Cars.com (CARS)

• Market cap: $743M
• 1 day: -3.80%
• 5 days: 0.26%
• 1 month: 3.28%
• 3 months: -37.08%
• 6 months: -27.25%
• Year to date: -30.88%
• 1 year: -30.34%
• 5 years: 124.71%
• 10 years: -57.33%
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Auto & Truck Dealerships

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 disclosures 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]

2.53% more ownership

Funds ownership: 88.55% [Q3] → 91.07% (+2.53%) [Q4]

6% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 75 | Existing positions reduced: 71

4% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $979M [Q3] → $1.02B (+$42.5M) [Q4]

50% less call options, than puts

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

Research analyst outlook

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

• Low target: $13 12% upside
• Avg. target: $16.63 43% upside
• High target: $25 115% upside

4 analyst ratings

• positive: 2 50%
• neutral: 2 50%
• negative: 0 0%

UBS Kunal Madhukar 0% 1-year accuracy 0 / 2 met price target	12% upside $13	Neutral Maintained	10 Apr 2025
JP Morgan Rajat Gupta 61% 1-year accuracy 27 / 44 met price target	20% upside $14	Neutral Maintained	27 Mar 2025
Barrington Research Gary Prestopino 31% 1-year accuracy 49 / 159 met price target	115% upside $25	Outperform Maintained	4 Mar 2025
DA Davidson Tom White 39% 1-year accuracy 12 / 31 met price target	25% upside $14.50	Buy Maintained	28 Feb 2025