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Cars.com Inc. CARS Ratios & Valuation

FY'25FY'24FY'23FY'22
Profitability
Operating margin8.3%+0.9pp7.4%-0.4pp7.9%-2.2pp10.1%+2.3pp
Net margin2.8%-3.9pp6.7%-10.5pp17.2%+14.6pp2.6%
Returns
Return on equity4.1%-5.5pp9.6%-17.4pp27%+22.6pp4.4%
Return on invested capital3.9%-0.5pp4.4%-1.6pp6%+0.1pp5.9%+0.4pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.7×0.0×0.6×0.0×0.6×0.0×0.6×0.0×
Liquidity
Current ratio1.9×0.0×1.8×+0.6×1.2×-0.2×1.4×-0.2×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity+0.1×0.9×-0.1×-0.3×1.3×+0.1×
Net debt / EBITDA2.7×+0.1×2.6×-0.4×+0.1×2.9×-0.1×
Per Share
Book value per share$7.47-1.6%$7.59+5.2%$7.21+30.7%$5.52-1.1%
Valuation
Market capitalization$567.97M-19.3%$1.12B-11.1%$1.26B+37.7%$916.34M-18.0%
Price / earnings21×+5.5×23.3×+12.6×10.7×-42.6×53.3×
Price / sales0.8×-0.2×1.6×-0.3×1.8×+0.4×1.4×-0.4×
Price / book1.2×-0.2×2.2×-0.4×2.6×+0.2×2.4×-0.4×
EV / EBITDA6.3×-1.0×9.6×-1.5×11.2×+2.5×8.6×-1.8×

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Questions, answered.

What are Cars.com Inc.'s profit margins?
Cars.com Inc. (CARS) runs a 84.2% gross margin and a 9.7% operating margin, with a 3.7% net margin.
Where do Cars.com Inc.'s ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Cars.com Inc.'s SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.