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Consumer Cyclical

Cars.com Inc.(CARS)

Live Price

Offline

$9.89

-0.60% today

1Y Change

-15.82%

Window

Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 15, 2026

Market Cap: $640.00M
Revenue Growth: +0.6%
EPS Growth: -56.2%
Dividend Yield: 0.0%

Coverage: 245 bars · Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 15, 2026

Research Briefing

A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.

Decision context

Research Snapshot

Cars.com Inc. (CARS) is a Consumer Cyclical stock with a market cap of $640.00M. The stock last traded around $9.89 and down 15.8% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 → Jun 15, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +0.6%, EPS growth of -56.2%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +0.6%, EPS -56.2%, free cash flow -1.5% with operating margin 8.3% and ROIC 3.7%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 33.5 and price/sales 0.9. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines CARS price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Cyclical peers on this page.

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CARS vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs

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CARS Max Drawdown

-45.03%

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Earnings Reports

📅 Last reportedMay 14, 2026

Period	B/M	EPS	EPS Δ	Revenue	Rev Δ	Report
— May 14, 26		— Est 0.49	—	— Est 180298.5B	—	May 14
— Feb 26, 26	✗	0.44 Est 0.56	-21.4%	183903.0B Est 183452.7B	+0.3%	Feb 26
— Nov 6, 25	✗	0.48 Est 0.50	-4.0%	181573.0B Est 183438.2B	-1.0%	Nov 6
— Aug 7, 25	✗	0.41 Est 0.46	-10.9%	178739.0B Est 181849.3B	-1.7%	Aug 7
— May 8, 25	✗	0.37 Est 0.39	-5.1%	179024.0B Est 183288.0B	-2.3%	May 8
— Feb 27, 25	✗	0.49 Est 0.52	-5.8%	180431.0B Est 184942.9B	-2.4%	Feb 27
— Nov 7, 24	✗	0.41 Est 0.44	-6.8%	179651.0B Est 183902.8B	-2.3%	Nov 7
— Aug 8, 24	✗	0.38 Est 0.47	-19.1%	178894.0B Est 182100.0B	-1.8%	Aug 8
— May 9, 24	✗	0.01 Est 0.09	-88.9%	180176.0B Est 179450.0B	+0.4%	May 9
— Feb 22, 24	✗	0.12 Est 0.16	-25.0%	179606.0B Est 178400.0B	+0.7%	Feb 22
— Nov 2, 23	✗	0.07 Est 0.10	-30.0%	174333.0B Est 173070.0B	+0.7%	Nov 2
— Aug 3, 23	✓	1.37 Est 0.10	+1270.0%	168176.0B Est 169030.0B	-0.5%	Aug 3
— May 4, 23	✓	0.17 Est 0.06	+183.3%	167068.0B Est 166910.0B	+0.1%	May 4
— Feb 23, 23	✓	0.15 Est 0.09	+66.7%	168201.0B Est 165790.5B	+1.4%	Feb 23
— Nov 3, 22	✗	-0.04 Est 0.14	-128.6%	164595.0B Est 164646.7B	-0.0%	Nov 3
— Aug 3, 22	✓	0.08 Est 0.05	+60.0%	162873.0B Est 161905.7B	+0.6%	Aug 3
— May 5, 22	✗	0.06 Est 0.11	-43.2%	158207.0B Est 157595.2B	+0.4%	May 5
— Feb 24, 22	✗	-0.09 Est 0.11	-181.8%	158305.0B Est 158462.8B	-0.1%	Feb 24
— Nov 4, 21	✗	0.03 Est 0.08	-62.5%	156553.0B Est 156280.0B	+0.2%	Nov 4
— Aug 5, 21	✗	0.08 Est 0.41	-80.5%	155530.0B Est 155530.0B	0.0%	Aug 5

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