Cars-com is an auto & truck dealerships business based in the US. Cars-com shares (CARS) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $15.28 – a decrease of 7.95% over the previous week. Cars-com employs 1,700 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $713 million.
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| Latest market close | $15.28 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $14.82 - $21.24 |
| 50-day moving average | $17.71 |
| 200-day moving average | $18.12 |
| Wall St. target price | $21.42 |
| PE ratio | 42.4324 |
| Dividend yield | N/A |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.37 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $15.28 from 2024-10-07
| 1 week (2024-10-02) | -5.15% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-09-09) | -11.83% |
| 3 months (2024-07-09) | -17.67% |
| 6 months (2024-04-09) | -11.21% |
| 1 year (2023-10-09) | -10.01% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-10-07) | 28.08% |
| 3 years (2021-10-08) | 26.07% |
| 5 years (2019-10-09) | 62.38% |
Valuing Cars-com stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Cars-com's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Cars-com's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 42x. In other words, Cars-com shares trade at around 42x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Cars-com's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.22. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Cars-com's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Cars-com's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $160.1 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Cars-com's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $713 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 5.32% |
| Gross profit TTM | $449.9 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 3% |
| Return on equity TTM | 5.13% |
| Profit margin | 3.51% |
| Book value | $7.51 |
| Market Capitalization | $1 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
We're not expecting Cars-com to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Over the last 12 months, Cars-com's shares have ranged in value from as little as $14.82 up to $21.24. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Cars-com's is 2.111. This would suggest that Cars-com's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.
Cars. com Inc. , an audience-driven technology company, that provides solutions for the automotive industry in the United States. Its Cars Commerce platform connects car shoppers with sellers. The company, enable dealers and automotive manufacturers; connect sellers with ready-to-buy shoppers that provide financing tools with instant online loan screening and approvals; and empower shoppers with the resources and digital tools needed to make car buying decisions. It also offers marketplace products, such as marketplace subscription advertising packages to dealer customers; digital solutions, including website creation and platform hosting, vehicle acquisition and valuation, digital retailing, and review and reputation management; and media products comprising display advertising, social selling, digital advertising, and in-market video services, as well as non-subscription digital advertising services to dealer customers. The company serves dealer customers, which included franchise and independent dealers.
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