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Cars.com (CARS) Institutional Ownership

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Institutional Ownership Changes (13F Filings) for Cars.com (NYSE:CARS)

Current
Institutional Ownership
Percentage
89.15%
Number of
Institutional Buyers
(last 12 months)
98
Total
Institutional Inflows
(last 12 months)
$130.78M
Number of
Institutional Sellers
(last 12 months)
69
Total
Institutional Outflows
(last 12 months)
$78.11M
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Cars.com Major Shareholders & Ownership History

Reporting DateMajor Shareholder NameShares HeldMarket Value% of PortfolioQuarterly Change in SharesOwnership in CompanyDetails
9/9/2026 Squarepoint Ops LLC124,896$1.37M0.0%-40.7%0.233%
9/8/2026 Arizona State Retirement System14,157$155K0.0%-8.8%0.026%
8/26/2026 Amundi17,532$192K0.0%N/A0.033%
8/25/2026 VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al102,200$1.12M0.0%N/A0.191%
8/24/2026 California State Teachers Retirement System619,718$6.78M0.0%+1,132.2%1.158%
8/21/2026 Pale Fire Capital SE4,008,218$43.85M1.2%+1.3%7.487%
8/20/2026 Hennessy Advisors Inc.13,198$144K0.0%N/A0.025%
8/18/2026 Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio2,392$26K0.0%N/A0.004%
8/13/2026 Globeflex Capital L P122,940$1.35M0.2%N/A0.230%
8/13/2026 Kendall Capital Management18,050$197K0.0%N/A0.034%
8/6/2026 Bank of New York Mellon Corp251,160$2.75M0.0%N/A0.449%
7/9/2026 Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc.36,819$403K0.0%+130.0%0.066%
6/18/2026 Pacer Advisors Inc.440,809$3.58M0.0%+16.7%0.789%
5/19/2026 Bank of America Corp DE243,124$1.97M0.0%-73.7%0.435%
5/19/2026 RBF Capital LLC103,569$841K0.0%+93.3%0.185%
5/18/2026 California State Teachers Retirement System50,294$408K0.0%-50.6%0.090%
5/18/2026 Empowered Funds LLC211,418$1.72M0.0%+10.0%0.378%
5/16/2026 The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company14,519$118K0.0%-12.2%0.026%
5/16/2026 Quantinno Capital Management LP62,503$508K0.0%-6.6%0.112%
5/16/2026 Lazard Asset Management LLC33,929$276K0.0%-52.1%0.061%
5/15/2026 Weiss Asset Management LP129,886$1.06M0.0%N/A0.232%
5/14/2026 Renaissance Technologies LLC580,189$4.71M0.0%+77.9%1.038%
5/14/2026 Pale Fire Capital SE3,956,618$32.13M2.7%+498.1%7.078%
5/14/2026 Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership43,730$355K0.0%-88.4%0.078%
5/14/2026 Inceptionr LLC42,826$348K0.1%+64.3%0.077%
5/14/2026 Sei Investments Co.308,255$2.50M0.0%+47.0%0.551%
5/14/2026 Globeflex Capital L P122,940$998K0.2%-5.5%0.220%
5/13/2026 First Trust Advisors LP35,306$287K0.0%+15.0%0.063%
5/7/2026 Dimensional Fund Advisors LP3,401,523$27.62M0.0%+8.4%5.852%
5/7/2026 Swiss National Bank112,400$913K0.0%-2.9%0.193%
5/5/2026 Kestrel Investment Management Corp305,750$2.48M1.5%-0.6%0.526%
5/5/2026 Bank of New York Mellon Corp266,039$2.16M0.0%-36.4%0.458%
4/28/2026 Lee Danner & Bass Inc.53,333$433K0.0%N/A0.092%
4/24/2026 Peregrine Capital Management LLC279,028$2.27M0.1%-8.8%0.480%
4/22/2026 Janney Montgomery Scott LLC38,437$312K0.0%+56.2%0.066%
4/16/2026 SG Americas Securities LLC14,912$121K0.0%-95.5%0.025%
2/24/2026 Villanova Investment Management Co LLC405,566$4.95M3.5%+10.5%0.678%
2/24/2026 Pacer Advisors Inc.377,575$4.61M0.0%-2.3%0.631%
2/19/2026 Invesco Ltd.252,690$3.08M0.0%+11.4%0.422%
2/18/2026 Caitlin John LLC13,777$168K0.1%N/A0.023%
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2/18/2026 Vident Advisory LLC47,321$577K0.0%+10.0%0.079%
2/18/2026 State of Tennessee Department of Treasury36,904$419K0.0%+5.3%0.062%
2/18/2026 Mackenzie Financial Corp84,755$1.03M0.0%N/A0.142%
2/18/2026 Empowered Funds LLC192,259$2.35M0.0%+10.8%0.321%
