CREDIT ACCEP CORP MICH CACC
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 225310101 · ISIN US2253101016
Auto finance company providing automobile loans and other related financial products
- SectorFinancials
- IndustryPersonal Credit Institutions
- HeadquartersSouthfield, MI
- Founded1972
- Websitecreditacceptance.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 ($700.9k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 12.1m as of 2024-10-23, 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 ≈ $443.42. Options: 10 managers hold calls ($26.4m notional), 11 hold puts ($21.5m).
Trends to Q3 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 248 |
| Q4 2022 | 232 |
| Q1 2023 | 234 |
| Q2 2023 | 227 |
| Q3 2023 | 211 |
| Q4 2023 | 228 |
| Q1 2024 | 264 |
| Q2 2024 | 233 |
| Q3 2024 | 234 |
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 | 92 | 133 |
| Q1 2023 | 113 | 103 |
| Q2 2023 | 95 | 117 |
| Q3 2023 | 80 | 108 |
| Q4 2023 | 100 | 85 |
| Q1 2024 | 113 | 99 |
| Q2 2024 | 95 | 127 |
| Q3 2024 | 101 | 101 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | $72.7m | $42.7m | 0.59 |
| Q1 2024 | $51.0m | $28.6m | 0.56 |
| Q2 2024 | $30.8m | $25.4m | 0.82 |
| Q3 2024 | $26.4m | $21.5m | 0.81 |
Biggest buyers
| Alfreton Capital LLP | Added | +71.9k |
| ABRAMS BISON INVESTMENTS, LLC | Added | +53.3k |
| Global Endowment Management, LP | Added | +28.6k |
| BECK MACK & OLIVER LLC | Added | +23.3k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +18.5k |
| MIG Capital, LLC | Added | +18.4k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +17.1k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +16.1k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +14.2k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | New | +8.9k |
Biggest sellers
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -78.8k |
| Crow's Nest Holdings LP | Sold out | -67.5k |
| Quantum Capital Management, LLC / NJ | Reduced | -58.9k |
| Alpha Wave Global, LP | Sold out | -28.7k |
| Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb L.P. | Reduced | -27.3k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -16.3k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Reduced | -8.0k |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -7.7k |
| Prescott General Partners LLC | Reduced | -7.6k |
| Cantillon Capital Management LLC | Reduced | -6.9k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $8.2m18.4k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $6.7m15.0k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $5.5m12.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $3.7m8.4k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.0m2.3k shares |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | New | $620.8k1.4k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Unchanged | $354.7k800 shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $313.4k700 shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $44.3k100 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $7.3m16.4k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Unchanged | $5.4m12.2k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $4.4m9.9k shares |
| SpiderRock Advisors, LLC | Unchanged | $1.5m3.3k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $931.2k2.1k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $626.8k1.4k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $576.0k1.3k shares |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | New | $532.1k1.2k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | New | $266.1k600 shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Unchanged | $44.3k100 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 |
|---|---|
Donald A. Foss 2009 Annuity Trust
13D · may seek influence
-0.1 pts · filed 2026-06-05
Stated purposeThis Schedule 13D is being filed to report a change in the shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons. The Reporting Persons intend to evaluate on an ongoing basis the investments in the Issuer and their options with respect to such investments. The Reporting Persons may from time to time, acquire additional common stock from time to time for investment purposes if market conditions are favorable, in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. The Reporting Persons may also dispose of some or all of the Issuer's common stock that the Reporting Persons beneficially own, periodically, by public or private sale (registered or unregistered and with or without the simultaneous sale of newly-issued common stock by the Issuer), gift, expiration of options, forfei… Full filing |
19.8% |
Watson Jill Foss
13D · may seek influence
filed 2026-06-05
Stated purposeThis Schedule 13D/A is being filed to report a change in the shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons. The Reporting Persons intend to evaluate on an ongoing basis the investments in the Issuer and their options with respect to such investments. The Reporting Persons may from time to time, acquire additional common stock from time to time for investment purposes if market conditions are favorable, in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. The Reporting Persons may also dispose of some or all of the Issuer's common stock that the Reporting Persons beneficially own, periodically, by public or private sale (registered or unregistered and with or without the simultaneous sale of newly-issued common stock by the Issuer), gift, expiration of options, forf… Full filing |
