Cars.com Inc. CARS Ratios & Valuation
| FY'25 | FY'24 | FY'23 | FY'22 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | |||||
| Operating margin | 8.3%+0.9pp | 7.4%-0.4pp | 7.9%-2.2pp | 10.1%+2.3pp | |
| Net margin | 2.8%-3.9pp | 6.7%-10.5pp | 17.2%+14.6pp | 2.6%— | |
| Returns | |||||
| Return on equity | 4.1%-5.5pp | 9.6%-17.4pp | 27%+22.6pp | 4.4%— | |
| Return on invested capital | 3.9%-0.5pp | 4.4%-1.6pp | 6%+0.1pp | 5.9%+0.4pp | |
| Efficiency | |||||
| Asset turnover | 0.7×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | |
| Liquidity | |||||
| Current ratio | 1.9×0.0× | 1.8×+0.6× | 1.2×-0.2× | 1.4×-0.2× | |
| Leverage | |||||
| Debt-to-equity | 1×+0.1× | 0.9×-0.1× | 1×-0.3× | 1.3×+0.1× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.7×+0.1× | 2.6×-0.4× | 3×+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 / earnings | 21×+5.5× | 23.3×+12.6× | 10.7×-42.6× | 53.3×— | |
| Price / sales | 0.8×-0.2× | 1.6×-0.3× | 1.8×+0.4× | 1.4×-0.4× | |
| Price / book | 1.2×-0.2× | 2.2×-0.4× | 2.6×+0.2× | 2.4×-0.4× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.3×-1.0× | 9.6×-1.5× | 11.2×+2.5× | 8.6×-1.8× |
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- 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.
