CARS

Cars.com Inc.
NYSEUSDEQUITY Communication Services DELAYED
Last price
9.55
▼ 0.15 (1.55%)
MARKET · —

Price

1D — H — L — Range — Vol —
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Open
9.55
Prev close
9.70
Day high
9.78
Day low
9.32
Volume
1.20M
Market cap
$505.88M
P/E (TTM)
16.58
52W range
7.40 – 13.69

Day trading desk

Current session · delayed
Gap from prior close
-1.55%
Prior close 9.70
VWAP
—
—
Relative volume
0.00×
Quiet session
Session range
—
9.55 – 9.55
Position in range
—
—
ATR (14D)
0.48
5.00% of price
Prior day high
10.02
PDH
Prior day low
9.70
PDL
Bid / ask spread
—
Quote not published
Session volume
—
Avg 647.01K

VWAP and the session figures are computed from the delayed intraday series on this page, so they lag the live tape and will not match a broker's real-time VWAP exactly. Turn on Prior day H/L/C, Opening range and Volume profile in the chart's Studies menu to see these levels drawn on price.

Trailing performance

Price return · vs SPY
Returnvs SPY
1W
-9.66% -11.6%
1M
-19.44% -20.6%
3M
-12.50% -17.0%
6M
+1.50% -16.7%
YTD
-22.54% -36.8%
1Y
-23.54% -40.0%
3Y
-43.95% -126.2%
5Y
— —

Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.

Unusual options activity

Account required
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Free account required

Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.

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Options chains and analytics, valuation ratios, insider filings, analyst targets and ownership. No card, no trial, nothing to cancel.

Insider net activity

6m · Form 4 rollup
Net shares
-17.50K
Net selling
Buy transactions
7
135.08K shares
Sell transactions
3
152.58K shares
Net transactions
+10
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
1.1 : 1
Mixed
Insider-held shares
6.75M
Total on file
Bought 135.08KSold 152.58K

Insider transactions

Account required
DateInsiderAction SharesValueHeld
Aug 20, 26
MCGOVERN DONALD A JR.
Director
SELL 8.00K $98.00K Direct
Aug 17, 26
MARKS ANGELIQUE STRONG
Officer
SELL 57.98K $692.28K Direct
Jun 12, 26
JAIN SONIA
Chief Financial Officer
SELL 86.60K $825.51K Direct
Jun 5, 26
FORBES SCOTT EDWARD
Director
STOCK 25.48K $0 Direct
Jun 5, 26
WIENER BRYAN J
Director
STOCK 18.27K $0 Direct
Jun 5, 26
HALE THOMAS E
Director
STOCK 18.27K $0 Direct
Jun 5, 26
GREENTHAL JILL A
Director
STOCK 18.27K $0 Direct
Jun 5, 26
MCGOVERN DONALD A JR.
Director
STOCK 18.27K $0 Direct
Jun 5, 26
SUBRAMANIAN BALA
Director
STOCK 18.27K $0 Direct
Jun 5, 26
ROSS JENELL
Director
STOCK 18.27K $0 Direct
Mar 13, 26
ROSS JENELL
Director
BUY 2.00K $15.08K Direct
Mar 11, 26
GOSSELIN LISA
Officer
STOCK 124.28K $0 Direct
Mar 11, 26
HARTMANN TOBIAS
Chief Executive Officer
STOCK 344.15K $0 Direct
Mar 11, 26
JAIN SONIA
Chief Financial Officer
STOCK 156.27K $0 Direct
What this is, and what it is not

These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.

A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.

This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.

Free account required

Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.

Insider holders

10 reporting
NameRelationShares heldLatest
DEVARD JERRI L
Director 112.23K Stock Award(Grant)
FORBES SCOTT EDWARD
Director 218.87K Stock Award(Grant)
GOSSELIN LISA
Officer 209.46K Stock Award(Grant)
GREENTHAL JILL A
Director 127.55K Stock Award(Grant)
HARTMANN TOBIAS
Chief Executive Officer 577.98K Stock Award(Grant)
JAIN SONIA
Chief Financial Officer 312.83K Sale
MARKS ANGELIQUE STRONG
Officer 149.64K Sale
REVELLE GREG
Director 117.23K Stock Award(Grant)
SUBRAMANIAN BALA
Director 126.58K Stock Award(Grant)
VETTER THOMAS ALEX
Chief Executive Officer 843.59K Stock Award(Grant)

Fundamentals

TTM · reported
Market cap$505.88M
Enterprise value$919.72M
Revenue (TTM)$725.63M
Gross profit$486.89M
EBITDA$157.24M
Net income$34.30M
EPS (TTM)$0.57
Free cash flow$104.95M
Total cash$33.29M
Total debt$447.12M
Book value / share$8.23
Shares outstanding53.53M
Float44.72M
Short % of float16.76%
Dividend yield0.00%
Beta (5Y)1.64

Valuation & profitability ratios

Account required
Trailing P/E16.58
Forward P/E4.01
PEG ratio2.35
Price / sales—
Price / book1.15
EV / revenue1.27
EV / EBITDA5.85
Gross margin67.10%
Operating margin15.49%
Profit margin4.73%
Return on equity7.40%
Return on assets5.01%
Debt / equity100.79
Current ratio2.00
Free account required

Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.

