AutoNation

AN • NYSE

AutoNation is a auto - dealerships company in the consumer cyclical sector on NYSE, led by Jeff Parent, with a market cap of $8.0B. As of Q3 2025, 67% of shares are held by 506 institutional investors, with VANGUARD GROUP INC as the largest holder at 8.42%.

Chief Operating OfficerJeff Parent

Market Cap$8.0B

Auto - Dealerships

Consumer Cyclical

Employees25.3K

Websiteautonation.com

Country

United States of America

Overview

Overview of institutional ownership in AN as of Q3 2025 with a market cap of $8.2B

All Institutions

Institutions: 506
Value Held: $5.5B
Shares Held: 25.2M
Avg Position: $10.9M
Median Position: $849.8K

Hedge Funds

Hedge Funds: 55
Value Held: $1.1B
Shares Held: 5.1M
Avg Position: $20.4M
Median Position: $1.8M

Ownership Breakdown

Institutional (non-HF)

53.28%

$4.4B

Hedge Funds

13.62%

$1.1B

Retail & Other

33.1%

$2.7B

Based on market cap of $8.2B as of Q3 2025. Institutional (non-HF) excludes hedge funds to avoid double counting.

Biggest Investors

Institutions with the largest positions in AN as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Position Value	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
VANGUARD GROUP INC Institution	Salim Ramji CEO	$695.0M 0.01% of portfolio	8.42% 3.2M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$6.69T
B BlackRock, Inc. Institution	-	$597.6M 0.01% of portfolio	7.24% 2.7M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$5.67T
Robeco Investment Management, Inc. Long Only Manager	Joseph Francis Feeney CEO	$311.3M 0.32% of portfolio	3.78% 1.4M shares	Q1 2024 Held for 1y 8m	$97.8B
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP Long Only Manager	Gerard Kieran O'Reilly CEO	$304.7M 0.07% of portfolio	3.69% 1.4M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$466.32B
B Brave Warrior Advisors, LLC Hedge Fund•Long/Short	Donna M. Martel-Downing CCO	$265.6M 5.92% of portfolio	3.22% 1.2M shares	Q4 2022 Held for 2y 11m	$4.5B
Invesco Ltd. ETF Provider	Brian Christopher Hartigan CEO	$198.5M 0.03% of portfolio	2.41% 907.2K shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$633.08B
STATE STREET CORP Institution	Ronald P. O'Hanley CEO	$194.6M 0.01% of portfolio	2.36% 889.6K shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$2.88T
AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	David Gary Kabiller Founder	$152.0M 0.10% of portfolio	1.85% 697.9K shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$156.17B
A Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	Anand Christopher Parekh CEO	$138.3M 0.42% of portfolio	1.68% 632.1K shares	Q2 2023 Held for 2y 5m	$33.0B
MORGAN STANLEY RIA/Wealth	Jed Finn CEO	$121.9M 0.01% of portfolio	1.48% 557.2K shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$1.65T

Net Capital Flow

Institutional buying and selling activity for AN in Q3 2025

Traded: −$154.5M
Buyers: 251
Sellers: 224
Total Bought: +$564.5M
Total Sold: −$719.0M
Avg Position: $9.7M

Biggest Buyers

Institution	Net Bought	Current Position
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP Hedge Fund•Quant	+$52.8M +241.3K shares	$73.1M 334.0K shares
WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC Long Only Manager	+$34.6M +158.2K shares	$34.6M 158.2K shares
Holocene Advisors, LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	+$33.2M +152.0K shares	$120.0M 548.7K shares
B BlackRock, Inc. Institution	+$30.9M +141.3K shares	$597.6M 2.7M shares
Quantinno Capital Management LP Hedge Fund•Market Neutral	+$30.1M +137.8K shares	$46.5M 212.8K shares
MORGAN STANLEY RIA/Wealth	+$23.9M +109.2K shares	$121.9M 557.2K shares
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC Hedge Fund•Quant	+$22.2M +101.7K shares	$33.0M 150.9K shares
Invesco Ltd. ETF Provider	+$20.0M +91.2K shares	$198.5M 907.2K shares
Point72 Asset Management, L.P. Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	+$19.8M +90.4K shares	$57.1M 261.1K shares
Simcoe Capital Management, LLC Hedge Fund•Long/Short	+$19.0M +86.8K shares	$19.0M 86.8K shares

Biggest Sellers

Institution	Net Sold	Current Position
Robeco Investment Management, Inc. Long Only Manager	−$61.3M −280.4K shares	$311.3M 1.4M shares
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. Long Only Manager	−$50.3M −229.9K shares	$77.4M 353.9K shares
S Squarepoint Ops LLC Hedge Fund•Quant	−$48.0M −219.2K shares	$21.4M 97.7K shares
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	−$38.6M −176.4K shares	$1.4M 6.2K shares
Verition Fund Management LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	−$38.1M −174.1K shares	$5.8M 26.4K shares
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP Long Only Manager	−$36.6M −167.5K shares	$304.7M 1.4M shares
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	−$32.3M −147.5K shares	$22.2M 101.7K shares
A Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	−$22.9M −104.6K shares	$138.3M 632.1K shares
Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC Long Only Manager	−$22.9M −104.6K shares	$9.9M 45.1K shares
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	−$21.0M −95.8K shares	$6.7M 30.6K shares

