investments	29.82K	0.01%	-1.50M
D. e. shaw	130.33K	0.01%	-835.61K
Pictet asset management sa	2.43M	0.13%	-828.23K
Millennium management	36.63K	0.00%	-805.75K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Mirae asset global etfs	2.30M	0.26%	2.30M	$107.73M
Norges bank	1.24M	0.01%	1.24M	$57.89M
Railway pension investments	581.60K	0.32%	581.60K	$27.20M
Scout investments	370.61K	0.47%	370.61K	$17.33M
Frontier capital management	368.89K	0.17%	368.89K	$17.25M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Sound income strategies	-1.00
Great lakes retirement	-1.00
Tfo-tdc	-2.00
Rakuten securities	-2.00
Hexagon capital partners	-3.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Sep 30, 2024	438	-1.79%	152,199,352	-1.77%	88	1.09%	206	-4.63%	147	5.76%
Jun 30, 2024	441	4.26%	154,794,877	3.96%	90	1.20%	213	3.90%	137	7.03%
Mar 31, 2024	423	-8.24%	148,894,870	-1.57%	86	1.12%	205	-9.29%	128	-17.95%
Dec 31, 2023	461	-2.12%	151,275,476	-0.95%	88	1.12%	226	19.58%	156	-16.58%
Sep 30, 2023	471	-3.48%	152,721,224	-2.50%	88	1.07%	189	-8.25%	187	3.89%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF	5.40M	3.15%	2.93K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	5.40M	3.15%	-20.67K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	4.30M	2.51%	8.40K
Impax Leaders Strategy Composite	3.76M	2.19%	-48.45K
VA CollegeAmerica Amcap 529A	3.49M	2.04%	-2.50K
Capital Group AMCAP Composite	3.49M	2.04%	-2.50K
T. Rowe Price US Mid-Cap Growth Equity	2.61M	1.52%	-7.20K
T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth	2.61M	1.52%	-5.50K
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	2.56M	1.49%	-63.39K
Vanguard Information Technology ETF	2.47M	1.44%	11.13K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Sep 04, 2024	Fehr Dennis	SVP, Chief Financial Officer	Buy	$237.69K
Sep 04, 2024	Fehr Dennis	SVP, Chief Financial Officer	Buy	$12.23K
Aug 07, 2024	PARROTTE DIANNE M	-	Buy	$77.23K
Mar 12, 2024	Kuechen Joerg	Chief Technology Officer	Sell	$218.21K
Mar 06, 2024	Gerst Carl	EVP, Vision & ID Products	Sell	$274.92K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2028 Q1	-	-
2025 Q1	-	-
2024 Q3	3	-
2024 Q2	-	-
2024 Q1	-	2

CGNX Ownership FAQ

Who owns the most shares of Cognex?

Cognex’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (17.63M shares, 10.27%), Blackrock (15.11M shares, 8.80%), and T. rowe price investment management (6.2M shares, 3.61%). Together, they hold 22.68% of Cognex’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Cognex?

Yes, BlackRock owns 8.80% of Cognex, totaling 15.11M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.02% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 706.34M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -580K shares, a -3.70% change.

Who is Cognex’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Daventry group, lp is Cognex’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 10.19% of its assets in 487.87K Cognex shares, valued at 22.81M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Cognex shares?

iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Cognex shares, with 3.15% of its total shares outstanding invested in 5.4M Cognex shares.

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