CAR insider buying – Avis Budget Group, Inc.
27 insider purchases since 2016 worth $437.4M by 11 different insiders. Last 12 months: 1 purchases, $40.1M. Most recent filing: 2026-02-24.
Large company Public float $2.8B (latest 10-K, SEC).
Same time range as the chart above - each mark sits under the week of the trade. Circles = purchases (height = price paid, size = amount), red triangles = open-market sales of $50k+. Prices as reported, not adjusted for later stock splits. 22 older purchases (before the 5-year window) are listed in the table below.
Purchases are open-market buys (SEC Form 4, code "P") - insiders paying with their own money. Sales are open-market sales (code "S") of $50,000 or more; many sales are pre-planned (Rule 10b5-1) or made for taxes and diversification. Each row links to the original filing.
Bought, sold, still holding?
| Insider | Bought | First / last buy | Sold since 2016 | Holds now* | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRS Investment Management, LLC Director | $328.1M 7× · 9,047,329 sh | 2017-12-08 2020-09-02 | 1× · $12.7M last 2016-05-05 | 18,430,882 shares as of 2022-03-18 | Holds (sold earlier) |
| Pentwater Capital Management LP 10% Owner | $40.1M 1× · 425,000 sh | 2026-02-20 2026-02-20 | 2× · $1,241.1M last 2026-04-23 | 30,118,851 shares as of 2026-05-12 | Sold part |
| Hees Bernardo Officer | $34.8M 5× · 576,903 sh | 2020-02-09 2022-06-10 | 4× · $111.6M last 2025-08-04 | 122,826 shares as of 2026-02-24 | Sold part |
| Sarma Karthik R. Director | $31.2M 6× · 883,553 sh | 2020-08-28 2020-12-10 | – | 17,430,882 shares as of 2023-08-25 | Holds - never sold |
| Choi Brian J CFO | $1.6M 2× · 33,735 sh | 2021-02-19 2021-02-25 | – | 119,346 shares as of 2026-03-17 | Holds - never sold |
| CATHCART W ALUN Director | $501,200 1× · 20,000 sh | 2016-02-29 2016-02-29 | – | 45,112 shares as of 2017-02-22 | Holds - never sold |
| Mestre Eduardo G Director | $475,400 1× · 20,000 sh | 2016-02-25 2016-02-25 | – | 108,355 shares as of 2019-02-26 | Holds - never sold |
| SALERNO F ROBERT Director | $255,360 1× · 16,000 sh | 2020-03-24 2020-03-24 | – | 64,708 shares as of 2020-03-25 | Holds - never sold |
| FOX JEFFREY H Director | $161,600 1× · 10,000 sh | 2020-03-24 2020-03-24 | – | 40,709 shares as of 2020-03-25 | Holds - never sold |
| Sita Veresh Officer | $149,965 1× · 1,685 sh | 2021-06-10 2021-06-10 | – | 5,490 shares as of 2021-06-14 | Holds - never sold |
| Servodidio Mark J CEO | $49,894 1× · 1,900 sh | 2016-05-17 2016-05-17 | 2× · $2.5M last 2019-05-03 | 60,711 shares as of 2019-05-07 | Sold part |
* Shares held after the insider's most recent SEC filing for this company (all share classes, direct and indirect). If an insider stops filing, later changes are not known.
Insider buying and selling by year
| Year | Purchases | Bought | Buyers | Sales | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | $40.1M | 1 | 8 | $1,758.6M |
| 2025 | 0 | – | – | 3 | $64.7M |
| 2023 | 0 | – | – | 5 | $9.4M |
| 2022 | 3 | $14.8M | 1 | 8 | $19.9M |
| 2021 | 4 | $6.8M | 3 | 12 | $51.5M |
| 2020 | 14 | $84.8M | 5 | 2 | $1.3M |
| 2019 | 1 | $148.0M | 1 | 3 | $2.4M |
| 2018 | 0 | – | – | 5 | $1.5M |
| 2017 | 1 | $142.0M | 1 | 11 | $37.4M |
| 2016 | 3 | $1.0M | 3 | 11 | $26.5M |
Insider purchases
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Holdings | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-24 | Pentwater Capital Management LP | 10% Owner | 425,000 | $94.26 | $40.1M | +11.9% | SEC |
| 2022-06-14 | Hees Bernardo | Officer | 29,400 | $168.69 | $5.0M | +6.5% | SEC |
| 2022-05-26 | Hees Bernardo | Officer | 28,334 | $172.78 | $4.9M | +6.7% | SEC |
| 2022-05-20 | Hees Bernardo | Officer | 26,000 | $189.90 | $4.9M | +6.6% | SEC |
