Cars.com Inc.
General ticker "CARS" information:
- Sector: Consumer Discretionary
- Industry: Auto - Dealerships
- Capitalization: $856.4M (TTM average)
Cars.com Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 22.1%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.6%: low 11.85$, high 12.24$
Factors to consider:
- Total employees count: 1800 (+5.9%) as of 2024
- Company does not operate outside North America (retrieved using AI)
- Top business risk factors: Climate change and natural disasters, Regulatory and compliance, Acquisition/divestiture risks, Technology failures, Labor/talent shortage/retention
- Current price 36.4% below estimated low
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [16.18$, 24.25$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [18.82$, 27.56$]
Financial Metrics affecting the CARS estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 13.5 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 13.25 > 12.91
- Positive: -5.02 < Operating profit margin, % of 7.44
- Positive: 1.77 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 4.15
- Positive: -9.48 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 2.61
- Negative: 42.53 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 46.00 <= 64.17
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0 <= 0
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Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $653.88MM | $689.18MM | $719.15MM |
| Operating Expenses | $587.84MM | $635.07MM | $665.65MM |
| Operating Income | $66.04MM | $54.12MM | $53.50MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-43.46MM | $-36.01MM | $8.37MM |
| Interest Expense | $35.32MM | $32.42MM | $32.20MM |
| R&D Expense | $89.02MM | $99.58MM | $113.93MM |
| Income(Loss) | $22.58MM | $18.11MM | $61.86MM |
| Taxes | $5.37MM | $-100.34MM | $13.68MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $17.21MM | $118.44MM | $48.19MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $384.43MM | $492.11MM | $511.49MM |
| Assets | $1,024.87MM | $1,172.45MM | $1,111.87MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $128.51MM | $136.72MM | $152.52MM |
| Capital expenditure | $19.71MM | $20.88MM | $3.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-84.38MM | $-97.05MM | $-24.60MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-51.49MM | $-31.75MM | $-115.96MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $0.25 | $1.77 | $0.73 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.