KAR Auction Services, Inc.
Hedge Funds Holdings

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KAR Auction Services, Inc.‘s stocks are currently a part of 139 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 60.15% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 69.95M shares of KAR Auction Services, Inc.. Compared to the previous quarter, the number fell by -40.22% or -47.06M shares fewer. As for the holding position changes, 30.22% (42) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 43.17% (60) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 7.19% (10) closed the holdings completely. 8 hedge funds are new holders of KAR Auction Services, Inc. stock in Q1 2023, it is 5.76% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding KAR Auction Services (Q2 2018 – Q1 2023)

Number of hedge funds
Q2 2018 370
Q3 2018 381
Q4 2018 397
Q1 2019 402
Q2 2019 344
Q3 2019 353
Q4 2019 345
Q1 2020 289
Q2 2020 281
Q3 2020 286
Q4 2020 273
Q1 2021 254
Q2 2021 246
Q3 2021 241
Q4 2021 230
Q1 2022 217
Q2 2022 201
Q3 2022 200
Q4 2022 209
Q1 2023 139

Hedge funds changes in KAR Auction Services positions (Q2 2018 – Q1 2023)

Changes in positions
Q2 2018 58141126423
Q3 2018 54129148428
Q4 2018 6911816251-3
Q1 2019 7115712365-14
Q2 2019 5513276107-107
Q3 2019 861359277-37
Q4 2019 5713311161-17
Q1 2020 3310410786-41
Q2 2020 66969673-50
Q3 2020 4889104396
Q4 2020 379491474
Q1 2021 47778963-22
Q2 2021 377110044-6
Q3 2021 27651032719
Q4 2021 38728649-15
Q1 2022 32649345-17
Q2 2022 22747634-5
Q3 2022 245388269
Q4 2022 3842104250
Q1 2023 842601019

Hedge funds changes in KAR Auction Services stock options (Q2 2018 – Q1 2023)

Changes in stock options
Q2 2018 29,107,000 1,517,000
Q3 2018 13,204,000 10,097,000
Q4 2018 17,206,000 22,203,000
Q1 2019 78,360,000 33,317,000
Q2 2019 8,136,000 4,901,000
Q3 2019 8,315,000 2,889,000
Q4 2019 5,604,000 1,503,000
Q1 2020 1,471,000 3,124,000
Q2 2020 5,601,000 2,495,000
Q3 2020 7,409,000 2,971,000
Q4 2020 8,611,000 3,230,000
Q1 2021 8,183,000 7,389,000
Q2 2021 14,969,000 2,706,000
Q3 2021 11,078,000 3,249,000
Q4 2021 1,062,000 1,746,000
Q1 2022 8,238,000 8,290,000
Q2 2022 7,584,000 7,868,000
Q3 2022 2,943,000 1,416,000
Q4 2022 893,250 975,500
Q1 2023 68,479,000 1,368,000

Top 50 hedge fund holders of KAR Auction Services, Inc. (NYSE:KAR)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
BLACKROCK INC. Larry Fink 203.53M 18.22M 0.007%
VANGUARD GROUP INC 142.99M 12.80M 0.004%
BURGUNDY ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD. 90.15M 8.07M 1.257%
SNYDER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L P 64.66M 5.78M 1.653%
CARDINAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC /CT 62.62M 5.60M 2.153%
HAWK RIDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 58.82M 5.26M 3.694%
PARADICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 56.74M 5.08M 4.836%
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 52.33M 4.68M 0.020%
STATE STREET CORP 48.06M 4.30M 0.003%
HARRIS ASSOCIATES L P 45.42M 4.06M 0.076%
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 39.53M 3.53M 0.035%
NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 38.43M 3.43M 0.040%
MARATHON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 33.08M 2.96M 0.986%
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 22.73M 2.03M 0.003%
ZUCKERMAN INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC 19.78M 1.77M 3.713%
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 19.15M 1.71M 0.007%
NORTHERN TRUST CORP 19.05M 1.70M 0.004%
D. E. SHAW & CO., INC. David E. Shaw 18.10M 1.62M 0.022%
WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 18.06M 1.61M 0.071%
FLAT FOOTED LLC 18.02M 1.61M 3.282%
ATLANTA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO L L C 15.98M 1.43M 0.071%
FMR LLC 15.11M 1.35M 0.002%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 13.17M 1.17M 0.003%
VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 12.99M 1.16M 0.015%
MORGAN STANLEY 11.76M 1.05M 0.002%
BOSTON PARTNERS 10.45M 896.32K 0.015%
NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 9.18M 822.34K 0.004%
SEI INVESTMENTS CO 8.98M 804.03K 0.020%
SHUFRO ROSE & CO LLC 8.38M 751.06K 0.838%
ALBERTA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORP 8.32M 745.68K 0.064%
FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC 7.97M 713.91K 0.093%
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 7.97M 713.51K 0.006%
MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 7.16M 641.25K 0.009%
CANDRIAM S.C.A. 7.13M 638.66K 0.050%
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 6.97M 624.28K 0.003%
RUSSELL INVESTMENTS GROUP, LTD. 6.21M 556.85K 0.014%
SAPIENCE INVESTMENTS, LLC 6.21M 556.69K 1.306%
INVESCO LTD. 5.55M 496.85K 0.002%
BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 5.52M 495K 0.148%
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL Mario Gabelli 5.05M 452.31K 0.059%
NICHOLAS COMPANY, INC. 4.87M 436.14K 0.112%
PEREGRINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 4.83M 432.60K 0.157%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 4.53M 405.76K 0.001%
RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 4.13M 370.16K 0.006%
LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC 3.85M 344.69K 0.002%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 3.80M 340.51K 0.001%
SWISS NATIONAL BANK 3.21M 288.2K 0.002%
RBF CAPITAL, LLC 3.02M 270.4K 0.255%
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 2.79M 249.69K 0.001%
CLEAR SKY ADVISERS, LLC 2.77M 248K 1.651%