Cars.com [CARS] stock is trading at $12.98, up 5.27%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The CARS shares have gain 1.88% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 23.97%, and 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 an Neutral rating.
Cars.com [CARS] stock has fluctuated between $9.56 and $21.24 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $14.5 within the next 12 months. Cars.com [NYSE: CARS] shares were valued at $12.98 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 11.71% based on the average CARS price forecast.
Analyzing the CARS fundamentals
Cars.com [NYSE:CARS] reported sales of 718.00M for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -0.64%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.75% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.07%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.08%, 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 0.09 and Total Capital is 0.05.
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Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Cars.com’s Current Ratio is 1.65. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.65 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.28. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.14, the price to book ratio is 1.69 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 19.31.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Vetter Thomas Alex, CEO, that happened on May 09 ’25 when 27870.0 shares were purchased. Director, Greenthal Jill A completed a deal on Dec 02 ’24 to sell 10990.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Greenthal Jill A bought 10990.0 shares on Dec 02 ’24.
