Cars.com (CARS)

• Market cap: $780M
• 1 day: -0.25%
• 5 days: 7.77%
• 1 month: -20.20%
• 3 months: -31.21%
• 6 months: -26.53%
• Year to date: -27.49%
• 1 year: -27.54%
• 5 years: 185.28%
• 10 years: -50.53%
• Sector: Information Technology
• Industry: Computer Processing & Data Preparation

About: Cars.com Inc is an online destination for buying and selling new and used vehicles. It is an audience-driven technology company empowering the automotive industry. The company brands include Dealer Inspire, DealerRater, FUEL, Accu-Trade, PickupTrucks.com, CreditIQ, and NewCars.com., websites directed towards different consumer segments.

Employees: 1,800

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

96% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 45 | Existing positions closed: 23

9% more funds holding

Funds holding: 209 [Q3] → 227 (+18) [Q4]

2.22% more ownership

Funds ownership: 88.9% [Q3] → 91.13% (+2.22%) [Q4]

4% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $983M [Q3] → $1.02B (+$38.9M) [Q4]

3% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 74 | Existing positions reduced: 72

50% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.44M | Put options by funds: $2.9M

Research analyst outlook

3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $14.50 19% upside
• Avg. target: $18.83 54% upside
• High target: $25 105% upside

3 analyst ratings

• positive: 2 67%
• neutral: 1 33%
• negative: 0 0%

Barrington Research Gary Prestopino 38% 1-year accuracy 59 / 156 met price target	105% upside $25	Outperform Maintained	4 Mar 2025
JP Morgan Rajat Gupta 58% 1-year accuracy 22 / 38 met price target	39% upside $17	Neutral Maintained	28 Feb 2025
DA Davidson Tom White 40% 1-year accuracy 12 / 30 met price target	19% upside $14.50	Buy Maintained	28 Feb 2025