CARS Insider Trading

Insider Ownership Percentage: 2.39%
Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $299,602.50
Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $505,666.74

Cars.com Insider Trading History Chart

This chart shows the insider buying and selling history at Cars.com by year and by quarter.

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Cars.com Share Price & Price History

Current Price: $12.10
Price Change: Price Decrease of -0.275 (-2.22%)
As of 12/4/2025 04:59 PM ET

This chart shows the closing price history over time for CARS up to the past year.

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Cars.com Insider Trading History

Transaction DateInsider NameTitleBuy/SellNumber of SharesAverage Share PriceTotal TransactionShares Held After TransactionDetails
12/2/2025Matthew B CrawfordInsiderSell27,358$12.03$329,116.7471,103View SEC Filing Icon  
8/8/2025Matthew B CrawfordInsiderSell15,000$11.77$176,550.0098,461View SEC Filing Icon  
5/9/2025Thomas Alex VetterCEOBuy27,870$10.75$299,602.50844,897View SEC Filing Icon  
11/26/2024Jill A. GreenthalDirectorSell4,524$19.86$89,846.64101,963View SEC Filing Icon  
11/26/2024Sonia JainCFOSell24,971$19.74$492,927.54229,229View SEC Filing Icon  
7/12/2024Thomas Alex VetterCEOSell17,674$19.23$339,871.02598,934View SEC Filing Icon  
6/14/2024Thomas Alex VetterCEOSell17,666$20.09$354,909.94616,608View SEC Filing Icon  
6/5/2024Bryan WienerDirectorSell10,000$20.51$205,100.0062,913View SEC Filing Icon  
5/28/2024Thomas Alex VetterCEOSell25,373$19.00$482,087.00634,274View SEC Filing Icon  
5/23/2024Angelique Strong MarksInsiderSell2,846$18.50$52,651.00118,917View SEC Filing Icon  
5/9/2024Thomas Alex VetterCEOSell27,625$19.00$524,875.00659,647View SEC Filing Icon  
3/7/2024Douglas Neal MillerInsiderSell1,823$18.50$33,725.50181,596View SEC Filing Icon  
2/14/2024Thomas Alex VetterCEOSell14,999$19.00$284,981.00553,886View SEC Filing Icon  
2/12/2024Thomas Alex VetterCEOSell17,666$19.00$335,654.00568,885View SEC Filing Icon  
12/14/2023Thomas Alex VetterCEOSell17,666$19.00$335,654.00586,551View SEC Filing Icon  
11/27/2023Sonia JainCFOSell21,956$19.02$417,603.12273,033View SEC Filing Icon  
11/13/2023Thomas Alex VetterCEOSell21,266$19.00$404,054.00621,883View SEC Filing Icon  
11/8/2023Angelique Strong MarksInsiderSell4,263$18.79$80,101.7792,699View SEC Filing Icon  
11/8/2023Thomas Alex VetterCEOSell14,066$19.00$267,254.00643,149View SEC Filing Icon  
8/24/2023Thomas Alex VetterCEOSell17,666$19.00$335,654.00657,215View SEC Filing Icon  
6/14/2023Bryan WienerDirectorSell15,000$18.29$274,350.0072,913View SEC Filing Icon  
6/6/2023Angelique Strong MarksInsiderSell6,000$18.50$111,000.0096,962View SEC Filing Icon  
6/5/2023Donald A. McGovernDirectorSell7,000$17.82$124,740.0068,231View SEC Filing Icon  
3/14/2023Douglas Neal MillerInsiderSell5,500$16.77$92,235.00207,993View SEC Filing Icon  
3/14/2023Thomas Alex VetterCEOSell1,600$17.09$27,344.00507,910View SEC Filing Icon  
3/8/2023Thomas Alex VetterCEOSell57,765$17.35$1,002,222.75539,716View SEC Filing Icon  
3/6/2023Thomas Alex VetterCEOSell2,100$18.50$38,850.00597,481View SEC Filing Icon  
3/3/2023Thomas Alex VetterCEOSell49,579$18.59$921,673.61599,581View SEC Filing Icon  
3/3/2023Thomas E HaleDirectorSell17,216$18.69$321,767.0440,828View SEC Filing Icon  
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SEC Filings (Institutional Ownership Changes) for Cars.com (NYSE:CARS)

89.15% of Cars.com stock is owned by institutions. Institutional ownership can be a sign of analyst confidence in the fundamentals of the stock.

