Willett Robert sold ~$6.6M in Cognex Corporation stock
Cognex Corporation (CGNX) · CEO & President · Data via SEC EDGAR Form 4
Price Performance · 10 days before → 90 days after trade
▲ = insider buy date
90-day return
+1.3%vs SPY +1.5%
Trade Details · Public SEC Filing
Insider
Willett Robert
Role
CEO & President
Transaction
Open-Market Sale
Approx. Value
~$6.6M
Trade Date
Jul 31, 2020
Company
Cognex Corporation
Ticker
CGNXSource
SEC EDGAR Form 4
Why This Trade Stands Out
Strong conviction signal
Scored above average across multiple factors. Roughly 15% of insider trades qualify as Strong.
~$6.6M sale
Trades over $1M are rare. When insiders put this much of their own money on the line, they tend to have high conviction in their company's direction.
CEO & President
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+1.3% in 90 days (S&P 500: +1.5%)
This trade underperformed the S&P 500 by 0.2 percentage points. Not every insider trade wins. We track all of them so you can focus on the insiders with the best records.
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On July 31, 2020, Willett Robert — CEO & President of Cognex Corporation — filed a Form 4 with the SEC disclosing an open-market sale of approximately ~$6.6M in Cognex Corporation (CGNX) stock.
Under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, corporate insiders must report all open-market stock transactions to the SEC within two business days. These filings — known as Form 4s — are publicly available on the SEC's EDGAR database. VeritySignals filters and scores the full Form 4 stream to surface high-conviction signals like this one.
In the 90 days following this trade, CGNX returned +1.3% versus +1.5% for the S&P 500 over the same period.
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All data sourced from publicly available SEC Form 4 filings via EDGAR · Not financial advice · Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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