SunOpta Ownership | Who Owns SunOpta?

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SunOpta Ownership Summary

SunOpta is owned by 24.65% institutional investors, 1.81% insiders, and 73.54% retail investors. Oaktree capital management lp is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 17.54% of STKL shares. iShares Russell 2000 ETF is the top mutual fund, with 1.94% of its assets in SunOpta shares.

STKL Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	SunOpta	24.65%	1.81%	73.54%
Sector	Consumer Defensive Stocks	33.19%	16.40%	50.41%
Industry	Packaged Foods Stocks	35.26%	16.53%	48.21%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Oaktree capital management lp	20.73M	17.54%	$121.43M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	7.91M	6.69%	$30.05M
Blackrock	7.60M	6.55%	$41.07M
Cooperman leon g	6.67M	5.64%	$39.07M
Rockefeller capital management	4.84M	4.09%	$28.34M
Barrow hanley mewhinney & strauss	4.27M	3.61%	$16.24M
Nomura	4.02M	3.44%	$30.96M
Pictet asset management sa	3.46M	2.93%	$13.16M
Granahan investment management	2.73M	2.31%	$15.99M
Vanguard group	2.37M	2.01%	$9.02M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Paragon associates & paragon associates ii joint venture	800.00K	6.28%	$3.04M
Wynnefield capital	1.98M	4.22%	$7.51M
Oaktree capital management lp	20.73M	1.87%	$121.43M
Cooperman leon g	6.67M	1.22%	$39.07M
Walnut level capital	325.00K	1.14%	$1.90M
Ardsley advisory partners lp	1.02M	0.74%	$5.98M
Granahan investment management	2.73M	0.65%	$15.99M
Heartland advisors	2.15M	0.44%	$8.16M
Cruiser capital advisors	135.00K	0.43%	$513.00K
Riverwater partners	290.12K	0.43%	$1.10M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Pictet asset management sa	3.46M	0.01%	2.06M
Castleknight management lp	1.89M	0.22%	1.07M
Heartland advisors	2.15M	0.44%	899.27K
Goldman sachs group	965.57K	0.00%	459.05K
Cibc world markets	406.34K	0.01%	406.34K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Diamond hill capital management	-	-	-2.53M
Portolan capital management	-	-	-1.89M
Royce & associates lp	-	-	-1.28M
Medina value partners	-	-	-1.22M
Peregrine capital management	-	-	-1.07M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Cibc world markets	406.34K	0.01%	406.34K	$1.54M
Los angeles capital management	169.60K	0.00%	169.60K	$898.90K
Two sigma investments, lp	162.03K	0.00%	162.03K	$949.52K
Cruiser capital advisors	135.00K	0.43%	135.00K	$513.00K
Two sigma advisers, lp	127.92K	0.00%	127.92K	$749.63K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Sbi securities	-2.00
Nbc securities	-10.00
Bryn mawr trust	-21.00
Amundi	-28.00
Capital performance advisors llp	-31.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	87	-57.77%	29,152,458	-70.54%	24	0.35%	32	-67.01%	36	-41.94%
Sep 30, 2025	93	-53.03%	32,446,444	-67.44%	27	0.39%	36	-65.38%	29	-54.69%
Jun 30, 2025	206	-1.90%	102,137,846	-0.06%	86	1.14%	109	21.11%	65	-17.72%
Mar 31, 2025	212	-0.47%	104,051,338	-0.23%	88	1.11%	89	-19.09%	82	38.98%
Dec 31, 2024	86	-57.00%	27,005,144	-73.32%	23	0.31%	45	-52.63%	19	-72.06%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	2.30M	1.94%	174.36K
Thornburg Small/Mid Cap Core Composite	2.02M	1.73%	220.83K
Thornburg Small/Mid Cap Core A	2.00M	1.69%	-
Pictet-Global Megatrend Sel I USD	1.91M	1.61%	1.91M
Embark Small Cap Equity Institutional	1.84M	1.57%	-98.78K
Heartland Value Investor	1.70M	1.44%	200.00K
Pictet-Nutrition I USD	1.50M	1.27%	120.80K
American Beacon Small Cp Val R5	1.29M	1.09%	-34.16K
Rockefeller US Sm Cp Eq Impr F USDAccUnh	1.10M	0.93%	17.53K
FIAM Small Cap Core CIT Cl B	1.04M	0.88%	-

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Nov 24, 2025	Gaba Greg	CFO	Buy	$50.85K
Aug 11, 2025	Duchscher Robert	Chief Information Officer	Sell	$295.47K
Jun 10, 2025	Kocher Brian W	CEO	Buy	$57.19K
Jun 10, 2025	Kocher Brian W	CEO	Buy	$57.19K
Mar 13, 2025	Clark Bryan P	SVP R&D and QA	Sell	$45.21K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2034 Q2	-	-
2025 Q2	-	-
2025 Q1	-	1
2024 Q4	-	2
2024 Q3	-	1

STKL Ownership FAQ

Who Owns SunOpta?

SunOpta shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 24.65%, followed by 1.81% insiders and 73.54% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in SunOpta's industry, Packaged Foods Stocks, is 35.26%, which SunOpta falls below.

Who owns the most shares of SunOpta?

SunOpta’s largest shareholders are Oaktree capital management lp (20.73M shares, 17.54%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (7.91M shares, 6.69%), and Blackrock (7.6M shares, 6.55%). Together, they hold 30.78% of SunOpta’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own SunOpta?

Yes, BlackRock owns 6.55% of SunOpta, totaling 7.6M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 41.07M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -288K shares, a -3.65% change.

Who is SunOpta’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Paragon associates & paragon associates ii joint venture is SunOpta’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 6.28% of its assets in 800K SunOpta shares, valued at 3.04M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of SunOpta shares?

iShares Russell 2000 ETF is the top mutual fund holder of SunOpta shares, with 1.94% of its total shares outstanding invested in 2.3M SunOpta shares.

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