14.5% |
Prescott General Partners LLC
13D · may seek influence
+1.2 pts · filed 2026-07-07
Stated purposeItem 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: "As described more fully in Item 5 below, as general partner of the Partnerships, PGP may be deemed to beneficially own 1,427,060 shares of Common Stock held by the Partnerships. PIPS may be deemed to beneficially own 41,437 shares of Common Stock held on behalf of the employee profit-sharing plan participants. Messrs. Smith and Vassalluzzo may be deemed to beneficially own 83,123 and 2,758 shares of Common Stock, respectively, in their capacities as investment managers for several managed accounts, which consist of investment accounts for: (i) a private charitable foundation established by Mr. Smith and for which Mr. Smith acts as trustee (the "Foundation") and (ii) certain family members of Mr. Vassall… Full filing |
13.6% |
| Neary John P 13G · passive investor -0.5 pts · filed 2026-08-13 | 6.3% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution new · filed 2026-07-27 | 6.0% |
| Boston Partners 13G · institution new · filed 2026-05-14 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb L.P. (4.9%, 2026-02-12)
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 | — | 1 | $39.1m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.3m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $2.1m | $230.5k |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 4 | $3.1m | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 5 | $13.8m | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $944.4k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-18 | Prescott General Partners LLC 10% owner · By Idoya Partners L.P. | Bought | $1.8m4.0k shares |
| 2024-09-17 | Prescott General Partners LLC 10% owner · By Prescott International Partners L.P. | Sold | $5.2m11.6k shares |
| 2024-09-09 | SMITH THOMAS W 10% owner · By Thomas W. Smith Family Accounts | Sold | $541.2k1.2k shares |
| 2024-08-07 | ULATOWSKI DANIEL A. Chief Sales Officer · By trust. | Sold | $944.4k2.0k 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prescott General Partners LLC 45.89% of their portfolio | 1.6m $688.4m | Reduced -7.6k |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.78% of their portfolio | 798.0k $353.9m | Added +7 |
| Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb L.P. 4.73% of their portfolio | 681.6k $302.2m | Reduced -27.3k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.04% of their portfolio | 542.7k $240.6m | Reduced -78.8k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 481.7k $213.6m | Reduced -3.0k |
| BECK MACK & OLIVER LLC 3.32% of their portfolio | 385.0k $170.7m | Added +23.3k |
| Gobi Capital LLC 9.76% of their portfolio | 383.3k $170.0m | Added +8.8k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 290.5k $128.8m | First filing |
| ABRAMS BISON INVESTMENTS, LLC 8.74% of their portfolio | 228.3k $101.2m | Added +53.3k |
| Cantillon Capital Management LLC 0.62% of their portfolio | 227.1k $100.7m | Reduced -6.9k |
| Smead Capital Management, Inc. 1.31% of their portfolio | 207.8k $92.2m | Added +7.0k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 181.9k $80.7m | Added +2.2k |
| Alfreton Capital LLP 34.85% of their portfolio | 170.0k $75.4m | Added +71.9k |
| RV Capital AG 12.27% of their portfolio | 134.2k $59.5m | Reduced -3.5k |
| MIG Capital, LLC 6.27% of their portfolio | 116.5k $51.7m | Added +18.4k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 111.8k $49.6m | Reduced -598 |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 111.4k $49.4m | Added +2.5k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 94.1k $41.7m | Added +18.5k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 92.1k $40.8m | Reduced -21 |
| INVESTMENTAKTIENGESELLSCHAFT FUER LANGFRISTIGE INVESTOREN TGV 2.83% of their portfolio | 92.0k $40.8m | Unchanged |
| GOODNOW INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC 3.69% of their portfolio | 78.5k $34.8m | Reduced -30 |
| KIZE CAPITAL LP 35.32% of their portfolio | 68.1k $30.2m | Added +5.8k |
| JARISLOWSKY, FRASER Ltd 0.16% of their portfolio | 65.0k $28.8m | Reduced -1.8k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 60.1k $26.6m | Reduced -32 |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.0k $15.5m | Added +1.3k |
| INGALLS & SNYDER LLC 0.57% of their portfolio | 32.6k $14.5m | Reduced -275 |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.2k $14.3m | Added +17.1k |
| Global Endowment Management, LP 1.44% of their portfolio | 32.1k $14.2m | Added +28.6k |
| Giverny Capital Inc. 0.49% of their portfolio | 29.3k $13.0m | Added +4.2k |
| Hyperion Capital Advisors LP 5.73% of their portfolio | 27.5k $12.2m | Reduced -738 |
| WINMILL & CO. INC 3.74% of their portfolio | 25.1k $11.1m | Unchanged |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.2k $10.7m | Added +493 |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 23.6k $10.5m | Added +14.2k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.2k $9.4m | Reduced -1.9k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.01% of their portfolio | 20.4k $9.0m | Added +2.9k |
