Carvana Rises as Investors Look Past Recent Shareholder Concerns

Carvana Co. (CVNA) is up 3.8% today. Here is some analysis on what might have caused this price movement.

Analysis: The rebound appears tied to investors stepping back into the stock after last week’s sharp selloff linked to concerns around minority investor Mark Walter and the possibility of pressure on his stake. Support also likely came from Carvana’s still-strong operating backdrop, including record second-quarter results and a recently upsized loan refinancing that should lower annual interest expense.

Details:

Carvana reported record second-quarter 2026 results in late July, including 197,000 retail units sold, net income of $513 million, and adjusted EBITDA of $769 million.

The company said it expects retail units sold to increase sequentially in the third quarter and projected full-year 2026 adjusted EBITDA of $2.7 billion to $3.0 billion.

Carvana announced on August 12 that it priced a $1.66 billion senior secured Term Loan B facility, a refinancing step that was described as reducing annual interest expense by about $45 million.

This could be because traders viewed the prior drop tied to Mark Walter-related uncertainty as overdone, prompting a bounce as immediate fears of forced selling eased.

Sources:

SEC, Business Wire, Yahoo Finance

Disclaimer: This price movement analysis was generated with the help of AI. Please double-check the information provided for mistakes.

$CVNA Insider Trading Activity

$CVNA insiders have traded $CVNA stock on the open market 157 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 2 have been purchases and 155 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $CVNA stock by insiders over the last 6 months:

MARK W. JENKINS (Chief Financial Officer) has made 0 purchases and 65 sales selling 229,500 shares for an estimated $25,970,290.
BENJAMIN E. HUSTON (Chief Operating Officer) has made 0 purchases and 63 sales selling 180,000 shares for an estimated $20,346,711.
IRA J. PLATT has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 45,000 shares for an estimated $3,244,875.
J DANFORTH QUAYLE has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 31,950 shares for an estimated $3,005,038.
STEPHEN R PALMER (Vice President of Accounting) has made 0 purchases and 16 sales selling 18,000 shares for an estimated $2,054,867.
THOMAS TAIRA (President, Special Projects) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 10,320 shares for an estimated $1,971,133.
MICHAEL E MAROONE has made 2 purchases buying 25,000 shares for an estimated $1,544,981 and 1 sale selling 2 shares for an estimated $621.

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$CVNA Hedge Fund Activity

We have seen 461 institutional investors add shares of $CVNA stock to their portfolio, and 509 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.

Here are some of the largest recent moves:

CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS added 9,170,861 shares (+16.9%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $603,626,071
BLACKROCK, INC. removed 9,165,875 shares (-15.9%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $603,297,892
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO added 8,617,436 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $567,199,637
CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS added 6,617,827 shares (+39.8%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $435,585,373
DRAGONEER INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC removed 6,264,800 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $412,349,135
SIXTH STREET PARTNERS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. added 5,538,645 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $364,553,613
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ removed 4,212,996 shares (-4.7%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $277,299,396

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$CVNA Congressional Stock Trading

Members of Congress have traded $CVNA stock 2 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 1 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $CVNA stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:

REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. has traded it 2 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $15,000 on 04/14 and 1 sale worth up to $15,000 on 05/15.

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$CVNA Analyst Ratings

Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $CVNA in the last several months. We have seen 1 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.

Here are some recent analyst ratings:

Barclays issued a "Overweight" rating on 04/30/2026

To track analyst ratings and price targets for $CVNA, check out Quiver Quantitative's $CVNA forecast page.

$CVNA Price Targets

Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $CVNA recently. We have seen 12 analysts offer price targets for $CVNA in the last 6 months, with a median target of $437.5.

Here are some recent targets:

Brad Erickson from RBC Capital set a target price of $85.0 on 06/11/2026
Marvin Fong from BTIG set a target price of $97.0 on 06/05/2026
Michael Montani from Evercore ISI Group set a target price of $86.0 on 06/02/2026
John Babcock from Barclays set a target price of $93.0 on 05/14/2026
Andrew Boone from Citizens set a target price of $515.0 on 05/01/2026
Michael Baker from DA Davidson set a target price of $335.0 on 05/01/2026
Rajat Gupta from JP Morgan set a target price of $465.0 on 04/30/2026

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