Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Cognex Corp shares valued at $263,469 were sold by Kuechen Joerg on Mar 11 ’25. At $32.97 per share, Kuechen Joerg sold 7,991 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 0 shares worth approximately $0.0 following the completion of this transaction.
Also, JOERG KUECHEN purchased 7,991 shares, netting a total of over 263,469 in proceeds.
Before that, Gerst Carl had sold 6,803 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $222,630, the EVP, Vision & ID Products traded Cognex Corp shares for $32.73 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 6,803 shares, worth approximately $0.14 million.
As published in a research note from TD Cowen on April 28, 2025, Cognex Corp [CGNX] has been rated up from a Hold to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $35. Analysts at HSBC Securities downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in late February. As of December 20, 2024, Cantor Fitzgerald has initiated its “an Overweight” rating for CGNX. Earlier on November 05, 2024, Truist downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Hold” for CGNX stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing CGNX Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Cognex Corp [NASDAQ: CGNX] plunged -0.78% to $30.60. The stock’s lowest price that day was $30.5, but it reached a high of $31.085 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.19%. Over the course of the year, Cognex Corp shares have dropped approximately -14.67%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Cognex Corp (CGNX)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 54.13 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Cognex Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Cognex Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-05-30 dropping by -0.57 million shares to 5.74 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 6.32 million shares. A decline of -10.0% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.96 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.96.
Which companies own the most shares of Cognex Corp (CGNX)?
In terms of Cognex Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 47 in the next 12 months, up nearly 52.4% from the previous closing price of $30.84. Analysts anticipate Cognex Corp stock to reach 56 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 38. In spite of this, 13 analysts ranked Cognex Corp stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On October 16, 2024, Stephens assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $55.
