ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC ABG
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 043436104
Car dealership corporation
- SectorConsumer discretionary
- IndustryRetail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations
- HeadquartersAtlanta, GA
- Founded1995
- Websiteasburyauto.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($1.3m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 19.6m as of 2024-10-28, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $237.85. Options: 12 managers hold calls ($65.8m notional), 10 hold puts ($13.4m).
Trends to Q3 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 274 |
| Q4 2022 | 273 |
| Q1 2023 | 301 |
| Q2 2023 | 307 |
| Q3 2023 | 314 |
| Q4 2023 | 313 |
| Q1 2024 | 312 |
| Q2 2024 | 301 |
| Q3 2024 | 307 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 118 | 143 |
| Q1 2023 | 153 | 150 |
| Q2 2023 | 124 | 182 |
| Q3 2023 | 132 | 166 |
| Q4 2023 | 136 | 171 |
| Q1 2024 | 143 | 183 |
| Q2 2024 | 145 | 161 |
| Q3 2024 | 138 | 157 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | $47.8m | $8.9m | 0.19 |
| Q1 2024 | $62.0m | $18.2m | 0.29 |
| Q2 2024 | $65.5m | $10.9m | 0.17 |
| Q3 2024 | $65.8m | $13.4m | 0.20 |
Biggest buyers
| Madison Asset Management, LLC | New | +306.6k |
| EMINENCE CAPITAL, LP | Added | +181.9k |
| TIMUCUAN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/FL | Added | +158.1k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +151.2k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Added | +148.9k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC | New | +111.4k |
| COOPER CREEK PARTNERS MANAGEMENT LLC | New | +108.6k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +84.1k |
| INTERNATIONAL ASSETS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | New | +64.7k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | New | +59.6k |
Biggest sellers
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -325.9k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP | Sold out | -196.6k |
| Simcoe Capital Management, LLC | Reduced | -124.0k |
| Impactive Capital LP | Reduced | -90.2k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC | Reduced | -81.2k |
| Covalis Capital LLP | Sold out | -43.7k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | Reduced | -40.5k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP | Reduced | -38.5k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC | Reduced | -37.5k |
| Phocas Financial Corp. | Sold out | -32.6k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $52.5m220.1k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Reduced | $3.6m15.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $2.8m11.9k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | New | $2.4m10.2k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $1.8m7.3k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $1.1m4.8k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $787.3k3.3k shares |
| TWO SIGMA SECURITIES, LLC | Reduced | $262.4k1.1k shares |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Unchanged | $239.0k1.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | New | $143.2k600 shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $5.4m22.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $2.5m10.4k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | $1.7m7.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | New | $1.6m6.6k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | New | $1.1m4.5k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $537.6k2.2k shares |
| TWO SIGMA SECURITIES, LLC | Reduced | $381.7k1.6k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | New | $214.7k900 shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $47.7k200 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | New | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-04-30 | 14.9% |
| ABRAMS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. 13G · passive investor filed 2026-08-13 | 11.6% |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 13G · institution filed 2026-10-08 | 6.6% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-28 | 5.9% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: Impactive Capital LP (4.8%, 2026-07-13), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC), EMINENCE CAPITAL, LP (5.0%, 2025-11-14)
Insider purchases and sales in Q3 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 6 | $12.4m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.6m | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $1.4m | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 4 | $6.8m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-23 | Briesemeister Nathan Edward VP, Controller & CAO | Sold | $50.7k214 shares |
| 2024-08-23 | Calloway Dean SVP, General Counsel & Sec | Sold | $48.0k200 shares |
| 2024-08-15 | Wolfe Lauren Taylor +3 Director · See Footnote | Sold | $2.9m12.6k shares |
| 2024-08-15 | Hult David W President & CEO, director | Sold | $1.8m7.7k shares |
| 2024-08-14 | Wolfe Lauren Taylor +3 Director · See Footnote | Sold | $1.9m8.4k shares |
| 2024-08-14 | Hult David W President & CEO, director | Sold | $113.6k500 shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q3 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.1m $736.4m | First filing |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.2m $535.0m | Reduced -1.3k |
| ABRAMS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. 8.08% of their portfolio | 2.1m $503.1m | Unchanged |
| Impactive Capital LP 17.07% of their portfolio | 1.9m $459.7m | Reduced -90.2k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 1.3m $305.6m | Reduced -37.5k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.1m $262.1m | Added +41.7k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 801.4k $191.2m | Added +3.7k |
| TIMUCUAN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/FL 5.10% of their portfolio | 704.4k $168.1m | Added +158.1k |
| EMINENCE CAPITAL, LP 2.47% of their portfolio | 680.5k $162.4m | Added +181.9k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 500.9k $119.5m | Added +151.2k |
| Simcoe Capital Management, LLC 15.12% of their portfolio | 483.1k $115.3m | Reduced -124.0k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 466.6k $111.3m | Reduced -6.1k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 313.5k $74.8m | Reduced -325.9k |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC 0.82% of their portfolio | 306.6k $73.1m | New |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 277.2k $66.1m | Reduced -4.1k |
