Cars.com Ownership | Who Owns Cars.com?

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Cars.com Ownership Summary

Cars.com is owned by 12.91% institutional investors, 11.94% insiders, and 75.14% retail investors. Blackrock is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 14.84% of CARS shares. Fidelity Low-Priced Stock is the top mutual fund, with 6.28% of its assets in Cars.com shares.

CARS Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Cars.com	12.91%	11.94%	75.14%
Sector	Communication Services Stocks	31.15%	18.07%	50.78%
Industry	Internet Content & Information Stocks	29.59%	21.05%	49.36%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock	9.84M	14.84%	$193.85M
Fmr	8.38M	14.23%	$91.73M
Vanguard group	5.22M	8.45%	$63.64M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	4.17M	7.08%	$45.61M
Pale fire capital se	4.01M	6.80%	$43.85M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	3.35M	5.69%	$36.68M
Hill path capital lp	2.48M	4.12%	$20.15M
Brown advisory	2.40M	3.98%	$19.47M
Vanguard capital management	2.34M	3.97%	$25.60M
American century companies	2.14M	3.63%	$23.40M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Breach inlet capital management	2.12M	5.66%	$17.25M
Villanova investment management	321.84K	3.34%	$3.52M
Pale fire capital se	4.01M	3.10%	$43.85M
Kestrel investment management	305.75K	1.82%	$3.34M
Hill path capital lp	2.48M	1.47%	$20.15M
Hst ventures	93.73K	0.83%	$1.85M
Clark estates inc/ny	129.04K	0.33%	$1.41M
Nverses capital	18.67K	0.31%	$204.22K
Olympiad research lp	12.95K	0.29%	$141.69K
Dana investment advisors	855.62K	0.24%	$9.36M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Breach inlet capital management	2.12M	5.66%	1.39M
Jane street group	972.43K	0.00%	630.21K
Millennium management	648.91K	0.00%	590.03K
Hrt financial lp	653.71K	0.01%	506.59K
Brown advisory	2.40M	0.03%	467.15K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Par capital management	246.30K	0.06%	-2.45M
Greenvale capital llp	-	-	-1.75M
Vanguard group	5.22M	0.00%	-1.33M
Philadelphia financial management of san francisco	-	-	-751.67K
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	82.01K	0.00%	-701.41K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Jefferies financial group	385.79K	0.02%	385.79K	$3.13M
Squarepoint ops	210.49K	0.00%	210.49K	$1.71M
Segall bryant & hamill	155.07K	0.02%	155.07K	$1.70M
Point72 asset management	148.68K	0.00%	148.68K	$1.21M
Weiss asset management lp	129.89K	0.02%	129.89K	$1.05M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Dunhill financial	-1.00
Mendota financial group	-7.00
Addison advisors	-7.00
Abound wealth management	-10.00
Larson financial group	-11.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2026	77	-66.23%	7,781,944	-86.91%	12	0.14%	28	-72.28%	28	-68.18%
Dec 31, 2025	165	-26.67%	37,659,629	-37.64%	61	0.68%	61	-37.76%	72	-7.69%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Fidelity Low-Priced Stock	3.51M	6.28%	-173.74K
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	3.40M	5.79%	-735.08K
Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF	1.92M	3.43%	3.63K
Bain Capital High Income Composite	2.04M	3.21%	-
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	1.99M	3.11%	-
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	1.69M	3.02%	-95.70K
Vanguard Morn Total Stk Mkt Idx Investor	1.69M	3.02%	-95.70K
Fidelity Small Cap Growth	1.56M	2.54%	-25.20K
JPM US Small Cap Value-Composite	1.31M	2.35%	20.06K
JPMorgan Small Cap Blend A	1.31M	2.35%	-19.35K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Jun 11, 2026	Jain Sonia	Chief Financial Officer	Sell	$502.66K
Jun 12, 2026	Jain Sonia	Chief Financial Officer	Sell	$322.86K
Mar 13, 2026	Ross Jenell	-	Buy	$15.08K
Dec 17, 2025	Jain Sonia	Chief Financial Officer	Sell	$153.33K
Dec 02, 2025	Crawford Matthew B.	Chief Product Innovation Off.	Sell	$329.12K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	-	-
2025 Q4	-	2
2025 Q3	-	1
2025 Q2	2	-
2025 Q1	-	-

CARS Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Cars.com?

Cars.com shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 12.91%, followed by 11.94% insiders and 75.15% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Cars.com's industry, Internet Content & Information Stocks , is 29.59%, which Cars.com falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Cars.com?

Cars.com’s largest shareholders are Blackrock (9.84M shares, 14.84%), Fmr (8.38M shares, 14.23%), and Vanguard group (5.22M shares, 8.45%). Together, they hold 37.52% 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?

Breach inlet capital management is Cars.com’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 5.66% of its assets in 2.12M Cars.com shares, valued at 17.25M$.

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

Fidelity Low-Priced Stock is the top mutual fund holder of Cars.com shares, with 6.28% of its total shares outstanding invested in 3.51M Cars.com shares.

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