Institutional Buying and Selling by Quarter

This chart shows the instiutional buying and selling at CARS by year and by quarter.

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Cars.com Institutional Trading History

Reporting DateHedge FundShares HeldMarket Value% of PortfolioQuarterly Change in SharesOwnership in CompanyDetails
12/1/2025Cambria Investment Management L.P.12,005$0.15M0.0%N/A0.020%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co71,252$0.88M0.0%-7.3%0.119%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Dark Forest Capital Management LP31,600$0.39M0.0%N/A0.053%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025XTX Topco Ltd41,289$0.51M0.0%-10.0%0.069%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Virtus Advisers LLC8,155$100K0.1%N/A0.014%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Verition Fund Management LLC60,800$0.74M0.0%-20.6%0.102%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Susquehanna International Group LLP95,701$1.17M0.0%-22.5%0.160%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Qube Research & Technologies Ltd325,306$3.98M0.0%-42.2%0.544%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Millennium Management LLC81,278$0.99M0.0%+28.6%0.136%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd.54,191$0.66M0.0%-8.4%0.091%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Hill Path Capital LP2,481,032$30.32M1.5%+23.2%4.148%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Brevan Howard Capital Management LP73,253$0.90M0.0%+48.7%0.122%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/17/2025Ameriprise Financial Inc.124,978$1.53M0.0%+9.5%0.209%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/14/2025Creative Planning27,747$0.34M0.0%+40.1%0.046%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/14/2025Lazard Asset Management LLC299,520$3.66M0.0%-21.7%0.501%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/14/2025Man Group plc57,098$0.70M0.0%N/A0.095%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/14/2025California State Teachers Retirement System48,656$0.60M0.0%-15.4%0.081%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/14/2025Horizon Investments LLC43,289$0.53M0.0%+11.7%0.072%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/14/2025Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank 23,049$0.28M0.0%+29.6%0.039%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/14/2025UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC157,825$1.93M0.0%+101.5%0.264%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/14/2025Bridgeway Capital Management LLC338,503$4.14M0.1%+6.2%0.566%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/14/2025Vident Advisory LLC43,023$0.53M0.0%+3.3%0.072%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/14/2025iSAM Funds UK Ltd12,499$0.15M0.0%+12.3%0.021%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/14/2025Comerica Bank16,773$0.21M0.0%-19.7%0.028%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025Boston Partners515,969$6.30M0.0%-49.9%0.863%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025Landscape Capital Management L.L.C.23,024$0.28M0.0%N/A0.038%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025Tocqueville Asset Management L.P.456,494$5.58M0.1%+2.0%0.763%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership1,057,322$12.92M0.0%+23.1%1.768%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025UBS Group AG343,100$4.19M0.0%+19.2%0.574%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025BNP Paribas Financial Markets13,873$0.17M0.0%+97.5%0.023%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025Franklin Resources Inc.42,003$0.51M0.0%-8.6%0.070%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025Legal & General Group Plc157,770$1.93M0.0%-4.0%0.264%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025Russell Investments Group Ltd.232,396$2.84M0.0%-12.4%0.389%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/13/2025First Trust Advisors LP199,521$2.44M0.0%+178.9%0.334%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/12/2025Barclays PLC81,706$1M0.0%-31.3%0.137%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/12/2025Dimensional Fund Advisors LP3,099,907$37.88M0.0%-2.3%5.183%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/12/2025Intrinsic Edge Capital Management LLC263,748$3.22M0.4%-40.0%0.441%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/12/2025First Eagle Investment Management LLC687,543$8.40M0.0%+13.2%1.149%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/12/2025Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky16,622$0.20M0.0%-20.3%0.028%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/12/2025Victory Capital Management Inc.114,634$1.40M0.0%-36.2%0.192%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/12/2025Royce & Associates LP87,927$1.07M0.0%+33.9%0.143%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/12/2025American Century Companies Inc.1,203,622$14.71M0.0%+13.0%1.959%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/12/2025Intech Investment Management LLC22,965$0.28M0.0%-7.1%0.037%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/10/2025Dana Investment Advisors Inc.609,420$7.45M0.2%+5.2%0.992%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/10/2025Clark Estates Inc. NY163,800$2M0.5%+7.1%0.267%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/10/2025Villanova Investment Management Co LLC367,070$4.49M3.1%+36.7%0.597%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/10/2025Ameritas Investment Partners Inc.4,810$59K0.0%-18.4%0.008%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/7/2025GSA Capital Partners LLP74,100$0.91M0.1%-57.4%0.121%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/7/2025Vanguard Group Inc.6,546,708$80M0.0%-3.7%10.655%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/7/2025JPMorgan Chase & Co.531,486$6.50M0.0%+143.4%0.865%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/6/2025Assetmark