CARS - Cars.com Inc Stock Price, Fair Value and News

16.83USD+0.13 (+0.78%)Market Closed

Market Summary

USD16.83+0.13

Market Closed

0.78%

CARS Stock Price

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CARS Valuation

Market Cap

1.1B

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

9.27

Price/Sales (Trailing)

1.59

EV/EBITDA

17.52

Price/Free Cashflow

8.1

CARS Price/Sales (Trailing)

CARS Profitability

Operating Margin

85.44%

EBT Margin

2.63%

Return on Equity

24.07%

Return on Assets

10.1%

Free Cashflow Yield

12.34%

CARS Fundamentals

CARS Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

689.2M

Rev. Growth (Yr)

6.78%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

3.02%

CARS Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

118.4M

Earnings Growth (Yr)

-18.67%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

85.84%

Breaking Down CARS Revenue

Last 7 days

3.3%

Last 30 days

-1.4%

Last 90 days

-5.4%

Trailing 12 Months

-12.6%

How does CARS drawdown profile look like?

CARS Financial Health

Current Ratio

1.22

Debt/Equity

0.93

Debt/Cashflow

0.3

CARS Investor Care

Buy Backs (1Y)

0.67%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

1.74

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2023	662.7M	668.0M	677.8M	689.2M
2022	628.6M	635.9M	644.0M	653.9M
2021	552.7M	606.2M	618.4M	623.7M
2020	600.6M	554.4M	546.7M	547.5M
2019	656.4M	636.1M	618.8M	606.7M
2018	633.0M	644.9M	654.3M	662.1M
2017	633.8M	633.8M	631.4M	626.3M
2016	605.7M	614.8M	624.0M	633.1M
2015	0	0	0	596.5M

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of Cars.com Inc

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
Mar 14, 2024	vetter thomas alex	acquired	-	-	354,192	ceo
Mar 14, 2024	marks angelique strong	acquired	-	-	50,207	chief legal officer
Mar 14, 2024	jain sonia	acquired	-	-	60,139	chief financial officer
Mar 14, 2024	miller douglas neal	acquired	-	-	44,274	pres. and chief comm. officer
Mar 08, 2024	miller douglas neal	sold	-265,938	18.54	-14,344	pres. and chief comm. officer
Mar 07, 2024	miller douglas neal	sold	-33,725	18.5	-1,823	pres. and chief comm. officer
Mar 06, 2024	miller douglas neal	sold	-293,431	18.15	-16,167	pres. and chief comm. officer
Mar 01, 2024	marks angelique strong	sold (taxes)	-120,323	18.6	-6,469	chief legal officer
Mar 01, 2024	miller douglas neal	sold (taxes)	-449,283	18.6	-24,155	pres. and chief comm. officer
Mar 01, 2024	vetter thomas alex	sold (taxes)	-763,400	18.6	-41,043	ceo

Which funds bought or sold CARS recently?

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
Apr 23, 2024	AMALGAMATED BANK	reduced	-28.08	-174,000	325,000	-%
Apr 23, 2024	Louisiana State Employees Retirement System	reduced	-0.97	-60,286	523,990	0.01%
Apr 23, 2024	FIFTH THIRD BANCORP	reduced	-8.56	-1,180	5,687	-%
Apr 23, 2024	HALL LAURIE J TRUSTEE	unchanged	-	-1,000	5,000	-%
Apr 22, 2024	MetLife Investment Management, LLC	unchanged	-	73,700	662,603	-%
Apr 19, 2024	Maryland State Retirement & Pension System	unchanged	-	-62,678	361,965	0.01%
Apr 19, 2024	State of Alaska, Department of Revenue	reduced	-0.98	-74,000	644,000	0.01%
Apr 18, 2024	Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC	reduced	-6.14	-324	1,838	-%
Apr 18, 2024	FARMERS & MERCHANTS INVESTMENTS INC	unchanged	-	-86.00	825	-%
Apr 15, 2024	Sunbelt Securities, Inc.	unchanged	-	-27.00	258	-%

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Unveiling Cars.com Inc's Major ShareHolders

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Feb 14, 2024	greenvale capital llp	7.0%	4,628,403	SC 13G/A
Feb 13, 2024	vanguard group inc	10.77%	7,135,038	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2024	dimensional fund advisors lp	4.7%	3,127,723	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2024	fmr llc	-	0	SC 13G/A
Jan 22, 2024	blackrock inc.	15.1%	9,998,730	SC 13G/A
Feb 14, 2023	greenvale capital llp	8.1%	5,428,353	SC 13G/A
Feb 13, 2023	ninety one uk ltd	4.99%	3,329,718	SC 13G
Feb 10, 2023	dimensional fund advisors lp	5.2%	3,496,980	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2023	fmr llc	-	0	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2023	vanguard group inc	10.76%	7,170,244	SC 13G/A

