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Cars.com Inc
10.00$
+0.3%
vs. previous close
Closing price · As of: Oct 2, 2026
Statements
Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | – | – | 12.5 | 15.7 | 9.2 | 10.3 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 38.1 | 53.4 | 130.3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 163.0 | 43.1 | 144.3 | 150.6 | 103.8 | 787.8 | 55.0 | 53.7 | 12.0 | 9.6 | 11.0 | 10.7 | 53.4 | 29.0 | 24.0 | 16.0 | 18.7 | 25.7 | 37.6 | 17.8 | 18.0 | |
| – | – | – | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | |
| – | – | – | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.4 | |
| – | – | – | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.4 | |
| – | – | – | 10.0 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 11.8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9.9 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 6.1 | |
| – | – | – | 9.6 | 10.8 | 13.5 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.4 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 5.8 | 10.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 10.2 | 7.7 | 9.0 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 4.1 | |
| – | – | – | 10.5% | 9.2% | 7.4% | 6.8% | 6.9% | 7.5% | 10.1% | 10.4% | 9.6% | 17.2% | 9.8% | 23.7% | 22.5% | 18.2% | 16.0% | 15.6% | 13.8% | 15.1% | 10.7% | 9.9% | 13.0% | 12.5% | 11.5% | 8.0% | 8.9% | 9.3% | 9.3% | 10.8% | 9.8% | 13.0% | 11.1% | 17.1% | 15.5% | 16.9% | 18.9% | 32.8% | 24.3% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 79.6% | 79.5% | 79.2% | 78.9% | 78.1% | 80.5% | 83.1% | 85.4% | 87.5% | 86.0% | 84.9% | 84.2% | 83.6% | 83.6% | 83.3% | 82.2% | 81.9% | 81.5% | 81.3% | 82.1% | 81.9% | 81.7% | 81.8% | 81.9% | 82.1% | 82.4% | 82.3% | 82.3% | 82.3% | 82.3% | 82.6% | 90.5% | 90.5% | 90.4% | 90.3% | 82.6% | 79.0% | 83.0% | 82.9% | 83.0% | |
| 26.9% | 27.9% | 26.8% | 24.8% | 22.8% | 21.4% | 18.0% | 17.0% | 15.1% | 12.7% | 11.1% | 7.7% | -69.0% | -73.5% | -224.3% | -246.3% | -164.4% | -162.1% | 6.2% | 11.1% | 9.7% | 7.8% | 6.8% | 6.7% | 7.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% | 9.7% | 8.7% | 7.9% | 7.7% | 7.2% | 6.8% | 7.4% | 6.6% | 7.4% | 8.1% | 8.3% | 9.7% | 11.4% | |
| 26.8% | 27.9% | 26.8% | 24.0% | 19.2% | 35.8% | 31.4% | 28.9% | 27.7% | 5.9% | 4.4% | 1.6% | -69.8% | -73.4% | -203.8% | -224.1% | -151.5% | -149.2% | -4.4% | 1.0% | 3.4% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.2% | 2.6% | 3.7% | 16.9% | 17.8% | 17.2% | 15.3% | 3.5% | 5.5% | 6.7% | 6.3% | 5.7% | 4.2% | 2.8% | 3.7% | 4.7% | |
