CARS 📈 Cars.com - Overview

Exchange: NYSE • Country: United States • Currency: USD • Type: Common Stock • ISIN: US14575E1055

CARS: Car Listings, Financing Tools, Digital Advertising, Marketplace Products

Cars.com Inc., an audience-driven technology company, that provides solutions for the automotive industry in the United States. Its Cars Commerce 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 digital tools needed to make car buying decisions. It also offers marketplace products, such as marketplace subscription advertising packages to dealer customers; digital solutions, including website creation and platform hosting, vehicle acquisition and valuation, digital retailing, and review and reputation management; and media products comprising display advertising, social selling, digital advertising, and in-market video services, as well as non-subscription digital advertising services to dealer customers. The company serves dealer customers, which included franchise and independent dealers. Its customers are local dealers, OEMs, and other national advertisers and lenders. Cars.com Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. Web URL: https://www.cars.com

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CARS Stock Overview

Market Cap in USD 1,216m
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Industry Auto & Truck Dealerships
GiC Sub-Industry Interactive Media & Services
IPO / Inception 2017-05-18

CARS Stock Ratings

Growth 5y 38.4%
Fundamental 74.0%
Dividend -
Rel. Strength Industry -128
Analysts 3.71/5
Fair Price Momentum 16.21 USD
Fair Price DCF 49.91 USD

CARS Dividends

No Dividends Paid

CARS Growth Ratios

Growth Correlation 3m 70.2%
Growth Correlation 12m -2.4%
Growth Correlation 5y 82%
CAGR 5y 7.33%
CAGR/Mean DD 5y 0.32
Sharpe Ratio 12m -0.30
Alpha -47.04
Beta 1.47
Volatility 52.63%
Current Volume 2020.7k
Average Volume 20d 632k
What is the price of CARS stocks?
As of December 22, 2024, the stock is trading at USD 17.46 with a total of 2,020,738 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by -4.80%, over one month by -4.64%, over three months by -2.84% and over the past year by -10.46%.
Is Cars.com a good stock to buy?
Yes, based on ValueRay Fundamental Analyses, Cars.com (NYSE:CARS) is currently (December 2024) a good stock to buy. It has a ValueRay Fundamental Rating of 74.02 and therefor a positive outlook according to the companies health.
Based on ValueRays Analyses, Dividends and Discounted-Cash-Flow, the Fair Value of CARS as of December 2024 is 16.21. This means that CARS is currently overvalued and has a potential downside of -7.16%.
Is CARS a buy, sell or hold?
Cars.com has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.71. Therefor, it is recommend to hold CARS.
  • Strong Buy: 3
  • Buy: 1
  • Hold: 2
  • Sell: 0
  • Strong Sell: 1
What are the forecast for CARS stock price target?
According to ValueRays Forecast Model, CARS Cars.com will be worth about 18.3 in December 2025. The stock is currently trading at 17.46. This means that the stock has a potential upside of +4.75%.
Issuer Forecast Upside
Wallstreet Target Price 22.3 27.7%
Analysts Target Price 23.4 33.8%
ValueRay Target Price 18.3 4.8%