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Cars.com Inc

CARS

11.140USD

+0.050+0.45%

Close 11/07, 16:00（ET）Quotes delayed by 15 min

672.41MMarket Cap

22.45P/E TTM

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Cars.com Inc

11.140

+0.050+0.45%

Overview Company Financials Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

Overview

Company

Financials

Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Cars.com Inc

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-07

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively stable. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. The company is performing well in the stock market, with strong fundamentals and technicals supporting the current trend. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Cars.com Inc's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking

58 / 485

Overall Ranking

125 / 4614

Industry

Software & IT Services

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score

Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 7 analysts

Buy

Current Rating

16.786

Target Price

+50.68%

Upside Space

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Cars.com Inc Highlights

StrengthsRisks

Cars.com Inc., doing business as Cars Commerce Inc., is an audience-driven technology company. It is engaged in car buying and selling with products, solutions and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven technologies that span pretail, retail and post-sale activities. The Cars Commerce platform is organized around four brands: the flagship automotive marketplace and dealer reputation site Cars.com, digital retail technology and marketing services from Dealer Inspire, essential trade-in and appraisal technology from AccuTrade, and media solutions from the Cars Commerce Media Network. It enables shoppers with the data, resources and digital tools needed to make informed buying decisions and connect with automotive retailers. Cars.com enables dealerships and original equipment manufacturers with solutions and data-driven intelligence. Its products and solutions have attracted approximately 19,500 franchise and independent dealer customers across the United States and Canada to its platform.

High Profit Growth

The company's net income leads the industry, with the latest annual income totaling USD 719.15M.

Fairly Valued

The company’s latest PE is 23.97, at a medium 3-year percentile range.

Institutional Selling

The latest institutional holdings are 59.34M shares, decreasing 6.84% quarter-over-quarter.

Held by CI Select Canadian Equity Fund

Star Investor CI Select Canadian Equity Fund holds 1.67K shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-07

The company's current financial score is 7.44, which is higher than the Software & IT Services industry's average of 7.26. Its financial status is weak, and its operating efficiency is average. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 178.74M, representing a year-over-year decrease of 0.09%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year decrease of 38.41%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.44

Change

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Financials

5.23

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

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Quality of Earnings

10.00

Key Metrics

Total revenue

Operating profit

Total assets

SG&A

No Data

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Operational Efficiency

7.96

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Income after tax

No Data

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Growth Potential

6.83

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Total revenue

No Data

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Shareholder Returns

7.20

Key Metrics

Free cash flow

No Data

Cars.com Inc's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-07

The company’s current valuation score is 7.98, which is higher than the Software & IT Services industry's average of 7.30. Its current P/E ratio is 23.97, which is 225.37% below the recent high of 77.98 and 65.09% above the recent low of 8.37.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.98

Change

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 58/485

No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-07

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 7.71, which is higher than the Software & IT Services industry's average of 7.59. The average price target for Cars.com Inc is 16.00, with a high of 25.00 and a low of 12.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.71

Change

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 7 analysts

Buy

Current Rating

16.786

Target Price

+50.68%

Upside Space

Strong Buy

Buy

Hold

Sell

Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

104

Total

Median

Average

Company name

Ratings

Analysts

Cars.com Inc

CARS

Meta Platforms Inc

Financial Forecasting

EPS

Revenue

Net Profit

EBIT

No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-07

The company’s current price momentum score is 7.10, which is higher than the Software & IT Services industry's average of 6.77. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 12.18 and the support level at 10.06, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.08

Change

0.02

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

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The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators

Sell(2)

Neutral(4)

Buy(1)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MACD(12,26,9)

0.206

Neutral

RSI(14)

50.519

Neutral

STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)

37.138

Neutral

ATR(14)

0.507

High Vlolatility

CCI(14)

75.014

Neutral

Williams %R

55.342

Sell

TRIX(12,20)

-0.387

Sell

StochRSI(14)

100.000

Buy

Moving Average

Sell(3)

Neutral(0)

Buy(3)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MA5

10.790

Buy

MA10

10.809

Buy

MA20

10.730

Buy

MA50

11.900

Sell

MA100

12.214

Sell

MA200

12.410

Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-07

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 10.00, which is higher than the Software & IT Services industry's average of 5.80. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 96.57%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 6.29%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 6.76M shares, representing 11.00% of shares outstanding, with 0.34% decrease in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

10.00

Change

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name

Shares Held

Chg %

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

8.15M

-7.94%

Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC

7.76M

-1.49%

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Star Investors

6.76M

-4.08%

ACMGMT LLC

3.50M

-0.01%

Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.

3.17M

-0.00%

State Street Investment Management (US)

2.36M

-2.61%

Hill Path Capital LP

2.01M

Fidelity Institutional Asset Management

1.67M

-1.60%

Brown Advisory

1.39M

Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.

1.37M

-6.31%

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-07

The company’s current risk assessment score is 5.49, which is higher than the Software & IT Services industry's average of 4.86. The company's beta value is 1.45. This indicates that the stock tends to outperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences larger declines during downward trending markets.