Cars.com Ownership | Who Owns Cars.com?

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Cars.com Ownership Summary

Cars.com is owned by 88.85% institutional investors, 9.57% insiders, and 1.58% retail investors. Blackrock funding, inc. /de is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 14.91% of CARS shares. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund, with 5.68% of its assets in Cars.com shares.

CARS Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Cars.com	88.85%	9.57%	1.58%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	39.72%	14.50%	45.78%
Industry	Car Dealership Stocks	61.74%	10.90%	27.36%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	9.85M	14.91%	$170.78M
Blackrock	9.84M	14.84%	$193.85M
Fmr	9.71M	14.69%	$168.29M
Vanguard group	7.12M	10.77%	$123.41M
Boston partners	3.18M	4.81%	$55.02M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	3.17M	4.80%	$54.98M
Pacer advisors	2.56M	3.87%	$44.35M
State street	2.51M	3.80%	$43.50M
Geode capital management	1.44M	2.17%	$24.90M
American century companies	1.26M	1.91%	$21.92M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Sg capital management	629.41K	1.05%	$10.91M
Hst ventures	93.73K	0.83%	$1.85M
Kendall capital management	70.03K	0.36%	$1.21M
Globeflex capital l p	122.94K	0.18%	$2.13M
Versor investments lp	43.33K	0.13%	$750.86K
Tocqueville asset management	420.43K	0.11%	$7.29M
Entrypoint capital	14.86K	0.11%	$257.56K
Pacer advisors	2.56M	0.10%	$44.35M
Rbf capital	103.57K	0.09%	$1.79M
Royce & associates lp	430.39K	0.07%	$7.46M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Boston partners	3.18M	0.07%	655.52K
Sg capital management	629.41K	1.05%	629.41K
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	442.89K	0.01%	380.44K
Bank of america corp /de/	419.98K	0.00%	179.29K
Trexquant investment lp	142.80K	0.03%	142.80K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Greenvale capital llp	-	-	-1.75M
Ninety one uk	-	-	-699.87K
Arrowmark colorado	-	-	-475.00K
Intrinsic edge capital management	-	-	-257.38K
Tocqueville asset management	420.43K	0.11%	-250.00K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Trexquant investment lp	142.80K	0.03%	142.80K	$2.47M
Tudor investment corp et al	138.06K	0.01%	138.06K	$2.39M
Lighthouse investment partners	98.32K	0.06%	98.32K	$1.70M
Voloridge investment management	63.74K	0.00%	63.74K	$1.10M
Man group	54.37K	0.00%	54.37K	$942.20K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Mendota financial group	-7.00
Nelson, van denburg & campbell wealth management group	-13.00
Riggs asset managment	-17.00
Wr wealth planners	-21.00
Geowealth management	-24.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2025	237	0.85%	57,276,436	-2.86%	88	1.12%	121	-1.63%	73	5.80%
Dec 31, 2024	91	-57.28%	26,264,026	-54.92%	39	0.51%	41	-59.00%	29	-59.15%
Sep 30, 2024	212	-0.47%	57,977,663	-0.98%	87	1.13%	100	-9.91%	70	-
Jun 30, 2024	209	2.45%	58,525,469	0.61%	88	1.15%	108	11.34%	69	-6.76%
Mar 31, 2024	204	2.00%	58,171,982	-0.63%	87	1.14%	97	5.43%	74	2.78%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	3.57M	5.68%	-2.22K
Fidelity Low-Priced Stock	2.96M	4.71%	-46.40K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	1.99M	3.11%	-
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	1.97M	3.11%	-
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	1.66M	2.63%	810.00
Fidelity Small Cap Growth	1.59M	2.53%	-22.10K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	1.55M	2.44%	14.49K
Fidelity Global Value Growth Eq MF	1.04M	1.58%	-
Vanguard Small Cap Value Index Inv	998.25K	1.57%	3.26K
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	940.97K	1.48%	1.53K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
May 09, 2025	Vetter Thomas Alex	CEO	Buy	$6.74K
May 09, 2025	Vetter Thomas Alex	CEO	Buy	$292.82K
Dec 02, 2024	Greenthal Jill A	-	Sell	$218.15K
Nov 26, 2024	Greenthal Jill A	-	Sell	$89.85K
Nov 27, 2024	Jain Sonia	Chief Financial Officer	Sell	$491.07K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q2	-	-
2025 Q1	-	-
2024 Q4	-	4
2024 Q3	-	1
2024 Q2	-	6

CARS Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Cars.com?

Cars.com shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 88.85%, followed by 9.57% insiders and 1.58% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Cars.com's industry, Car Dealership Stocks, is 61.74%, which Cars.com exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Cars.com?

Cars.com’s largest shareholders are Blackrock funding, inc. /de (9.85M shares, 14.91%), Blackrock (9.84M shares, 14.84%), and Fmr (9.71M shares, 14.69%). Together, they hold 44.43% of Cars.com’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Cars.com?

Yes, BlackRock owns 14.84% of Cars.com, totaling 9.84M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 193.85M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -78.629K shares, a -0.79% change.

Who is Cars.com’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Sg capital management is Cars.com’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 1.05% of its assets in 629.41K Cars.com shares, valued at 10.91M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Cars.com shares?

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Cars.com shares, with 5.68% of its total shares outstanding invested in 3.57M Cars.com shares.

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