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CARS Cars.com Inc.

Trailing twelve months to 2026-06-30 · as filed 2026-08-06, not restated
Technology

Scale

Market cap
$642m
Revenue TTM
$726m
Net income TTM
$34m
Free cash flow
$150m
Composite score
60.2
Sector rank
#2279

Valuation

P / E
18.7
EV / EBITDA
6.7
EV / sales
1.5
FCF yield
23.34%
Earnings yield vs 10-yr
0.61pp

Earnings yield vs 10-yr compares what the business earns per pound invested against the 4.73% a 10-year US Treasury note pays for no equity risk. Negative means you are paying up front for growth not yet delivered.

Quality and growth

Net margin
4.7%
EBITDA margin
21.6%
ROE
7.7%
ROIC
9.7%
Revenue growth
1.1%

Insider activity, last 90 days

Net open-market
$-1.62m
Buyers
0
Sellers
3

Open-market purchases and sales only. Grants, option exercises, gifts and shares withheld for tax are excluded: they are how people are paid, not what they think.

What management said

UVs decreased 14% and 13% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, and Traffic decreased 12% and 9% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, which primarily reflects intentional marketing shifts towards effectively capturing high-intent consumer demand. For the three months ended June 30, 2026, Dealer Customers remained flat compared to each of the three months ended June 30, 2025 and March 31, 2026, as an increase in marketplace customers was offset by a decrease in digital solutions customers. …Cars.com Inc., 10-Q, period ended 2026-06-30, filed 2026-08-06

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