Communication Services
Live Price
Offline$35.97
+2.40% today
1Y Change
-22.70%
Window
Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 22, 2026
Coverage: 247 bars · Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 22, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
carsales.com Ltd (CSXXY) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $9.73B. The stock last traded around $35.97 and down 22.7% across the available one-year price window (Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 22, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +7.7%, EPS growth of +10.6%, a dividend yield of 3.3%. What stands out right now is revenue +7.7%, EPS +10.6%, free cash flow +12.4% with operating margin 38.4% and ROIC 7.9%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.3%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 32.9 and price/sales 7.9. Stock Foundry combines CSXXY price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
CSXXY
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
CSXXY Max Drawdown
-49.19%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for CSXXY and SPY.
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$427.2M
-16.1% YoY
FY Net Income
$130.7M
-18.7% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$156.5M
+7.4% YoY
Revenue Growth
+7.7%
EPS Growth
+10.6%
Gross Margin
72.4%
Net Margin
24.0%
Income statement
AUD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.2B | 1.1B | 781M | 509M | 427M |
| Gross Profit | 1.1B | 1.0B | 721M | 459M | 406M |
| Operating Income | 449M | 413M | 791M | 240M | 204M |
| EBITDA | 632M | 583M | 861M | 286M | 244M |
| Net Income | 275M | 250M | 646M | 161M | 131M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
AUD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 289M | 308M | 199M | 117M | 284M |
| Total Assets | 4.9B | 4.7B | 4.7B | 1.9B | 1.2B |
| Total Liabilities | 1.8B | 1.7B | 1.6B | 848M | 223M |
| Shareholder Equity | 3.0B | 2.9B | 3.1B | 1.0B | 939M |
| Total Debt | 1.4B | 1.3B | 1.2B | 714M | 107M |
| Net Debt | 1.1B | 1.0B | 1.0B | 597M | -177M |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
190M
-2.2% YoY
Capital Expenditures
33M
+31.0% YoY
Free Cash Flow
156M
+7.4% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
72.4%
Operating Margin
38.4%
Net Margin
24.0%
ROE
10.2%
Debt / Equity
0.53x
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