CANADIAN SOLAR INC CSIQ
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 136635109 · ISIN CA1366351098
Global energy provider
- SectorTechnology
- IndustrySemiconductors & Related Devices
- HeadquartersGuelph, Canada
- Founded2001
- Websitecanadiansolar.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($8.3m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $38.66. Options: 17 managers hold calls ($101.7m notional), 16 hold puts ($143.5m).
Trends to Q2 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 183 |
| Q4 2022 | 169 |
| Q1 2023 | 193 |
| Q2 2023 | 201 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 75 | 93 |
| Q1 2023 | 93 | 90 |
| Q2 2023 | 106 | 86 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $182.1m | $131.0m | 0.72 |
| Q4 2022 | $139.3m | $142.8m | 1.02 |
| Q1 2023 | $58.9m | $151.0m | 2.56 |
| Q2 2023 | $101.7m | $143.5m | 1.41 |
Biggest buyers
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +766.9k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +658.7k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +579.7k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +577.3k |
| Man Group plc | New | +501.2k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP | Added | +454.8k |
| LMR Partners LLP | New | +200.0k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Added | +197.3k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +197.1k |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +194.4k |
Biggest sellers
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC | Reduced | -1.3m |
| Ariose Capital Management Ltd | Sold out | -483.4k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -442.2k |
| Merewether Investment Management, LP | Sold out | -431.8k |
| PRELUDE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Sold out | -236.8k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Reduced | -205.7k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Reduced | -199.2k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Reduced | -191.8k |
| DECADE RENEWABLE PARTNERS LP | Sold out | -159.7k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Reduced | -149.6k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $29.2m754.6k shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | New | $20.1m520.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $9.6m247.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $9.0m233.9k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $8.9m229.6k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Reduced | $5.4m140.1k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $5.1m131.7k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $4.1m105.5k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Unchanged | $2.7m69.2k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $1.9m48.1k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $45.3m1.2m shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $41.1m1.1m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $21.0m543.5k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $11.1m287.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $7.0m182.1k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $6.4m164.5k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Unchanged | $2.6m67.2k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $2.5m65.7k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $1.9m48.9k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $1.6m41.6k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| Pacific Alliance Group Ltd 13G · passive investor +3.0 pts · filed 2025-07-07 | 14.1% |
| VENTURE HOLDING Sarl SPF 13G · passive investor -1.8 pts · filed 2025-11-17 | 9.0% |
| D. E. SHAW & CO, L.P. 13G · passive investor +1.6 pts · filed 2026-07-23 | 8.0% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +6.4 pts · filed 2026-07-27 | 7.8% |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 13G · passive investor +0.2 pts · filed 2026-05-15 | 6.9% |
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
None reported in Q2 2023.
Holders, Q2 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.9m $191.0m | Added +197.1k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.15% of their portfolio | 2.5m $96.5m | Added +454.8k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.0m $75.7m | Reduced -429 |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.9m $75.0m | Reduced -145.2k |
| Handelsbanken Fonder AB 0.39% of their portfolio | 1.9m $72.0m | Reduced -10.4k |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.28% of their portfolio | 1.6m $61.2m | Reduced -1.3m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.5m $56.6m | Added +577.3k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.4m $55.6m | Added +766.9k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.2m $46.4m | Added +7.2k |
| Guinness Asset Management LTD 0.95% of their portfolio | 1.1m $40.8m | Added +20.3k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 816.7k $31.6m | Reduced -44.0k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 753.4k $29.1m | Added +658.7k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.10% of their portfolio | 716.4k $27.7m | Added +125.0k |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 1.17% of their portfolio | 708.4k $27.4m | Added +37.0k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.04% of their portfolio | 624.6k $24.2m | Added +80.5k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 617.4k $23.9m | Added +579.7k |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) 0.14% of their portfolio | 559.8k $21.7m | Reduced -23.6k |
| Man Group plc 0.06% of their portfolio | 501.2k $19.4m | New |
| DNB Asset Management AS 0.11% of their portfolio | 492.1k $19.0m | Added +7.6k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 474.0k $18.3m | Added +105.0k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.02% of their portfolio | 336.8k $13.0m | Reduced -191.8k |
| Vontobel Holding Ltd. 0.11% of their portfolio | 330.0k $12.8m | Added +8.9k |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 0.06% of their portfolio | 313.0k $12.1m | Reduced -18.7k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 275.6k $10.7m | Reduced -199.2k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 249.6k $9.7m | Added +128.8k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.13% of their portfolio | 210.6k $8.1m | Reduced -139.1k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 210.0k $8.1m | Added +194.4k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 207.6k $8.0m | Added +197.3k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.02% of their portfolio | 203.8k $7.9m | Reduced -580 |
