KAR Auction Services, Inc. (KAR)
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About KAR Auction Services, Inc.
KAR Auction Services, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides used vehicle auctions and related vehicle remarketing services for the automotive industry in the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. The company operates through two segments, ADESA Auctions and AFC. The ADESA Auctions segment offers whole car auctions and related services to the vehicle remarketing industry through online auctions and auction facilities. It also provides value-added services, such as auction related, transportation, reconditioning, inspection, title and repossession administration and remarketing, vehicle research, and analytical services, as well as data as a service. This segment sells its products and services through vehicle manufacturers, fleet companies, rental car companies, finance companies, and others. As of December 31, 2021, this segment had a network of approximately 70 vehicle logistics center locations in North America. The AFC segment offers floorplan financing, a short-term inventory-secured financing to independent used vehicle dealers; and sells vehicle service contracts. The company provides wheel repair and hail catastrophe response services. It serves vehicle manufacturers, vehicle rental companies, financial institutions, commercial fleets and fleet management companies, and dealer customers. The company was formerly known as KAR Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to KAR Auction Services, Inc. in November 2009. KAR Auction Services, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Carmel, Indiana.
Insider Activity of KAR Auction Services, Inc.
Over the last 12 months, insiders at KAR Auction Services, Inc. have bought $508,220 and sold $343,172 worth of KAR Auction Services, Inc. stock.
On average, over the past 5 years, insiders at KAR Auction Services, Inc. have bought $1.96M and sold $343,172 worth of stock each year.
Highest buying activity among insiders over the last 12 months: Kelly Peter J (Chief Executive Officer) — $508,220.
The last purchase of 24,000 shares for transaction amount of $359,520 was made by Kelly Peter J (Chief Executive Officer) on 2024‑02‑27.
List of Insider Buy and Sell Transactions, KAR Auction Services, Inc.
| 2024-05-15 | Sale | Coyle James P | EVP, President NA Marketplaces | 6,000 0.0056% | $18.09 | $108,540 | -5.74% | |
| 2024-03-11 | Sale | Money James E. II | AFC President | 14,822 0.0137% | $15.83 | $234,632 | +7.86% | |
| 2024-02-27 | Kelly Peter J | Chief Executive Officer | 24,000 0.0221% | $14.98 | $359,520 | +13.90% | ||
| 2024-02-26 | Kelly Peter J | Chief Executive Officer | 10,000 0.0093% | $14.87 | $148,700 | +14.86% | ||
| 2022-05-19 | Kestner Michael T. | 5,000 0.0042% | $14.70 | $73,500 | -4.03% | |||
| 2022-05-11 | HALLETT JAMES P | Executive Chairman | 100,000 0.0843% | $13.15 | $1.31M | +6.97% | ||
| 2022-05-11 | Kelly Peter J | Chief Executive Officer | 10,000 0.0081% | $12.58 | $125,800 | +6.97% | ||
| 2022-05-11 | HOWELL J MARK | 15,300 0.0127% | $13.00 | $198,900 | +6.97% | |||
| 2020-11-11 | Smith Mary Ellen | director | 10,000 0.0077% | $17.78 | $177,800 | -5.76% | ||
| 2020-03-09 | HALLETT JAMES P | Chief Executive Officer | 118,510 0.0918% | $16.88 | $2M | -6.14% | ||
| 2020-03-09 | Coleman Charles S. | SVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary | 5,900 0.0046% | $16.90 | $99,710 | -6.14% | ||
| 2020-03-06 | Loughmiller Eric M. | EVP & CFO | 98,300 0.0751% | $18.34 | $1.8M | -14.07% | ||
| 2020-02-24 | DiDomenico David | director | 20,000 0.0157% | $21.77 | $435,400 | -25.17% | ||
| 2020-02-21 | Skuy Benjamin | EVP of Intl Mrkts & Strat Init | 14,000 0.011% | $22.45 | $314,300 | -27.39% | ||
| 2019-11-11 | Hill Mark E | director | 37,000 0.0279% | $21.50 | $795,500 | -22.90% | ||