| Quantum Capital Management, LLC / NJ 0.93% of their portfolio | 20.2k $9.0m | Reduced -58.9k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 19.0k $8.4m | Added +16.1k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.9k $8.4m | Reduced -7.7k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 18.2k $8.1m | Added +400 |
| BloombergSen Inc. 0.66% of their portfolio | 17.6k $7.8m | Unchanged |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.9k $7.1m | Reduced -293 |
| Mraz, Amerine & Associates, Inc. 1.08% of their portfolio | 13.4k $5.9m | Added +141 |
| National Philanthropic Trust 0.11% of their portfolio | 13.3k $5.9m | Added +364 |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.1k $5.8m | Reduced -785 |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.0k $5.8m | Reduced -300 |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 12.0k $5.3m | Added +2.1k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.05% of their portfolio | 11.3k $5.0m | Added +1.4k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.0k $4.9m | Reduced -16.3k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 10.8k $4.8m | Reduced -8.0k |
| Greenline Partners, LLC 0.66% of their portfolio | 10.5k $4.6m | Added +5.3k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 10.4k $4.6m | Added +981 |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 10.2k $4.5m | Added +2.3k |
| BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL 0.01% of their portfolio | 9.7k $4.3m | Reduced -6 |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 9.4k $4.2m | Added +135 |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 8.9k $4.0m | New |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 8.2k $3.6m | Added +236 |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 7.8k $3.5m | Reduced -400 |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 7.1k $3.2m | Added +44 |
| ODDO BHF ASSET MANAGEMENT SAS 0.15% of their portfolio | 6.8k $3.0m | First filing |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.3k $2.8m | Reduced -293 |
| Ascent Group, LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 6.2k $2.7m | Added +587 |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.2k $2.7m | Added +510 |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 6.0k $2.7m | New |
| PDT Partners, LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 5.5k $2.4m | Added +100 |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.4k $2.4m | Added +4.9k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.2k $2.3m | Added +2.4k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.1k $2.3m | Reduced -3.7k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.4k $2.0m | Reduced -323 |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 4.3k $1.9m | Reduced -305 |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.2k $1.8m | Added +275 |
| Paralel Advisors LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 4.1k $1.8m | Unchanged |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 4.0k $1.8m | New |
| Clarkston Capital Partners, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 4.0k $1.8m | Unchanged |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.8k $1.7m | Unchanged |
| Man Group plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.5k $1.6m | Added +2.0k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.5k $1.6m | Added +165 |
| SpiderRock Advisors, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.4k $1.5m | Unchanged |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.3k $1.5m | Added +343 |
| EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 3.2k $1.4m | Added +441 |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 3.1k $1.4m | Added +1.8k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.0k $1.3m | Reduced -79 |
| NISA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.0k $1.3m | Unchanged |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.0k $1.3m | Reduced -162 |
| Treasurer of the State of North Carolina 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.7k $1.2m | Reduced -734 |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.7k $1.2m | Reduced -6.8k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.7k $1.2m | Reduced -782 |
| WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.6k $1.2m | Added +105 |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.6k $1.2m | Reduced -888 |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.5k $1.1m | Reduced -162 |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.4k $1.1m | Reduced -110 |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.4k $1.1m | Added +685 |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.3k $1.0m | New |
| LRT Capital Management, LLC 0.91% of their portfolio | 2.2k $979.5k | Added +458 |
| INCEPTIONR LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 2.2k $968.0k | New |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.1k $949.8k | Reduced -9 |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.1k $939.0k | Reduced -48 |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.1k $936.1k | Added +243 |
| ERn Financial, LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 2.1k $931.2k | Reduced -2.1k |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.1k $920.1k | Added +237 |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.1k $918.3k | Added +7 |