Recent SEC filings of Cars.com Inc

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
Apr 19, 2024	ARS	ARS
Apr 19, 2024	DEF 14A	DEF 14A
Apr 19, 2024	DEFA14A	DEFA14A
Mar 18, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 18, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 18, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 18, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 11, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 08, 2024	144	Notice of Insider Sale Intent
Mar 07, 2024	144	Notice of Insider Sale Intent

Peers (Alternatives to Cars.com Inc)

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LARGE-CAP
TSLA	460.6B	96.8B	-15.35%	-11.04%	30.71	4.76	18.80%	19.44%
F	51.8B	176.2B	0.31%	7.83%	11.88	0.29	11.47%	328.08%
GM	51.5B	174.9B	4.74%	31.53%	4.81	0.29	8.79%	14.11%
APTV	19.6B	20.1B	-10.77%	-33.49%	6.67	0.98	14.65%	394.61%
KMX	11.0B	26.5B	-18.53%	1.16%	22.89	0.41	-10.61%	-1.15%
MID-CAP
BWA	7.7B	15.0B	0.39%	-32.20%	12.25	0.51	12.05%	-33.79%
ALSN	7.0B	3.0B	0.94%	70.16%	10.33	2.29	9.61%	26.74%
ABG	4.5B	14.8B	-0.86%	7.36%	7.52	0.31	-4.09%	-39.59%
GT	3.4B	20.1B	-7.94%	13.04%	-4.97	0.17	-3.55%	-440.59%
ADNT	2.6B	15.4B	-12.22%	-25.13%	12.4	0.17	7.09%	494.44%
SMALL-CAP
BLBD	1.2B	1.2B	-0.11%	97.44%	19.08	0.96	33.91%	215.64%
AXL	876.9M	6.1B	4.03%	3.03%	-26.1	0.14	4.78%	-152.26%
CAAS	109.6M	576.4M	7.74%	-19.20%	2.91	0.19	8.84%	77.79%
WKHS	50.4M	13.1M	-23.81%	-83.16%	-0.41	3.85	160.69%	-5.67%
AYRO	6.9M	498.9K	-15.15%	150.00%	-0.2	13.86	-83.32%	-48.94%