| 2018-09-12 | Sale | Gottwald Donald S. | COO & Chief Strategy Officer | 20,000 0.0228% | $36.49 | $729,809 | -9.76% | |
| 2018-08-31 | Sale | Skuy Benjamin | EVP of Intl Mrkts & Strat Init | 119,120 0.1431% | $38.10 | $4.54M | -8.88% | |
| 2018-08-20 | Sale | Money James E. II | AFC President | 32,000 0.0629% | $62.97 | $2.02M | -9.87% | |
| 2018-08-17 | Sale | Money James E. II | AFC President | 32,000 0.063% | $62.57 | $2M | -9.16% | |
| 2018-08-14 | Sale | Gottwald Donald S. | COO & Chief Strategy Officer | 20,000 0.0228% | $35.76 | $715,276 | -7.72% |
Insider Historical Profitability
| Kelly Peter J | Chief Executive Officer | 347355 0.2213% | $16.36 | 4 | 12 | +6.97% |
| Coyle James P | EVP, President NA Marketplaces | 23885 0.0221% | $16.36 | 0 | 1 | |
| Money James E. II | AFC President | 44604 0.0089% | $16.36 | 0 | 4 | |
| KAR Holdings II, LLC | 10 percent owner | 28078660 25.9944% | $16.36 | 0 | 5 | |
| GOLDMAN SACHS & CO | 10 percent owner | 14986032 13.8736% | $16.36 | 0 | 2 | |
| KEP VI LLC | 10 percent owner | 11909895 11.0258% | $16.36 | 0 | 5 | |
| KELSO INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES VII LP | 10 percent owner | 11909895 11.0258% | $16.36 | 0 | 5 | |
| Axle Holdings II, LLC | 10 percent owner | 10709787 9.9148% | $16.36 | 0 | 4 | |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 10 percent owner | 10614057 9.8262% | $16.36 | 1 | 3 | <0.0001% |
| HALLETT JAMES P | Executive Chairman | 626142 0.5797% | $16.36 | 3 | 7 | +0.41% |
| Loughmiller Eric M. | EVP & CFO | 241497 0.2236% | $16.36 | 3 | 6 | +7.61% |
| Skuy Benjamin | EVP of Intl Mrkts & Strat Init | 107704 0.0997% | $16.36 | 3 | 22 | <0.0001% |
| Kett John W | IAA CEO & President | 55971 0.0518% | $16.36 | 1 | 11 | |
| Hill Mark E | director | 48200 0.0446% | $16.36 | 5 | 0 | <0.0001% |
| POLAK REBECCA C. | CLO & Sec.; Pres. TradeRev | 46390 0.0429% | $16.36 | 1 | 11 | |
| Gottwald Donald S. | COO & Chief Strategy Officer | 22978 0.0213% | $16.36 | 1 | 30 | |
| Smith Mary Ellen | director | 17067 0.0158% | $16.36 | 1 | 0 | <0.0001% |
| HOWELL J MARK | 15300 0.0142% | $16.36 | 1 | 0 | +6.97% | |
| St. Hilaire Stephane | President and CEO of ADESA | 14486 0.0134% | $16.36 | 1 | 3 | |
| Price Lisa A. | EVP, Chief People Officer | 12022 0.0111% | $16.36 | 1 | 10 | |
| Kestner Michael T. | 10922 0.0101% | $16.36 | 3 | 0 | +5.77% | |
| DiDomenico David | director | 10000 0.0093% | $16.36 | 1 | 0 | <0.0001% |
| Coleman Charles S. | SVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary | 9679 0.009% | $16.36 | 1 | 0 | <0.0001% |
| Vignes David | EVP of Enterprise Optimization | 0 0% | $16.36 | 2 | 20 | +27.38% |
| Byrd Warren W | EVP of Corp Dev & Real Estate | 0 0% | $16.36 | 0 | 36 | |
| Hammer John C | President and CEO of AFC | 0 0% | $16.36 | 1 | 4 | |
| NORDIN JOHN R | EVP & CIO | 0 0% | $16.36 | 0 | 1 | |
| Moore Church M | director | 0 0% | $16.36 | 0 | 2 | |
| MEHRA SANJEEV K | director | 49 0% | $16.36 | 1 | 7 | <0.0001% |
| OBRIEN THOMAS C | CEO of IAAI | 0 0% | $16.36 | 0 | 8 | |
| WARD JONATHAN P | director | 0 0% | $16.36 | 6 | 2 | +9.59% |
| Caruso Thomas J. | Chief Client Officer | 0 0% | $16.36 | 1 | 75 | |
| Clingen Brian T. | Chairman of the Board | 0 0% | $16.36 | 0 | 6 | |
| CARELLA THOMAS J. | director | 49 0% | $16.36 | 1 | 7 | <0.0001% |
| GOLDBERG MICHAEL B | director | 0 0% | $16.36 | 0 | 1 | |
| ValueAct Holdings, L.P. | See Remarks | 0 0% | $16.36 | 7 | 13 | +4.19% |
Institutional Investor Ownership
| BlackRock | $298.74M | 15.94 | 17.27M | -1.85% | -$5.64M | 0.01 | |
| The Vanguard Group | $212.32M | 11.33 | 12.27M | +0.07% | +$147,050.00 | <0.01 | |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd | $151.82M | 8.1 | 8.78M | +0.98% | +$1.47M | 1.57 | |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | $122.71M | 6.55 | 7.09M | +0.48% | +$584,688.10 | 0.03 | |
