Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of Patrick Alias. Insiders are officers, directors, or significant investors in a company. It is illegal for insiders to make trades in their companies based on specific, non-public information. This does not mean it is illegal for them to make any trades in their own companies. However, they must report all trades to the SEC via a Form 4. Despite these restrictions, academic research suggests that insiders - in general - tend to outperform the market in their own companies.

Average Trade Profitability

The average trade profitability is the average return of all the open market purchases made by the insider in the last three years. To calculate this, we examine every open-market, unplanned purchase made by the insider, excluding all trades that were marked as part of a 10b5-1 trading plan. We then calculate the average performance of those trades over 3, 6, and 12 months, averaging each of those durations to generate a final performance metric for each trade. Finally, we average all of the performance metrics to calculate a performance metric for the insider. This list only includes insiders that have made at least three trades in the last two years.

If this insiders trade profitability is "N/A", then the insider either has not made any open-market purchases in the last three years, or the trades they’ve made are too recent to calculate a reliable performance metric.

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Companies with Reported Insider Positions

The SEC filings indicate Patrick Alias has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:CGNX / Cognex Corporation Director 0
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Patrick Alias. Non-planned trade are trades that were not made as part of a 10b5-1 trading plan. The stock performance is charted as cumulative percent change in share price. For example, if an insider trade was made on January 1, 2019, the chart will show the daily percent change of the security to the present day. If the share price were to go from $10 to $15 during this time, the cumulative percent change in share price would be 50%. A change in price from $10 to $20 would be 100%, and a change in price of $10 to $5 would be -50%.

Ultimately, we are trying to determine how closely the insider’s trades correlate to excess returns (positive or negative) in the share price in order to see if the insider is timing their trades to profit from insider information. Consider the situation where an insider was doing this. In this situation, we would expect either (a) positive returns after purchases, or (b) negative returns after sales. In the case of (a), the PURCHASE chart would show a series of upwardly sloping curves, indicating positive returns after each purchase transaction. In the case of (b), the SALE chart would show a series of downward sloping curves, indicating negative returns after each sale transaction.

However, this alone is not enough to draw conclusions. If, for example, the share price of the company was in a non-cyclical climb over many years, then we would expect all the post-purchase plots to be upwardly sloping. Likewise, non-cyclical declines over many years would result in downward sloping post-trade plots. Neither of these charts would suggest insider trading activity.

The strongest indicator would be a situation where the share price was extremely cyclical, and there were both positive signals in the PURCHASE chart and negative plots on the SALE chart. This situation would be highly suggestive of an insider that was timing trades to their financial advantage.

Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Patrick Alias as disclosed to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).

