CONTANGO ORE INC CTGO
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 21077F100
- SectorMaterials
- IndustryGold and Silver Ores
- HeadquartersFairbanks, AK
- 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. Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 12.1m as of 2024-08-13, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $18.06.
Trends to Q2 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 18 |
| Q4 2022 | 18 |
| Q1 2023 | 21 |
| Q2 2023 | 37 |
| Q3 2023 | 35 |
| Q4 2023 | 37 |
| Q1 2024 | 38 |
| Q2 2024 | 47 |
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 | 7 | 4 |
| Q1 2023 | 10 | 4 |
| Q2 2023 | 28 | 6 |
| Q3 2023 | 19 | 13 |
| Q4 2023 | 28 | 9 |
| Q1 2024 | 18 | 14 |
| Q2 2024 | 29 | 10 |
Biggest buyers
| BARINGS LLC | New | +476.2k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +181.7k |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | New | +79.9k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | New | +73.2k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Added | +51.9k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +42.7k |
| RAFFLES ASSOCIATES LP | New | +12.2k |
| Fore Capital, LLC | New | +11.1k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | New | +10.2k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +7.4k |
Biggest sellers
| SPROTT INC. | Reduced | -165.0k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -36.1k |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -5.7k |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. | Sold out | -3.8k |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Reduced | -2.6k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP | Reduced | -2.1k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Reduced | -854 |
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Co/NY | Sold out | -454 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM | Reduced | -215 |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND | Reduced | -4 |
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 |
|---|---|
| STATE STREET CORP 13G · institution new · filed 2026-08-07 | 7.6% |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 13G · institution -2.8 pts · filed 2026-05-15 | 7.1% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +2.4 pts · filed 2026-07-29 | 6.9% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC (4.0%, 2026-04-29), Queen's Road Capital Investment Ltd. (4.4%, 2026-02-13)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2024
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.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 1 | $165.0k | 2 | $777.7k | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $786.6k | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 4 | $624.8k | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $187.2k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-09 | COMPOFELICE JOSEPH S Director | Sold | $60.2k2.9k shares |
| 2024-04-05 | Van Nieuwenhuyse Rick President & CEO, director | Sold | $108.6k5.4k shares |
| 2024-04-05 | Shortz Richard Director | Sold | $18.5k900 shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BARINGS LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 476.2k $8.6m | New |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 447.4k $8.1m | Added +42.7k |
| SPROTT INC. 0.56% of their portfolio | 415.6k $7.5m | Reduced -165.0k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 354.2k $6.4m | Added +181.7k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 140.7k $2.5m | Added +51.9k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 138.5k $2.5m | Added +7.4k |
| GABELLI FUNDS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 106.5k $1.9m | Unchanged |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 79.9k $1.4m | New |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.2k $1.3m | New |
| Minerva Advisors LLC 0.83% of their portfolio | 70.1k $1.3m | Unchanged |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 61.0k $1.1m | Reduced -2.1k |
| WITTENBERG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.19% of their portfolio | 31.5k $569.7k | Added +2.0k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.7k $409.3k | Added +966 |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.8k $375.1k | Added +1.7k |
| RAFFLES ASSOCIATES LP 0.25% of their portfolio | 12.2k $220.5k | New |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.2k $220.4k | Reduced -36.1k |
| Fore Capital, LLC 0.30% of their portfolio | 11.1k $200.6k | New |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.7k $193.7k | Unchanged |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.2k $185.1k | New |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 9.6k $172.8k | Added +3.4k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 7.1k $127.5k | Added +576 |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.6k $101.2k | Added +2.8k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.1k $92.5k | Added +454 |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.2k $76.2k | First filing |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.5k $62.6k | Reduced -4 |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.3k $58.8k | First filing |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.2k $57.2k | Added +541 |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.0k $53.5k | Reduced -2.6k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.6k $47.9k | Reduced -854 |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.4k $44.0k | Reduced -5.7k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.7k $31.4k | Added +363 |
| MATHER GROUP, LLC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6k $30.8k | Unchanged |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4k $26.1k | Added +1.3k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 908 $16.0k | Added +509 |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 778 $14.1k | Added +470 |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 739 $13.4k | Unchanged |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 616 $11.1k | Added +444 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 568 $10.3k | Reduced -215 |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 296 $5.3k | Added +74 |
| AMALGAMATED BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 266 $5.0k | Added +140 |
| Ridgewood Investments LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 70 $1.3k | New |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 50 $904 | New |
| NFSG Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 50 $904 | New |
| CWM, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 14 $0 | Added +13 |
| Farther Finance Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12 $226 | Unchanged |
| NISA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 6 $108 | Unchanged |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 0 $0 | Unchanged |