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Overview
Forecast
Valuation
Earnings

High

12.590

Open

11.960

VWAP

12.26

Vol

1.88M

Mkt Cap

763.77M

Low

11.660

Amount

23.08M

EV/EBITDA(TTM)

7.59

Total Shares

66.12M

1.19B

EV/OCF(TTM)

8.55

P/S(TTM)

1.14

Cars.com Inc., doing business as Cars Commerce Inc., is an audience-driven technology company. It is engaged in car buying and selling with products, solutions and machine-learning model-driven artificial intelligence technologies that span pretail, retail and post-sale activities. Cars Commerce platform is organized over four brands: the flagship automotive marketplace and dealer reputation site Cars.com, digital retail technology and marketing services from Dealer Inspire and D2C Media, essential trade-in and appraisal technology from AccuTrade, and media solutions from the Cars Commerce Media Network. It enables shoppers with the data, resources and digital tools needed to make informed buying decisions and connect with automotive retailers. Cars.com enables dealerships and original equipment manufacturers with solutions and data-driven intelligence. Its products and solutions have attracted over 19,200 franchise and independent dealer customers across the United States and Canada.

Market Estimates

Earnings Estimates

Revenue

YoY Chg

EPS

YoYChg

FY2025Q3

FY2025Q4

FY2026Q1

181.24M

+0.88%

0.484

+18.11%

183.66M

+1.79%

0.529

+7.89%

183.70M

+2.61%

0.541

+46.32%

Estimates Revision

The market is revising Downward the revenue expectations for Cars.com Inc. (CARS) for FY2025, with the revenue forecasts being adjusted by -0.01% over the past three months. During the same period, the stock price has changed by 15.09%.

Revenue Estimates for FY2025

Revise Downward

-0.01%

In Past 3 Month

EPS Estimates for FY2025

Revise Upward

+0.11%

In Past 3 Month

Stock Price

Go Up

+15.09%

In Past 3 Month

6 Analyst Rating

43.20% Upside

Wall Street analysts forecast CARS stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for CARS is 17.80 USD with a low forecast of 12.00 USD and a high forecast of 25.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.

5 Buy

1 Hold

0 Sell

Strong Buy

43.20% Upside

Current: 12.430

Low

12.00

Averages

17.80

High

25.00

43.20% Upside

Current: 12.430

Low

12.00

Averages

17.80

High

25.00

UBS

Neutral

maintain

$12 -> $11

2025-08-08

New

Reason

UBS

Price Target

$12 -> $11

2025-08-08

New

maintain

Neutral

Reason

UBS lowered the firm's price target on Cars.com to $11 from $12 and keeps a Neutral rating on the shares. Cars.com reported "steady" results, but a slow inflection on growth, the analyst tells investors in a research note.

B. Riley

Buy

maintain

$21 -> $22

2025-08-08

New

Reason

B. Riley

Price Target

$21 -> $22

2025-08-08

New

maintain

Buy

Reason

B. Riley raised the firm's price target on Cars.com to $22 from $21 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The firm views the Q2 report as mixed but sees improving growth for Cars.com in the back half of 2025.

JPMorgan

Neutral -> Overweight

upgrade

$14

2025-07-17

Reason

JPMorgan

Price Target

$14

2025-07-17

upgrade

Neutral -> Overweight

Reason

JPMorgan upgraded Cars.com to Overweight from Neutral with an unchanged price target of $14. The firm prefers business-to-consumer auto retail names over business-to-business heading into the Q2 reports. It cites valuation and reduced cyclical risk for the upgrade of Cars.com. With new vehicle supply continuing to grow and the backdrop likely to get more competitive for dealers in a modestly weaker demand backdrop, there is less risk to revisions for the company, contends JPMorgan.

UBS

Neutral

downgrade

$13 -> $12

2025-05-09

Reason

UBS

Price Target

$13 -> $12

2025-05-09

downgrade

Neutral

Reason

UBS lowered the firm's price target on Cars.com to $12 from $13 and keeps a Neutral rating on the shares. Cars.com beat Q1 EBITDA expectations amid better margins, but the stock sold off on the removal of 2025 sales guidance given the uncertainty on the magnitude and timing of spending by their customers, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm remains on the sidelines.

B. Riley

Buy

downgrade

$24 -> $21

2025-05-09

Reason

B. Riley

Price Target

$24 -> $21

2025-05-09

downgrade

Buy

Reason

B. Riley lowered the firm's price target on Cars.com to $21 from $24 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The company reported a mixed Q1, with revenue modestly below consensus while EBITDA was higher, benefiting from cost discipline, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm says Cars.com suspended its revenue outlook for 2025 due to the uncertainty created by automotive tariffs/macro and the impact on ad spending by car makers and dealers.

UBS

Kunal Madhukar

Hold

Maintains

$15 → $13

2025-04-10

Reason

UBS

Kunal Madhukar

Price Target

$15 → $13

2025-04-10

Maintains

Hold

Reason

UBS lowered the firm's price target on Cars.com to $13 from $15 and keeps a Neutral rating on the shares. New trade policies are raising the cost to make a vehicle, leading to increased consumer prices and negatively impacting demand, while production disruptions are likely, financially challenging suppliers, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The industry looks structurally changed vs. prior, leaving UBS to believe auto stocks should not sustainably recover as much as the market in a country tariff pullback scenario.

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Valuation Metrics

The current forward P/E ratio for Cars.com Inc (CARS.N) is 6.11, compared to its 5-year average forward P/E of 7.43. For a more detailed relative valuation and DCF analysis to assess Cars.com Inc 's fair value, click here.

Forward PE

The forward P/E ratio is a valuation metric that divides a company's current stock price by its estimated future earnings per share over the next 12 months.

Fair

5Y Average PE

7.43

Current PE

6.11

Overvalued PE

8.94

Undervalued PE

5.92

Forward EV/EBITDA

The forward EV/EBITDA ratio is a valuation metric that divides a company's enterprise value (EV) by its estimated future earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) over the next 12 months.

Strongly Undervalued

5Y Average EV/EBITDA

7.43

Current EV/EBITDA

5.33

Overvalued EV/EBITDA

8.35

Undervalued EV/EBITDA

6.50

Forward PS

The forward P/S ratio is a valuation metric that divides a company's current stock price by its estimated future sales (or revenue) per share over the next 12 months.

Undervalued

5Y Average PS

1.45

Current PS

0.98

Overvalued PS

1.73

Undervalued PS

1.17