AutoNation Ownership | Who Owns AutoNation?

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AutoNation Ownership Summary

AutoNation is owned by 16.60% institutional investors, 1.16% insiders, and 82.24% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 8.17% of AN shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 2.82% of its assets in AutoNation shares.

AN Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	AutoNation	16.60%	1.16%	82.24%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	42.53%	14.10%	43.38%
Industry	Car Dealership Stocks	46.87%	7.74%	45.39%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	3.18M	8.17%	$694.95M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	2.73M	7.02%	$597.62M
Blackrock	2.44M	5.81%	$389.07M
Boston partners	1.42M	3.66%	$311.31M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	1.39M	3.58%	$304.66M
Brave warrior advisors	1.21M	3.12%	$265.60M
Invesco	907.16K	2.33%	$198.46M
State street	889.55K	2.29%	$194.61M
Alyeska investment group	632.15K	1.63%	$138.30M
Morgan stanley	557.19K	1.43%	$121.90M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Mountain lake investment management	48.68K	7.93%	$10.65M
Brave warrior advisors	1.21M	6.17%	$265.60M
Greatmark investment partners	160.39K	4.21%	$35.09M
Towle	52.00K	2.87%	$11.38M
Vision financial markets	14.85K	2.77%	$3.25M
Simcoe capital management	86.80K	2.75%	$18.99M
Conscious wealth investments	21.91K	2.60%	$4.38M
Emmett investment management, lp	15.64K	2.58%	$3.50M
Pecaut	25.47K	1.79%	$5.57M
Mork capital management	11.00K	1.66%	$2.41M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	333.98K	0.05%	241.26K
Norges bank	224.54K	0.01%	224.54K
Wedge capital management l l p/nc	158.16K	0.59%	158.16K
Holocene advisors, lp	548.68K	0.27%	151.97K
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	2.73M	0.01%	141.27K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Blackrock	2.44M	0.01%	-504.53K
Cartenna capital, lp	-	-	-334.62K
Boston partners	1.42M	0.32%	-280.38K
Artisan partners limited partnership	-	-	-278.93K
Alliancebernstein	353.94K	0.02%	-229.91K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	224.54K	0.01%	224.54K	$38.14M
Wedge capital management l l p/nc	158.16K	0.59%	158.16K	$34.60M
Simcoe capital management	86.80K	2.75%	86.80K	$18.99M
Lmr partners llp	43.20K	0.04%	43.20K	$9.45M
Caisse de depot et placement du quebec	36.30K	0.01%	36.30K	$7.94M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Wealthtrak capital management	-1.00
Tfo-tdc	-1.00
Activest wealth management	-1.00
Financial gravity asset management	-2.00
Householder group estate & retirement specialist	-2.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
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%
Dec 31, 2024	455	0.22%	26,709,344	7.20%	66	1.72%	187	-10.95%	167	9.15%
Sep 30, 2024	448	-4.48%	24,814,637	0.68%	62	1.67%	206	0.98%	151	-6.79%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	1.06M	2.82%	-22.52K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	1.07M	2.72%	47.65K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	823.84K	2.18%	-5.28K
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF	809.93K	2.15%	-
JHancock Disciplined Value I	795.39K	2.11%	-13.28K
Vanguard Small Cap Value Index Inv	529.86K	1.41%	839.00
1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value IB	294.00K	0.78%	-2.50K
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	266.55K	0.71%	-115.53K
Boston Partners Large Cap Value Equity E	255.87K	0.68%	-31.92K
DFA US Targeted Value I	242.31K	0.64%	-37.11K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
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
Aug 23, 2024	LAMPERT EDWARD S	-	Sell	$91.03K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q4	-	-
2025 Q3	-	-
2025 Q2	-	1
2025 Q1	-	-
2024 Q4	-	2

AN Ownership FAQ

Who Owns AutoNation?

AutoNation shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 16.60%, followed by 1.16% insiders and 82.24% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in AutoNation's industry, Car Dealership Stocks, is 46.87%, which AutoNation falls below.

Who owns the most shares of AutoNation?

AutoNation’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (3.18M shares, 8.17%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (2.73M shares, 7.02%), and Blackrock (2.44M shares, 5.81%). Together, they hold 21.00% 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?

Mountain lake investment management is AutoNation’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 7.93% of its assets in 48.68K AutoNation shares, valued at 10.65M$.

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 2.82% of its total shares outstanding invested in 1.06M AutoNation shares.

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