2/18/2026 XTX Topco Ltd134,799$1.65M0.0%+226.5%0.225%
2/18/2026 VARCOV Co.13,939$170K0.1%N/A0.023%
2/18/2026 Tudor Investment Corp ET AL49,042$598K0.0%+82.7%0.082%
2/18/2026 Par Capital Management Inc.2,697,648$32.91M0.8%+31.0%4.510%
2/18/2026 Millennium Management LLC58,871$718K0.0%-27.6%0.098%
2/18/2026 Man Group plc62,021$757K0.0%+8.6%0.104%
2/18/2026 Inspire Investing LLC38,273$467K0.0%+3.0%0.064%
2/18/2026 Gotham Asset Management LLC41,735$509K0.0%+183.6%0.070%
2/18/2026 Engineers Gate Manager LP12,697$155K0.0%N/A0.021%
2/18/2026 Bridgeway Capital Management LLC357,259$4.36M0.1%+5.5%0.597%
2/18/2026 Breach Inlet Capital Management LLC729,439$8.90M4.2%N/A1.220%
2/18/2026 Aristeia Capital L.L.C.43,530$531K0.0%N/A0.073%
2/17/2026 AQR Capital Management LLC13,881$169K0.0%-18.2%0.023%
2/17/2026 Lazard Asset Management LLC70,895$865K0.0%-76.3%0.119%
2/17/2026 Trexquant Investment LP95,611$1.17M0.0%-58.5%0.160%
2/17/2026 Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD783,423$9.56M0.0%+0.6%1.310%
2/17/2026 Monimus Capital Management LP170,944$2.09M1.4%N/A0.286%
2/17/2026 California State Teachers Retirement System101,810$1.24M0.0%+109.2%0.170%
2/17/2026 Russell Investments Group Ltd.259,981$3.17M0.0%+11.9%0.435%
2/17/2026 State of Wisconsin Investment Board38,527$470K0.0%+41.7%0.064%
2/17/2026 ExodusPoint Capital Management LP66,509$811K0.0%+267.9%0.111%
2/17/2026 Royal Bank of Canada2,816$34K0.0%-91.8%0.005%
2/17/2026 RBF Capital LLC53,569$654K0.0%-48.3%0.090%
2/16/2026 Verition Fund Management LLC51,542$629K0.0%-15.2%0.086%
2/16/2026 Panagora Asset Management Inc.35,891$438K0.0%-4.3%0.060%
2/16/2026 K2 Principal Fund L.P.78,176$954K0.1%N/A0.131%
2/16/2026 Entropy Technologies LP13,973$170K0.0%N/A0.023%
2/16/2026 Arax Advisory Partners2,291$28K0.0%-49.4%0.004%
2/16/2026 Barclays PLC83,887$1.02M0.0%+2.7%0.140%
2/16/2026 Brown Advisory Inc.1,931,175$23.56M0.0%-9.7%3.229%
2/13/2026 The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company 16,532$202K0.0%-15.4%0.028%
2/13/2026 CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co45,258$553K0.0%-36.5%0.076%
2/13/2026 Neuberger Berman Group LLC13,118$160K0.0%N/A0.022%
2/13/2026 Bridgefront Capital LLC13,786$168K0.0%N/A0.023%
2/13/2026 Public Sector Pension Investment Board192,527$2.35M0.0%-13.6%0.322%
2/13/2026 First Trust Advisors LP30,714$375K0.0%-84.6%0.051%
2/13/2026 Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.966,193$11.79M0.0%+5.1%1.615%
2/13/2026 State Street Corp2,265,656$27.64M0.0%-0.2%3.788%
2/13/2026 Boston Partners84,337$1.03M0.0%-83.7%0.141%
2/13/2026 UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC152,201$1.86M0.0%-3.6%0.254%
2/13/2026 Wells Fargo & Company MN63,298$772K0.0%+40.8%0.106%
2/12/2026 HRT Financial LP147,114$1.79M0.0%N/A0.246%
2/12/2026Brooklyn Investment Group13,429$169K0.0%N/A0.022%
2/12/2026 MetLife Investment Management LLC29,271$357K0.0%-13.4%0.049%
2/12/2026 Tocqueville Asset Management L.P.468,503$5.72M0.1%+2.6%0.783%
2/12/2026 Renaissance Technologies LLC326,198$3.98M0.0%-43.1%0.545%
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2/12/2026 Dimensional Fund Advisors LP3,139,080$38.30M0.0%+1.3%5.248%
2/12/2026 Nuveen LLC185,108$2.26M0.0%-3.2%0.309%
2/11/2026 Empowered Funds LLC192,259$2.35M0.0%+10.8%0.321%
2/11/2026 Inceptionr LLC26,065$318K0.1%N/A0.044%
2/11/2026 Janney Montgomery Scott LLC24,606$300K0.0%-15.4%0.041%
2/11/2026 Deutsche Bank AG51,586$629K0.0%+4.7%0.086%
2/11/2026 LPL Financial LLC502,683$6.13M0.0%+5.5%0.840%
2/11/2026 JPMorgan Chase & Co.1,127,095$13.75M0.0%+112.1%1.884%
2/10/2026 Goldman Sachs Group Inc.282,310$3.44M0.0%-11.0%0.472%
2/10/2026 Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co.20,366$248K0.0%+15,328.8%0.034%


