Cognex Ownership | Who Owns Cognex?

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Cognex Ownership Summary

Cognex is owned by 53.97% institutional investors, 0.37% insiders, and 45.66% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 11.07% of CGNX shares. Pictet - Robotics I dy EUR is the top mutual fund, with 3.78% of its assets in Cognex shares.

CGNX Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Cognex	53.97%	0.37%	45.66%
Sector	Technology Stocks	36.93%	14.89%	48.18%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	18.58M	11.07%	$668.39M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	16.24M	9.71%	$795.70M
Blackrock	15.11M	8.80%	$706.34M
Pictet asset management sa	6.67M	3.99%	$326.76M
Nordea investment management ab	6.14M	3.67%	$292.16M
State street	5.26M	3.15%	$257.76M
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	4.74M	2.83%	$232.12M
Geode capital management	4.70M	2.81%	$230.23M
Disciplined growth investors inc /mn	4.32M	2.58%	$211.74M
Invesco	2.99M	1.79%	$146.33M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Front street capital management	1.29M	9.06%	$58.70M
Engaged capital	484.00K	7.81%	$23.71M
Alpine peaks capital, lp	121.92K	6.02%	$5.97M
Disciplined growth investors inc /mn	4.32M	4.33%	$211.74M
Kopion asset management	96.06K	3.66%	$4.71M
Brown capital management	414.64K	2.89%	$20.31M
Electron capital partners	888.61K	1.70%	$43.53M
Westerly capital management	125.00K	1.67%	$6.12M
Copeland capital management	1.39M	1.52%	$68.26M
Values first advisors	58.58K	1.50%	$2.87M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Invesco	2.99M	0.02%	2.59M
Norges bank	2.03M	0.01%	2.03M
Fuller & thaler asset management	1.66M	0.27%	1.66M
Janus henderson group	2.66M	0.06%	1.19M
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	2.03M	0.05%	1.09M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Capital research global investors	-	-	-3.55M
Impax asset management group	-	-	-2.43M
Nordea investment management ab	6.14M	0.27%	-1.96M
Fundsmith llp	-	-	-1.91M
Mackenzie financial	796.27K	0.05%	-1.82M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	2.03M	0.01%	2.03M	$73.10M
Fuller & thaler asset management	1.66M	0.27%	1.66M	$81.17M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	1.03M	0.01%	1.03M	$50.56M
Axa investment managers	949.89K	0.12%	949.89K	$43.03M
Lord, abbett	475.00K	0.08%	475.00K	$23.27M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Great lakes retirement	-1.00
Sound income strategies	-1.00
Tfo-tdc	-2.00
Advisornet financial	-3.00
Private wealth asset management	-3.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2026	378	-29.61%	90,689,464	-43.13%	53	0.59%	205	-21.76%	113	-41.15%
Dec 31, 2025	407	-21.12%	112,623,378	-29.73%	67	0.74%	193	-32.99%	149	-1.97%
Sep 30, 2025	491	5.82%	153,244,601	-0.49%	91	1.08%	274	2.24%	146	2.82%
Jun 30, 2025	462	6.21%	153,788,896	0.53%	91	1.12%	265	21.56%	143	-5.92%
Mar 31, 2025	4	-99.11%	816,475	-99.47%	-	0.01%	2	-99.11%	2	-98.67%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Pictet - Robotics I dy EUR	6.31M	3.78%	5.67M
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF	5.59M	3.36%	-2.82K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	5.42M	3.19%	4.40K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	5.28M	3.17%	13.02K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	3.82M	2.29%	-7.67K
Capital Group AMCAP Composite	3.49M	2.04%	-2.50K
VA CollegeAmerica Amcap 529A	3.49M	2.04%	-2.50K
Nordea 1 - Global Climate & Envir BI EUR	2.75M	1.65%	-1.02M
Vanguard Information Technology ETF	2.71M	1.63%	-18.75K
T. Rowe Price US Mid-Cap Growth Equity	2.24M	1.32%	-3.70K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
May 27, 2026	Long Darren Marc	Vice President	Sell	$105.04K
May 27, 2026	Long Darren Marc	Vice President	Sell	$364.64K
May 11, 2026	Fennell Mark	Chief Legal Officer &Secretary	Sell	$324.51K
May 11, 2026	Fennell Mark	Chief Legal Officer &Secretary	Sell	$268.32K
May 11, 2026	MACDONALD LAURA ANN	VP and PAO	Sell	$1.00M

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 (18.58M shares, 11.07%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (16.24M shares, 9.71%), and Blackrock (15.11M shares, 8.80%). Together, they hold 29.58% 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?

Front street capital management is Cognex’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 9.06% of its assets in 1.29M Cognex shares, valued at 58.7M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Cognex shares?

Pictet - Robotics I dy EUR is the top mutual fund holder of Cognex shares, with 3.78% of its total shares outstanding invested in 6.31M Cognex shares.

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