Inc.60,817$0.74M0.0%+6.5%0.099%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/6/2025Public Sector Pension Investment Board222,902$2.72M0.0%+13.0%0.363%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/6/2025LSV Asset Management104,200$1.27M0.0%+39.1%0.170%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/6/2025ProShare Advisors LLC10,839$0.13M0.0%-16.5%0.018%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/5/2025Envestnet Asset Management Inc.56,070$0.69M0.0%+62.7%0.091%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/4/2025Jackson Creek Investment Advisors LLC136,889$1.67M0.5%N/A0.223%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/4/2025Principal Financial Group Inc.275,990$3.37M0.0%-3.8%0.449%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/4/2025Thrivent Financial for Lutherans41,225$0.50M0.0%-3.1%0.067%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/3/2025AlphaQuest LLC26,601$0.33M0.0%N/A0.043%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
11/3/2025One Wealth Advisors LLC30,732$0.38M0.0%+153.2%0.050%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/31/2025Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd58,786$0.72M0.0%-43.0%0.096%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/30/2025Teacher Retirement System of Texas96,266$1.18M0.0%+14.3%0.157%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/28/2025Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC46,488$0.57M0.0%N/A0.076%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/27/2025Nordea Investment Management AB582,694$7.03M0.0%+4.6%0.948%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/24/2025State of Alaska Department of Revenue30,685$0.37M0.0%-11.0%0.050%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/23/2025Peregrine Capital Management LLC321,028$3.92M0.1%-0.3%0.523%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/23/2025SG Americas Securities LLC204,276$2.50M0.0%N/A0.332%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/20/2025VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al53,300$0.65M0.0%N/A0.087%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/15/2025Pacer Advisors Inc.386,380$4.72M0.0%-37.3%0.629%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/15/2025Inspire Investing LLC37,154$0.45M0.0%+14.1%0.060%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/14/2025Yousif Capital Management LLC17,850$0.22M0.0%-19.5%0.029%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/14/2025Farther Finance Advisors LLC2,319$28K0.0%-47.2%0.004%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/9/2025Voya Investment Management LLC38,443$0.47M0.0%-7.4%0.063%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
10/2/2025GAMMA Investing LLC5,898$72K0.0%+27.7%0.010%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/26/2025Thrivent Financial for Lutherans42,542$0.50M0.0%-2.8%0.069%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/19/2025State of Wyoming9,682$0.12M0.0%N/A0.016%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/16/2025Public Sector Pension Investment Board197,212$2.34M0.0%+4.4%0.321%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/15/2025CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co76,904$0.91M0.0%+6.4%0.125%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/15/2025Tower Research Capital LLC TRC 7,960$94K0.0%+436.0%0.013%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/15/2025State of Tennessee Department of Treasury28,123$0.33M0.0%-46.3%0.046%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/15/2025Vident Advisory LLC41,637$0.49M0.0%+21.4%0.068%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/15/2025Tidal Investments LLC40,462$0.48M0.0%+23.8%0.066%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/15/2025Par Capital Management Inc.1,200,000$14.22M0.5%N/A1.953%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/15/2025Lazard Asset Management LLC382,621$4.53M0.0%-19.2%0.623%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/15/2025Hill Path Capital LP2,013,032$23.85M1.2%N/A3.276%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/15/2025BNP Paribas Financial Markets7,025$83K0.0%+30.0%0.011%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/15/2025Bridgeway Capital Management LLC318,629$3.78M0.1%N/A0.519%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/15/2025Brevan Howard Capital Management LP49,272$0.58M0.0%N/A0.080%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/15/2025Balyasny Asset Management L.P.51,797$0.61M0.0%-84.6%0.084%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/15/2025Ameriprise Financial Inc.114,163$1.35M0.0%-61.2%0.186%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/14/2025Lighthouse Investment Partners LLC35,542$0.42M0.0%-39.6%0.058%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/14/2025California State Teachers Retirement System57,481$0.68M0.0%-2.1%0.094%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/14/2025Canada Pension Plan Investment Board12,500$0.15M0.0%N/A0.020%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/14/2025Quantinno Capital Management LP24,255$0.29M0.0%+141.2%0.039%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/14/2025MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd.59,177$0.70M0.0%+5.2%0.096%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/14/2025Globeflex Capital L P130,040$1.54M0.1%-16.1%0.212%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/14/2025The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company 28,182$0.33M0.0%-7.7%0.046%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/14/2025Sei Investments Co.151,461$1.80M0.0%+184.0%0.247%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/14/2025Qube Research & Technologies Ltd563,265$6.68M0.0%-13.1%0.917%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
8/14/2025iSAM Funds UK Ltd11,132$0.13M0.0%N/A0.018%Search for SEC Filing on Google Icon
Data available starting January 2016