CARS Institutional Ownership - Frequently Asked Questions

During the previous two years, 221 institutional investors and hedge funds held shares of Cars.com. The most heavily invested institutionals were FMR LLC ($168.29M), Vanguard Group Inc. ($63.64M), Pale Fire Capital SE ($43.85M), Par Capital Management Inc. ($32.91M), Hill Path Capital LP ($30.32M), State Street Corp ($27.64M), and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP ($27.62M).Learn more on Cars.com's institutional investors.

89.15% of Cars.com's stock is owned by institutional investors. Learn more on CARS's institutional investor holdings.

Of the 184 institutional investors that purchased Cars.com's stock in the last 24 months, the following investors and hedge funds have bought the highest volume of shares: Pale Fire Capital SE ($3.35M), Pacer Advisors Inc. ($2.62M), Hill Path Capital LP ($2.48M), Par Capital Management Inc. ($1.84M), Brown Advisory Inc. ($1.39M), JPMorgan Chase & Co. ($1.31M), and Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership ($983.12K).

Institutional investors have bought a total of 12,261,040 shares in the last 24 months. This purchase volume represents approximately $130.78M in transactions.

Of the 69 institutional investors that sold Cars.com's stock in the last 24 months, the following investors and hedge funds have sold the highest volume of shares: Vanguard Group Inc. ($1.58M), Boston Partners ($944.78K), Bank of America Corp DE ($679.96K), Lazard Asset Management LLC ($348.69K), Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership ($333.70K), SG Americas Securities LLC ($312.87K), and Renaissance Technologies LLC ($246.90K).

Institutional investors have sold a total of 6,950,441 shares in the last 24 months. This volume of shares sold represents approximately $78.11M in transactions.



Institutional ownership data for NYSE:CARS is compiled from quarterly 13F filings submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with the most recent received on 9/9/2026. New 13F filings are added each quarter as they're published.
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