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Ticker
CARS

Price
11.19
Stock movement up
+0.29 (2.66%)
Company name
Cars.com Inc
Exchange
(NYSE
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Communication Services >
Internet Content & Information
Market cap
687.58M
Ent value
1.25B
Price/Sales
0.96
Price/Book
1.37
Div yield
-
Div growth
-
Growth years
-
FCF payout
0.10%
Trailing P/E
17.53
Forward P/E
5.06
PEG
-
EPS growth
25.84%
1 year return
-43.80%
3 year return
6.94%
5 year return
12.25%
10 year return
-
Last updated: 2025-08-27

DIVIDENDS

CARS does not pay dividends or no data was received

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VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E17.53
Price to OCF4.10
Price to FCF4.92
Price to EBITDA3.95
EV to EBITDA7.20

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales0.96
Price to Book1.37
EV to Sales1.75

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FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count61.45M
EPS (TTM)0.58
FCF per share (TTM)2.07

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)718.33M
Gross profit (TTM)484.20M
Operating income (TTM)48.65M
Net income (TTM)39.23M
EPS (TTM)0.58
EPS (1y forward)2.21

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)67.41%
Operating margin (TTM)6.77%
Profit margin (TTM)5.46%

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash49.57M
Net receivables125.21M
Total current assets199.90M
Goodwill145.84M
Intangible assets605.13M
Property, plant and equipment0.00
Total assets1.12B
Accounts payable32.23M
Short/Current long term debt464.98M
Total current liabilities111.39M
Total liabilities616.08M
Shareholder's equity502.43M
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)167.66M
Capital expenditures (TTM)27.81M
Free cash flow (TTM)139.85M
Dividends paid (TTM)136.00K

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity7.81%
Return on Assets3.51%
Return on Invested Capital4.06%
Cash Return on Invested Capital14.46%

STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open11.02
Daily high11.27
Daily low11.01
Daily Volume1.49M
All-time high32.47
1y analyst estimate16.43
Beta1.76
EPS (TTM)0.58
Dividend per share-
Ex-div date-
Next earnings date30 Oct 2025

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
CARSS&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-65.54%-3.04%
Highest price drop-88.88%-56.47%
Date of highest drop2 Apr 20209 Mar 2009
Avg drop from high-46.59%-11.04%
Avg time to new high127 days12 days
Max time to new high1745 days1805 days

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COMPANY DETAILS
CARS (Cars.com Inc) company logo
Marketcap
687.58M
Marketcap category
Small-cap
Description
Cars.com Inc., an audience-driven technology company, provides solutions for the automotive industry in the United States. The company offers cars commerce platforms, such as Marketplace, allowing OEMs and dealers to merchandise their inventory and allowing consumers to add and save vehicles to virtual garage and track the Cars.com market value of current vehicle, as well as provides reputation management technology and digital financing tools and access to in-market consumers who are ready to trade-in its vehicle for a new one. It also provides website creation and platform hosting; digital retailing solutions; and trade and appraisal product, including AccuTrade, uses real-time market data and diagnostic scans to determine the right trade-in offer for every VIN in minutes. In addition, the company offers Cars Commerce Media Network products comprising Cars Social, allows dealers to target and serve native advertisements displaying real-time inventory to in-market car shoppers on Facebook and Instagram; VIN Performance Media, a machine-learning for media campaign, including audience targeting, real-time inventory, and ad placement across search, social, and display; In-Market Video, provides OEMs and dealers to pinpoint serious, ready-to-buy shoppers geographically; and In-Market Display, enable dealers and OEMs to extend reach and access audience of in-market car shoppers. The company serves local dealers, OEMs, dealer groups, and auto-adjacent companies. Cars.com Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Employees
1800
Investor relations
-
SEC filings
CEO
Alex Vetter
Country
USA
City
Chicago
Stock type
Common stock
CCC status
-
Dividend Frequency
-
EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS
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