Cars.com Inc.

  • Earnings Score
  • Moat Score
  • Safety Score
  • Market Cap $741.14M
  • PE 15
  • Debt $460.00M
  • Cash $50.67M
  • EV $1.15B
  • FCF $149.52M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings$48.19M
EBIT$61.86M
ROE9%
ROA6%
FCF$149.52M
Equity$511.49M
Growth Stability-304%
PE15.38
PEG0.14
PB1.45
P/FCF4.96
P/S1.03
Price/Cash0.07
Debt/Equity0.9
Debt/FCF3.08
Net Margins7%
Op. Margins9%
Earnings CAGR-13%
Sales Growth YoY0%
Sales Growth QoQ0%
Sales CAGR1%
FCF CAGR-3%
Equity CAGR-21%
Earnings Stability0.06
Earnings Growth YoY107%
Earnings Growth QoQ-8%
Earnings CAGR 5Y112%
Sales CAGR 5Y6%
FCF CAGR 5Y10%
Equity CAGR 5Y11%
Earnings CAGR 3Y5%
Sales CAGR 3Y5%
FCF CAGR 3Y23%
Equity CAGR 3Y13%
Market Cap$741.14M
Revenue$719.15M
Assets$1.11B
Total Debt$460.00M
Cash$50.67M
Shares Outstanding64.39M
EV1.15B
Earnings Score5%
Moat Score81%
Safety Score58%
Final Score48%
Working Capital97.45M
Current Ratio1.83
Shares Growth 3y-2%
Equity Growth QoQ2%
Equity Growth YoY4%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Cars.com Inc is an online destination for buying and selling new and used vehicles. The company brands include Dealer Inspire, DealerRater, FUEL, Auto.com, PickupTrucks.com, CreditIQ, and NewCars.com., websites directed towards different consumer segments.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Cars.com Inc. (CARS) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

  • 2024
    • 10-K Dec 31
    • 10-Q Sep 30
    • 10-Q Jun 30
    • 10-Q Mar 31
  • 2023
    • 10-K Dec 31
    • 10-Q Sep 30
    • 10-Q Jun 30
    • 10-Q Mar 31
  • 2022
    • 10-K Dec 31
    • 10-Q Sep 30
    • 10-Q Jun 30
    • 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

How does Cars.com Inc. compare to its competitors?

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of Cars.com Inc. compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR -13%
Stability 6%
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Cars.com Inc. Discounted Cash Flow

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fcf$150M$145M$140M$136M$132M$128M$124M$120M$116M$113M$109M$1.1B
DCF$132M$116M$102M$90M$79M$70M$62M$54M$48M$42M$421M
Value$1.2B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years12/201512/201612/201712/201812/201912/202012/202112/202212/202312/2024TTM
Net Margins26%28%36%6%-73%-149%1%3%17%7%7%
ROA-7%5%3%-22%-82%5%6%5%6%6%
ROE-7%13%2%-39%-240%2%4%24%9%9%

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years12/201512/201612/201712/201812/201912/202012/202112/202212/202312/2024TTM
Debt over FCF--3.954.848.474.974.094.553.793.083.08
Debt over Equity--0.360.440.61.781.331.291.040.90.9
Growth Stability---21%-304%----100%-304%

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years12/201512/201612/201712/201812/201912/202012/202112/202212/202312/2024CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth-6%-1%6%-8%-10%14%5%5%4%6%
Earnings YoY growth-12%27%-83%-1K%83%-101%123%588%-59%112%
Equity YoY growth-5%-31%-3%-30%-70%8%5%28%4%11%
FCF YoY growth-5%-19%-3%-46%52%-3%-8%24%10%10%