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CAAS China Automotive Systems (CAAS) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades

Autos · Motor vehicle parts & accessories · CIK 0002037400
SEC filings
Insider buyers, 180 days
0
House members buying, 1 year
0
STOCK Act, US House only, disclosed up to 45 days after the trade
Funds added, last quarter
4
13F, latest reported quarter

China Automotive Systems insider trades (Form 4)

Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises and conversions excluded.

No insider purchases or sales are on record for China Automotive Systems, Inc. in the period covered. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-28.

Foreign private issuer: most of its insiders are exempt from SEC Form 4, but some still file it; those filings are listed below, and the record may be incomplete.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
Chief Financial Officer
BUY
2023-11-17 SECtraded 2023-11-16
6,000
$19.3K
+50.5%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 6.2% of the 97,031 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
  • 4 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Chief Financial Officer LI JIE bought about $19.3K of CAAS on Nov 16, 2023, the largest insider purchase at the company on our record; 4 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
1 transaction on record · a thin record, read with care
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
Context lines are counts over the filings above and returns from our own price history, never a price level. Not investment advice.
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Seven facts, ranked against the sector · Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
no insider buys or sells on file
Congress
no House purchase disclosed in the last 12 months
Funds
4 funds bought in last quarter
below 97% of Autos
Revenue
+17.6% year over year
more than 71% of Autos
Margin
5.6% net margin
more than 79% of Autos
Buybacks
no share repurchases reported
Short interest
0.3% of the float short (float per yahoo 2026-10-26) · 2.0 days to cover · settled 2026-09-30
below 87% of Autos
What changed in the last 30 days
Nothing new filed in the last 30 days

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The year, with the filings on it
Total return over 12 months. Each marker is a filing; hover or tap one for the detail.
+2.6%12M
-7%+5%+16%+28%2025-102025-122026-022026-042026-062026-082026-10
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Who owns CAAS: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
$740.0K
133,254 sh
$595.6K
$366.1K

Congress trades in CAAS

No Congress trades reported
No House member has disclosed a trade in this stock. See what Congress is buying.

Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)

No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has filed for crossing 5%. That is a fact, not missing data.

CAAS planned insider sales (Form 144)

No planned-sale notices
No insider has filed to sell. Watch this after a run-up.

CAAS mutual fund holders (N-PORT)

Funds ranked by the share of their own portfolio in this stock (N-PORT).
Avantis Responsible Emerging Markets Equity ETF
$5.0K position · as of 2026-05-31
0.0%
Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF
$18.9K position · as of 2026-05-31
0.0%
Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF
$24.1K position · as of 2026-05-31
0.0%
SEC N-PORT, monthly, about 60 days late · funds ≥ $10M · % is the share of the fund's own portfolio
Live price
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Why this name is on the desk
The complete filing record, in one place.
The record shows 4 funds added last quarter. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
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CAAS financials

Revenue growth
+17.6%
XBRL, annual
Net margin
5.6%
Ratios from the company's XBRL filings, latest filings
Revenue, TTM
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of revenue filed
Net margin, TTM
n/a
needs four consecutive quarters of both revenue and net income
Free cash flow, TTM
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of operating cash flow
Debt to equity
0.22x
long-term 2025-12-31 plus current 2025-12-31; equity 2025-12-31
Cash flow to debt
n/a
needs four quarters of operating cash flow
Return on equity
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of net income
Return on assets
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of net income
Return on invested capital
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
Return on capital employed
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
P/E, trailing
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of diluted EPS
Enterprise value
$78.1M
market value at close 2026-10-27 on 2025-12-31 shares, plus long-term 2025-12-31 plus current 2025-12-31, minus cash 2025-12-31
FCF yield
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of operating cash flow
PEG, trailing
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of diluted EPS
Price as of 2026-10-27. Hover or tap a tile for its yearly and quarterly history.
Method
TTM is four consecutive fiscal quarters; Q4 is the year minus nine months when not filed. Returns use the average of opening and closing balances. EBIT is approximated by operating income. PEG uses trailing EPS growth.
Fundamentals
Annual figures from XBRL filings. Pick a past date to see them as known then.
2025-122024-122023-12
Revenue$765.7M$650.9M$576.4M
Gross profit$145.5M$109.2M$103.8M
Operating income$53.6M$40.3M$39.2M
Net income$42.8M$30.0M$37.7M
EPS (diluted)1.420.991.25
Operating cash flow$111.6M$9.8M$19.9M
Cash$142.0M$57.0Mn/a
Long-term debt$5.7M$145.0Kn/a
Buybacksn/a$68.0Kn/a
Dividends paid$2.2M$22.4Mn/a
SEC XBRL, fiscal years, as known on 2026-10-28

CAAS Stock Sonar score 4/7 axes

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CAAS ranks highest on risk and compliance (95th percentile) and growth (71st), and lowest on institutional and government (3rd), among Autos peers.

Financial health
69
Inputs
  • Debt to equity0.22x · 69 pct, sector of 63
  • Cash flow to debtneeds four quarters of operating cash flow
Growth
71
Inputs
  • Revenue growth, YoY+17.6% · 71 pct, sector of 78
  • Backlog growth, YoYno backlog line filed, or no year-earlier backlog
Institutional and government
3
Inputs
  • Funds adding, latest quarter4 · 3 pct, sector of 60
  • Congress net buyers, 365dno Congress trades in 365 days
  • Federal contracts, 180dno federal contracts in 180 days
  • Lobbying spend, 4 quartersno lobbying filings in the last four quarters
Risk and compliance
95
Inputs
  • Short interest, % of float+0.3% · 89 pct, sector of 92
  • Recalls per $1B revenue, 3y0.00 per $1B · 100 pct, sector of 54
  • EPA cases per $1B revenue, 5ynot measured for this sector, almost no peer has an event
  • New text in Risk Factors, latest 10-Kneeds two 10-Ks with a Risk Factors section (not 20-F filers or stubs)
3 not measured: Profitability, Insider conviction, US patents
  • Profitability needs 2 of 4 inputs, 0 present: fewer than four consecutive quarters of net income; fewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
  • Insider conviction needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) in 180 days; no insider trades in 180 days
  • US patents needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: patent data not loaded yet

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