Who owns Netlist (NLST)?
4 holders named in SEC filings declare 4.9% of Netlist's shares outstanding, as of Aug 17, 2026. The largest are Chun K. Hong (4.6%), Gail M. Sasaki (0.15%) and Jun Cho (0.09%); the five largest hold 4.9% together. Another 4 institutions hold small positions worth 0.03%. At least 95.0% of the shares appear in no ownership filing: investors who do not have to report, mostly individuals. From Mar 31, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, institutions that filed both quarters bought 0.02% and sold 0.00% of the shares, a net purchase of 0.01%; 1 opened a position, 1 added, 0 reduced and 1 sold out. Biggest buyers: KINGSWOOD WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC (+44,600 shares) and NORTHLAND SECURITIES, INC. (+15,300 shares). Biggest sellers: Hilltop Partners LLC (-10,605). Directors and officers, from their latest Form 4: Chun K. Hong (4.6%), Gail M. Sasaki (0.15%) and Jun Cho (0.09%). Over time, 4 managers declared Netlist in their 13F for Q2 2026, against 1 for Q4 2019: together at most 0.03% of the shares outstanding, against 0.00%.
| Holder | Filing | Share of capital | As of | Holding since (13F) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chun K. Hong | Form 4 | 4.6% | Jul 16, 2026 | — |
| Gail M. Sasaki | Form 4 | 0.15% | Aug 17, 2026 | — |
| Jun Cho | Form 4 | 0.09% | Jun 5, 2026 | — |
| Blake Welcher | Form 4 | 0.06% | Jun 5, 2026 | — |
Netlist institutional ownership over time
| Quarter | 13F managers | Share of the company (upper bound) | Value declared | Held by stock pickers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2019 | 1 | 0.00% | $1,000.00 | 100.0% |
| Q4 2020 | 1 | 0.05% | $56,000.00 | 100.0% |
| Q4 2021 | 2 | 0.04% | $646,000.00 | 100.0% |
| Q4 2022 | 1 | 0.00% | $1.00 | 100.0% |
| Q4 2023 | 2 | 0.01% | $38.00 | 100.0% |
| Q4 2024 | 1 | 0.01% | $16.00 | 100.0% |
| Q4 2025 | 3 | 0.02% | $30,792.00 | 100.0% |
| Q2 2026 | 4 | 0.03% | $252,928.00 | 100.0% |
From SEC Form 13F, every quarter since the end of 2019, read like the current quarter: entities of a house summed, a value contradicting its share count set aside. The share of the company is an upper bound — two managers can declare the same shares — over the shares outstanding at that date.