AutoNation Ownership | Who Owns AutoNation?

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AutoNation Ownership Summary

AutoNation is owned by 23.00% institutional investors, 1.55% insiders, and 75.45% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 8.34% of AN shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 3.14% of its assets in AutoNation shares.

AN Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	AutoNation	23.00%	1.55%	75.45%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	249.86%	15.44%	-165.30%
Industry	Car Dealership Stocks	35.71%	8.07%	56.22%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	3.18M	8.34%	$656.44M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	2.44M	6.67%	$476.84M
Blackrock	2.44M	5.81%	$389.07M
Brave warrior advisors	1.55M	4.23%	$302.21M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	1.48M	4.04%	$288.78M
Alyeska investment group	890.74K	2.43%	$173.93M
State street	886.38K	2.42%	$173.07M
Aqr capital management	824.02K	2.25%	$160.38M
Invesco	754.74K	2.06%	$147.37M
Geode capital management	500.09K	1.37%	$97.67M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Simcoe capital management	294.96K	10.00%	$57.59M
Brave warrior advisors	1.55M	7.48%	$302.21M
Mountain lake investment management	56.45K	7.12%	$11.02M
Baypointe partners	15.00K	4.02%	$2.93M
Greatmark investment partners	165.29K	3.78%	$32.27M
Vision financial markets	14.45K	2.75%	$2.82M
Conscious wealth investments	21.41K	2.34%	$4.19M
Pecaut	25.42K	1.61%	$4.96M
Mork capital management	11.00K	1.52%	$2.15M
Garner asset management	19.57K	1.50%	$3.82M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Alyeska investment group	890.74K	0.49%	589.66K
Lyrical asset management lp	375.77K	1.12%	375.77K
Fmr	387.86K	0.00%	358.50K
Norges bank	335.72K	0.01%	335.72K
Goldman sachs group	458.88K	0.01%	307.96K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Boston partners	12.06K	0.00%	-990.75K
Holocene advisors, lp	72.35K	0.03%	-561.98K
Blackrock	2.44M	0.01%	-504.53K
Alliancebernstein	62.36K	0.00%	-422.23K
Cartenna capital, lp	-	-	-334.62K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Lyrical asset management lp	375.77K	1.12%	375.77K	$73.37M
Norges bank	335.72K	0.01%	335.72K	$69.32M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	167.25K	0.01%	167.25K	$32.66M
Hotchkis & wiley capital management	66.80K	0.04%	66.80K	$13.04M
Lmr partners llp	43.20K	0.04%	43.20K	$9.45M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Central trust	-1.00
Tfo-tdc	-1.00
Toronto dominion bank	-1.00
Activest wealth management	-1.00
Eastern bank	-1.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2026	283	-46.90%	8,418,017	-65.82%	23	0.55%	122	-45.29%	103	-52.75%
Dec 31, 2025	213	-59.81%	9,721,065	-61.51%	25	0.61%	78	-69.65%	90	-45.12%
Sep 30, 2025	249	-50.98%	6,459,053	-75.46%	16	0.36%	121	-49.79%	73	-59.67%
Jun 30, 2025	502	5.02%	26,281,386	3.80%	67	1.60%	239	-	180	25.87%
Mar 31, 2025	475	1.50%	25,295,541	-5.50%	64	1.44%	238	20.81%	142	-15.98%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	1.05M	3.14%	2.55K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	1.07M	2.72%	47.65K
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF	879.33K	2.59%	-448.00
Vanguard Small Cap Index	760.02K	2.27%	-1.26K
Vanguard Small Cap Value Index Inv	488.15K	1.46%	3.67K
JHancock Disciplined Value I	365.15K	1.05%	-65.15K
Intermediate Duration Fixed Income CIT	315.00K	0.92%	315.00K
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	293.77K	0.88%	2.75K
1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value IB	260.00K	0.78%	-
Dimensional US Targeted Value ETF	221.21K	0.64%	-

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
May 05, 2026	DEES KIMBERLY	SVP & CAO	Sell	$512.26K
May 16, 2025	EDMUNDS C COLEMAN	EVP, Gen Counsel & Corp Sec	Sell	$2.35M
Dec 05, 2024	GRUSKY ROBERT R	-	Sell	$179.79K
Nov 21, 2024	DEES KIMBERLY	SVP & CAO	Sell	$76.97K
Aug 27, 2024	LAMPERT EDWARD S	-	Sell	$1.93M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q2	-	1
2026 Q1	-	-
2025 Q4	-	-
2025 Q3	-	-
2025 Q2	-	1

AN Ownership FAQ

Who Owns AutoNation?

AutoNation shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 23.00%, followed by 1.55% insiders and 75.45% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in AutoNation's industry, Car Dealership Stocks, is 35.71%, which AutoNation falls below.

Who owns the most shares of AutoNation?

AutoNation’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (3.18M shares, 8.34%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (2.44M shares, 6.67%), and Blackrock (2.44M shares, 5.81%). Together, they hold 20.83% of AutoNation’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own AutoNation?

Yes, BlackRock owns 5.81% of AutoNation, totaling 2.44M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.01% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 389.07M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -505K shares, a -17.13% change.

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

Simcoe capital management is AutoNation’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 10.00% of its assets in 294.96K AutoNation shares, valued at 57.59M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of AutoNation shares?

Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund holder of AutoNation shares, with 3.14% of its total shares outstanding invested in 1.05M AutoNation shares.

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