| Hawk Ridge Capital Management | $76.3M | 4.07 | 4.41M | +13.08% | +$8.82M | 3.44 | |
| State Street | $72.88M | 3.89 | 4.21M | -0.1% | -$69,719.00 | <0.01 | |
| Harris Associates | $66.72M | 3.56 | 3.86M | -6.68% | -$4.77M | 0.11 | |
| Neuberger Berman | $58.72M | 3.13 | 3.39M | +4.23% | +$2.38M | 0.05 | |
| Cardinal Capital Management Llc Ct | $55.75M | 2.98 | 3.22M | -11.98% | -$7.59M | 2.84 | |
| Sunriver Management LLC | $51.03M | 2.72 | 2.95M | +26.16% | +$10.58M | 6.67 | |
| Geode Capital Management | $40.83M | 2.18 | 2.36M | +2.71% | +$1.08M | <0.01 | |
| Paradice Investment Management | $40.08M | 2.14 | 2.32M | -24.35% | -$12.9M | 6.95 | |
| Right Side Capital Management | $36.95M | 1.97 | 2.14M | -44.53% | -$29.67M | 0.79 | |
| Marathon Asset Management Limited | $35.71M | 1.91 | 2.06M | +1.12% | +$396,133.51 | 1.01 | |
| Charles Schwab | $30.04M | 1.6 | 1.74M | +1.52% | +$449,955.70 | 0.01 | |
| Invenomic Capital Management LP | $26.46M | 1.41 | 1.53M | +277.02% | +$19.44M | 1.42 | |
| William Blair Investment Management | $24.76M | 1.32 | 1.43M | -0.05% | -$11,867.80 | 0.06 | |
| Morgan Stanley | $23.14M | 1.24 | 1.34M | -15.42% | -$4.22M | <0.01 | |
| D. E. Shaw & Co. | $21.81M | 1.16 | 1.26M | +4.13% | +$865,916.90 | 0.03 | |
| Northern Trust | $20.22M | 1.08 | 1.17M | -6.01% | -$1.29M | <0.01 | |
| Deutsche Bank | $17.24M | 0.92 | 996,560 | +71.73% | +$7.2M | 0.01 | |
| River Road Asset Management | $17.14M | 0.92 | 990,554 | New | +$17.14M | 0.23 | |
| BNY Mellon | $14.84M | 0.79 | 857,692 | -8.43% | -$1.37M | <0.01 | |
| Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC | $13.98M | 0.75 | 808,025 | +4.52% | +$604,444.68 | 1.62 | |
| Shufro, Rose & Co., LLC | $13.38M | 0.71 | 773,164 | +2.52% | +$328,353.82 | 1.11 | |
| Invesco | $11.06M | 0.59 | 639,238 | +44.37% | +$3.4M | <0.01 | |
| Frontier Capital Management Co | $10.73M | 0.57 | 620,053 | -3.56% | -$396,567.90 | 0.1 | |
| Macquarie Group | $9.93M | 0.53 | 573,843 | -2.71% | -$276,924.90 | 0.01 | |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | $9.4M | 0.5 | 543,229 | +80.39% | +$4.19M | 0.01 | |
| Millennium Management LLC | $9.23M | 0.49 | 533,498 | +30.98% | +$2.18M | 0.01 | |
| Nuveen | $9.06M | 0.48 | 523,974 | -22.48% | -$2.63M | <0.01 | |
| GAMCO Investors | $7.89M | 0.42 | 456,030 | 0% | +$0 | 0.08 | |
| Ameriprise Financial | $7.57M | 0.4 | 437,669 | -4.61% | -$365,687.41 | <0.01 | |
| Nicholas Company Inc | $7.54M | 0.4 | 435,710 | +0.02% | +$1,297.50 | 0.13 | |
| Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd | $6.83M | 0.37 | 394,932 | +11.02% | +$678,315.74 | 0.02 | |
| Cadian Capital Management LP | $6.4M | 0.34 | 370,000 | New | +$6.4M | 0.23 | |
| Sapience Investments Llc | $6.19M | 0.33 | 357,736 | -31.83% | -$2.89M | 2.05 | |
| RhumbLine Advisers | $6.09M | 0.33 | 351,871 | -1.32% | -$81,551.86 | 0.01 | |
| PEREGRINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | $5.99M | 0.32 | 346,126 | +0.05% | +$3,114.00 | 0.17 | |
| Goldman Sachs | $5.67M | 0.3 | 327,607 | -16.81% | -$1.14M | <0.01 | |
| Legal & General | $5.15M | 0.28 | 297,833 | -1.23% | -$64,113.81 | <0.01 | |
| Centerbook Partners Lp | $5.11M | 0.27 | 295,429 | +7.53% | +$357,988.92 | 0.35 | |
| Qube Research & Technologies | $5.05M | 0.27 | 291,741 | -20.43% | -$1.3M | 0.01 | |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | $4.87M | 0.26 | 281,226 | +214.69% | +$3.32M | 0.02 | |
| SEI Investments Company | $4.69M | 0.25 | 270,999 | -55.42% | -$5.83M | 0.01 | |
| Two Sigma | $4.57M | 0.24 | 264,053 | +5.75% | +$248,306.90 | 0.01 | |
| AXA | $4.42M | 0.24 | 255,713 | -9.53% | -$465,802.51 | 0.01 | |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP | $4.24M | 0.23 | 245,327 | +29.16% | +$958,246.13 | 0.05 | |
| RBF Capital, LLC | $3.99M | 0.21 | 230,400 | 0% | +$0 | 0.23 | |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | $3.83M | 0.2 | 221,407 | -1.23% | -$47,575.00 | 0.03 |