| 2021-06-14 | Sita Veresh | Officer | 1,685 | $89.00 | $149,965 | +44.3% | SEC |
| 2021-05-13 | Hees Bernardo | Officer | 63,000 | $79.39 | $5.0M | +14.6% | SEC |
| 2021-03-01 | Choi Brian J | CFO | 10,000 | $55.68 | $556,842 | +45.5% | SEC |
| 2021-02-23 | Choi Brian J | CFO | 23,735 | $45.88 | $1.1M | SEC | |
| 2020-12-14 | Sarma Karthik R. | Director | 9,800 | $38.85 | $380,724 | +0.1% | SEC |
| 2020-12-08 | Sarma Karthik R. | Director | 117,758 | $38.87 | $4.6M | +0.6% | SEC |
| 2020-11-20 | Sarma Karthik R. | Director | 104,900 | $35.09 | $3.7M | +0.6% | SEC |
| 2020-11-16 | Sarma Karthik R. | Director | 149,796 | $35.83 | $5.4M | +0.8% | SEC |
| 2020-09-11 | Sarma Karthik R. | Director | 279,249 | $34.00 | $9.5M | +1.6% | SEC |
| 2020-09-04 | SRS Investment Management, LLC | Director | 117,499 | $34.73 | $4.1M | +0.7% | SEC |
| 2020-09-01 | Sarma Karthik R. | Director | 222,050 | $34.55 | $7.7M | +1.3% | SEC |
| 2020-08-27 | SRS Investment Management, LLC | Director | 285,390 | $33.50 | $9.6M | +1.7% | SEC |
| 2020-08-24 | SRS Investment Management, LLC | Director | 212,337 | $32.82 | $7.0M | +1.3% | SEC |
| 2020-08-19 | SRS Investment Management, LLC | Director | 243,163 | $31.52 | $7.7M | +1.5% | SEC |
| 2020-05-28 | SRS Investment Management, LLC | Director | 499,640 | $19.78 | $9.9M | +3.1% | SEC |
| 2020-03-25 | SALERNO F ROBERT | Director | 16,000 | $15.96 | $255,360 | +81.1% | SEC |
| 2020-03-25 | FOX JEFFREY H | Director | 10,000 | $16.16 | $161,600 | SEC | |
| 2020-02-11 | Hees Bernardo | Director | 430,169 | $34.87 | $15.0M | SEC | |
| 2019-02-26 | SRS Investment Management, LLC | 10% Owner | 4,189,300 | $35.33 | $148.0M | +34.9% | SEC |
| 2017-12-12 | SRS Investment Management, LLC | 10% Owner | 3,500,000 | $40.56 | $142.0M | +41.2% | SEC |
| 2016-05-18 | Servodidio Mark J | CEO | 1,900 | $26.26 | $49,894 | +2.1% | SEC |
| 2016-03-01 | CATHCART W ALUN | Director | 20,000 | $25.06 | $501,200 | SEC | |
| 2016-02-26 | Mestre Eduardo G | Director | 20,000 | $23.77 | $475,400 | +4444.4% | SEC |
Insider sales
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Type | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-09 | KROMINGA LYNN | Director | -28,404 | $120.25 | $3.4M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-08-11 | Simhambhatla Ravi | Officer | 4,702 | $138.79 | $652,575 | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-04-30 | Simhambhatla Ravi | Officer | 3,469 | $184.09 | $638,608 | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-04-30 | Linnen Edward P | Officer | 9,483 | $182.32 | $1.7M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-04-28 | Pentwater Capital Management LP | 10% Owner | 843,201 | $264.60 | $223.1M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-04-28 | Pentwater Capital Management LP | 10% Owner | 1,643,653 | $619.35 | $1,018.0M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-04-28 | Halbower Matthew | 10% Owner | 1,852,246 | $275.84 | $510.9M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-02-24 | KROMINGA LYNN | Director | 1,950 | $91.54 | $178,503 | Sale | SEC |
| 2025-08-18 | Linnen Edward P | Officer | 10,000 | $156.83 | $1.6M | Sale | SEC |
| 2025-08-06 | Hees Bernardo | Director | 402,200 | $156.59 | $63.0M | Sale | SEC |
| 2025-02-20 | KROMINGA LYNN | Director | 2,066 | $95.00 | $196,270 | Sale | SEC |
| 2023-12-19 | Martins Izilda P | Officer | 3,950 | $195.86 | $773,647 | Sale | SEC |
| 2023-12-19 | Ferraro Joseph A. | CEO | 18,460 | $195.41 | $3.6M | Sale | SEC |
| 2023-06-15 | Rankin Patrick K | CEO | 14,917 | $202.55 | $3.0M | Sale | SEC |
| 2023-02-24 | KROMINGA LYNN | Director | 887 | $226.30 | $200,728 | Sale | SEC |
Showing the latest 15 of 68 sales of $50,000+ since 2016.
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