13FPulse
CG

CGNX COGNEX CORP

2026Q2 · CUSIP 192422103 · Sector: Industrials

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
640
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+71
Last quarter 569 → now 640
How unusual is that
Top 5%
Stronger buying than 97% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

640 funds held CGNX at the end of 2026Q2, up 71 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 96.9% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. On the business itself, revenue over the last 12 months was $1.1B(YoY +17.2%), the P/E is 58.6x, return on equity is 10.7%. CGNX has had 19 buying rushes in its history, and the price moved +21.3% on average over the six months after (that is the raw price move, not how much it beat the market by). It sits in the Industrials sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2013Q3: holders=190 2013Q4: holders=204 2014Q1: holders=210 2014Q2: holders=206 2014Q3: holders=226 2014Q4: holders=241 2015Q1: holders=241 2015Q2: holders=265 2015Q3: holders=243 2015Q4: holders=252 2016Q1: holders=251 2016Q2: holders=273 2016Q3: holders=289 2016Q4: holders=328 2017Q1: holders=348 2017Q2: holders=383 2017Q3: holders=404 2017Q4: holders=492 2018Q1: holders=446 2018Q2: holders=414 2018Q3: holders=418 2018Q4: holders=394 2019Q1: holders=448 2019Q2: holders=405 2019Q3: holders=402 2019Q4: holders=449 2020Q1: holders=420 2020Q2: holders=468 2020Q3: holders=480 2020Q4: holders=530 2021Q1: holders=533 2021Q2: holders=547 2021Q3: holders=535 2021Q4: holders=539 2022Q1: holders=522 2022Q2: holders=488 2022Q3: holders=473 2022Q4: holders=484 2023Q1: holders=484 2023Q2: holders=484 2023Q3: holders=469 2023Q4: holders=454 2024Q1: holders=419 2024Q2: holders=444 2024Q3: holders=445 2024Q4: holders=450 2025Q1: holders=434 2025Q2: holders=461 2025Q3: holders=503 2025Q4: holders=528 2026Q1: holders=569 2026Q2: holders=640 -88 -44 +0 +44 +88 171422672 13Q315Q116Q318Q119Q321Q122Q324Q125Q326Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 19 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 5%
2026Q1 Top 10%
2025Q3 Top 10% +55.5% +76.4%
2025Q2 Top 20% -14.3% +32.2%
2024Q2 Top 10% +2.9% -14.6%
2020Q4 Top 20% -11.2% -1.9%
2020Q2 Top 10% +4.3% +31.2%
2019Q4 Top 10% +6.7% +25.9%

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
254
Change in large funds
+21
Total value they hold
$12.9B
Funds buying for the first time
137
Funds that sold out entirely
66
Price change that quarter
-1.4%
Funds holding puts (bearish)
13
Funds holding calls (bullish)
12

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

8,697 institutions have filed for this quarter. 13F permits late filing and a small number arrive in the weeks after the deadline, so the holder counts and changes below may tick up.

Fundamentals

PE (TTM)
58.6
EPS (TTM)
$1.04
EPS YoY
+44.4%
Revenue (TTM)
$1.1B
Revenue YoY
+17.2%
Net margin
16.1%
ROE
10.7%
Debt ratio
25.2%
FCF (TTM)
$268M
Dividend (TTM)
$0.34
Quarterly Revenue & EPS
2021-10-03: EPS 0.44 2021-12-31: EPS 0.30 2022-04-03: EPS 0.38 2022-07-03: EPS 0.34 2022-10-02: EPS 0.19 2022-12-31: EPS 0.32 2023-04-02: EPS 0.15 2023-07-02: EPS 0.33 2023-10-01: EPS 0.11 2023-12-31: EPS 0.06 2024-03-31: EPS 0.07 2024-06-30: EPS 0.21 2024-09-29: EPS 0.17 2024-12-31: EPS 0.17 2025-03-30: EPS 0.14 2025-06-29: EPS 0.24 2025-09-28: EPS 0.10 2025-12-31: EPS 0.20 2026-04-05: EPS 0.31 2026-07-05: EPS 0.43 0M 146M 291M $M 0.00 0.24 0.48 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025202607/26 Revenue EPS

Quarterly figures, revenue up to 10 years back; EPS split-adjusted, early quarters hidden when not calibrable

P/E (TTM) over time
4Y median 56 28 59 91 20222023202420252026

P/E = close around day 47 after quarter-end ÷ TTM EPS then; this is a consistent valuation date, not the company’s actual filing date; loss quarters hidden

Quarterly free cash flow
0K48M96M 20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Latest quarter $42M (2026-04-05)

FCF = operating cash flow − capex, computed from SEC XBRL; banks/insurers have no standard cash-flow structure and are hidden

As of 2026-07-05 · SEC filings (XBRL)

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