Roots Corporation

TSX:ROOT Stock Report

Market Cap: CA$102.2m

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
30 Jan 25BuyCA$516,300Edward KernaghanIndividual215,300CA$2.40
24 Jan 25BuyCA$58,890Edward KernaghanIndividual24,900CA$2.40
17 Jan 25BuyCA$50,667Edward KernaghanIndividual22,500CA$2.31
13 Jan 25BuyCA$80,195Edward KernaghanIndividual36,300CA$2.25
10 Jan 25BuyCA$34,533Edward KernaghanIndividual15,800CA$2.21
19 Aug 24BuyCA$14,849Edward KernaghanIndividual7,300CA$2.05
08 Aug 24BuyCA$2,000Edward KernaghanIndividual1,000CA$2.00
05 Jul 24BuyCA$6,352Edward KernaghanIndividual3,100CA$2.05
03 Jul 24BuyCA$25,138Edward KernaghanIndividual12,200CA$2.09
28 Jun 24BuyCA$27,495Edward KernaghanIndividual13,300CA$2.10
26 Jun 24BuyCA$296,546Edward KernaghanIndividual140,800CA$2.11
21 Jun 24BuyCA$19,680Edward KernaghanIndividual9,300CA$2.12
20 Jun 24BuyCA$30,237Edward KernaghanIndividual14,400CA$2.10
10 Jun 24BuyCA$26,229Edward KernaghanIndividual12,500CA$2.10
07 Jun 24BuyCA$87,703Edward KernaghanIndividual41,000CA$2.16
05 Jun 24BuyCA$84,784Edward KernaghanIndividual39,900CA$2.15
31 May 24BuyCA$30,075Edward KernaghanIndividual13,700CA$2.20
30 May 24BuyCA$68,012Edward KernaghanIndividual31,000CA$2.24
08 Apr 24BuyCA$23,612Edward KernaghanIndividual10,300CA$2.31
05 Apr 24BuyCA$29,215Edward KernaghanIndividual12,800CA$2.32
27 Mar 24BuyCA$27,559Edward KernaghanIndividual12,000CA$2.30
07 Mar 24BuyCA$28,049Edward KernaghanIndividual11,600CA$2.42
01 Mar 24BuyCA$38,960Edward KernaghanIndividual16,000CA$2.45
26 Feb 24BuyCA$9,594Edward KernaghanIndividual4,100CA$2.34
22 Feb 24BuyCA$28,376Edward KernaghanIndividual11,900CA$2.40

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: ROOT 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
Institutions41,8520.104%
Individual Insiders6,223,94315.5%
General Public13,464,53133.5%
VC/PE Firms20,519,88751%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 13 shareholders own 66.55% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
51%
Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P.
20,519,887CA$52.1m0%5.02%
15.1%
Edward Kernaghan
6,080,200CA$15.4m5.46%no data
0.19%
Elizabeth Kernaghan
75,000CA$190.5k0%no data
0.11%
Mary Curran
44,850CA$113.9k0%no data
0.047%
Arrow Capital Management Inc.
18,800CA$47.8k0%0.01%
0.032%
Melinda McDonald
12,862CA$32.7k0%no data
0.031%
Embark Student Corp.
12,600CA$32.0k0%no data
0.021%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
8,352CA$21.2k0%no data
0.02%
Meghan Roach
8,000CA$20.3k0%no data
0.0045%
Joseph Mangatoor
1,829CA$4.6k0%no data
0.0035%
CIBC Asset Management Inc.
1,400CA$3.6k0%no data
0.003%
Kaleb Honsberger
1,202CA$3.1k0%no data
0.0017%
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.
700CA$1.8k0%no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/02/16 05:08
End of Day Share Price 2025/02/14 00:00
Earnings2024/11/02
Annual Earnings2024/02/03

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