Cognex: Pay

Cognex paid its 6 named executives $28.3M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Matthew Moschner was paid $8.1M of that.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY24 → $100
CEO pay is from each proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Pay of each named executive

Robert J. WillettFormer President and Chief Executive Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2023 (Dec)Not disclosed
3 years
Matthew MoschnerPresident and Chief Executive Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
1 year
Carl W. Gerst IIIExecutive Vice President Global Sales & Products
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Dennis S. FehrSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
2 years
Joerg KuechenHead of Corporate M&A
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
4 years
Sheila M. DiPalmaChief Culture Officer and EVP Employee Services
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2025 (Dec), the median CEO pay of the 11 peers with pay on file was $10.0M. The CEO of Cognex was paid $8.1M, 19% below the median.

  1. 1PTC
  2. 2Trimble
  3. 3Manhattan Associates
  4. 4Silicon Laboratories
  5. 5Dolby Laboratories
  6. 6Novanta
  7. 7Ipg Photonics
  8. 8Pegasystems
  9. 9Cognex
  10. 10InterDigital
  11. 11Osi Systems
  12. 12Zebra Technologies
  13. 13Crane NXT, Co.Not disclosed
  14. 14Onto InnovationNot disclosed
  15. 15Symbotic Inc.Not disclosed

Pay of each named executive comes from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy statement. Realized pay adds the value of options used and stock that vested. CEO pay of each peer comes from its own Pay versus Performance table.