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Advance Auto Parts AAP

US equityMarket cap rank #2656Auto Parts
$39.65 +$0.97 (+2.51%)
Pre-market · Oct 6, 8:10 am ET · After hours $39.60 -0.13%
Open$38.72
Prev close$38.68
Day range$38.09 – $39.83
Volume1.87M
Market cap$2.39B
P/E (TTM)28.5
Dividend yield2.52%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership126.4%-0.15 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding426-2 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)37 buys / 13 sellsNet buying
Short interest17.05% of floatDays to cover 6.4 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share24.1%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

15%19%23%28%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$4.76M (12 inflow days, 8 outflow days).

The five largest holders on file together own 49.5% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock15.48%
  • T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.15.43%
  • Pzena Investment Management, Inc.7.27%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC6.19%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC5.17%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors5.07%
  • Federated Hermes, Inc.4.73%
  • State Street Global Advisors4.22%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund103.34%
  • Hedge Fund13.29%
  • Public Company4.90%
  • Private Company2.83%
  • Government Pension Fund1.14%
  • Family Office/Trust0.60%
  • Individual/Insider0.42%
  • Insurance Company0.26%

Reported short interest has fallen from 19.52% to 17.05% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 10,297,794 17.0% 6.4
31 Aug 2026 9,801,676 16.2% 2.8
14 Aug 2026 9,999,484 16.6% 8.2
31 Jul 2026 11,032,772 18.3% 7.1
15 Jul 2026 10,770,232 17.9% 5.8
30 Jun 2026 11,772,073 19.5% 6.6

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