Cars.com Inc. (CARS): Price and Financial Metrics

Cars.com Inc. (CARS): $18.57

0.43 (-2.26%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

C

Stability

C

Sentiment

Quality

C

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Industry: Auto Dealers & Rentals

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CARS Price/Volume Stats

Current price $18.57 52-week high $22.84
Prev. close $19.00 52-week low $12.70
Day low $18.46 Volume 382,000
Day high $18.94 Avg. volume 410,070
50-day MA $17.46 Dividend yield N/A
200-day MA $18.62 Market Cap 1.23B

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CARS POWR Grades

  • Value is the dimension where CARS ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 84.94% of US stocks.
  • CARS's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving down over the last 177 days.
  • CARS's current lowest rank is in the Quality metric (where it is better than 64.9% of US stocks).

CARS Stock Summary

  • With a year-over-year growth in debt of -9.65%, CARSCOM INC's debt growth rate surpasses 27.13% of about US stocks.
  • In terms of twelve month growth in earnings before interest and taxes, CARSCOM INC is reporting a growth rate of 76.89%; that's higher than 86.96% of US stocks.
  • CARSCOM INC's shareholder yield -- a measure of how much capital is returned to stockholders via dividends and buybacks -- is 7.43%, greater than the shareholder yield of 77.66% of stocks in our set.
  • If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to CARSCOM INC, a group of peers worth examining would be OPK, SHPW, TWOU, HCTI, and AGCO.
  • Visit CARS's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.cars.com.

CARS Valuation Summary

  • CARS's price/sales ratio is 1.8; this is 0% higher than that of the median Consumer Cyclical stock.
  • CARS's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 13.8 over the prior 79 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for CARS.

Stock Date P/S P/B P/E EV/EBIT
CARS 2023-12-01 1.8 2.5 10.2 24.8
CARS 2023-11-30 1.8 2.6 10.2 25.0
CARS 2023-11-29 1.8 2.6 10.3 25.1
CARS 2023-11-28 1.8 2.6 10.4 25.2
CARS 2023-11-27 1.9 2.6 10.4 25.4
CARS 2023-11-24 1.9 2.6 10.5 25.5

CARS's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.
  • CARS has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 66.32% of graded US stocks.
  • CARS's asset turnover comes in at 0.577 -- ranking 276th of 561 Business Services stocks.
  • TYL, CASS, and VVI are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with CARS.

The table below shows CARS's key quality metrics over time.

Period Asset Turnover Gross Margin ROIC
2021-06-30 0.577 0.821 0.104
2021-03-31 0.519 0.813 0.050
2020-12-31 0.489 0.815 -1.257
2020-09-30 0.403 0.819 -1.242
2020-06-30 0.345 0.822 -1.836
2020-03-31 0.305 0.833 -1.783

Cars.com Inc. (CARS) Company Bio


Cars.com is a leading online destination that helps car shoppers and owners buy, sell and service their vehicles. The company is one of the largest digital automotive platform that features new and used vehicle listings, a comprehensive set of research tools and a database of consumer reviews. Cars.com companies include DealerRater, Auto.com, PickupTrucks.com and NewCars.com. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Chicago.


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Latest CARS News From Around the Web

Below are the latest news stories about CARSCOM INC that investors may wish to consider to help them evaluate CARS as an investment opportunity.

Insider Sell Alert: CFO Sonia Jain Sells 22,328 Shares of Cars.com Inc

In a notable insider transaction, CFO Sonia Jain of Cars.com Inc (NYSE:CARS) sold 22,328 shares of the company's stock on November 30, 2023.

Yahoo | December 2, 2023

Insider Sell Alert: CFO Sonia Jain Sells 39,191 Shares of Cars.com Inc

In a notable insider transaction, CFO Sonia Jain of Cars.com Inc (NYSE:CARS) sold 39,191 shares of the company's stock on November 28, 2023.

Yahoo | November 30, 2023

13 Million Reviews Don't Lie: Cars.com Reveals Top Automakers With the Best Reputation

Cars.com Inc. (NYSE: CARS) (d/b/a "Cars Commerce"), an audience-driven technology company empowering the automotive industry, today revealed the major automotive brands that have the best reputation amongst consumers. The results were determined using data from the company's exclusive Experience Report, which analyzes consumer reviews on its marketplace about dealerships nationwide. In an era where online reviews significantly influence consumer decisions on what and where to buy, the Experience

Yahoo | November 30, 2023

Insider Sell: CEO Thomas Vetter Sells 38,932 Shares of Cars.com Inc

In a notable insider transaction, CEO Thomas Vetter sold 38,932 shares of Cars.com Inc (NYSE:CARS) on November 14, 2023.

Yahoo | November 16, 2023

Cars.com to Participate in Three Investor Conferences in November

Cars.com Inc. d/b/a Cars Commerce (NYSE: CARS) ("Cars Commerce"), an audience-driven technology company empowering the automotive industry, today announced that Alex Vetter, Chief Executive Officer of Cars Commerce and Sonia Jain, Chief Financial Officer of Cars Commerce will host meetings at the following three investor conferences in November:

Yahoo | November 9, 2023

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CARS Price Returns

1-mo 2.88%
3-mo 0.43%
6-mo 1.75%
1-year 28.69%
3-year 61.48%
5-year -23.49%
YTD 34.86%
2022 -14.42%
2021 42.39%
2020 -7.53%
2019 -43.16%
2018 -25.45%

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