At the time of writing, Cars.com [CARS] stock is trading at $11.09, up 6.53%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The CARS shares have gain 4.52% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.18%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Cars.com [NYSE: CARS] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on July 17, 2025, when JP Morgan upgraded its rating to a Overweight but kept the price target unchanged to $14 for it. Previously, JP Morgan downgraded its rating to Neutral on August 09, 2024, and dropped its price target to $19. On September 15, 2023, UBS initiated with a Neutral rating and assigned a price target of $20 on the stock. B. Riley Securities started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $26 on July 20, 2023. JP Morgan initiated its recommendation with a Overweight and recommended $23 as its price target on June 27, 2023. BTIG Research reiterated a Buy rating for this stock on June 21, 2022, and downed its price target to $16. In a note dated February 02, 2022, Northcoast initiated a Neutral rating.
For the past year, the stock price of Cars.com fluctuated between $9.56 and $20.47. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $12 within the next 12 months. Cars.com [NYSE: CARS] shares were valued at $11.09 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 8.21% based on the average CARS price forecast.
Analyzing the CARS fundamentals
According to Cars.com [NYSE:CARS], the company’s sales were 717.85M for trailing twelve months, which represents an -0.09% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.83% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.07%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.07%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.06%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.08 and Total Capital is 0.05. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.94.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 10.44 points at the first support level, and at 9.80 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 11.94, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 12.80.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Cars.com [NYSE:CARS] has a current ratio of 1.82. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 1.82, and the Cash Ratio is 0.28. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.95, the price to book ratio is 1.42 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 18.06.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Crawford Matthew B., Chief Product Innovation Off., that happened on Aug 08 ’25 when 15000.0 shares were sold. Officer, Crawford Matthew B. completed a deal on Aug 08 ’25 to buy 15000.0 shares. Meanwhile, CEO Vetter Thomas Alex bought 27870.0 shares on May 09 ’25.