| Channing Capital Management, LLC 1.68% of their portfolio | 275.6k $65.7m | Added +3.2k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 271.1k $64.7m | Added +8.6k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 219.1k $52.3m | Added +9.2k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 208.5k $49.7m | Reduced -2.0k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.31% of their portfolio | 192.4k $45.9m | Reduced -2.4k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.09% of their portfolio | 189.6k $45.2m | Added +148.9k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 176.1k $42.0m | Reduced -21.7k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 173.3k $41.3m | Added +21.0k |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC 0.39% of their portfolio | 171.4k $40.9m | Reduced -3.8k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 169.6k $40.5m | Added +17.3k |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 157.7k $37.6m | Added +2.5k |
| MAGNOLIA GROUP, LLC 5.90% of their portfolio | 146.1k $34.9m | Added +36.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 142.6k $34.0m | Added +32.4k |
| Voss Capital, LP 2.82% of their portfolio | 142.4k $34.0m | Added +44.6k |
| LAKEWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 2.70% of their portfolio | 138.9k $33.1m | Reduced -16.0k |
| Advent International, L.P. 0.69% of their portfolio | 135.8k $32.4m | Unchanged |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 128.0k $30.5m | Added +18.6k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 111.4k $26.6m | New |
| COOPER CREEK PARTNERS MANAGEMENT LLC 0.84% of their portfolio | 108.6k $25.9m | New |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 94.2k $22.5m | Reduced -5.3k |
| TOWLE & CO 3.19% of their portfolio | 93.7k $22.4m | Reduced -2.6k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 89.2k $21.3m | Added +84.1k |
| GLENMEDE TRUST CO NA 0.09% of their portfolio | 81.2k $19.4m | Reduced -814 |
| GCM Grosvenor Holdings, LLC 2.65% of their portfolio | 73.0k $17.4m | Unchanged |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 71.0k $16.0m | Reduced -2.1k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 66.4k $15.8m | Reduced -1.9k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.02% of their portfolio | 66.3k $15.8m | Reduced -9.7k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 65.6k $15.7m | Added +27.8k |
| INTERNATIONAL ASSETS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 64.7k $271 | New |
| Khrom Capital Management LLC 1.94% of their portfolio | 63.9k $15.3m | Unchanged |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 63.5k $15.2m | Reduced -7.2k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 62.4k $14.9m | Reduced -2.4k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.13% of their portfolio | 61.7k $14.7m | Reduced -38.5k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.04% of their portfolio | 59.6k $14.2m | New |
| Man Group plc 0.04% of their portfolio | 58.0k $13.8m | Added +38.4k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.2k $13.4m | Reduced -40.5k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 54.9k $13.1m | Added +10.6k |
| River Road Asset Management, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 54.0k $12.9m | Reduced -12.7k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 49.4k $11.8m | Added +17.1k |
| LAWSON KROEKER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC/NE 2.04% of their portfolio | 46.8k $11.2m | Reduced -613 |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.0k $11.0m | Added +25.8k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 43.0k $10.3m | Reduced -27.2k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.05% of their portfolio | 42.4k $10.1m | Reduced -2.0k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.02% of their portfolio | 41.1k $9.8m | Reduced -21.9k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.1k $9.6m | Reduced -81.2k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.6k $9.2m | Added +18.8k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 35.5k $8.5m | Reduced -700 |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.02% of their portfolio | 34.1k $8.1m | Reduced -7.7k |
| Marex Group Ltd 0.17% of their portfolio | 31.7k $7.6m | Reduced -1 |
| PEREGRINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 31.1k $7.4m | Reduced -10.1k |
| South Dakota Investment Council 0.14% of their portfolio | 30.6k $7.3m | Reduced -16.6k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 30.3k $7.2m | Reduced -7.5k |
| 13D Management LLC 5.30% of their portfolio | 30.3k $7.2m | Added +48 |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.08% of their portfolio | 29.6k $7.1m | Added +23.2k |
| ADVISORY RESEARCH INC 1.21% of their portfolio | 28.6k $6.8m | Reduced -1.5k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.7k $6.4m | Reduced -157 |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 26.0k $6.2m | Reduced -6.7k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 26.0k $6.2m | Reduced -13.4k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 25.4k $6.1m | Reduced -2.6k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.01% of their portfolio | 24.5k $5.8m | Reduced -629 |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 22.6k $5.2m | Added +1.4k |
| TWINBEECH CAPITAL LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 21.0k $5.0m | New |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 20.0k $4.8m | Added +571 |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.9k $4.8m | Added +7 |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.9k $4.8m | Added +19.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.8k $4.7m | Reduced -16.0k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 18.0k $4.3m | Reduced -7.8k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.6k $4.2m | Reduced -726 |
| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 0.06% of their portfolio | 16.6k $4.0m | Reduced -7.5k |
| Evergreen Private Wealth LLC 1.83% of their portfolio | 16.5k $3.9m | Added +331 |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 14.9k $3.5m | Reduced -825 |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.13% of their portfolio | 14.2k $3.4m | Added +9.0k |
| Salvus Wealth Management, LLC 1.98% of their portfolio | 13.5k $3.2m | Added +3.1k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.5k $3.2m | Reduced -3.5k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 13.5k $3.2m | Reduced -300 |
| NFJ INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 13.4k $3.2m | Reduced -617 |
| ARGENT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 13.3k $3.2m | Added +640 |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 12.4k $3.0m | Reduced -377 |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.1k $2.9m | Added +9.3k |
| LRT Capital Management, LLC 2.68% of their portfolio | 12.1k $2.9m | Added +459 |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.9k $2.8m | Reduced -6.9k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.6k $2.8m | Reduced -170 |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 11.6k $2.8m | Reduced -131 |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 11.5k $2.7m | Reduced -190 |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.03% of their portfolio | 11.4k $2.7m | Reduced -441 |