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Filed 2025-11-03 路 Form 8-K 路 Accession 0000851205-25-000067 mid
Price before filing: $41.13 (2025-10-31 close, split/dividend-adjusted)
Market cap at flag: $6.97B (2025-11-03) 路 Latest: $9.04B (2026-10-16)
| Window | CGNX | SPY | vs SPY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 days | -8.8% | +0.3% | -9.0% | 2025-12-03 |
| 90 days | -3.7% | +2.3% | -6.0% | 2026-02-02 |
| 180 days | +36.5% | +5.9% | +30.6% | 2026-05-04 |
Return from the last close before the filing date to the first close on/after the window end. Pending windows have not fully elapsed. Past performance says nothing certain about the future.
90 days before the flag: 3 insiders sold $632K (4 sales)
30 days after: none reported.
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value | 10b5-1 plan | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-05 | DiPalma Sheila Marie EVP, Employee Services | Sale | 2,002 | $45.00 | $90K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-09-05 | MACDONALD LAURA ANN VP and PAO | Sale | 2,666 | $45.00 | $120K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-09-08 | DiPalma Sheila Marie EVP, Employee Services | Sale | 2,000 | $45.03 | $90K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-10-21 | Willett Robert Director | Sale | 6,704 | $49.51 | $332K | no | Form 4 |
| 2025-11-03: red flag filed | |||||||
Open-market purchases and sales (Form 4 codes P and S) by officers, directors and 10% owners, by transaction date, from 2025-08-05 to 2025-12-03. Excludes option exercises, grants, gifts and tax withholding. Amended filings replace the originals; joint filings count once. Foreign private issuers do not file Form 4. Many insider sales are pre-scheduled (10b5-1 plans) and are not by themselves a sign of wrongdoing.
"Following an extensive evaluation process, the Audit Committee chose KPMG. GT was previously engaged to audit the Company's consolidated financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2025."
Quoted from the filing. Source
The company changed its outside auditor (8-K Item 4.01). A dismissal or resignation, especially near an annual report or with reported disagreements, is a warning sign. Changes caused by audit firms merging are usually routine.
Type: changed
Disagreements reported: no
New auditor: KPMG LLP
Read the original filing on SEC.gov →
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