Cars.com Inc.

CARS · NYSE · Stock · Communication Services
$10.21
-0.20% today
Delayed price,

What Cars.com does

Cars.com Inc., an audience-driven technology company, provides solutions for the automotive industry in the United States. The company offers marketplace through Cars.com that allows OEMs and dealers to merchandise their inventory, as well as provides reputation management technology and digital financing tools. It also operates dealer websites to transform automotive retail processes; and trade and appraisal product, including AccuTrade, which uses demand data and diagnostic scans to determine the right trade-in offer for every VIN in minutes. In addition, the company offers media solution, such as Cars Social, allows dealers to target and serve native advertisements displaying real-time inventory to in-market car shoppers on Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platform; 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 proprietary in-market media solutions. 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.

Key facts

Sector
Communication Services
Industry
Internet Content & Information
Market cap
$546.6M
P/E (ttm)
17.9
Forward P/E
4.4
Dividend yield
0.00%
Beta
1.64
Profit margin
4.7%
Employees
1,700
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, United States
Exchange
NYSE

Performance

1 Month
-8.3%
3 Months
-14.8%
6 Months
-3.6%
1 Year
-1.4%
5 Years
-38.8%
$7.4052-week range$13.69
Biggest setback — last 12 months
-41.2%
15 Dec 2025 → 9 Mar 2026
Fell from $12.90 to $7.58 — its sharpest sustained decline this year.
Biggest run-up — last 12 months
+63.3%
9 Mar 2026 → 10 Aug 2026
Ran from $7.58 to $12.38 — its strongest sustained advance this year.

Price outlook — trend & volatility model

● Trend: Below long-term trend
Price sits below its 200-day average, but the shorter-term averages are not cleanly aligned above/below it.
HorizonBear case (−1σ)Base caseBull case (+1σ)
1 Month$8.98 (-12.1%)$10.21$11.61 (+13.7%)
3 Months$8.17 (-20.0%)$10.21$12.76 (+25.0%)
6 Months$7.45 (-27.1%)$10.21$14.00 (+37.1%)
12 Months$6.53 (-36.0%)$10.21$15.95 (+56.2%)
Statistical, not machine-learning: a random-walk (no assumed drift) volatility model built from this ticker's own realized price history, plus a purely descriptive moving-average trend read. Illustrative only — not a price target and not financial advice. The bear and bull cases sit one standard deviation (1σ) below and above today's price, a range that covers about 68% of the outcomes the model treats as plausible, not a 68% chance of either case. Annualized volatility used: 44.6%, blended from this ticker's own 3-month and 1-year realized price history. Base case is deliberately flat — this quantifies a possible range, not a directional prediction. See the full model, including wider (≈95%) bands →

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Sold 8,000 shares at $12.25 — McGovern Jr. Donald A., Director · 2026-08-24
Sold 57,980 shares at $11.94 — Marks Angelique Strong, Chief Legal Officer · 2026-08-19
Sold 86,600 shares at $9.49 — Jain Sonia, Chief Financial Officer · 2026-06-15
Acquired 18,267 shares — WIENER BRYAN, Director · 2026-06-09
Acquired 18,267 shares — Hale Thomas E, Director · 2026-06-09
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