| LMR Partners LLP 0.18% of their portfolio | 200.0k $7.7m | New |
| Creative Planning 0.01% of their portfolio | 199.1k $7.7m | Reduced -831 |
| Granahan Investment Management, LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 175.6k $6.8m | Added +39.4k |
| ROBOTTI ROBERT 1.06% of their portfolio | 169.6k $6.6m | Added +88.8k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.17% of their portfolio | 164.1k $6.3m | Added +99.4k |
| HUSSMAN STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. 1.11% of their portfolio | 156.5k $6.1m | Added +1.5k |
| Clear Sky Carbon Solutions Investment Management, LLC 1.86% of their portfolio | 150.0k $5.8m | New |
| KBC Group NV 0.02% of their portfolio | 145.8k $5.6m | Added +17.5k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 131.2k $5.1m | Added +95.9k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 118.6k $4.6m | Added +38.3k |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 109.5k $4.2m | Added +4.0k |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 98.7k $3.8m | Added +48.0k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 97.8k $3.8m | Reduced -205.7k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.00% of their portfolio | 91.9k $3.6m | Reduced -5.2k |
| Walleye Trading LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 81.7k $3.2m | Reduced -54.4k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 80.4k $3.1m | Reduced -4.2k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.5k $2.8m | Added +640 |
| Amundi 0.00% of their portfolio | 64.0k $2.5m | Reduced -7.0k |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 61.9k $2.4m | Reduced -6.1k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.3k $2.1m | Added +8.5k |
| GTS SECURITIES LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 54.8k $2.1m | First filing |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.1k $2.0m | Reduced -14.4k |
| Quaero Capital S.A. 1.52% of their portfolio | 51.0k $2.0m | Reduced -17.8k |
| LOGAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.09% of their portfolio | 50.1k $1.9m | Added +77 |
| Maven Securities LTD 0.28% of their portfolio | 50.0k $1.9m | Reduced -20.0k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 49.3k $1.9m | New |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 47.4k $1.8m | Added +2.6k |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 46.6k $1.8m | Added +10.5k |
| North Growth Management Ltd. 0.36% of their portfolio | 45.0k $1.7m | Added +12.0k |
| OCCUDO QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIES LP 0.17% of their portfolio | 43.3k $1.7m | New |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 42.4k $1.6m | Added +14.8k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.4k $1.6m | Reduced -83.6k |
| SCOTIA CAPITAL INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 38.6k $1.5m | Added +2.2k |
| Waterfront Wealth Inc. 0.43% of their portfolio | 38.6k $1.5m | Added +549 |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 35.4k $1.4m | Reduced -12.1k |
| Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd 0.17% of their portfolio | 35.3k $1.4m | Reduced -21.4k |
| Guinness Atkinson Asset Management Inc 0.72% of their portfolio | 35.0k $1.4m | Reduced -450 |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 34.9k $1.4m | Reduced -22.5k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.9k $1.4m | Added +23.8k |
| Green Alpha Advisors, LLC 0.87% of their portfolio | 34.4k $1.3m | Added +1.0k |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.3k $1.3m | New |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.8k $1.3m | New |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.1k $1.2m | Added +15.8k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 30.6k $1.2m | New |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) 0.01% of their portfolio | 30.2k $1.2m | Added +4.3k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.1k $1.2m | Added +472 |
| DUALITY ADVISERS, LP 0.14% of their portfolio | 29.4k $1.1m | New |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.4k $1.1m | Reduced -91.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.9k $1.1m | Reduced -442.2k |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 28.7k $1.1m | Reduced -1.7k |
| BIT Capital GmbH 0.12% of their portfolio | 26.5k $1.0m | Added +26.2k |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.9k $1.0m | Reduced -456 |
| NAVELLIER & ASSOCIATES INC 0.19% of their portfolio | 25.5k $986.0k | Added +729 |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.1k $970.0k | Added +16.8k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 23.2k $895.0k | Reduced -13.7k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.9k $770.0k | Added +8.1k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.8k $729.1k | Reduced -2.2k |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.2k $703.0k | Added +1.1k |
| Summit Place Financial Advisors, LLC 0.45% of their portfolio | 18.1k $700.8k | Added +2.2k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.0k $696.4k | Added +528 |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.0k $695.5k | Added +101 |
| IQ EQ FUND MANAGEMENT (IRELAND) Ltd 0.13% of their portfolio | 17.9k $692.6k | Added +9.3k |
| Banque Cantonale Vaudoise 0.03% of their portfolio | 17.7k $684.0k | Added +1.9k |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 17.5k $677.0k | Reduced -2.5k |
| Virtu Financial LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 17.0k $657.0k | New |
| Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB 0.03% of their portfolio | 16.9k $656.0k | Unchanged |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.8k $649.0k | Reduced -4.1k |
| PATHSTONE FAMILY OFFICE, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 16.5k $638.2k | Reduced -203 |
| FOX RUN MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 0.18% of their portfolio | 16.1k $623.9k | Reduced -2.5k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.8k $609.7k | First filing |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 15.3k $593.4k | New |