Roots Corporation

TSX:ROOT Stock Report

Market Cap: CA$133.9m

Roots Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

TSX:ROOT Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
14 Apr 25BuyCA$598,272Edward KernaghanIndividual266,500CA$2.33
14 Apr 25BuyCA$11,247Edward KernaghanIndividual5,000CA$2.25
14 Apr 25BuyCA$215,824Edward KernaghanIndividual98,100CA$2.26
11 Apr 25BuyCA$21,442Edward KernaghanIndividual9,500CA$2.26
08 Apr 25BuyCA$121,629Edward KernaghanIndividual54,300CA$2.26
04 Apr 25BuyCA$61,816Edward KernaghanIndividual27,500CA$2.25
31 Mar 25BuyCA$16,858Edward KernaghanIndividual7,200CA$2.35
31 Mar 25BuyCA$430,758Edward KernaghanIndividual183,300CA$2.42
28 Mar 25BuyCA$225,575Edward KernaghanIndividual95,600CA$2.36
25 Mar 25BuyCA$59,396Edward KernaghanIndividual25,300CA$2.36
24 Mar 25BuyCA$26,376Edward KernaghanIndividual11,000CA$2.40
21 Mar 25BuyCA$5,850Edward KernaghanIndividual2,600CA$2.25
20 Mar 25BuyCA$675Edward KernaghanIndividual300CA$2.25
19 Mar 25BuyCA$11,226Edward KernaghanIndividual5,000CA$2.25
17 Mar 25BuyCA$50,795Edward KernaghanIndividual22,700CA$2.25
14 Mar 25BuyCA$460Edward KernaghanIndividual200CA$2.30
13 Mar 25BuyCA$4,333Edward KernaghanIndividual1,900CA$2.30
12 Mar 25BuyCA$769,445Edward KernaghanIndividual323,300CA$2.42
07 Mar 25BuyCA$140,758Edward KernaghanIndividual59,000CA$2.42
05 Mar 25BuyCA$671,993Edward KernaghanIndividual280,300CA$2.42
30 Jan 25BuyCA$516,300Edward KernaghanIndividual215,300CA$2.40
24 Jan 25BuyCA$58,890Edward KernaghanIndividual24,900CA$2.40
20 Jan 25BuyCA$64,574Edward KernaghanIndividual28,600CA$2.36
17 Jan 25BuyCA$50,667Edward KernaghanIndividual22,500CA$2.31
13 Jan 25BuyCA$80,195Edward KernaghanIndividual36,300CA$2.25
13 Jan 25BuyCA$114,670Edward KernaghanIndividual52,100CA$2.25
10 Jan 25BuyCA$34,533Edward KernaghanIndividual15,800CA$2.21

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of ROOT?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Institutions107,3200.271%
Individual Insiders6,540,83416.5%
General Public12,444,45731.4%
VC/PE Firms20,519,88751.8%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 13 shareholders own 68.58% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
51.8%
Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P.
20,519,887CA$69.4m0%7.61%
16.2%
Edward Kernaghan
6,407,300CA$21.7m1.53%no data
0.22%
Maxam Capital Management Ltd.
87,000CA$294.1k0%0.34%
0.19%
Elizabeth Kernaghan
75,000CA$253.5k0%no data
0.11%
Mary Curran
44,850CA$151.6k0%no data
0.047%
Arrow Capital Management Inc.
18,800CA$63.5k0%0.01%
0.02%
Meghan Roach
8,000CA$27.0k0%no data
0.011%
Liguang Wu
4,397CA$14.9k0%no data
0.003%
Kaleb Honsberger
1,202CA$4.1k0%no data
0.0018%
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.
700CA$2.4k0%no data
0.0018%
CIBC Asset Management Inc.
700CA$2.4k-50%no data
0.0003%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
120CA$401.70%no data
0.00021%
Andre Goddard
85CA$281.20%no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/10/11 07:52
End of Day Share Price 2025/10/09 00:00
Earnings2025/08/02
Annual Earnings2025/02/01

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Roots Corporation is covered by 9 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
John MorrisBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Matthew LeeCanaccord Genuity
Matt BankCIBC Capital Markets