Cars.com Inc

Cars.com Inc

CARS · NYSE · Communication Services / Internet Content & Information

12.71USD-0.14 (-1.09%)

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Market Stats

Previous Close12.85
Open12.88
Day Range12.70 – 13.12
52-Week Range7.40 – 13.69
Volume692.54K
Market Cap567.98M
P/E (TTM)18.29
Forward P/E4.48
EPS0.58
Dividend Yield0.00%
Beta1.59
50-Day Avg11.84
200-Day Avg10.87

About

Cars.com Inc., an audience-driven technology company, provides solutions for the automotive industry in the United States. The company offers marketplace through Cars.com that allows OEMs and dealers to merchandise their inventory, as well as provides reputation management technology and digital financing tools. It also operates dealer websites to transform automotive retail processes; and trade and appraisal product, including AccuTrade, which uses demand data and diagnostic scans to determine the right trade-in offer for every VIN in minutes. In addition, the company offers media solution, such as Cars Social, allows dealers to target and serve native advertisements displaying real-time inventory to in-market car shoppers on Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platform; VIN Performance Media, a machine-learning for media campaign, including audience targeting, real-time inventory, and ad placement across search, social, and display; In-Market Video, provides OEMs and dealers to pinpoint serious, ready-to-buy shoppers geographically; and proprietary in-market media solutions. The company serves local dealers, OEMs, dealer groups, and auto-adjacent companies. Cars.com Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Company Details

  • SectorCommunication Services
  • IndustryInternet Content & Information
  • CEOMr. Tobias Hartmann
  • Employees1.70K
  • Headquarters300 South Riverside Plaza, Chicago, IL, United States, 60606, USA
  • Websitehttps://www.cars.com

Leadership

  • Mr. Tobias HartmannCEO & Director · b. 1972
  • Ms. Sonia JainChief Financial Officer · b. 1980
  • Ms. Angelique Strong MarksChief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary · b. 1968
  • Ms. Lisa GosselinChief Commercial Officer
  • Mr. Cormac TwomeyChief Technology Officer
  • Ms. Katherine ChenVice President of Investor Relations
  • Ms. Sarah KettlerChief Marketing Officer
  • Ms. Sarah ArchibongChief People Officer
  • Ms. Jennifer NewmanEditor-In-Chief
  • Mr. Joe BruzekManaging Editor

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: USD2013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Revenue418.20M495.95M596.51M633.11M626.26M662.13M606.68M547.50M623.68M653.88M689.18M719.15M723.24M
Growth (%)-+18.59%+20.28%+6.14%-1.08%+5.73%-8.37%-9.75%+13.91%+4.84%+5.40%+4.35%+0.57%
Cost of Revenue106.55M115.53M116.69M129.86M139.70M90.43M99.55M101.54M114.20M114.96M122.20M124.33M122.73M
Gross Profit311.65M380.43M479.82M503.24M560.72M569.76M507.13M445.97M509.48M538.92M566.98M594.82M600.51M
Gross Margin74.52%76.71%80.44%79.49%89.53%86.05%83.59%81.45%81.69%82.42%82.27%82.71%83.03%
Operating Expense244.31M358.12M322.09M326.59M426.46M485.84M953.19M1.33B501.76M472.88M512.86M541.32M540.26M
Operating Income67.34M22.31M157.73M176.65M134.26M83.92M-446.06M-887.33M7.72M66.04M54.12M53.50M60.25M
Operating Margin16.10%4.50%26.44%27.90%21.44%12.67%-73.52%-162.07%1.24%10.10%7.85%7.44%8.33%
EBITDA94.38M50.24M238.66M260.06M223.17M188.46M-327.63M-785.28M109.53M152.29M151.53M201.24M187.15M
EBITDA Margin22.57%10.13%40.01%41.08%35.64%28.46%-54.00%-143.43%17.56%23.29%21.99%27.98%25.88%
Net Income104.69M591.60M157.84M176.37M224.44M38.81M-445.32M-817.12M7.72M17.21M118.44M48.19M20.05M
Net Income Margin25.03%119.28%26.46%27.86%35.84%5.86%-73.40%-149.24%1.24%2.63%17.19%6.70%2.77%
R&D--73.97M73.97M73.97M73.97M--77.32M89.02M99.58M113.93M117.33M
R&D as % of Total Revenue--12.40%11.68%11.81%11.17%--12.40%13.61%14.45%15.84%16.22%
Interest Expense000012.37M27.72M30.77M37.86M38.73M35.32M32.42M32.20M61.01M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%1.98%4.19%5.07%6.91%6.21%5.40%4.70%4.48%8.44%

Balance Sheet

Currency: USD2013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Total Assets-2.58B2.47B2.55B2.51B2.60B2.03B1.08B1.01B1.02B1.17B1.11B1.06B
Total Liabilities-242.03M169.15M129.98M831.91M973.63M886.92M735.54M609.18M640.44M680.34M600.38M589.89M
Total Equity-2.34B2.30B2.42B1.68B1.63B1.14B340.18M398.02M384.43M492.11M511.49M472.53M
Cash-187.00K100.00K8.90M20.56M25.46M13.55M67.72M39.07M31.71M39.20M50.67M56.24M
Total Debt----578.35M692.16M642.67M583.90M466.32M472.38M483.25M455.29M468.47M
Net Debt--187.00K-100.00K-8.90M557.79M666.70M629.12M516.18M427.25M440.67M444.05M404.62M412.24M

