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CARS

US14575E1055

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 11:59:29 2024-04-29 am EDT 		5-day change 1st Jan Change
16.85 USD -1.00% Intraday chart for Cars.com Inc. +1.93% -11.02%
Mar. 11 Cars.com Insider Sold Shares Worth $299,663, According to a Recent SEC Filing MT
Mar. 07 Cars.com Insider Sold Shares Worth $293,431, According to a Recent SEC Filing MT

Valuation

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Capitalization 1 815.8 761.5 1,112 917.2 1,256 1,127 - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 1,445 1,278 1,112 917.2 1,700 1,547 1,524 1,127
P/E ratio -1.84 x -0.93 x 146 x 55.1 x 10.9 x 35.5 x 25.5 x 17.5 x
Yield - - - - - - - -
Capitalization / Revenue 1.34 x 1.39 x 1.78 x 1.4 x 1.82 x 1.53 x 1.46 x 1.39 x
EV / Revenue 2.38 x 2.33 x 1.78 x 1.4 x 2.47 x 2.1 x 1.97 x 1.39 x
EV / EBITDA 8.64 x 8.2 x 5.88 x 4.91 x 8.73 x 7.23 x 6.62 x 4.67 x
EV / FCF 18 x 10.5 x 9.36 x 8.43 x 14.7 x 10.5 x 9.19 x 6.06 x
FCF Yield 5.55% 9.54% 10.7% 11.9% 6.81% 9.48% 10.9% 16.5%
Price to Book - - - - 2.57 x 2.17 x 1.98 x -
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 66,762 67,386 69,102 66,610 66,229 66,203 - -
Reference price 2 12.22 11.30 16.09 13.77 18.97 17.02 17.02 17.02
Announcement Date 2/26/20 2/25/21 2/24/22 2/23/23 2/22/24 - - -
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Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net sales 1 606.7 547.5 623.7 653.9 689.2 736.7 774.3 812.4
EBITDA 1 167.3 155.9 189.2 186.7 194.9 214 230.1 241.1
EBIT 1 -446.1 -887.3 48.34 66.04 54.12 70.18 84.71 97
Operating Margin -73.52% -162.07% 7.75% 10.1% 7.85% 9.53% 10.94% 11.94%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 -475.3 -936.4 9.483 22.58 18.1 43.19 59.96 64.65
Net income 1 -445.3 -817.1 7.719 17.21 118.4 32.59 45.34 65.9
Net margin -73.4% -149.24% 1.24% 2.63% 17.19% 4.42% 5.86% 8.11%
EPS 2 -6.650 -12.15 0.1100 0.2500 1.740 0.4791 0.6684 0.9750
Free Cash Flow 1 80.23 121.9 118.8 108.8 115.8 146.7 165.8 185.8
FCF margin 13.22% 22.27% 19.05% 16.64% 16.81% 19.91% 21.42% 22.87%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA) 47.96% 78.2% 62.8% 58.26% 59.44% 68.54% 72.06% 77.06%
FCF Conversion (Net income) - - 1,539.2% 632.32% 97.8% 450.03% 365.73% 281.94%
Dividend per Share - - - - - - - -
Announcement Date 2/26/20 2/25/21 2/24/22 2/23/23 2/22/24 - - -
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Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: December 2021 Q3 2021 Q4 2022 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1 2024 Q2 2024 Q3 2024 Q4 2025 Q1
Net sales 1 156.6 158.3 158.2 162.9 164.6 168.2 167.1 168.2 174.3 179.6 179.4 182.1 185.7 189.4 188.5
EBITDA 1 45.77 46.82 42.02 45.3 49.88 49.52 44.34 45.65 49.49 55.4 49.94 51.97 53.81 58.23 53.34
EBIT 1 12.07 4.062 10.94 15.38 19.9 19.81 12.53 12.33 14.32 14.94 14.93 15.84 17.6 21.81 17.57
Operating Margin 7.71% 2.57% 6.92% 9.45% 12.09% 11.78% 7.5% 7.33% 8.21% 8.32% 8.32% 8.7% 9.48% 11.52% 9.32%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 2.571 -5.449 1.819 6.284 -1.989 16.46 12.52 1.051 2.639 1.891 6.843 8.53 10.97 15.45 10.41
Net income 1 2.431 -5.956 4.34 5.545 -2.941 10.26 11.48 94.13 4.491 8.346 6.094 7.484 8.528 11.93 8.332
Net margin 1.55% -3.76% 2.74% 3.4% -1.79% 6.1% 6.87% 55.97% 2.58% 4.65% 3.4% 4.11% 4.59% 6.3% 4.42%
EPS 2 0.0300 -0.0900 0.0600 0.0800 -0.0400 0.1500 0.1700 1.370 0.0700 0.1200 0.0804 0.1053 0.1230 0.1708 0.1200
Dividend per Share - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Announcement Date 11/4/21 2/24/22 5/5/22 8/3/22 11/3/22 2/23/23 5/4/23 8/3/23 11/2/23 2/22/24 - - - - -
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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net Debt 1 629 516 - - 444 420 397 -
Net Cash position 1 - - - - - - - -
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) 3.761 x 3.311 x - - 2.279 x 1.965 x 1.724 x -
Free Cash Flow 1 80.2 122 119 109 116 147 166 186
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity) - - - - 36.9% 27.3% 28.6% -
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets) - - - - 14.7% 11.6% 12.3% -
Assets 1 - - - - 804.3 282 368.6 -
Book Value Per Share 2 - - - - 7.370 7.830 8.610 -
Cash Flow per Share - - - - - - - -
Capex 1 21.3 16.7 19.2 19.7 20.9 22 26.4 28.3
Capex / Sales 3.5% 3.05% 3.08% 3.01% 3.03% 2.99% 3.41% 3.48%
Announcement Date 2/26/20 2/25/21 2/24/22 2/23/23 2/22/24 - - -
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Year-on-year evolution of the PER

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Ratings for Cars.com Inc.

Trading Rating
Investor Rating
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B-
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Analysts' Consensus

Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
6
Last Close Price
17.02 USD
Average target price
24.08 USD
Spread / Average Target
+41.50%
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