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Cars.com logo
Cars.com Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a digital automotive marketplace that connects local car dealers to consumers in the United States. The company offers a suite of digital solutions that creates connections between individuals researching cars or looking to purchase a car with car dealerships and automotive original equipment manufacturers. It also sells online subscription advertising products to car dealerships by its direct sales force, as well as through its affiliate sales channel. In addition, the company sells display advertising to national advertisers. Further, it offers online automotive marketplace service that connects buyers and sellers through Cars.com, Auto.com, DealerRater.com, NewCars.com, PickupTrucks.com, DealerInspire.com, and LaunchDigitalMarketing.com Websites. Its platform hosts approximately 4.9 million new and used vehicle listings and serves approximately 20,000 franchise and independent car dealers. Cars.com Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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Today's Range

Now: $12.10
Low: $12.02
High: $12.40

50 Day Range

MA: $11.28
Low: $10.18
High: $12.55

52 Week Range

Now: $12.10
Low: $9.56
High: $20.18

Volume

452,621 shs

Average Volume

801,947 shs

Market Capitalization

$723.40 million

P/E Ratio

26.29

Dividend Yield

N/A

Beta

1.45

Who are the company insiders with the largest holdings of Cars.com?

Cars.com's top insider investors include:
  1. Thomas Alex Vetter (CEO)
  2. Sonia Jain (CFO)
  3. Douglas Neal Miller (Insider)
  4. Angelique Strong Marks (Insider)
  5. Jill A Greenthal (Director)
  6. Matthew B Crawford (Insider)
  7. Bryan Wiener (Director)
Learn More about top insider investors at Cars.com.

Who are the major institutional investors of Cars.com?

Cars.com's top institutional shareholders include:
  1. Vanguard Group Inc. — 10.65%
  2. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP — 5.18%
  3. Hill Path Capital LP — 4.15%
  4. American Century Companies Inc. — 1.96%
  5. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership — 1.77%
  6. First Eagle Investment Management LLC — 1.15%
Learn More about top institutional investors of Cars.com stock.

Which institutional investors are selling Cars.com stock?

During the last quarter, CARS stock was sold by these institutional investors:
  1. Boston Partners
  2. Vanguard Group Inc.
  3. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd
  4. Pacer Advisors Inc.
  5. Intrinsic Edge Capital Management LLC
  6. GSA Capital Partners LLP
  7. Lazard Asset Management LLC
  8. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP

Which institutional investors are buying Cars.com stock?

During the last quarter, CARS stock was bought by institutional investors including:
  1. Hill Path Capital LP
  2. JPMorgan Chase & Co.
  3. SG Americas Securities LLC
  4. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership
  5. American Century Companies Inc.
  6. Jackson Creek Investment Advisors LLC
  7. First Trust Advisors LP
  8. Villanova Investment Management Co LLC