Stock Research: Cars.com

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Cars.com

NYSE:CARS US14575E1055
59
  • Value
    54
  • Growth
    9
  • Safety
    Safety
    63
  • Combined
    23
  • Sentiment
    83
  • 360° View
    360° View
    59
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Company Description

Cars.com Inc. is an audience-driven technology company engaged in car buying and selling with products, solutions, and AI technologies. It operates in the automotive marketplace, digital retail technology, trade-in/appraisal technology, and media solutions through brands like Cars.com, Dealer Inspire, D2C Media, AccuTrade, and Cars Commerce Media Network. The company serves customers across the United States and Canada. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $779 million, profits of $481 million, revenue of $719 million, and 1800 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 59 (better than 59% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Cars.com are above average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half of the indicators below and half above average for Cars.com. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 63, which means that the share price of Cars.com is on the lower side compared with typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means the stock price is lower than for 63% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The company is also safely financed with a Safety rank of 54. In addition, professional market sentiment is above average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 83. But the consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 9, which means that the company is below average in terms of growth and momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. 91 of its competitors have better growth. ...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: 2-Oct-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
63 51 85 99
Growth
9 13 49 47
Safety
Safety
54 42 32 27
Sentiment
83 80 83 85
360° View
360° View
59 40 82 91
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
60 39 59 69
Opinions Change
77 50 50 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 74 92 63
Market Pulse
80 85 69 56
Sentiment
83 80 83 85
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
63 51 85 99
Growth
9 13 49 47
Safety Safety
54 42 32 27
Combined
23 22 66 64
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
48 38 73 100
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
79 64 67 81
Price vs. Book (P/B)
76 73 70 81
Dividend Yield
1 1 1 1
Value
63 51 85 99
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
14 28 32 8
Profit Growth
6 6 96 76
Capital Growth
46 24 15 23
Stock Returns
21 53 67 91
Growth
9 13 49 47
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
23 31 26 10
Refinancing
65 53 29 51
Liquidity
61 58 70 64
Safety Safety
54 42 32 27

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