File Date Tran Date Form Ticker Security Code 10b5-1 Shares Remaining Shares Percent
Change		 Share
Price		 Tran
Value		 Remaining
Value
2023-03-07 2023-03-06 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -4,375 0 -100.00 49.53 -216,676
2023-03-07 2023-03-06 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 4,375 4,375 16.72 73,150 73,150
2023-03-07 2023-03-03 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -600 0 -100.00 49.50 -29,700
2023-02-23 2023-02-22 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		F - Taxes -254 600 -29.74 46.82 -11,892 28,092
2023-02-23 2023-02-22 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 854 854
2023-02-21 2023-02-17 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale X -641 0 -100.00 49.50 -31,730
2023-02-21 2023-02-16 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		F - Taxes -271 641 -29.71 55.31 -14,989 35,454
2023-02-21 2023-02-16 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 912 912
2022-02-24 2022-02-22 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Restricted Stock Unit 		A - Award 4,269 4,269
2022-02-18 2022-02-17 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale X -427 0 -100.00 63.75 -27,221
2022-02-18 2022-02-16 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Restricted Stock Unit 		M - Exercise -608 2,431 -20.01
2022-02-18 2022-02-16 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		F - Taxes -181 427 -29.77 64.12 -11,606 27,379
2022-02-18 2022-02-16 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 608 608
2021-08-26 2021-08-24 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		M - Exercise -17,500 17,500 -50.00
2021-08-26 2021-08-24 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -17,500 0 -100.00 87.19 -1,525,878
2021-08-26 2021-08-24 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 17,500 17,500 16.72 292,600 292,600
2021-02-18 2021-02-16 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Restricted Stock Unit 		A - Award 3,039 3,039
2021-02-18 2021-02-16 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		A - Award 2,231 2,231
2021-02-17 2021-02-16 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		M - Exercise -20,000 0 -100.00
2021-02-17 2021-02-16 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -20,000 0 -100.00 92.38 -1,847,516
2021-02-17 2021-02-16 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 20,000 20,000 20.62 412,500 412,500
2020-12-11 2020-12-09 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		M - Exercise -15,000 20,000 -42.86
2020-12-11 2020-12-09 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -15,000 0 -100.00 78.10 -1,171,462
2020-12-11 2020-12-09 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 15,000 15,000 20.62 309,375 309,375
2020-11-05 2020-11-04 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		M - Exercise -10,000 0 -100.00
2020-11-05 2020-11-04 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -10,000 0 -100.00 72.71 -727,079
2020-11-05 2020-11-04 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 10,000 10,000 19.66 196,550 196,550
2020-09-03 2020-09-02 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		M - Exercise -10,000 10,000 -50.00
2020-09-03 2020-09-02 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -10,000 0 -100.00 69.84 -698,415
2020-09-03 2020-09-02 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 10,000 10,000 19.66 196,550 196,550
2020-06-09 2020-06-08 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		M - Exercise -15,000 20,000 -42.86
2020-06-09 2020-06-08 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -15,000 0 -100.00 57.89 -868,371
2020-06-09 2020-06-08 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 15,000 15,000 19.66 294,825 294,825
2020-02-21 2020-02-19 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
NON QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION (RIGHT TO BUY) 		M - Exercise -10,000 0 -100.00
2020-02-21 2020-02-19 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
COMMON STOCK 		S - Sale -10,000 0 -100.00 52.63 -526,326
2020-02-21 2020-02-19 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
COMMON STOCK 		M - Exercise 10,000 10,000 10.53 105,275 105,275
2020-02-21 2020-02-18 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
NON QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION (RIGHT TO BUY) 		A - Award 30,750 30,750
2019-10-31 2019-10-30 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		M - Exercise -10,000 10,000 -50.00
2019-10-31 2019-10-30 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -10,000 0 -100.00 51.10 -510,953
2019-10-31 2019-10-30 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 10,000 10,000 10.53 105,275 105,275
2019-02-26 2019-02-26 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		M - Exercise -10,000 20,000 -33.33
2019-02-26 2019-02-26 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -10,000 0 -100.00 53.10 -530,997
2019-02-26 2019-02-26 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 10,000 10,000 10.53 105,275 105,275
2019-02-21 2019-02-19 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		A - Award 35,000 35,000
2018-02-22 2018-02-20 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		A - Award 17,500 17,500
2017-11-28 2017-11-27 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		M - Exercise -5,000 15,000 -25.00
2017-11-28 2017-11-27 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -5,000 0 -100.00 143.54 -717,694
2017-11-28 2017-11-27 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 5,000 5,000 21.06 105,275 105,275
2017-09-13 2017-09-12 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		M - Exercise -5,000 0 -100.00
2017-09-13 2017-09-12 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -5,000 0 -100.00 111.31 -556,565
2017-09-13 2017-09-12 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 5,000 5,000 16.80 83,975 83,975
