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Quarterly report 2026-Q1
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Cars.com Financial Ratios 2025-2011 | CARS

Brief overview of Cars.com 's financial ratios

The review covers five available annual periods spanning 2021 to 2025.

The current valuation set is P/E 31.53x (median 31.53x), EV/EBITDA 7.68x (median 11.32x), P/S 0.88x (median 1.74x). On average, this basket is 44.9% below its own five-year medians. The market values the business at a discount to recent history.

Earnings yield calculated as 1/P/E is about 3.2%, showing current profit per unit of share price.

The latest available business-quality ratios are ROE 4.3%, ROA 1.9%, ROCE 6.3%. Profitability remains low. Market valuation has limited fundamental support until resource returns improve.

The cash cycle lengthened by 10.7 days to 67 days. Operations require more funding.

Conclusion

Cars.com 's valuation is lower, but weak quality metrics call for caution. Recovery in earnings and capital returns is the key catalyst.

Annual Financial Ratios Cars.com

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011

P/E

31.5 16.5 10.1 79.6 103.0 -1.0 -1.8 48.9 9.5 - - - - - -

P/S

0.9 1.1 1.7 2.1 1.8 1.4 1.3 2.9 3.4 - - - - - -

EPS

0.3 0.7 1.8 0.2 0.2 -11.7 -6.7 0.6 3.1 2.5 2.2 - - - -

EV (Enterprise Value)

1.17 B 1.35 B 1.84 B 1.98 B 1.68 B 1.45 B 1.69 B 2.85 B 2.94 B 121 M 169 M 242 M - - -

EBITDA per Share

2.44 2.43 2.32 2.35 2.19 -11.5 2.28 2.89 3.24 - - - - - -

EV/EBITDA

7.7 8.4 11.9 12.3 11.3 9.1 9.4 12.6 11.6 - - - - - -

PEG

-1.46 -0.12 -0.07 -0.53 - 0.01 0.0 -0.59 0.35 - - - - - -

P/B

1.3 1.6 2.4 3.6 2.8 2.3 0.7 1.2 1.3 - - - - - -

P/CF

4.2 5.2 8.8 10.7 8.1 5.7 10.1 12.7 13.9 - - - - - -

ROE %

4.25 9.42 24.06 4.47 2.71 -214.32 -39.03 2.39 13.37 - - - - - -

ROA %

1.89 4.34 10.10 1.68 1.07 -73.36 -21.96 1.49 8.94 - - - - - -

ROCE %

6.35 5.38 5.27 7.19 5.29 -87.56 1.88 3.99 5.92 - - - - - -

Current Ratio

1.8 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.2 1.4 1.6 - - - - - -

DSO

67.0 65.8 61.8 57.7 56.3 65.1 61.2 60.0 58.8 - - - - - -

DPO

- 42.8 32.5 30.1 - - 45.6 46.0 36.6 - - - - - -

Operating Cycle

67.0 65.8 61.8 57.7 56.3 65.1 61.2 60.0 58.8 - - - - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

67.0 23.0 29.2 27.6 56.3 65.1 15.6 14.1 22.1 - - - - - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios Cars.com

2026-Q1 2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 2024-Q4 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q4 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1

EPS

0.08 0.12 0.11 -0.03 - 0.28 0.17 0.01 - 0.07 1.41 0.17 - -0.04 0.08 0.06 - 0.04 0.09 0.08 0.11 -0.18 -0.37 -11.76 -0.06 -6.38 -0.09 -0.13 0.14 0.23 0.18 0.01 2.12 0.29 0.35 0.38 0.68 0.72 0.59 0.47 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

EBITDA per Share

0.57 0.65 0.64 0.52 - 0.59 0.56 0.6 - 0.6 0.55 0.55 - 0.64 0.55 0.51 - 0.54 0.59 0.62 0.24 0.66 0.21 -13.1 0.07 -6.27 0.46 0.36 0.35 0.79 0.72 0.43 0.54 0.85 0.71 0.69 - 1.59 1.15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

ROE %

3.72 6.37 7.06 5.77 6.18 7.11 23.10 23.79 23.63 22.84 23.33 4.71 1.73 2.35 4.68 4.67 3.58 5.54 1.32 -7.48 -240.37 -242.69 -276.43 -269.71 -39.03 -38.09 0.23 1.54 2.39 10.85 11.13 11.82 13.37 6.35 7.24 7.50 7.30 2.14 1.74 1.39 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

ROA %

1.66 2.86 3.16 2.91 3.10 11.77 11.24 10.22 10.22 9.94 9.94 1.51 0.37 0.95 1.23 1.74 1.34 2.01 0.63 -2.25 -75.96 -76.83 -96.71 -94.71 -21.96 -21.40 0.22 1.01 1.49 7.18 7.40 7.90 8.94 4.81 6.01 6.67 6.92 2.04 1.65 1.32 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

ROCE %

5.78 5.14 4.33 5.40 4.73 6.21 6.35 6.80 4.15 6.26 8.72 8.56 7.16 8.46 8.00 5.78 4.66 6.22 6.86 3.47 -90.10 -91.42 -116.56 -114.76 -23.12 -22.41 1.94 2.87 3.37 4.02 4.50 4.71 5.55 5.91 6.40 6.89 7.14 2.11 1.69 1.36 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Current Ratio

1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.8 - 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.6 - 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 19.6 19.6 19.6 19.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

DSO

66.8 65.8 67.3 67.5 - 64.4 32.8 31.8 - 60.1 61.1 60.6 - 29.6 26.9 56.2 - 58.2 56.8 55.6 55.9 59.2 83.8 60.2 61.0 61.0 62.6 62.3 60.5 58.7 59.0 59.8 58.8 57.6 58.8 59.3 55.5 55.3 57.3 29.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

DPO

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 46.6 42.9 40.1 44.6 47.2 46.2 37.7 33.0 38.6 41.4 49.1 47.6 52.5 26.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Operating Cycle

- 65.8 67.3 67.5 - 64.4 - - - 60.1 61.1 60.6 - 29.6 26.9 56.2 - 58.2 56.8 55.6 55.9 59.2 83.8 60.2 61.0 61.0 62.6 62.3 60.5 58.7 59.0 59.8 58.8 57.6 58.8 59.3 55.5 55.3 57.3 29.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

- 65.8 67.3 67.5 - 64.4 - - - 60.1 61.1 60.6 - 29.6 26.9 56.2 - 58.2 56.8 55.6 55.9 59.2 83.8 60.2 61.0 61.0 16.0 19.4 20.3 14.1 11.8 13.6 21.1 24.5 20.1 17.9 6.4 7.7 4.7 3.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

All numbers in USD currency

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