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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Income Statement (Quarterly)																					(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Revenue	3.0%	179,606	174,333	168,176	167,068	168,201	164,595	162,873	158,207	158,305	156,553	155,530	153,295	153,008	144,392	102,009	148,094	152,187	152,090	148,207	154,198	164,346
Cost Of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24,319	25,579	26,443
Operating Expenses	2.9%	164,671	160,015	155,842	154,539	148,390	144,696	147,488	147,266	154,243	144,479	139,875	136,748	137,111	125,329	119,233	1,053,157	147,481	599,806	147,203	158,252	140,476
S&GA Expenses	-2.2%	58,835	60,186	58,153	58,297	56,515	53,615	54,655	57,094	51,867	51,948	51,309	53,211	50,714	45,776	32,036	54,922	52,560	50,789	53,740	60,343	46,572
EBITDA Margin	-13.1%	0.13*	0.14*	0.14*	0.14*	0.12*	0.09*	0.10*	0.11*	0.12*	0.12*	0.14*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Interest Expenses	-6.1%	-8,254	-7,777	-8,150	-8,244	-8,442	-8,501	-9,047	-9,330	-9,367	-9,522	-9,839	-10,001	-11,627	-10,779	-7,924	-7,526	-7,785	-7,712	-7,711	-7,566	-7,412
Income Taxes	-248.5%	-6,455	-1,852	-93,075	1,045	6,200	952	739	-2,521	-2,565	140	-189	1,306	-35,202	22,502	53.00	-134,656	1,056	-27,869	-672	-2,470	7,747
Earnings Before Taxes	-28.3%	1,891	2,639	1,051	12,524	16,462	-1,989	6,284	1,819	-5,449	2,571	5,777	6,584	31.00	10,241	-24,591	-922,090	-3,054	-454,026	-6,698	-11,501	17,104
EBT Margin	-45.5%	0.03*	0.05*	0.04*	0.05*	0.03*	0.00*	0.01*	0.01*	0.02*	0.02*	0.04*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net Income	85.8%	8,346	4,491	94,126	11,479	10,262	-2,941	5,545	4,340	-2,884	2,431	5,966	5,278	7,219	-12,261	-24,644	-787,434	-4,110	-426,157	-6,026	-9,031	9,357
Net Income Margin	-3.2%	0.17*	0.18*	0.17*	0.04*	0.03*	0.01*	0.01*	0.02*	0.02*	0.03*	0.01*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cashflow	26.8%	44,597	35,169	27,732	27,942	18,758	48,690	11,483	29,866	20,464	31,823	22,381	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Assets	6.3%	1,172	1,103	1,086	1,002	1,025	1,050	1,051	1,069	1,007	998	1,021	1,036	1,076	1,068	1,078	1,256	2,028	2,060	2,527	2,580	2,601
Current Assets	-5.8%	178	189	157	145	149	155	138	138	147	162	162	158	178	154	142	291	122	130	113	141	154
Cash Equivalents	-20.1%	39.00	49.00	29.00	19.00	32.00	32.00	18.00	30.00	39.00	52.00	52.00	54.00	68.00	44.00	57.00	187	14.00	20.00	10.00	28.00	25.00
Net PPE	-0.3%	44.00	44.00	45.00	46.00	45.00	45.00	44.00	43.00	43.00	46.00	46.00	43.00	41.00	41.00	41.00	44.00	44.00	43.00	41.00	41.00	41.00
Goodwill	43.0%	147	103	103	103	103	102	103	102	26.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	506	506	885	885	884
Liabilities	9.7%	680	620	608	617	640	674	660	673	609	632	663	690	736	746	749	908	887	918	958	988	974
Current Liabilities	11.3%	146	131	121	107	106	106	85.00	96.00	94.00	96.00	96.00	98.00	90.00	113	95.00	98.00	99.00	122	113	120	111
Long Term Debt	7.1%	460	430	434	439	458	483	496	499	457	471	502	524	576	559	609	763	611	631	644	652	665
LT Debt, Current	28.1%	23.00	18.00	17.00	15.00	14.00	13.00	12.00	10.00	9.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	33.00	30.00	31.00	31.00	33.00	32.00	30.00	27.00
LT Debt, Non Current	7.1%	460	430	434	439	458	483	496	499	457	471	502	524	576	559	609	763	611	631	644	652	665
Shareholder's Equity	1.9%	492	483	477	385	384	377	391	396	398	395	385	374	368	322	329	348	1,141	1,141	1,569	1,593	1,627
Retained Earnings	0.8%	-1,009	-1,018	-1,022	-1,116	-1,128	-1,138	-1,135	-1,141	-1,145	-1,170	-1,172	-1,178	-1,156	-1,191	-1,179	-1,154	-367	-362	63.00	89.00	118
Additional Paid-In Capital	0.0%	1,500	1,500	1,499	1,501	1,512	1,515	1,526	1,537	1,545	1,540	1,534	1,530	1,530	1,525	1,521	1,516	1,515	1,513	1,514	1,510	1,508
Shares Outstanding	-0.4%	66.00	66.00	66.00	67.00	66.00	69.00	69.00	69.00	69.00	69.00	68.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Float	-	-	-	1,318	-	-	-	644	-	-	-	988	-	-	-	387	-	-	-	1,315	-	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Cashflow (Quarterly)																					(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Cashflow From Operations	27.5%	45,140	35,398	28,041	28,141	37,220	49,011	11,922	30,358	21,777	36,607	29,257	50,362	41,750	39,237	28,737	28,892	20,934	29,795	12,366	38,389	42,467
Share Based Compensation	2.0%	7,561	7,410	7,538	5,982	5,239	5,475	6,407	5,221	5,275	5,486	5,692	4,978	4,817	4,072	4,295	1,971	2,330	-1,071	3,348	2,981	1,928
Cashflow From Investing	-1527.5%	-81,475	-5,006	-5,198	-5,371	-5,208	-5,844	-4,547	-68,778	-21,571	-4,784	-6,876	-6,219	-4,109	-3,878	-2,970	-5,755	-5,848	-6,055	-5,990	-3,963	-4,256
Cashflow From Financing	371.3%	26,887	-9,912	-13,076	-35,647	-32,217	-29,381	-19,694	29,804	-12,644	-32,501	-23,920	-58,138	-13,691	-48,535	-156,166	150,658	-21,310	-13,506	-25,177	-31,549	-30,557
Buy Backs	21.9%	7,838	6,429	9,992	7,174	9,022	16,678	18,309	5,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20,000	20,000	20,255

