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Company Name
Cars.com Inc
Sector
Communication Services
Industry
Internet Content & Information
Exchange
NYSE
ISIN: US14575E1055
CIK: 0001683606
CUSIP: 14575E105
Currency: USD
Full Time Employees: 1,800
Phone: 312 601 5000
Fiscal Year End: December
IPO Date: May 18, 2017
Description:

Cars.com Inc., an audience-driven technology company, provides solutions for the automotive industry in the United States. The company offers cars commerce platforms, such as Marketplace, allowing OEMs and dealers to merchandise their inventory and allowing consumers to add and save vehicles to virtual garage and track the Cars.com market value of current vehicle, as well as provides reputation management technology and digital financing tools and access to in-market consumers who are ready to trade-in its vehicle for a new one. It also provides website creation and platform hosting; digital retailing solutions; and trade and appraisal product, including AccuTrade, uses real-time market data and diagnostic scans to determine the right trade-in offer for every VIN in minutes. In addition, the company offers Cars Commerce Media Network products comprising Cars Social, allows dealers to target and serve native advertisements displaying real-time inventory to in-market car shoppers on Facebook and Instagram; VIN Performance Media, a machine-learning for media campaign, including audience targeting, real-time inventory, and ad placement across search, social, and display; In-Market Video, provides OEMs and dealers to pinpoint serious, ready-to-buy shoppers geographically; and In-Market Display, enable dealers and OEMs to extend reach and access audience of in-market car shoppers. The company serves local dealers, OEMs, dealer groups, and auto-adjacent companies. Cars.com Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Address:

300 South Riverside Plaza, Chicago, IL, United States, 60606

Directors & Officers

Name Title Year Born
Ms. Sonia Jain Chief Financial Officer 1980
Ms. Angelique Strong Marks Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary 1968
Mr. T. Alex Vetter Advisor 1971
Mr. Tobias Hartmann CEO & Director 1972
Mr. Cormac Twomey Chief Technology Officer NA
Ms. Katherine Chen Vice President of Investor Relations NA
Ms. Marita Hudson Thomas Chief Communications Officer NA
Ms. Sarah Archibong Chief People Officer NA
Ms. Jennifer Newman Editor-In-Chief NA
Mr. Joe Bruzek Managing Editor NA

Institutional Holders

Holder Name Shares Date Reported % Out Value % Change
BlackRock Inc 8.59M Sep 30, 2025 14.65% $0.00 -3.31%
FMR Inc 8.49M Dec 31, 2025 14.48% $0.01 -5.50%
Vanguard Group Inc 5.22M Dec 31, 2025 8.90% $0.00 -20.32%
Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc. 3.14M Dec 31, 2025 5.35% $0.01 1.26%
Par Capital Management Inc 2.70M Dec 31, 2025 4.60% $0.87 31.04%
Hill Path Capital LP 2.48M Sep 30, 2025 4.23% $1.49 23.25%
State Street Corp 2.27M Sep 30, 2025 3.87% $0.00 -3.81%
Brown Advisory Holdings Inc 2.14M Sep 30, 2025 3.65% $0.03 54.07%
American Century Companies Inc 1.45M Dec 31, 2025 2.48% $0.01 20.80%
Geode Capital Management, LLC 1.36M Sep 30, 2025 2.32% $0.00 -0.97%
Bank of America Corp 1.31M Sep 30, 2025 2.23% $0.00 168.86%
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts 1.26M Sep 30, 2025 2.14% $0.00 47.20%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.06M Sep 30, 2025 1.81% $0.00 386.80%
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc 966.19K Dec 31, 2025 1.65% $0.00 5.09%
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. 778.80K Sep 30, 2025 1.33% $0.00 -0.20%
Northern Trust Corp 769.79K Sep 30, 2025 1.31% $0.00 -2.14%
Philadelphia Financial Mgmt Of San Franc 751.67K Dec 31, 2025 1.28% $0.98 0.00%
Breach Inlet Capital Management LLC 729.44K Dec 31, 2025 1.24% $4.19 0.00%
Dana Investment Advisors Inc 608.65K Dec 31, 2025 1.04% $0.22 -0.13%
Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc 515.97K Sep 30, 2025 0.88% $0.01 -49.86%

Shares Statistics

Shares Outstanding: 59.81M
Shares Float: 53.88M
% Insiders: 1,054.70%
% Institutions: 10,286.50%
Short % Float: 21.50%

🏆 Top 10 Institutional Holders

Rank Holder Name Shares Held % of Shares Change Date Reported
1 BlackRock Inc 8.59M 14.65% ▼ 3.31% Sep 30, 2025
2 FMR Inc 8.49M 14.48% ▼ 5.50% Dec 31, 2025
3 Vanguard Group Inc 5.22M 8.90% ▼ 20.32% Dec 31, 2025
4 Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc. 3.14M 5.35% ▲ 1.26% Dec 31, 2025
5 Par Capital Management Inc 2.70M 4.60% ▲ 31.04% Dec 31, 2025
6 Hill Path Capital LP 2.48M 4.23% ▲ 23.25% Sep 30, 2025
7 State Street Corp 2.27M 3.87% ▼ 3.81% Sep 30, 2025
8 Brown Advisory Holdings Inc 2.14M 3.65% ▲ 54.07% Sep 30, 2025
9 American Century Companies Inc 1.45M 2.48% ▲ 20.80% Dec 31, 2025
10 Geode Capital Management, LLC 1.36M 2.32% ▼ 0.97% Sep 30, 2025

Valuation Metrics

Enterprise Value: $906.94M
Trailing P/E: 18.57
Forward P/E: 3.84

Financial Highlights

Market Cap: $524.74M
EBITDA: $152.29M
P/E Ratio: $18.57
PEG Ratio: $1.22
Book Value: $8.06
Earnings/Share: $0.46
Profit Margin: 2.77%
Operating Margin: 11.82%
ROA (TTM): 3.48%
ROE (TTM): 4.08%
Revenue (TTM): $723.24M
Revenue/Share (TTM): $11.59
Earnings Growth (YOY): -53.60%
Revenue Growth (YOY): 1.90%

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Date Current Ratio Debt/Equity Debt/Assets Interest Coverage Debt/EBITDA
2025-12-31 1.87x 0.00x 0.56x 0.99x 0.00x
2024-12-31 1.83x 0.93x 0.54x 1.66x 2.36x
2023-12-31 1.22x 0.98x 0.58x 1.67x 3.19x
2022-12-31 1.40x 1.23x 0.62x 1.87x 3.10x
2021-12-31 1.56x 1.17x 0.60x 0.20x 4.26x
2020-12-31 1.97x 1.72x 0.68x -23.44x -0.74x
2019-12-31 1.24x 0.56x 0.44x -14.49x -1.96x
2018-12-31 1.39x 0.43x 0.37x 3.03x 3.67x
2017-12-31 1.58x 0.34x 0.33x 10.85x 2.59x
2016-12-31 1.66x 0.01x 0.05x N/A 0.12x
2015-12-31 1.11x 0.02x 0.07x N/A 0.18x
2014-12-31 1.08x 0.03x 0.09x N/A 1.38x
2013-12-31 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.00x

Insider Trading

Date Insider Name Title Transaction Type Shares Price Value
Dec 17, 2025 Sonia Jain N/A Sale 11.40K $13.45 $153.33K
Dec 02, 2025 Matthew B Crawford N/A Sale 27.36K $12.03 $329.12K
Aug 08, 2025 Matthew B Crawford N/A Sale 15.00K $11.77 $176.55K
May 09, 2025 Thomas Alex Vetter N/A Purchase 27.87K $10.75 $299.60K

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