Price (90d)
$12.32Signal Score (90d)
125Quote
Valuation & Ratios
Returns & Efficiency
Revenue & Net Income (Annual)
| Fiscal Year | Revenue | Net Income | EPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $723.24M | $20.05M | $0.32 |
| 2024 | $719.15M | $48.19M | $0.73 |
| 2023 | $689.18M | $118.44M | $1.77 |
| 2022 | $653.88M | $17.21M | $0.25 |
| 2021 | $623.68M | $10.79M | $0.16 |
Social Signal Score
Earnings
Thu, Nov 5(in 3 months)
Consensus estimate $0.54 per share
Typical surprise -5.8% (median, so one quarter with a near-zero estimate can't distort it)
- Thu, Aug 6$0.51 vs $0.51miss
- Thu, May 7$0.45 vs $0.48miss
- Thu, Feb 26$0.44 vs $0.56miss
- Thu, Nov 6$0.48 vs $0.50miss
- Thu, Aug 7$0.41 vs $0.46miss
- Thu, May 8$0.37 vs $0.39miss
Estimates and results for CARS via Financial Modeling Prep. Beating consensus says the company cleared the bar analysts set, not that the business grew.
Valuation
Project earnings forward and see what return today's price implies.
Seeded from CARS's reported EPS growth of 18.9% a year over 4 years.
- EPS in 5 years
- $0.79
- Implied price
- $30.05
- Return from $12.38
- 19.4% a year
To earn 15.0% a year on these assumptions you'd need to buy at $14.94 — today's price is already 17.1% below that.
How sensitive is that answer?
Annual return across nearby assumptions. If the result is only attractive in one corner, that is the finding.
| growth \ P/E | 26 | 32 | 38 | 44 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.9% | 1.4% | 5.7% | 9.4% | 12.6% | 15.5% |
| 13.9% | 6.0% | 10.5% | 14.4% | 17.8% | 20.8% |
| 18.9% | 10.7% | 15.4% | 19.4% | 23.0% | 26.1% |
| 23.9% | 15.3% | 20.2% | 24.4% | 28.1% | 31.4% |
| 28.9% | 20.0% | 25.1% | 29.4% | 33.3% | 36.8% |
This is arithmetic on assumptions you chose, not a forecast or a recommendation. It ignores dividends, buybacks, share issuance and debt, and it assumes a company still earning money in 5 years. Change any input and the answer changes a lot — that sensitivity is the honest result, not a flaw in the model.
Mentions (1)
- Newsmarketbeat.com·7d ago·Positive
Cars.com Q2 Earnings Call Highlights Cars.com NYSE: CARS reported second-quarter revenue growth and higher profitability as marketplace subscription gains offset a decline in OEM and national advertising revenue, while management reaffirmed its full-year outlook.
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