2017-03-01 2017-02-28 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		M - Exercise -5,000 5,000 -50.00
2017-03-01 2017-02-28 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -5,000 0 -100.00 77.85 -389,250
2017-03-01 2017-02-28 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 5,000 5,000 16.80 83,975 83,975
2017-02-23 2017-02-21 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		A - Award 17,500 17,500
2016-11-09 2016-11-08 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		M - Exercise -10,000 10,000 -50.00
2016-11-09 2016-11-08 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -10,000 0 -100.00 54.07 -540,668
2016-11-09 2016-11-08 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 10,000 10,000 16.80 167,950 167,950
2016-11-09 2011-11-02 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		A - Award 20,000 20,000
2016-08-05 2016-08-04 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		M - Exercise -7,500 0 -100.00
2016-08-05 2016-08-04 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -7,500 0 -100.00 48.47 -363,550
2016-08-05 2016-08-04 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 7,500 7,500 15.34 115,012 115,012
2016-06-10 2016-06-09 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		M - Exercise -7,500 7,500 -50.00
2016-06-10 2016-06-09 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -7,500 0 -100.00 44.59 -334,440
2016-06-10 2016-06-09 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 7,500 7,500 15.34 115,012 115,012
2016-06-10 2011-02-14 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		A - Award 15,000 15,000
2016-02-16 2016-02-12 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		A - Award 17,500 17,500
2015-06-12 2015-06-11 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		M - Exercise -7,500 0 -100.00
2015-06-12 2015-06-11 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -7,500 0 -100.00 49.51 -371,336
2015-06-12 2015-06-11 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 7,500 7,500 8.88 66,600 66,600
2015-02-18 2015-02-17 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		A - Award 17,500 17,500
2014-08-27 2014-08-25 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		M - Exercise -7,500 7,500 -50.00
2014-08-27 2014-08-25 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -7,500 0 -100.00 43.20 -323,983
2014-08-27 2014-08-25 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 7,500 7,500 8.88 66,600 66,600
2014-02-19 2014-02-18 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		A - Award 17,500 17,500
2013-08-30 2013-08-29 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		M - Exercise -3,375 0 -100.00
2013-08-30 2013-08-29 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -3,375 0 -100.00 57.02 -192,426
2013-08-30 2013-08-29 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 3,375 3,375 18.70 63,112 63,112
2013-08-30 2012-03-12 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		M - Exercise -7,500 0 -100.00
2013-08-30 2012-03-12 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -7,500 0 -100.00 42.30 -317,283
2013-08-30 2012-03-12 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 7,500 7,500 21.66 162,450 162,450
2013-08-12 2013-08-09 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		M - Exercise -3,375 3,375 -50.00
2013-08-12 2013-08-09 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -3,375 0 -100.00 55.08 -185,895
2013-08-12 2013-08-09 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 3,375 3,375 18.70 63,112 63,112
2013-08-12 2013-02-13 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		M - Exercise -7,500 6,750 -52.63
2013-08-12 2013-02-13 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -7,500 0 -100.00 42.16 -316,230
2013-08-12 2013-02-13 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 7,500 7,500 18.70 140,250 140,250
2013-02-15 2013-02-13 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		A - Award 10,000 7,500 -400.00
2013-02-15 2013-02-13 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		M - Exercise -7,500 7,500 -50.00
2013-02-15 2013-02-13 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -7,500 0 -100.00 42.16 -316,230
2013-02-15 2013-02-13 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 7,500 7,500 18.70 140,250 140,250
2012-03-14 2012-03-12 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		M - Exercise -7,500 0 -100.00
2012-03-14 2012-03-12 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		S - Sale -7,500 0 -100.00 42.30 -317,283
2012-03-14 2012-03-12 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Common Stock 		M - Exercise 7,500 7,500 21.66 162,450 162,450
2012-01-17 2011-02-14 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		A - Award 7,500 7,500
2012-01-17 1999-04-27 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		A - Award 15,200 15,200
2012-01-17 1998-12-15 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		A - Award 12,000 12,000
2012-01-17 1998-06-03 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		A - Award 150,000 150,000
2012-01-17 1993-12-14 4 CGNX COGNEX CORP
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 		A - Award 400,000 400,000
P
Open market or private purchase of non-derivative or derivative security
S
Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security
A
Grant, award, or other acquisition of securities from the company (such as an option)
C
Conversion of derivative
D
Sale or transfer of securities back to the company
F
Payment of exercise price or tax liability using portion of securities received from the company
G
Gift of securities by or to the insider
K
Equity swaps and similar hedging transactions
M
Exercise or conversion of derivative security received from the company (such as an option)
V
A transaction voluntarily reported on Form 4
J
Other (accompanied by a footnote describing the transaction)