Cars.com Inc. (CARS)

NYSE: CARS · USD

$10.9

+0.11 (+1.0%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	584M
Revenue (ttm)	725.6M
Net income (ttm)	34.3M
EPS (ttm)	$0.57
Shares out	53.5M
P/E (trailing)	19.1x
P/E (forward)	5.1x
Volume	420,525
Beta	1.64

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 725.6M
Net income (ttm): 34.3M
EPS (ttm): $0.57
P/E (trailing): 19.1x
P/E (forward): 5.1x
Market cap: 584M

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E5.1

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Trailing P/E19.1

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ROE7.4

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ROIC6.2

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Profile and market data

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

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001683606
Company name	Cars.com Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	14575E105
Earnings date	2026-11-05
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	1,700
Employees change	-100
Employees growth	-5.56%
Enterprise value	$997.9M
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1998
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Internet Content & Information
IPO date	2017-05-18
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US14575E1055
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-26
Last earnings date	2026-08-06
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$584M
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-05
Options	Yes
Price	$10.91
Price currency	USD
Sector	Communication Services
SIC code	7374
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	CARS
U.S. state	Illinois
Website	https://www.cars.com

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	5.8x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	44.65x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	22.07x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	44.51x
Earnings yield	5.23%
EV/Earnings	29.1x
EV/EBIT	11.99x
EV/EBITDA	6.35x
EV/FCF	6.66x
EV/Sales	1.38x
FCF / EV yield	15.01%
FCF yield	25.65%
Forward EV/Sales	1.35x
Forward P/E	5.06x
Forward P/S	0.79x
Graham number	10.27397
Graham upside	-5.83%
Industry forward P/E	21.76x
Industry P/E	18.04x
Lynch fair value	$14.26
Lynch upside	30.68%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	4.91x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	4.84x
P/B ratio	1.31x
P/E ratio	19.13x
P/FCF ratio	3.9x
P/OCF ratio	3.85x
P/S ratio	0.8x
Price/EBITDA ratio	3.71x
Sector forward P/E	18.4x
Sector P/E	19.11x

Profitability

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

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	11.47%
EBITDA margin	21.67%
Effective tax rate	36.27%
FCF margin	20.65%
Gross margin	67.1%
Operating margin	11.47%
Pretax margin	7.42%
Profit margin	4.73%
Profit per employee	$20,175
Profitable quarters	5
Profitable years	5
Revenue per employee	$426,843
ROA	5.01%
ROA (5Y)	3.33%
ROCE	9.1%
ROE	7.4%
ROE (5Y)	9.61%
ROIC	6.22%
ROIC (5Y)	5.2%
SBC / revenue	4.24%
Tax / revenue	2.69%

Growth

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

Metric	Value
EPS growth	-9.54%
EPS growth (Q)	127.27%
EPS growth (QoQ)	212.5%
EPS growth 10Y	-12.67%
EPS growth 3Y	-29.86%
EPS growth 5Y	44.76%
EPS growth quarters	2
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	11.61%
FCF growth (Q)	-35.58%
FCF growth (QoQ)	-61.4%
FCF growth 3Y	2.04%
FCF growth 5Y	1.43%
Gross profit growth	3.56%
Gross profit growth (Q)	3.58%
Gross profit growth 3Y	2.17%
Gross profit growth 5Y	2.63%
Net income growth	-16.39%
Net income growth (Q)	103.5%
Net income growth (QoQ)	186.52%
Net income growth 3Y	-32.78%
Net income growth 5Y	40.78%
Net income growth quarters	2
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	8.67%
OCF growth (Q)	-39.71%
OCF growth (QoQ)	-60.28%
OCF growth 10Y	-1.86%
OCF growth 3Y	2.1%
OCF growth 5Y	-1.15%
Operating income growth	57.26%
Operating income growth (Q)	82.84%
Operating income growth 3Y	8.84%
Operating income growth 5Y	4.39%
Revenue growth	1.09%
Revenue growth (Q)	0.67%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	-0.16%
Revenue growth 10Y	1.69%
Revenue growth 3Y	2.79%
Revenue growth 5Y	3.66%
Revenue growth quarters	4
Revenue growth years	5

