Stock Research: carsales.com

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carsales.com

ASX:CAR AU000000CAR3
15
  • Value
    15
  • Growth
    34
  • Safety
    Safety
    38
  • Combined
    12
  • Sentiment
    68
  • 360° View
    360° View
    15
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Company Description

CAR Group Limited is an online vehicle marketplace. It operates online automotive classifieds, display advertising, automotive data services, software, analysis, research, reporting, valuation, website development, hosting, photography, online retail and wholesale tire sales, and inspection services. It operates in Australia (carsales), North America (Trader Interactive), Brazil (webmotors), South Korea (Encar), and Chile (chileautos). In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $9213 million, profits of $689 million, revenue of $733 million, and 2000 employees.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 15 (better than 15% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock carsales.com are critical, mostly below average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with three out of four indicators below average for carsales.com. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 68, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 68% of alternative investment opportunities. But all other ranks are below average. The consolidated Value Rank has a rank of 38, which means that the share price of carsales.com is on the higher side compared with typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. The consolidated Growth Rank also has a low rank of 34, meaning that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. This means that growth is lower than for 34% of competitors in the same industry. Finally, the consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 15 which means that the company has a riskier financing structure than 85% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. ...read more

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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 21-Aug-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
38 41 44 59
Growth
34 59 69 73
Safety
Safety
15 18 12 32
Sentiment
68 39 92 45
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15 23 60 59
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
58 40 55 8
Opinions Change
24 5 44 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 52 98 43
Market Pulse
85 92 95 89
Sentiment
68 39 92 45
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
38 41 44 59
Growth
34 59 69 73
Safety Safety
15 18 12 32
Combined
12 28 24 65
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
31 38 40 49
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
7 9 7 18
Price vs. Book (P/B)
31 40 45 40
Dividend Yield
80 84 88 90
Value
38 41 44 59
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
50 53 47 41
Profit Growth
31 32 60 56
Capital Growth
55 65 35 79
Stock Returns
38 49 89 77
Growth
34 59 69 73
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
29 29 28 53
Refinancing
16 22 12 34
Liquidity
29 34 32 27
Safety Safety
15 18 12 32

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