Cars.com Inc.
General ticker "CARS" information:
- Sector: Consumer Discretionary
- Industry: Auto - Dealerships
- Capitalization: $642.9M (TTM average)
Cars.com Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 19.4%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.9%: low 9.93$, high 10.32$
Factors to consider:
- Total employees count: 1700 (-5.6%) as of 2025
- Company does not operate outside North America (retrieved using AI)
- Top business risk factors: Low auto sales, Supply chain disruptions, Reputation and brand risks, Cybersecurity threats, Regulatory and compliance
- Current price 14.1% below estimated low
- Earnings for 6 months up through Q2 are close to 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 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [11.88$, 17.92$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [13.70$, 20.20$]
Financial Metrics affecting the CARS estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 7.4 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: 7.80 < Operating profit margin, % of 8.33
- Positive: 15.29 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 20.11
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0 <= 0
- Positive: 7.15 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 8.94
- Positive: -7.11 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -6.55
- Negative: 2.54 < Interest expense per share per price, % of 4.03
- Positive: 42.26 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 44.48 <= 49.86
- Positive: 0.01 < Industry earnings per price (median), % of 1.05
- Positive: 0.90 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 1.85
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $689.18MM | $719.15MM | $723.24MM |
| Operating Expenses | $635.07MM | $665.65MM | $662.99MM |
| Operating Income | $54.12MM | $53.50MM | $60.25MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-36.01MM | $8.37MM | $-25.94MM |
| Interest Expense | $32.42MM | $32.20MM | $30.38MM |
| R&D Expense | $102.03MM | $117.88MM | $117.33MM |
| Income(Loss) | $18.11MM | $61.86MM | $34.31MM |
| Taxes | $-100.34MM | $13.68MM | $14.25MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $118.44MM | $48.19MM | $20.05MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $492.11MM | $511.49MM | $472.53MM |
| Assets | $1,172.45MM | $1,111.87MM | $1,062.42MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $136.72MM | $152.52MM | $151.64MM |
| Capital expenditure | $20.88MM | $3.00MM | $4.29MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-97.05MM | $-24.60MM | $-49.40MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-31.75MM | $-115.96MM | $-96.62MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $1.77 | $0.73 | $0.33 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.