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Cognyte Software CGNT

US equityMarket cap rank #3572Software - Infrastructure

$8.72 −$0.11 (-1.25%)

Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:00 am ET · After hours $8.68 -0.46%

Open$8.80

Prev close$8.83

Day range$8.69 – $8.86

Volume384.5K

Market cap$643.93M

P/E (TTM)–

Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership69.3%-0.84 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding154-3 vs. prior quarter

Insider trades (recent)2 buys / 18 sellsNet selling

Short interest0.86% of floatDays to cover 1.0 · as of 15 Sep 2026

Short-sale volume share17.8%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$638.6K (8 inflow days, 12 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 38.6% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

Edenbrook Capital, Llc9.82%
Value Base Ltd.8.74%
American Capital Management, Inc.8.37%
Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC7.46%
Topline Capital Management, LLC4.26%
Acadian Asset Management LLC3.96%
More Investment House Ltd.2.51%
Elad Sharon2.41%

By investor type

Mutual Fund33.88%
Hedge Fund22.52%
Private Company10.65%
Individual/Insider6.48%
Public Company1.55%
Government Pension Fund0.58%
Government0.06%
Sovereign Wealth Fund0.04%

Reported short interest has fallen from 0.97% to 0.86% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

Holder	Type	Period	Share change	New stake
David Abadi	Individual/Insider	2026/Q3	+236,723	1.2%
Gil Cohen	Individual/Insider	2026/Q3	+191,613	0.7%
Efi Nuri	Individual/Insider	2026/Q3	+183,142	0.7%
Sharon Chouli	Individual/Insider	2026/Q3	+99,802	0.8%
Portolan Capital Management, LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+500,140	0.7%
Archon Capital Management LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+490,836	1.1%
Samjo Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+404,875	1.8%
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+329,895	1.4%
Hudson River Trading LLC	Private Company	2026/Q3	+288,546	0.5%
Edenbrook Capital, Llc	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+257,628	9.8%
UBS Asset Management	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+231,683	0.4%
Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Limited	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+230,272	0.4%
Value Base Ltd.	Private Company	2026/Q3	+213,999	8.7%
Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+190,594	7.5%
Morgan Stanley	Public Company	2026/Q3	+151,647	0.4%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

Date	Insider	Title	Transaction	Shares	Price	Held after
31 Jul 2026	Adam Philpott	Chief Revenue Officer	Initial Statement of Beneficial	+0	–	89,485
14 Apr 2026	Rini Karlin	Chief Human Resources Officer	Intent to Sell (Form 144)	-12,625	$9.57	–
13 Apr 2026	Rini Karlin	Chief Human Resources Officer	Intent to Sell (Form 144)	-29,994	$8.72	–
5 Apr 2026	Rini Karlin	Chief Human Resources Officer	Intent to Sell (Form 144)	-39,563	$8.40	–
15 Mar 2026	Earl Shanks	Independent Chairperson	Initial Statement of Beneficial	+0	–	40,022
15 Mar 2026	Dafna Sharir	Independent Director	Initial Statement of Beneficial	+0	–	40,022
15 Mar 2026	Nurit Benjamini	Independent Director	Initial Statement of Beneficial	+0	–	40,022
15 Mar 2026	Avi Cohen	Director	Initial Statement of Beneficial	+0	–	45,101
15 Mar 2026	Ron Shvili	Director	Initial Statement of Beneficial	+0	–	47,285
15 Mar 2026	Elad Sharon	Chief Executive Officer	Initial Statement of Beneficial	+0	–	2,167,671
15 Mar 2026	Gil Cohen	Chief Product Officer	Initial Statement of Beneficial	+0	–	323,035
15 Mar 2026	David Abadi	Chief Financial Officer	Initial Statement of Beneficial	+0	–	404,347
15 Mar 2026	Sharon Chouli	Chief Customer Officer	Initial Statement of Beneficial	+0	–	218,143
15 Mar 2026	Efi Nuri	Chief Revenue Officer	Initial Statement of Beneficial	+0	–	303,834
15 Mar 2026	Matthew O’Neill	Independent Director	Initial Statement of Beneficial	+0	–	40,022
11 May 2025	Amir Barel	Chief Technology Officer	Intent to Sell (Form 144)	-7,079	$9.80	–
15 Apr 2025	Richard Nottenburg	Independent Director	Intent to Sell (Form 144)	-20,432	$8.75	–
15 Jan 2025	Ilan Rotem	Chief Legal Officer	Intent to Sell (Form 144)	-10,000	$9.59	–
15 Jan 2025	Amir Barel	Chief Technology Officer	Intent to Sell (Form 144)	-8,334	$9.59	–
12 Dec 2024	Amir Barel	Chief Technology Officer	Intent to Sell (Form 144)	-9,917	$8.97	–

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report date	Shares short	% of float	Days to cover
15 Sep 2026	636,682	0.9%	1.0
31 Aug 2026	551,869	0.7%	1.0
14 Aug 2026	671,290	0.9%	1.3
31 Jul 2026	733,490	1.0%	1.9
15 Jul 2026	789,859	1.1%	1.2
30 Jun 2026	716,464	1.0%	1.0

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