Cash Flow

Currency: USD2013-12-312014-12-312015-12-312016-12-312017-12-312018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating Cash Flow117.74M97.13M190.06M199.15M185.93M163.55M101.48M138.62M138.00M128.51M136.72M152.52M151.64M
Investing Cash Flow-7.40M537.37M-1.15M-126.75M-32.77M-171.38M-21.86M-16.71M-39.45M-84.38M-97.05M-24.60M-49.40M
Financing Cash Flow-90.00M-673.71M-189.00M-63.60M-141.49M12.73M-91.54M-67.73M-127.20M-51.49M-31.75M-115.96M-96.62M
Capital Expenditure10.68M8.58M9.11M9.70M32.77M14.23M21.26M16.71M19.19M19.71M20.88M3.00M4.29M
Free Cash Flow107.06M88.55M180.95M189.45M153.16M149.31M80.23M121.90M118.81M108.80M115.84M149.52M147.35M
Dividends Paid90.00M598.32M-0650.00M0286.00K--6.26M9.21M--
FCF to OCF90.93%91.17%95.21%95.13%82.37%91.30%79.05%87.94%86.09%84.66%84.73%98.03%97.17%
Dividend Paid to FCF84.06%675.66%-0.00%424.41%0.00%0.36%--5.75%7.95%--

Earnings

Report DateJun 20, 2017Aug 9, 2017Nov 8, 2017Mar 6, 2018May 9, 2018Aug 8, 2018Nov 7, 2018Feb 28, 2019May 10, 2019Aug 5, 2019Nov 6, 2019Feb 26, 2020May 6, 2020Jul 30, 2020Nov 9, 2020Feb 25, 2021May 6, 2021Aug 5, 2021Nov 4, 2021Feb 25, 2022May 6, 2022Aug 3, 2022Nov 3, 2022Feb 23, 2023May 4, 2023Aug 3, 2023Nov 2, 2023Feb 22, 2024May 9, 2024Aug 8, 2024Nov 7, 2024Feb 20, 2025May 8, 2025Aug 7, 2025Nov 6, 2025Feb 26, 2026May 7, 2026Aug 6, 2026Nov 5, 2026
EPS Estimate-0.300.310.310.440.600.220.230.040.270.360.370.24-0.380.390.450.360.410.420.450.260.260.110.090.060.100.100.160.090.450.450.560.490.350.490.450.460.360.46
EPS Actual0.380.350.290.290.390.480.230.14-0.13-0.09-6.38-0.06-11.76-0.37-0.180.100.080.080.03-0.090.060.08-0.040.150.171.370.070.120.010.380.410.490.370.330.480.330.450.41-
Surprise-16.67%-6.45%-6.45%-11.36%-20.00%4.55%-39.13%-425.00%-133.41%-1872.22%-116.62%-5000.00%2.63%-146.15%-77.78%-77.78%-80.49%-92.86%-119.13%-76.46%-69.23%-139.55%66.67%183.33%1270.00%-34.40%-25.00%-87.11%-15.56%-8.89%-12.48%-24.49%-5.71%-2.04%-26.67%-2.17%13.89%-
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Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap567.98M
Enterprise Value967.90M
Trailing P/E18.29
Forward P/E4.48
PEG Ratio2.35
Price / Sales0.78
Price / Book1.25
EPS0.58
Book Value8.23
Revenue (TTM)725.63M
Gross Profit (TTM)486.89M
EBITDA157.24M
Profit Margin4.73%
Operating Margin15.49%
Return on Equity7.40%
Return on Assets5.01%
Shares Outstanding53.53M
Shares Float44.72M
Beta1.59
Dividend Yield0.00%
Dividend Rate0.00
Payout Ratio0.00%

Analyst Ratings

Buy
Based on 7 analystsTarget 13.71
  • Strong Buy
    3
  • Buy
    1
  • Hold
    2
  • Strong Sell
    1

Ownership Breakdown

Institutions
107.58%
Insiders
12.60%
Retail / Other
0.00%

Top Institutional Holders

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    8.79M16.43%
  • BlackRock Inc
    4.31M8.04%
  • Pale Fire Capital SE
    4.01M7.49%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc.
    3.35M6.26%
  • Hill Path Capital LP
    2.48M4.63%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC
    2.47M4.62%
  • Brown Advisory Holdings Inc
    2.40M4.48%
  • Breach Inlet Capital Management LLC
    2.20M4.10%
  • American Century Companies Inc
    2.14M4.00%
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co
    1.53M2.85%
  • State Street Corp
    1.47M2.74%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC
    1.33M2.48%
  • Two Sigma Investments LLC
    1.20M2.24%

Top Fund Holders

  • Fidelity Low-Priced Stock
    3.51M6.55%
  • Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF
    2.18M4.06%
  • Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest
    1.69M3.15%
  • Brown Advisory Small-Cap Fdmtl Val Inv
    1.24M2.32%
  • iShares Russell 2000 ETF
    1.20M2.24%
  • Strategic Advisers Fidelity US TtlStk
    1.09M2.03%
  • Fidelity Global Value Growth Eq MF
    1.07M2.00%