Entry and Exit Activity

Institutions that initiated new positions or completely exited AN in Q3 2025

New Positions: 41
New Value: $16.4M
Exited Positions: 60
Exited Value: $114.9M

New Positions

Institution	Position Value
Emmett Investment Management, LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$3.5M 15.6K shares
Aaron Wealth Advisors LLC RIA/Wealth	$1.4M 6.4K shares
44 WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC RIA/Wealth	$1.4M 6.3K shares
C CAPROCK Group, Inc. Fund of Funds	$1.3M 6.0K shares
COOKSON PEIRCE & CO INC RIA/Wealth	$1.1M 5.2K shares
VISIONARY HORIZONS, LLC RIA/Wealth	$856.9K 3.9K shares
SYON CAPITAL LLC RIA/Wealth	$548.5K 2.5K shares
Catalytic Wealth RIA, LLC RIA/Wealth	$509.7K 2.3K shares
E EVERGREEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC Institution	$406.5K 1.9K shares
Krilogy Financial LLC RIA/Wealth	$393.7K 2.0K shares

Exited Positions

Institution	Previous Position
TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$14.0M 70.7K shares
Dalal Street, LLC Hedge Fund•Value	$12.1M 61.0K shares
Weiss Asset Management LP Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$10.3M 51.9K shares
Magnetar Financial LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$8.6M 43.4K shares
CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. Hedge Fund•Quant Macro	$7.1M 35.8K shares
H HRT FINANCIAL LLC Institution	$6.5M 32.5K shares
J Jump Financial, LLC Institution	$6.3M 31.8K shares
C Covalis Capital LLP Institution	$6.2M 31.0K shares
T TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND Institution	$5.7M 28.7K shares
Symphony Financial, Ltd. Co. RIA/Wealth	$5.4M 27.0K shares

Options Activity

Institutions with the largest Call and Put options positions in AN as of Q3 2025

Call Positions: 11
Call Value: $24.2M
Put Positions: 9
Put Value: $17.4M

Call Positions

Institution	Position Value
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$7.1M 325.0 contracts
T Twin Tree Management, LP Hedge Fund•Vol Arbitrage	$6.4M 292.0 contracts
Walleye Trading LLC RIA/Wealth	$4.8M 218.0 contracts
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$2.7M 124.0 contracts
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	$1.2M 54.0 contracts
S Squarepoint Ops LLC Hedge Fund•Quant	$1.1M 52.0 contracts
W WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC Institution	$456.6K 21.0 contracts
P PEAK6 LLC Institution	$350.0K 16.0 contracts
Walleye Trading Advisors, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$87.5K 4.0 contracts
TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	- - contracts

Put Positions

Institution	Position Value
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$5.8M 266.0 contracts
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$4.7M 217.0 contracts
S Squarepoint Ops LLC Hedge Fund•Quant	$3.1M 143.0 contracts
Walleye Trading LLC RIA/Wealth	$2.1M 98.0 contracts
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	$743.8K 34.0 contracts
W WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC Institution	$391.4K 18.0 contracts
D D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. Institution	$350.0K 16.0 contracts
Walleye Trading Advisors, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$65.6K 3.0 contracts
UBS Group AG Institution	$43.8K 2.0 contracts

Most Committed Institutions

Institutions with AN as the highest % of their portfolio as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Portfolio Weight	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
Mountain Lake Investment Management LLC Hedge Fund•Value	Philip Charles Mittleman CEO	7.93% $10.7M	0.13% 48.7K shares	Q1 2024 Held for 1y 8m	$134.3M
B Brave Warrior Advisors, LLC Hedge Fund•Long/Short	Donna M. Martel-Downing CCO	5.92% $265.6M	3.22% 1.2M shares	Q4 2022 Held for 2y 11m	$4.5B
GREATMARK INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC. RIA/Wealth	Jeffrey Guy Adams CCO	4.21% $35.1M	0.43% 160.4K shares	Q1 2024 Held for 1y 8m	$833.9M
TOWLE & CO Long Only Manager	Christopher Daly Towle CEO	2.87% $11.4M	0.14% 52.0K shares	Q4 2023 Held for 1y 11m	$396.4M
VISION FINANCIAL MARKETS LLC RIA/Wealth	Robert Stagg Winston Managing Partner	2.77% $3.2M	0.04% 14.9K shares	Q4 2024 Held for 11 months	$117.1M
Simcoe Capital Management, LLC Hedge Fund•Long/Short	Jeffrey Nmn Jacobowitz Managing Partner	2.75% $19.0M	0.23% 86.8K shares	Q3 2025 Held for 2 months	$689.9M
CONSCIOUS WEALTH INVESTMENTS, LLC RIA/Wealth	Brandon T Hatton President	2.60% $4.4M	0.06% 21.9K shares	Q4 2023 Held for 1y 11m	$168.6M
Emmett Investment Management, LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	Alexander M Rohr Managing Partner	2.47% $3.5M	0.04% 15.6K shares	Q3 2025 Held for 2 months	$141.7M
Arosa Capital Management LP Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	Till August Bechtolsheimer CEO	2.16% $1.3M	0.02% 6.0K shares	Q3 2025 Held for 2 months	$60.9M
P PECAUT & CO. Institution	-	1.79% $5.6M	0.07% 25.5K shares	Q3 2022 Held for 3y 2m	$311.3M

Hedge Fund Spotlight

Discover hedge funds investing in AN

Polymer Capital Management LLC

Hedge Fund • Multi-Strategy

Portfolio ManagerEric Jay Kemnitz

Portfolio Value: $755.2M
Positions: 704
Last Reported: Q3 2025

Sector Allocation

Position in AutoNation

Market Value: $1.0M
Shares Held: 4.7K
Portfolio Weight: 0.13%
Owned Since: 2025-Q2

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2 Nvidia NVDA	Semiconductors Technology	$18.8M	2.49%
3 Tesla, Inc. TSLA	Auto - Manufacturers Consumer Cyclical	$17.6M	2.33%