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Market cap

666M

NYSE

Market data

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Current market quote for this ticker.

Current price

CARS

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E4.8

P25 9.1P50 13.9P75 26.1

Trailing P/E26.9

P25 9.5P50 16.4P75 38.9

ROE5.7

P25 -39P50 -0.5P75 11.8

ROIC5

P25 -10.3P50 2.5P75 10

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Indicator catalog

All CARS market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

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Currency

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Showing 254 of 254 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001683606
Company name	Cars.com Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	14575E105
Employees	1,700
Employees Change	-100%
Employees Change Percent	-5.56
Enterprise value	$1.1B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Internet Content & Information
IPO Date	2017-05-18
Isin	US14575E1055
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$666M
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Price	$11.68
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	426,140x
Sector	Communication Services
Sic	7374
Symbol	CARS
Website	https://www.cars.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	4.06%
EV Earnings	38.95x
EV Sales Forward	1.41x
EV/EBIT	14.84x
EV/EBITDA	6.91x
EV/FCF	6.66x
EV/Sales	1.45x
FCF yield	23.76%
Forward P/E	4.76x
P/B ratio	1.45x
P/E ratio	26.89x
P/S ratio	0.92x
PE Ratio10 Y	45.57x
PE Ratio3 Y	21.56x
PE Ratio5 Y	51.55x
PEG ratio	0.39x
PS Forward	0.89x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	9.79%
EBITDA Margin	21.05%
FCF margin	21.85%
Gross margin	66.84%
Gross Profit	$484.2M
Gross Profit Growth	1.23%
Gross Profit Growth Q	1.39%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	2.18%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	4.6%
Net Income	$27M
Net Income Growth	-40.42%
Net Income Growth Quarters	1%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	3.57%
Pretax Margin	6.11%
Profit Margin	3.73%
Profit Per Employee	$15,908
Profitable Years	5
ROA	4.15
Roa5y	3.33
ROCE	7.57
ROE	5.69
Roe5y	9.61
ROIC	5.01
Roic5y	5.2

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr1y	3.18%
Cagr3y	-12.84%
Cagr5y	-3.55%
EPS Growth	-36.92
EPS Growth Quarters	1
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	6.62
FCF Growth	8.84%
FCF Growth Q	38.06%
FCF Growth3 Y	8.25%
FCF Growth5 Y	2.06%
OCF Growth	9.08%
OCF Growth Q	35.15%
OCF Growth10 Y	-0.84%
OCF Growth3 Y	8.65%
OCF Growth5 Y	0.24%
Revenue Growth	0.9x
Revenue Growth Q	0.67x
Revenue Growth Quarters	3x
Revenue Growth Years	5x
Revenue Growth3 Y	3.01x
Revenue Growth5 Y	5.56x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.68
Assets	$1.1B
Cash	$64.6M
Current Assets	$218M
Current Liabilities	$116.5M
Debt	$451.8M
Debt EBITDA	$2.96
Debt Equity	$0.98
Debt FCF	$2.86
Equity	$460.7M
Interest Coverage	2.37
Liabilities	$592.7M
Long Term Assets	$835.4M
Long Term Liabilities	$476.1M
Net Cash	$-387.2M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-58.14
Net Debt EBITDA	$2.54
Net Debt Equity	$0.84
Net Debt FCF	$2.45
Tangible Book Value	$-222M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$-3.88
WACC	9.55

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.87
Net Working Capital	$36.9M
Quick ratio	1.71
Working Capital	$101.5M
Working Capital Turnover	$8.36

