Cogent Communications Ownership | Who Owns Cogent Communications?

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Cogent Communications Ownership Summary

Cogent Communications is owned by 54.51% institutional investors, 10.81% insiders, and 34.68% retail investors. Blackrock is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 14.37% of CCOI shares. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund, with 5.29% of its assets in Cogent Communications shares.

CCOI Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Cogent Communications	54.51%	10.81%	34.68%
Sector	Communication Services Stocks	31.68%	14.81%	53.51%
Industry	Telecom Stocks	30.31%	13.01%	56.68%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock	6.81M	14.37%	$384.60M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	6.80M	14.33%	$523.82M
Vanguard group	5.11M	10.78%	$394.18M
Brown advisory	1.90M	4.00%	$146.21M
State street	1.84M	3.87%	$141.54M
Edgepoint investment group	1.54M	3.25%	$118.94M
Hood river capital management	1.44M	3.03%	$110.74M
Mig capital	1.16M	2.44%	$89.13M
Thrivent financial for lutherans	1.04M	2.19%	$80.07M
Harspring capital management	1.03M	2.18%	$79.75M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Harspring capital management	1.03M	22.67%	$79.75M
Tyro capital management	420.82K	10.62%	$32.43M
Beaconlight capital	337.79K	9.65%	$26.03M
Mig capital	1.16M	9.18%	$89.13M
14b captial management lp	252.00K	8.45%	$19.42M
Broad run investment management	700.34K	7.33%	$53.98M
Newtyn management	525.00K	7.05%	$40.46M
Digitalbridge group	907.92K	5.12%	$69.97M
Ulysses management	372.17K	4.59%	$28.68M
Herald investment management	200.60K	2.53%	$15.44M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Digitalbridge group	907.92K	5.12%	645.52K
Raymond james financial	516.99K	0.01%	516.99K
Brown advisory	1.90M	0.19%	368.13K
Morgan stanley	886.95K	0.00%	273.94K
Hood river capital management	1.44M	1.63%	257.38K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Copeland capital management	7.01K	0.01%	-752.27K
Blackrock	6.81M	0.01%	-281.73K
Abrdn	-	-	-237.74K
Mirae asset global investments	-	-	-217.06K
Renaissance	739.76K	0.08%	-155.40K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Raymond james financial	516.99K	0.01%	516.99K	$39.84M
Turtle creek asset management	125.20K	0.25%	125.20K	$9.65M
Shellback capital, lp	120.09K	0.64%	120.09K	$9.26M
Loomis sayles & co l p	91.91K	0.01%	91.91K	$7.08M
Madison investment advisors	82.16K	0.07%	82.16K	$6.33M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Mendota financial group	-3.00
Voisard asset management group	-5.00
Colonial trust advisors	-8.00
Nelson, van denburg & campbell wealth management group	-8.00
Innealta capital	-12.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2024	206	-38.51%	25,852,721	-44.11%	54	0.57%	89	-39.04%	76	-35.59%
Sep 30, 2024	334	4.05%	46,257,589	0.71%	97	1.04%	147	-	115	3.60%
Jun 30, 2024	316	-1.56%	45,906,266	3.10%	96	1.10%	146	-1.35%	109	-9.17%
Mar 31, 2024	321	1.26%	44,527,685	1.59%	93	1.10%	148	-	120	1.69%
Dec 31, 2023	317	-0.31%	43,832,357	5.64%	92	1.20%	148	-8.07%	118	11.32%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	2.61M	5.29%	1.59K
EdgePoint Global Growth & Inc Port Sr F	1.45M	2.94%	-
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	1.39M	2.82%	1.60K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	1.38M	2.80%	1.13K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	1.16M	2.34%	-10.01K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	1.13M	2.28%	924.00
American Funds SMALLCAP World A	981.62K	2.00%	-
Hood River Small-Cap Growth Instl	741.91K	1.51%	73.71K
Thrivent Small Cap Stock A	674.88K	1.37%	-
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	639.27K	1.30%	898.00

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Mar 12, 2025	FERGUSON Lewis H	-	Sell	$66.31K
Mar 07, 2025	KILMER HENRY W	VP OF NETWORK STRATEGY	Sell	$174.17K
Mar 04, 2025	SCHAEFFER DAVE	CHAIRMAN, CEO, AND PRESIDENT	Sell	$4.31M
Mar 04, 2025	BUBECK JAMES	CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER	Sell	$143.35K
Mar 03, 2025	WEED THADDEUS GERARD	VICE PRESIDENT, CFO	Sell	$353.11K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q1	-	6
2024 Q4	-	12
2024 Q3	-	9
2024 Q2	1	8
2024 Q1	-	8

CCOI Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Cogent Communications?

Cogent Communications shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 54.51%, followed by 10.81% insiders and 34.68% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Cogent Communications's industry, Telecom Stocks , is 30.31%, which Cogent Communications exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Cogent Communications?

Cogent Communications’s largest shareholders are Blackrock (6.81M shares, 14.37%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (6.8M shares, 14.33%), and Vanguard group (5.11M shares, 10.78%). Together, they hold 39.49% of Cogent Communications’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Cogent Communications?

Yes, BlackRock owns 14.37% of Cogent Communications, totaling 6.81M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.01% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 384.6M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -282K shares, a -3.97% change.

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

Harspring capital management is Cogent Communications’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 22.67% of its assets in 1.03M Cogent Communications shares, valued at 79.75M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Cogent Communications shares?

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Cogent Communications shares, with 5.29% of its total shares outstanding invested in 2.61M Cogent Communications shares.

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