Cars.com Ownership | Who Owns Cars.com?

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Cars.com Ownership Summary

Cars.com is owned by 90.76% institutional investors, 9.98% 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	90.76%	9.98%	-0.74%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	60.16%	14.23%	25.61%
Industry	Car Dealership Stocks	60.78%	10.14%	29.07%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock	9.84M	14.84%	$193.85M
Fmr	9.71M	14.69%	$168.29M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	8.89M	13.91%	$105.29M
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
State street	2.51M	3.80%	$43.50M
Brown advisory	1.39M	2.17%	$16.46M
Geode capital management	1.44M	2.17%	$24.90M
Par capital management	1.20M	1.88%	$14.22M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Hst ventures	93.73K	0.83%	$1.85M
Intrinsic edge capital management	439.70K	0.73%	$5.21M
Par capital management	1.20M	0.46%	$14.22M
Clark estates inc/ny	153.00K	0.41%	$1.81M
Dana investment advisors	579.51K	0.23%	$6.87M
Kendall capital management	62.94K	0.20%	$745.84K
Globeflex capital l p	130.04K	0.13%	$1.54M
Peregrine capital management	321.03K	0.12%	$3.92M
Tocqueville asset management	420.43K	0.11%	$7.29M
Mqs management	11.48K	0.07%	$136.04K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Brown advisory	1.39M	0.02%	1.39M
Par capital management	1.20M	0.46%	1.20M
Boston partners	3.18M	0.07%	655.52K
Intrinsic edge capital management	439.70K	0.73%	439.70K
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	859.25K	0.01%	404.60K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Greenvale capital llp	-	-	-1.75M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	8.89M	0.00%	-743.70K
Ninety one uk	-	-	-699.87K
Sg capital management	-	-	-612.58K
Arrowmark colorado	-	-	-475.00K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Brown advisory	1.39M	0.02%	1.39M	$16.46M
Par capital management	1.20M	0.46%	1.20M	$14.22M
Clark estates inc/ny	153.00K	0.41%	153.00K	$1.81M
Trexquant investment lp	142.80K	0.03%	142.80K	$2.47M
Virginia retirement systems et al	53.30K	0.00%	53.30K	$651.33K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Mendota financial group	-7.00
Larson financial group	-9.00
Nelson, van denburg & campbell wealth management group	-13.00
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 %
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	-
Jun 30, 2024	209	2.45%	58,525,469	0.61%	88	1.15%	108	11.34%	69	-6.76%

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
Aug 08, 2025	Crawford Matthew B.	Chief Product Innovation Off.	Sell	$176.55K
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

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q4	-	-
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 90.76%, followed by 9.98% insiders and -0.74% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Cars.com's industry, Car Dealership Stocks, is 60.78%, 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 (9.71M shares, 14.69%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (8.89M shares, 13.91%). Together, they hold 43.44% 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?

Hst ventures is Cars.com’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 0.83% of its assets in 93.73K Cars.com shares, valued at 1.85M$.

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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