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	6.95%
Dividend Yield	0%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
1Y total return	3.18%
200-day SMA	11.34
3Y total return	-33.79%
50-day SMA	9.33
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	-16.51%
All Time High	32.94
All Time High Change	-64.54%
All Time High Date	2018-07-13
All Time Low	3.25
All Time Low Change	259.38%
All Time Low Date	2020-04-03
ATR	0.47
Beta	1.64
Beta1y	1.86
Beta2y	1.38
Ch YTD	-4.26
High	11.94
High52	13.97
High52 Date	2025-09-05
High52ch	-16.39%
Low	11.35
Low52	7.4
Low52 Date	2026-03-12
Low52ch	57.84%
Ma50ch	25.17%
Premarket Change Percent	-3.33
Premarket Price	$11.92
Premarket Volume	5,141
Price vs 200-day SMA	2.97%
RSI	65.76
RSI Monthly	46.35
RSI Weekly	55.79
Sharpe ratio	0.22x
Sortino ratio	0.42
Total Return	6.95%
Tr YTD	-4.26
Tr1m	25.46%
Tr1w	5.51%
Tr3m	4.85%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	7
Analyst Count Top	3
Analyst Price Target Top	$16.67
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.44
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	18.92
Earnings Revenue Estimate	180,177,888x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	0.64x
Operating Income	$71M
Operating Income Growth	49.66
Operating Income Growth Q	282.7
Operating Income Growth3 Y	1.57
Operating Income Growth5 Y	15.66
Operating margin	9.79
Price target	$14.43
Price Target Change	$23.55
Price Target Change Top	$42.72

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	48,691,106%
Float Percent	85.39%
Net Borrowing	-5,000,000
Shares Insiders	2.34%
Shares Institutions	95.9%
Shares Out	57,019,566
Shares Qo Q	-3.46%
Shares Yo Y	-6.95%
Short Float	14.07%
Short Ratio	3.64
Short Shares	12.02

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$126.7M
Average Volume	858,174.2x
Bv Per Share	8.06
CAPEX	$-3.7M
Ch1m	25.46
Ch1w	5.51
Ch1y	3.18
Ch3m	4.85
Ch3y	-33.79
Ch5y	-16.51
Ch6m	4.85
Change	-5.27%
Change From Open	0.26
Close	12.33
Days Gap	-5.52
Depreciation Amortization	81,521,000
Dollar Volume	12,830,655.2
Earnings Date	2026-05-07
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$71M
EBITDA	$152.5M
EPS	$0.43
F Score	8
FCF	$158.3M
FCF EV Yield	15.03x
FCF Per Share	$2.78
Financing CF	-94,229,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,998
Goodwill	166,620,000
Graham Number	8.87258
Graham Upside	-24.04
Income Tax	$17.2M
Investing CF	-34,925,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-07
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Type	Never
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-26
Lynch Fair Value	$2.17
Lynch Upside	-81.41
Ma150	10.83
Ma150ch	7.86%
Ma20	10.93
Ma20ch	6.91%
Net CF	33,163,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-06
Open	11.65
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	4.21
P OCF Ratio	4.11
Position In Range	55.93
Ppne	35,521,000
Pre Close	12.33
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$4.37
Relative Volume	1.28x
Revenue	724,438,000x
SBC By Revenue	4.36x
Share Based Comp	31,562,000
Tax By Revenue	2.38x
Tax Rate	38.89%
Tr6m	4.85%
Us State	Illinois
Volume	1,098,515
Z Score	0.49

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Moat score

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Business quality stays separate from stock attractiveness.

Forward P/E

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Valuation uses the full report model stack, not a single multiple.

Next action

Research pending

Final action steps are kept in the recommendation tab.

Income

Does CARS pay a dividend?

Capital-return profile for this ticker.

Performance

CARS stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns CARS?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+95.9%

Float: +85.4% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+2.3%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

CARS momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

65.8

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+3.0%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

1.64

More volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

0.22

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

CARS vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
DIS	The Walt Disney Company	187.6B	17.3x	1.9x	9.2%	+10.8%	+7.0%	Hold
GOOGL	Alphabet Inc.	4.9T	30.6x	11.5x	28.3%	+16.5%	+165.7%	Buy
META	Meta Platforms Inc.	1.5T	22.2x	7.2x	29.8%	+17.9%	+2.5%	Strong Buy

Questions

About CARS

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What is the current CARS stock rating?

Cars.com Inc. is currently shown with the latest rating in the latest report. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

Where can I read the full CARS analysis?

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