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 ($2.4m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 19.7m as of 2025-07-28, 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 ≈ $238.39. Options: 8 managers hold calls ($22.9m notional), 3 hold puts ($3.3m).
Trends to Q2 2025
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 |
| Q4 2024 | 313 |
| Q1 2025 | 338 |
| Q2 2025 | 322 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 132 | 166 |
| Q4 2023 | 136 | 171 |
| Q1 2024 | 143 | 183 |
| Q2 2024 | 145 | 161 |
| Q3 2024 | 138 | 157 |
| Q4 2024 | 148 | 154 |
| Q1 2025 | 186 | 143 |
| Q2 2025 | 152 | 188 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | $65.8m | $13.4m | 0.20 |
| Q4 2024 | $53.2m | $11.2m | 0.21 |
| Q1 2025 | $13.7m | $7.3m | 0.53 |
| Q2 2025 | $22.9m | $3.3m | 0.14 |
Biggest buyers
| EMINENCE CAPITAL, LP | Added | +265.5k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +220.0k |
| River Road Asset Management, LLC | Added | +109.9k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +83.3k |
| PEAK6 LLC | Added | +62.4k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC | Added | +31.2k |
| Edgestream Partners, L.P. | Added | +28.0k |
| Eisler Capital Management Ltd. | Added | +25.6k |
| NORGES BANK | Added | +23.3k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +22.6k |
Biggest sellers
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC | Reduced | -328.9k |
| Simcoe Capital Management, LLC | Reduced | -178.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -155.6k |
| Impactive Capital LP | Reduced | -149.6k |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | Reduced | -77.2k |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -70.6k |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Reduced | -67.4k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | -67.0k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Reduced | -46.7k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | Reduced | -45.2k |
Biggest calls
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $10.0m41.9k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $5.1m21.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $4.4m18.6k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Added | $1.2m5.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $1.2m4.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $763.0k3.2k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $214.7k900 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Unchanged | $1.7m7.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $1.0m4.2k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $644.1k2.7k 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 Q2 2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.2m | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $361.0k | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q2 2025.
Holders, Q2 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.0m $704.3m | Reduced -67.4k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.2m $521.4m | Added +5.2k |
| ABRAMS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. 8.23% of their portfolio | 2.1m $503.0m | Unchanged |
| Impactive Capital LP 13.40% of their portfolio | 1.2m $297.5m | Reduced -149.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.1m $262.0m | Added +9.2k |
| EMINENCE CAPITAL, LP 3.52% of their portfolio | 1.0m $239.1m | Added +265.5k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 773.3k $184.5m | Reduced -11.2k |
| TIMUCUAN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/FL 5.05% of their portfolio | 724.1k $172.7m | Added +10.9k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 675.4k $161.1m | Reduced -328.9k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 472.5k $112.7m | Added +3.4k |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC 0.98% of their portfolio | 378.5k $90.3m | Added +5.2k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 326.9k $78.0m | Added +220.0k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 325.1k $77.5m | Added +23.3k |
| Channing Capital Management, LLC 1.81% of their portfolio | 273.0k $65.1m | Added +10.5k |
| MAGNOLIA GROUP, LLC 8.73% of their portfolio | 238.1k $56.8m | Added +13.5k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 224.3k $53.5m | Reduced -10.6k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 218.0k $52.0m | Added +4.0k |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 0.08% of their portfolio | 211.5k $50.4m | Reduced -741 |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 200.9k $47.9m | Added +15.7k |
| River Road Asset Management, LLC 0.56% of their portfolio | 200.0k $44.4m | Added +109.9k |
| Simcoe Capital Management, LLC 5.93% of their portfolio | 170.5k $40.7m | Reduced -178.8k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 168.0k $40.1m | Added +31.2k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 166.6k $39.7m | Reduced -11.4k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 155.6k $37.1m | Reduced -2.3k |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC 0.34% of their portfolio | 155.5k $37.1m | Reduced -13.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 149.8k $35.7m | Reduced -27.4k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 147.6k $35.2m | Reduced -70.6k |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.30% of their portfolio | 141.9k $33.8m | Reduced -9.4k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 129.9k $31.0m | Reduced -25.8k |
| Voss Capital, LP 2.09% of their portfolio | 127.3k $30.4m | Reduced -41.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 123.2k $29.4m | Reduced -155.6k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 116.8k $27.9m | Reduced -46.7k |
| LAKEWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 2.06% of their portfolio | 113.6k $27.1m | Reduced -15.0k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 102.3k $24.4m | Added +21.2k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 97.5k $23.3m | Reduced -68 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 92.5k $22.1m | Added +21.6k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 86.0k $20.5m | Added +1.3k |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 85.9k $20.5m | Added +14.6k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 84.1k $20.1m | Added +83.3k |
| Glenmede Investment Management, LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 76.2k $18.2m | First filing |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 72.0k $17.2m | Added +20.8k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.02% of their portfolio | 70.5k $16.8m | Added +4.4k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 67.2k $16.0m | Added +11.2k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.07% of their portfolio | 67.0k $16.0m | Added +4.9k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 66.3k $15.8m | Added +2.7k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.16% of their portfolio | 65.2k $15.6m | Added +3.5k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 64.5k $15.4m | Added +3.9k |
| PEAK6 LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 62.4k $14.9m | Added +62.4k |
| GCM Grosvenor Holdings, LLC 2.01% of their portfolio | 58.8k $14.0m | Reduced -5.5k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.1k $13.4m | Reduced -1.4k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 51.2k $12.2m | Added +22.6k |
| Edgestream Partners, L.P. 0.34% of their portfolio | 50.9k $12.1m | Added +28.0k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.5k $12.0m | Added +405 |
| LAWSON KROEKER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC/NE 2.10% of their portfolio | 47.4k $11.3m | Added +5 |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 44.1k $10.5m | Added +6.3k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 43.4k $10.3m | Added +13.8k |
| TOWLE & CO 2.34% of their portfolio | 41.8k $10.0m | Reduced -14.1k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 35.7k $8.5m | Added +1.5k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.06% of their portfolio | 35.5k $8.5m | Reduced -4.9k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 33.9k $8.1m | Added +3.7k |
| Eisler Capital Management Ltd. 0.28% of their portfolio | 33.9k $8.1m | Added +25.6k |
| LRT Capital Management, LLC 4.46% of their portfolio | 31.5k $7.5m | Added +11.3k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.00% of their portfolio | 31.3k $7.5m | Reduced -1.3k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.9k $7.1m | Added +61 |
| PEREGRINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 27.5k $6.6m | Reduced -924 |
| 13D Management LLC 5.89% of their portfolio | 27.1k $6.5m | Reduced -757 |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 26.4k $6.3m | Added +2.0k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 26.0k $6.2m | Added +3.7k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 25.4k $6.0m | Reduced -19.9k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.7k $5.9m | Reduced -35.1k |
| GoodHaven Capital Management, LLC 1.95% of their portfolio | 23.6k $5.6m | Added +4.0k |
| Man Group plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 23.5k $5.6m | Reduced -11.6k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.2k $5.5m | Reduced -1.1k |
| South Dakota Investment Council 0.10% of their portfolio | 22.7k $5.4m | Reduced -7.6k |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC 0.34% of their portfolio | 22.3k $5.3m | New |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.01% of their portfolio | 22.2k $5.3m | Reduced -8.5k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.9k $5.2m | Reduced -1.7k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.01% of their portfolio | 21.9k $5.2m | Reduced -53 |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 21.5k $5.1m | Reduced -3.0k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.2k $5.1m | Reduced -881 |
| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 0.07% of their portfolio | 20.7k $4.9m | Added +1.9k |
| ROBOTTI ROBERT 0.81% of their portfolio | 20.2k $4.8m | Reduced -23 |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 19.7k $4.7m | Reduced -157 |
| Seven Six Capital Management, LLC 4.26% of their portfolio | 19.7k $4.7m | Added +1.7k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 19.2k $4.6m | Reduced -45.2k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 19.2k $4.6m | Added +1.6k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.6k $4.4m | Added +13.0k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.7k $4.0m | Unchanged |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.7k $4.0m | Added +9.7k |
| AlTi Global, Inc. 0.10% of their portfolio | 16.5k $3.9m | New |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.1k $3.6m | Reduced -5.6k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 14.8k $3.5m | Unchanged |
| Moody Aldrich Partners LLC 0.67% of their portfolio | 14.4k $3.4m | Added +4.0k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.1k $3.4m | Reduced -3.1k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 13.8k $3.3m | Added +4.5k |
| Salvus Wealth Management, LLC 1.89% of their portfolio | 13.6k $3.2m | Reduced -140 |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 13.3k $3.2m | Reduced -389 |
| ADVISORY RESEARCH INC 0.47% of their portfolio | 12.8k $3.1m | Reduced -684 |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 11.7k $2.8m | Added +657 |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.03% of their portfolio | 11.7k $2.8m | Added +837 |