CARS Income Statement

2023-12-31

Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Revenue:
Total revenue	$ 689,183	$ 653,876	$ 623,683
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenue and operations	122,205	114,959	114,200
Product and technology	99,584	89,015	77,316
Marketing and sales	235,471	221,879	208,335
General and administrative	76,807	67,593	73,562
Depreciation and amortization	101,000	94,394	101,932
Total operating expenses	635,067	587,840	575,345
Operating income	54,116	66,036	48,338
Nonoperating expense:
Interest expense, net	(32,425)	(35,320)	(38,729)
Other expense, net	(3,586)	(8,140)	(126)
Total nonoperating expense, net	(36,011)	(43,460)	(38,855)
Income before income taxes	18,105	22,576	9,483
Income tax (benefit) expense	(100,337)	5,370	(1,308)
Net income	$ 118,442	$ 17,206	$ 10,791
Weighted-average common shares outstanding:
Basic	66,742	68,215	68,727
Diluted	68,227	69,649	71,337
Earnings Per Share
Basic	$ 1.77	$ 0.25	$ 0.16
Diluted	$ 1.74	$ 0.25	$ 0.15
Dealer
Revenue:
Total revenue	$ 621,661	$ 579,222	$ 549,923
OEM and National
Revenue:
Total revenue	55,904	58,557	65,085
Other
Revenue:
Total revenue	$ 11,618	$ 16,097	$ 8,675

CARS Balance Sheet

2023-12-31

Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 39,198	$ 31,715
Accounts receivable, net	125,373	107,930
Prepaid expenses	12,553	8,377
Other current assets	1,314	605
Total current assets	178,438	148,627
Property and equipment, net	43,853	45,218
Goodwill	147,058	102,856
Intangible assets, net	669,167	707,088
Deferred tax assets, net	112,953	48
Investments and other assets, net	20,980	21,033
Total assets	1,172,449	1,024,870
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	22,259	18,230
Accrued compensation	31,669	19,316
Current portion of long-term debt, net	23,129	14,134
Other accrued liabilities	68,691	54,332
Total current liabilities	145,748	106,012
Noncurrent liabilities:
Long-term debt, net	460,119	458,249
Deferred tax liabilities	8,757	1,401
Other noncurrent liabilities	65,717	74,778
Total noncurrent liabilities	534,593	534,428
Total liabilities	680,341	640,440
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred Stock at par, $0.01 par value; 5,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively	0	0
Common Stock at par, $0.01 par value; 300,000 shares authorized; 65,929 and 66,287 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively	659	662
Additional paid-in capital	1,500,232	1,511,944
Accumulated deficit	(1,009,734)	(1,128,176)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	951	0
Total stockholders' equity	492,108	384,430
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 1,172,449	$ 1,024,870

About Cars.com Inc

Cars.com Inc. operates as a digital marketplace and provides solutions for the automotive industry. Its platform connects car shoppers with sellers. The company, enable dealers and automotive manufacturers; connect sellers with ready-to-buy shoppers that provide financing tools with instant online loan screening and approvals; and empower shoppers with the resources and and digital tools needed to make car buying decisions. It also offers marketplace products, such as Marketplace subscription advertising; digital solutions, including website creation and platform hosting, vehicle acquisition and valuation, digital retailing, and review and reputation management; and media comprising display advertising, social selling, digital advertising, and in-market video services. As of December 31, 2022, the company served 19,506 dealer customers in 50 states, which included franchise and independent dealers, with digital and brick-and-mortar stores. Its customers are local car dealers, OEMs, and other national advertisers and lenders. Cars.com Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

CEO	Mr. T. Alex Vetter
WEBSITE	cars.com
INDUSTRY	Autos
EMPLOYEES	1700

Cars.com Inc Frequently Asked Questions

What is the ticker symbol for Cars.com Inc? What does CARS stand for in stocks?

CARS is the stock ticker symbol of Cars.com Inc. Every public company that trades on a stock exchange gets a ticker symbol.

What is the market capital of Cars.com Inc (CARS)?

As of Tue Apr 23 2024, market cap of Cars.com Inc is 1.1 Billion. The market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the stock price with the number of shares outstanding.

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What is Cars.com Inc's Price to Earnings (PE) and Price to sales (PS) ratio?

As of Tue Apr 23 2024, CARS's PE ratio (Price to Earnings) is 9.27 and Price to Sales (PS) ratio is 1.59. The price to earnings and price to sales ratio are two most important valuation metrics for any company. PE ratio tell us the number of years of earnings investors are ready to pay for owning the company. Historically, S&P500 price to earnings ratio has fallen below 12 during periods of gloom and gone past 30 during periods of euphoria. CARS PE ratio will change depending on the future growth rate expectations of investors.