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Thomas Alex Vetter is Former Director & CEO at CARS. Thomas Alex Vetter's net worth is not public. Form 4 filings only show shares in the companies where this person is an insider; those holdings are worth an estimated $9.8M at current prices.
Historically, Thomas Alex Vetter's trades have earned a middling insider score of 69/100 across 18 rated trades. Over a 12-month horizon, 66.7% of those trades were profitable, with an average 12-month return of +11.0%.
The CARS filings lean toward selling, a net 265,780 shares.
Thomas Alex Vetter has 41 Form 4 filings on record from May 2017 to March 2026, all as Former Director & CEO at Cars.com (CARS), 2017–2026.
The 56 reported transactions were 17 open-market sales, 16 tax withholdings, 12 stock awards and 6 open-market purchases, plus smaller numbers of other types.
Counted by filing, the open-market trades come to 5 purchases worth about $807K and 13 sales worth about $6.6M.
The largest open-market purchase was 27,870 shares of CARS at an average $10.75 on May 9, 2025, about $300K. Twelve months later CARS was up 12%.
The largest open-market sale was 87,971 shares of CARS at an average $17.28 on March 9, 2023, about $1.5M. Twelve months later CARS was up 13%.
All 10 sales since April 2023 were made under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, set up in advance.
| Date | Ticker | Role | Type | Shares | Price | Value | Chg% | 3M | 12M | SEC |
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| May 9, 2025 | CARS Cars.com Inc. | CEO | Buy | 27,870 | $10.75 | $299,558.33 | +3.4% | +12.8% | +12.0% | |
| Jul 12, 2024 | CARS Cars.com Inc. | CEO | Sell10b5-1 | 17,674 | $19.23 | $339,871.02 | -2.9% | -18.4% | -34.1% | |
| Jun 14, 2024 | CARS Cars.com Inc. | CEO | Sell10b5-1 | 17,666 | $20.09 | $354,909.94 | -2.8% | -14.1% | -48.2% | |
| May 28, 2024 | CARS Cars.com Inc. | CEO | Sell10b5-1 | 25,373 | $19.00 | $482,087.00 | -3.8% | -4.7% | -47.1% | |
| May 9, 2024 | CARS Cars.com Inc. | CEO | Sell10b5-1 | 27,625 | $19.00 | $524,875.00 | -4.0% | -4.2% | -44.0% | |
| Feb 15, 2024 | CARS Cars.com Inc. | CEO | Sell10b5-1 | 17,666 | $19.00 | $335,654.00 | -3.1% | -2.2% | -7.7% | |
| Feb 12, 2024 | CARS Cars.com Inc. | CEO | Sell10b5-1 | 17,666 | $19.00 | $335,654.00 | -3.0% | -8.1% | -8.1% | |
| Dec 14, 2023 | CARS Cars.com Inc. | CEO | Sell10b5-1 | 17,666 | $19.00 | $335,654.00 | -2.9% | -8.6% | -3.6% | |
| Nov 14, 2023 | CARS Cars.com Inc. | CEO | Sell10b5-1 | 38,932 | $19.15 | $745,537.78 | -6.1% | -0.8% | -3.4% | |
| Nov 8, 2023 | CARS Cars.com Inc. | CEO | Sell10b5-1 | 14,066 | $19.00 | $267,254.00 | -2.1% | -0.4% | -4.1% |