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-1.8M
Depreciation and amortization	$74M
EBIT	$83.3M
EBITDA	$157.2M
EPS	$0.57
FCF per share	$2.80
Financing cash flow	$-113.5M
Free cash flow	$149.8M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$119M
Gross profit	$486.9M
Income taxes	$19.5M
Investing cash flow	$-32.4M
Net borrowing	$-10M
Net cash flow	$5.6M
Net income	$34.3M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$120.8M
Operating income	$83.3M
Revenue	$725.6M
Stock-based compensation	$30.8M

Financial strength

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

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	0.54
Book value per share	$8.23
Debt / EBITDA	2.84
Debt / equity	1.01
Debt / FCF	2.98
Goodwill	$165.8M
Interest coverage	2.8
Long-term assets	$817.5M
Long-term liabilities	$471.2M
Net cash (debt)	$-413.8M
Net cash / market cap	-70.86%
Net debt / EBITDA	2.63
Net debt / equity	0.93
Net debt / FCF	2.76
Piotroski F-Score	8
Property, plant and equipment	$34.2M
Shareholders' equity	$443.6M
Tangible book value	$-227.2M
Tangible book value per share	$-4.21
Total assets	$1B
Total cash	$33.3M
Total debt	$447.1M
Total liabilities	$568.8M
WACC	9.36%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.7
Current assets	$195M
Current liabilities	$97.6M
Current ratio	2
Net working capital	$64M
Quick ratio	1.81
Working capital	$97.3M
Working capital turnover	8.15

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	8.77%
Dividend yield	0%
Shareholder yield	8.77%

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
150-day SMA	$10.74
1D price change	1.02%
1M price change	0.09%
1M total return	0.09%
1W price change	6.03%
1W total return	6.03%
1Y price change	-3.02%
1Y return CAGR	-3.02%
1Y total return	-3.02%
20-day SMA	$10.16
200-day SMA	$10.58
3M price change	-7.54%
3M total return	-7.54%
3Y price change	-28.41%
3Y return CAGR	-10.54%
3Y total return	-28.41%
50-day SMA	$10.95
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$13.69
52-week high date	2025-12-18
52-week low	$7.40
52-week low date	2026-03-12
5Y price change	-15.03%
5Y return CAGR	-3.21%
5Y total return	-15.03%
6M price change	-1.45%
6M total return	-1.45%
All-time high	$32.94
All-time high date	2018-07-13
All-time low	$3.25
All-time low date	2020-04-03
Average true range (ATR)	$0.39
Average volume	754.8K
Beta (1Y)	1.3
Beta (2Y)	1.44
Beta (5Y)	1.64
Change from 52-week high	-20.31%
Change from 52-week low	47.43%
Change from all-time high	-66.88%
Change from all-time low	235.69%
Change from open	0.83%
Day's gap	0.19%
Dollar volume	$4.6M
High price	$10.96
Low price	$10.73
Monthly RSI	45.43
Open price	$10.82
Position in 52-week range	78.26%
Premarket change	-0.83%
Premarket close	$10.80
Premarket price	$10.71
Previous close	$10.80
Price vs 150-day SMA	1.61%
Price vs 20-day SMA	7.39%
Price vs 200-day SMA	3.16%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-0.37%
Relative volume	0.56
RSI	57.14
Sharpe ratio	0.08
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	-0.17
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.07
Sortino ratio	0.23
Sortino ratio (3Y)	-0.11
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.24
Volume	420.5K
Weekly RSI	49.76
YTD price change	-10.57%
YTD total return	-10.57%

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	44.7M
Float percentage	83.54%
Shares change (QoQ)	-4.94%
Shares change (YoY)	-8.77%
Shares held by insiders	2.43%
Shares held by institutions	97.68%
Shares outstanding	53.5M
Short % of float	16.49%
Short % of shares	13.77%
Short ratio	12.4 days

Deeper analysis on CARS

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Forecast

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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