CarGurus Ownership | Who Owns CarGurus?

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CarGurus Ownership Summary

CarGurus is owned by 85.79% institutional investors, 3.04% insiders, and 11.17% retail investors. Blackrock funding, inc. /de is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 12.55% of CARG shares. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund, with 5.20% of its assets in CarGurus shares.

CARG Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	CarGurus	85.79%	3.04%	11.17%
Sector	Communication Services Stocks	43.30%	18.05%	38.65%
Industry	Internet Content & Information Stocks	41.37%	19.79%	38.84%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	11.80M	12.55%	$402.38M
Blackrock	12.66M	11.81%	$331.68M
Vanguard group	8.77M	8.93%	$336.17M
Vanguard capital management	3.30M	3.51%	$112.57M
Wellington management group llp	3.26M	3.46%	$110.97M
Manufacturers life insurance company, the	3.11M	3.31%	$106.04M
State street	3.02M	3.21%	$102.99M
Prevatt capital	2.58M	2.74%	$87.78M
Orbis allan gray	2.41M	2.56%	$82.07M
Geode capital management	2.09M	2.23%	$71.39M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Prevatt capital	2.58M	19.03%	$87.78M
Inflection point investments llp	268.82K	13.38%	$9.82M
Ararat capital management lp	391.28K	6.25%	$13.34M
Vitruvian partners llp	350.04K	5.94%	$11.93M
Alta fox capital management	843.55K	5.78%	$28.76M
Gagnon securities	367.07K	2.47%	$12.51M
Aurora investment counsel	58.60K	1.03%	$2.00M
Pale fire capital se	384.63K	0.93%	$13.11M
Goodnow investment group	218.68K	0.77%	$7.45M
S&t bank/pa	66.02K	0.68%	$2.25M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Manufacturers life insurance company, the	3.11M	0.08%	1.41M
Sixth street partners management company	1.06M	0.00%	1.06M
Acadian asset management	951.88K	0.04%	759.29K
Millennium management	620.36K	0.01%	546.66K
Fmr	575.62K	0.00%	540.91K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Wellington management group llp	3.26M	0.02%	-2.69M
Foxhaven asset management, lp	-	-	-2.17M
Blackrock	12.66M	0.01%	-1.88M
Arrowmark colorado	408.96K	0.58%	-888.96K
Sunriver management	-	-	-880.75K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Sixth street partners management company	1.06M	0.00%	1.06M	$36.09M
Pale fire capital se	384.63K	0.93%	384.63K	$13.11M
Empowered funds	78.06K	0.01%	78.06K	$2.66M
Norges bank	69.51K	0.00%	69.51K	$2.37M
Boothbay fund management	58.80K	0.03%	58.80K	$2.00M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Clear street markets	-1.00
Dunhill financial	-1.00
Curio wealth	-1.00
Claris advisors, llc / mo /	-5.00
Flagship harbor advisors	-5.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2026	371	3.06%	80,686,855	-2.18%	85	1.14%	176	-6.88%	145	12.40%
Mar 31, 2026	350	-4.63%	80,994,160	-1.81%	84	1.20%	182	-3.19%	127	-7.30%
Dec 31, 2025	203	-40.64%	38,574,217	-55.33%	39	0.52%	100	-39.76%	71	-47.01%
Sep 30, 2025	185	-44.44%	41,797,208	-48.54%	42	0.63%	93	-51.81%	67	-36.79%
Jun 30, 2025	341	11.07%	83,038,536	-2.76%	83	1.22%	198	30.26%	107	-3.60%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	4.63M	5.20%	2.90K
Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest	2.31M	2.59%	10.78K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	2.67M	2.56%	3.18K
Vanguard Morn Total Stk Mkt Idx Investor	2.30M	2.55%	-169.27K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	2.30M	2.55%	-169.27K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	1.92M	2.16%	-34.08K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	1.66M	1.86%	7.43K
Orbis Optimal (US$) Fund	1.45M	1.62%	36.82K
JHVIT Fundamental All Cap Core I	1.12M	1.26%	54.56K
Small Company Equity - FTWA	1.03M	1.16%	-37.22K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Sep 15, 2026	Zales Samuel	COO and President	Sell	$346.20K
Aug 28, 2026	Zales Samuel	COO and President	Sell	$365.00K
Aug 14, 2026	Elshareef Ismail	Chief Product Officer	Sell	$340.37K
Aug 13, 2026	Sarnoff Dafna	Chief Marketing Officer	Sell	$634.59K
Aug 12, 2026	Schwartz Greg M	-	Sell	$360.70K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q3	-	11
2026 Q2	-	6
2026 Q1	1	5
2025 Q4	-	15
2025 Q3	-	11

CARG Ownership FAQ

Who Owns CarGurus?

CarGurus shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 85.79%, followed by 3.04% insiders and 11.17% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in CarGurus's industry, Internet Content & Information Stocks , is 41.37%, which CarGurus exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of CarGurus?

CarGurus’s largest shareholders are Blackrock funding, inc. /de (11.8M shares, 12.55%), Blackrock (12.66M shares, 11.81%), and Vanguard group (8.77M shares, 8.93%). Together, they hold 33.29% of CarGurus’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own CarGurus?

Yes, BlackRock owns 11.81% of CarGurus, totaling 12.66M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.01% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 331.68M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -1.883M shares, a -12.95% change.

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

Prevatt capital is CarGurus’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 19.03% of its assets in 2.58M CarGurus shares, valued at 87.78M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of CarGurus shares?

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund holder of CarGurus shares, with 5.20% of its total shares outstanding invested in 4.63M CarGurus shares.

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