| 30.7% | 29.9% | 32.2% | 31.5% | 27.9% | 24.5% | 22.0% | 21.6% | 22.1% | 22.6% | 24.4% | 19.9% | 16.7% | 13.2% | 11.4% | 15.8% | 18.2% | 22.3% | 25.9% | 23.0% | 22.0% | 19.0% | 16.1% | 13.5% | 15.1% | 16.6% | 15.9% | 18.1% | 15.9% | 17.5% | 17.8% | 18.4% | 20.6% | 17.8% | 17.3% | 16.6% | 18.1% | 19.7% | 21.8% | 20.6% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6.9% | 7.3% | 7.1% | 10.3% | 8.1% | 13.4% | 11.8% | 11.3% | 11.1% | 2.4% | 1.8% | 0.6% | -37.8% | -39.0% | -351.8% | -377.9% | -257.0% | -240.2% | -7.1% | 1.7% | 5.7% | 1.9% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 4.5% | 6.3% | 23.7% | 24.9% | 24.1% | 22.4% | 5.0% | 7.8% | 9.4% | 9.3% | 8.5% | 6.3% | 4.2% | 5.9% | 7.7% | |
| 6.5% | 6.9% | 6.7% | 6.0% | 4.8% | 8.9% | 7.5% | 7.1% | 6.9% | 1.5% | 1.1% | 0.4% | -21.0% | -22.0% | -97.4% | -115.3% | -77.5% | -76.0% | -2.4% | 0.6% | 2.1% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 1.7% | 2.4% | 10.4% | 10.9% | 10.1% | 9.4% | 2.2% | 3.5% | 4.3% | 4.2% | 3.9% | 2.8% | 1.9% | 2.6% | 3.4% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | 22 | -2.0 | 632 | 591 | 558 | 692 | 704 | 685 | 667 | 655 | 669 | 646 | 629 | 607 | 582 | 548 | 516 | 478 | 458 | 427 | 427 | 479 | 489 | 464 | 441 | 435 | 422 | 399 | 444 | 442 | 441 | 415 | 405 | 424 | 428 | 396 | 398 | 387 | 414 | |
| – | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 | |
| 94.7% | 94.9% | 95.4% | 58.0% | 59.6% | 66.9% | 63.0% | 62.3% | 62.5% | 62.6% | 61.7% | 62.1% | 55.4% | 56.3% | 27.7% | 30.5% | 30.2% | 31.6% | 33.4% | 35.0% | 36.7% | 39.5% | 37.0% | 37.2% | 35.9% | 37.5% | 38.4% | 44.0% | 43.8% | 42.0% | 42.1% | 44.3% | 44.9% | 46.0% | 45.2% | 45.4% | 44.6% | 44.5% | 43.7% | 43.8% | |
| – | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2.34 | 2.46 | 2.37 | 2.12 | 1.69 | 3.12 | 2.75 | 2.61 | 2.59 | 0.56 | 0.43 | 0.15 | -6.47 | -6.66 | -18.28 | -18.47 | -12.31 | -12.15 | -0.35 | 0.09 | 0.29 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.25 | 0.36 | 1.65 | 1.76 | 1.73 | 1.60 | 0.37 | 0.58 | 0.72 | 0.70 | 0.64 | 0.47 | 0.32 | 0.45 | 0.61 | |
| 8.71 | 8.84 | 8.85 | 8.83 | 8.80 | 8.72 | 8.78 | 9.04 | 9.34 | 9.62 | 9.71 | 9.52 | 9.27 | 9.08 | 8.97 | 8.24 | 8.12 | 8.14 | 7.87 | 8.58 | 8.72 | 9.02 | 8.87 | 9.05 | 9.52 | 9.54 | 9.78 | 9.75 | 9.89 | 10.09 | 10.44 | 10.51 | 10.62 | 10.77 | 11.14 | 11.13 | 11.41 | 11.72 | 12.16 | 12.81 | |
| 33.81 | 33.76 | 33.51 | 20.67 | 20.99 | 23.37 | 23.27 | 23.05 | 23.35 | 23.63 | 23.57 | 23.50 | 17.10 | 17.07 | 5.20 | 4.89 | 4.79 | 5.06 | 4.93 | 5.06 | 5.17 | 5.75 | 5.59 | 5.57 | 5.56 | 5.61 | 5.68 | 6.97 | 7.05 | 7.20 | 7.15 | 7.33 | 7.43 | 7.66 | 7.60 | 7.49 | 7.57 | 7.65 | 7.73 | 7.83 | |
| 2.68 | 2.65 | 2.85 | 2.78 | 2.45 | 2.13 | 1.93 | 1.96 | 2.07 | 2.17 | 2.37 | 1.89 | 1.55 | 1.20 | 1.02 | 1.30 | 1.48 | 1.81 | 2.03 | 1.97 | 1.92 | 1.72 | 1.42 | 1.22 | 1.44 | 1.59 | 1.55 | 1.76 | 1.58 | 1.77 | 1.86 | 1.94 | 2.19 | 1.92 | 1.93 | 1.85 | 2.06 | 2.31 | 2.66 | 2.64 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: October 2, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.