Financial statements

As reported · 5 years · 6 quarters
Blank means not reported, not zero
Line item2025202420232022YoY
Total revenue $723.24M$719.15M$689.18M$653.88M +0.6%
Operating revenue $709.36M$706.62M$677.57M$637.78M +0.4%
Cost of revenue $123.33M$124.33M$122.20M$114.96M -0.8%
Gross profit $599.91M$594.82M$566.98M$538.92M +0.9%
Research & development $117.33M$117.88M$102.03M$89.02M -0.5%
Selling, general & admin $330.49M$316.26M$309.84M$289.47M +4.5%
Total operating expense $539.66M$541.32M$512.86M$472.88M -0.3%
Operating income $60.25M$53.50M$54.12M$66.04M +12.6%
Net interest income -$30.38M-$32.20M-$32.42M-$35.32M +5.6%
Pre-tax income $34.31M$61.86M$18.11M$22.58M -44.5%
Tax provision $14.25M$13.68M-$100.34M$5.37M +4.2%
Net income $20.05M$48.19M$118.44M$17.21M -58.4%
Net income to common $20.05M$48.19M$118.44M$17.21M -58.4%
Basic EPS 0.320.731.770.25 -56.2%
Diluted EPS 0.320.721.740.25 -55.6%
EBIT $64.69M$94.06M$50.53M$57.90M -31.2%
EBITDA $156.53M$201.24M$151.53M$152.29M -22.2%
Basic shares 62.39M66.01M66.74M68.22M -5.5%
Diluted shares 63.26M67.39M68.23M69.65M -6.1%

Options analytics

Account required
Put / call volume
0.00
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
0.00
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
12.50
+32.3% from spot
ATM implied vol
50.0%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
—
—
Call volume
20
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
0
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
12.50
20 contracts
Heaviest put OI
—
—

Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.

Free account required

Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.

Earnings

History & consensus estimates
Reported vs expected · EPS
QuarterEst.ActualSurprise
Jun 2026 0.510.51 -0.6%
Mar 2026 0.460.45 -2.2%
Dec 2025 0.550.44 -19.7%
Sep 2025 0.490.48 -1.5%
Forward consensus
PeriodEPSAnalystsRevenueGrowth
Current quarter 0.53 4 $183.05M +0.8%
Next quarter 0.59 4 $185.64M +0.9%
Current year 2.00 4 $728.80M +0.8%
Next year 2.36 4 $746.14M +2.4%

Analyst targets & ownership

Account required
Mean target$13.58
High target$17.50
Low target$11.00
Implied upside42.23%
Analyst count6
ConsensusHOLD
Strong buy / Buy1 / 1
Hold3
Sell / Strong sell1 / 0
Held by insiders12.60%
Held by institutions107.65%
Institutions holding288
Free account required

Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.

Moving averages & technicals

Computed from 2Y daily closes
SMA 10
10.22
-6.55% from price
SMA 20
10.81
-12.58% from price
SMA 50
11.55
-18.19% from price
SMA 100
11.01
-13.26% from price
SMA 200
10.76
-12.16% from price
EMA 12
10.30
-7.29% from price
EMA 26
10.81
-11.69% from price
EMA 50
11.10
-13.96% from price
RSI (14)
28.5
Oversold
MACD (12,26,9)
-0.51
Hist -0.13
ATR (14)
0.48
5.05% of price
Realised vol 30D
37.6%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
12.19
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
9.44
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Golden
11.55 vs 10.76
Trend bias
Below 200
-12.16%

Options chain

Account required
Expiry
Spot 9.55
Calls
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Puts
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
000.000.000.000.00000.0%
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Free account required

Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.

Risk profile

Daily returns · 1Y window
Beta vs SPY
0.81
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.23
Largely independent
Realised vol 30D
37.6%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
13.0%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-43.9%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-66.8%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
0.48
5.05% of price
Beta (reported)
1.64
5Y monthly, from filing

Short interest

Semi-monthly exchange report · lags by ~2 weeks
Shares short
7.08M
Prior 6.21M
Change vs prior
+14.1%
Shorts adding
% of float
16.76%
Elevated
% of shares out
13.23%
Against total outstanding
Days to cover
14.3
Crowded exit
Float
44.72M
Freely tradeable shares

Exchanges publish short interest twice a month with a settlement lag, so this is roughly two weeks behind. Days to cover divides shares short by average daily volume — it estimates how long covering would take, not whether it will happen.

Rating changes

85 on file
DateFirm ActionFromTo
Aug 7, 26 UBS MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
Aug 6, 26 BTIG MAINTAINED Buy Buy
May 8, 26 UBS MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
May 8, 26 JP Morgan MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral
May 8, 26 B. Riley Securities DOWNGRADE Buy Neutral
May 7, 26 BTIG MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Apr 13, 26 DA Davidson MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Apr 10, 26 BTIG MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Feb 27, 26 Barrington Research MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Feb 27, 26 JP Morgan DOWNGRADE Overweight Neutral
Feb 26, 26 BTIG MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Jan 14, 26 UBS MAINTAINED Neutral Neutral

Dividends & splits

Declared · from the issuer
Forward rate—
Forward yield0.00%
5-year avg yield—
Payout ratio0.00%
Ex-dividend date—
Next pay date—
Last split—
Split date—

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