Stock Research: Cars.com

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Cars.com

NYQ:CARS US14575E1055
51
  • Value
    80
  • Growth
    35
  • Safety
    Safety
    47
  • Combined
    58
  • Sentiment
    45
  • 360° View
    360° View
    51
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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 51 (better than 51% 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 three out of four indicators below average for Cars.com. Only the consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 80, which means that the share price of Cars.com is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is lower than for 80% of alternative stocks in the same industry. All other consolidated ranks are below average. The consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 35, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 47, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 53% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. Finally, professionals are more pessimistic about the stock than for 55% of alternative investment opportunities, reflected in the consolidated Sentiment Rank of 45. ...read more

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
80 51 85 99
Growth
35 13 49 47
Safety
Safety
47 42 32 27
Sentiment
45 80 83 85
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51 40 82 91
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
29 39 59 69
Opinions Change
50 50 50 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 74 92 63
Market Pulse
31 85 69 56
Sentiment
45 80 83 85
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
80 51 85 99
Growth
35 13 49 47
Safety Safety
47 42 32 27
Combined
58 22 66 64
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
74 64 67 81
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
89 38 73 100
Price vs. Book (P/B)
83 73 70 81
Dividend Yield
1 1 1 1
Value
80 51 85 99
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
14 28 32 8
Profit Growth
40 6 96 76
Capital Growth
60 24 15 23
Stock Returns
42 53 67 91
Growth
35 13 49 47
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
32 31 26 10
Refinancing
82 53 29 51
Liquidity
32 58 70 64
Safety Safety
47 42 32 27

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With good value and positive sentiment, but low growth and risky financing, this combination is generally dangerous as debt requires growth to sustain it. Only investors with a strong belief in future growth potential and a high-risk tolerance should consider this stock.

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