CARSCars.com Inc
−0.8% today · +15.5% over a year
8/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 72% of the instruments we score
Priced lower than most peers. No dividend.
Cars.com Inc (CARS) valuation against sector peers: P/E 16.2 (sector median 17.3), P/B 1.6, EV/EBIT 11.3, free-cash-flow yield 21.6%, P/S 1.0.
Ratios vs sector
Medians of Communication services companies in the same region (stocks and REITs).
| Metric | CARS | Sector median | vs median |
|---|---|---|---|
| P/E | 16.2 | 17.3 · n=52 | 6% below |
| P/B | 1.6 | 3.1 · n=75 | 50% below |
| P/S | 1.0 | 1.6 · n=84 | 40% below |
| EV/EBIT | 11.3 | 16.8 · n=54 | 33% below |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 21.6% | 6.0% · n=76 | 262% above |
| Dividend yield | 0.00% | 0.00% · n=93 | — |
| Return on equity | 9.3% | 8.5% · n=74 | 9% above |
| Return on invested capital | 7.4% | 6.2% · n=78 | 20% above |
| Gross margin | — | 60.9% · n=53 | — |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.33 | 2.35 · n=63 | near the median |
Value factor: 97 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →
Sector peers
The largest companies of the same sector and region.
| GOOGLAlphabet Class A | 15.0 | 5.2 | 21.6 | 0.6% | 0.3% | 6/10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOOGAlphabet Class C | 14.9 | 5.2 | 21.4 | 0.6% | 0.3% | 7/10 |
| METAMeta Platforms | 21.9 | 6.1 | 20.8 | 1.7% | 0.3% | 8/10 |
| NFLXNetflix | 17.6 | 8.9 | 17.3 | 4.4% | 0.0% | 5/10 |
| CCZComcast Holdings ZONES | 19.6 | 2.4 | 16.7 | 8.9% | 3.0% | 8/10 |
| DISWalt Disney | 23.9 | 1.9 | 13.9 | 4.0% | 1.3% | 8/10 |
| VZVerizon Communications | 11.7 | 1.8 | 12.4 | — | 6.1% | 10/10 |
| TMUST-Mobile US Inc | 15.8 | 3.2 | 9.3 | 10.4% | 2.4% | 8/10 |
| TAT&T | 11.4 | 1.2 | 13.3 | 12.1% | 5.1% | 7/10 |
| APPAppLovin Corporation | 26.1 | 39.7 | 22.2 | — | 0.0% | 4/10 |
Fiscal-year history
From annual SEC filings; each bar is a fiscal year, labelled by the year it ended.
Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR · ratios computed by AI-Stock Invest from public filings and end-of-day prices · latest period 30 Sep 2026 · filed 05 Nov 2026
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