On the 31st of December, Royce & Associates bought 36 thousand America's Car-Mart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRMT) shares for $3.9 million at an average price of $109.84 per share. Shares of America's Car-Mart, Inc. are up 10.22% since the transaction.
Royce & Associates's holding in America's Car-Mart, Inc. increased to about 341 thousand shares with the purchase.
Royce & Associates first bought America's Car-Mart, Inc. stock in the fourth quarter of 2005. Royce & Associates also owns LCI Industries (NYSE:LCII), Winnebago Industries Inc . (NYSE:WGO), Asbury (NYSE:ABG) Automotive Group Inc (ABG) and Thor Industries Inc (NYSE:THO). America's Car-Mart, Inc. is its number one position by number of shares and market value among automobiles and motorcycles stocks.
Other investors who also added to their America's Car-Mart, Inc. shares include WCM Investment Management. In contrast, Citigroup (NYSE:C) reduced CRMT shares, while Millennium Management, Victory Capital Management, and Squarepoint Ops sold all their CRMT shares.
Royce & Associates also reduced their share in Kimball International, Inc. (KBAL), Insteel Industries , Inc. (NASDAQ:IIIN), Synalloy Corporation (SYNL), Northrim BanCorp Inc (NRIM) and SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc . (NYSE:SMHI). The total value of the shares sold is estimated at around $41 million.
In addition, Royce & Associates increased their share in Northwest Pipe Company (NASDAQ:NWPX) and OneWater Marine Inc. (NASDAQ:ONEW). The total value of the shares bought is estimated at around $2.5 million.