Cognex Corp. planned insider sales
In the twelve months since 9 October 2025 insiders at Cognex Corp. filed 18 Form 144 notices of planned sales, 1.1 million shares worth $73.0 million at the time of filing, from 9 sellers. The latest, filed 11 August 2026: Matthew Moschner (director, officer), 24,962 shares worth $1.6 million, planned for around 11 August 2026 through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services.
| Filed | Seller | Relationship | Shares | Value | Planned sale | Broker | How acquired | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2026 | Matthew Moschner | Director, Officer | 24,962 | $1.6 million | 11 August 2026 | Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services | Exercise of Stock Options; Restricted Stock Units | Form 144 |
| 30 June 2026 | Willett Robert | Former Director | 172,667 | $12.3 million | 30 June 2026 | Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC | Stock Option Exercise | Form 144 |
| 29 June 2026 | Willett Robert | Former Director | 8,576 | $596,101 | 29 June 2026 | Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC | Stock Option Exercise | Form 144 |
| 27 May 2026 | Darren Long | Officer | 20,252 | $1.3 million | 27 May 2026 | Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services | Restricted Stock; Stock Option Exercise | Form 144 |
| 12 May 2026 | Macdonald Laura Ann | Officer | 41,600 | $2.7 million | 12 May 2026 | Robert W Baird & Co | Option Granted 2/18/2020; Option Granted 2/21/2023; Option Granted 5/1/2019 | Form 144 |
| 11 May 2026 | Macdonald Laura Ann | Officer | 2,212 | $147,767 | 11 May 2026 | Robert W Baird & Co | Option Granted - 2/18/2020; Option Granted - 2/19/2019; Option Granted - 2/20/2024; Option Granted - 2/21/2023; Option Granted 2/18/2025; Option Granted 2/20/2018; RSU Release | Form 144 |
| 11 May 2026 | Mark Fennell | Officer | 64,873 | $4.4 million | 11 May 2026 | Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services | Restricted Stock; Stock Option Exercise | Form 144 |
| 7 May 2026 | Willett Robert | Former Director | 423,478 | $28.8 million | 7 May 2026 | Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC | Option Granted - 02/18/2020; Option Granted - 02/19/2019; Option Granted - 02/20/2018; Option Granted - 02/20/2024; Option Granted - 02/21/2023 | Form 144 |
| 6 May 2026 | Willett Robert | Former Director | 53,726 | $3.3 million | 6 May 2026 | Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC | Option Granted - 02/20/2024 | Form 144 |
| 2 March 2026 | Dianne Parrotte | Director | 44,000 | $2.4 million | 2 March 2026 | Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services | Stock Option Exercise | Form 144 |
| 23 February 2026 | Angelos Papadimitriou | Director | 4,150 | $230,659 | 23 February 2026 | Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services | Restricted Stock | Form 144 |
| 23 February 2026 | Carl W Gerst Iii | Officer | 10,532 | $590,108 | 23 February 2026 | Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services | Restricted Stock Units | Form 144 |
| 20 February 2026 | Carl W Gerst Iii | Officer | 3,804 | $212,796 | 20 February 2026 | Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services | Restricted Stock Units | Form 144 |
| 20 February 2026 | Joerg Kuechen | Officer | 61,900 | $3.5 million | 20 February 2026 | Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services | Restricted Stock; Stock Option Exercise | Form 144 |
| 13 February 2026 | Willett Robert | Director | 2,148 | $127,808 | 13 February 2026 | Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC | Option Granted - 02/20/2024 | Form 144 |
| 13 February 2026 | Macdonald Laura Ann | Officer | 2,381 | $134,670 | 12 February 2026 | Robert W Baird & Co | Option Granted - 02/21/2017; RSU Release | Form 144 |
| 12 February 2026 | Willett Robert | Director | 177,052 | $10.3 million | 12 February 2026 | Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC | Option Granted - 02/20/2024; Option Granted - 02/21/2017 | Form 144 |
| 21 October 2025 | Willett Robert | Director | 6,704 | $331,890 | 21 October 2025 | Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC | Option Granted - 02/21/2017 | Form 144 |
A Form 144 is the notice an insider files with the SEC before selling restricted or control shares over the Rule 144 thresholds; it says what may be sold, not what was.
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Value is the filer's own aggregate market value. Whether the sale happened shows up later on Form 4, on the insiders page.Source
Form 144 filings on EDGAR for Cognex Corp.: the company's filing index, each notice read from its own XML.
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