Cars.com Ownership | Who Owns Cars.com?

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Cars.com Ownership Summary

Cars.com is owned by 94.39% institutional investors, 10.20% insiders. Blackrock is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 14.84% of CARS shares. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund, with 5.60% of its assets in Cars.com shares.

CARS Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Cars.com	94.39%	10.20%	-4.59%
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
Blackrock	9.84M	14.84%	$193.85M
Fmr	8.99M	14.07%	$109.82M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	8.59M	13.45%	$104.99M
Vanguard group	6.55M	10.25%	$80.00M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	3.10M	4.85%	$37.88M
Hill path capital lp	2.48M	3.89%	$30.32M
State street	2.27M	3.56%	$27.74M
Brown advisory	2.14M	3.35%	$26.15M
Par capital management	2.06M	3.22%	$25.16M
Geode capital management	1.36M	2.13%	$16.62M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Villanova investment management	367.07K	3.11%	$4.49M
Hill path capital lp	2.48M	1.49%	$30.32M
Hst ventures	93.73K	0.83%	$1.85M
Par capital management	2.06M	0.74%	$25.16M
Jackson creek investment advisors	136.89K	0.48%	$1.67M
Clark estates inc/ny	163.80K	0.46%	$2.00M
Intrinsic edge capital management	263.75K	0.45%	$3.22M
Globeflex capital l p	130.04K	0.24%	$1.59M
Dana investment advisors	609.42K	0.22%	$7.45M
Kendall capital management	62.94K	0.17%	$769.13K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Par capital management	2.06M	0.74%	858.65K
Brown advisory	2.14M	0.03%	750.93K
Hill path capital lp	2.48M	1.49%	468.00K
Morgan stanley	1.26M	0.00%	402.62K
Jpmorgan chase	531.49K	0.00%	313.13K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Greenvale capital llp	-	-	-1.75M
Ninety one uk	-	-	-699.87K
Sg capital management	-	-	-612.58K
Boston partners	515.97K	0.01%	-513.15K
Arrowmark colorado	-	-	-475.00K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Empowered funds	173.50K	0.02%	173.50K	$2.12M
Jackson creek investment advisors	136.89K	0.48%	136.89K	$1.67M
Castleknight management lp	103.60K	0.02%	103.60K	$1.27M
Virginia retirement systems et al	53.30K	0.00%	53.30K	$651.33K
Jefferies financial group	47.20K	0.01%	47.20K	$929.84K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Mendota financial group	-7.00
Nelson, van denburg & campbell wealth management group	-13.00
Wr wealth planners	-21.00
Geowealth management	-24.00
Wealthtrak capital management	-25.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Sep 30, 2025	218	-1.80%	60,275,277	3.85%	94	1.14%	96	-6.80%	77	-6.10%
Jun 30, 2025	220	-7.95%	57,960,971	1.00%	90	1.15%	103	-15.57%	81	12.50%
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	-

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	3.44M	5.60%	-
Fidelity Low-Priced Stock	2.90M	4.73%	-54.65K
Bain Capital High Income Composite	2.04M	3.21%	-
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	1.93M	3.14%	-42.81K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	1.99M	3.11%	-
Fidelity Small Cap Growth	1.56M	2.54%	-25.20K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	1.45M	2.36%	-9.81K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	1.42M	2.32%	-
Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fdmtl Val Inv	1.08M	1.76%	324.33K
Fidelity Global Value Growth Eq MF	1.04M	1.63%	-

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Dec 02, 2025	Crawford Matthew B.	Chief Product Innovation Off.	Sell	$329.12K
Aug 08, 2025	Crawford Matthew B.	Chief Product Innovation Off.	Sell	$176.55K
May 09, 2025	Vetter Thomas Alex	CEO	Buy	$292.82K
May 09, 2025	Vetter Thomas Alex	CEO	Buy	$6.74K
Dec 02, 2024	Greenthal Jill A	-	Sell	$218.15K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q4	-	1
2025 Q3	-	1
2025 Q2	2	-
2025 Q1	-	-
2024 Q4	-	4

CARS Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Cars.com?

Cars.com shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 94.39%, followed by 10.20% insiders and -4.59% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Cars.com's industry, Car Dealership Stocks, is 46.87%, which Cars.com exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Cars.com?

Cars.com’s largest shareholders are Blackrock (9.84M shares, 14.84%), Fmr (8.99M shares, 14.07%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (8.59M shares, 13.45%). Together, they hold 42.36% 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?

Villanova investment management is Cars.com’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 3.11% of its assets in 367.07K Cars.com shares, valued at 4.49M$.

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 5.60% of its total shares outstanding invested in 3.44M Cars.com shares.

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