Cars.com Inc.

CARS Communication Services Internet Content & Information

Cars.com Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $723.2 million, up 0.57% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+0.67%
EPS
+136.4%
Free cash flow
+14.3%
Total debt
−1.92%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

11.73 0.49 +4.36%
Market cap
$601.7M
P/E
20.2×
Fwd P/E
12.9×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
0.51
Beneish M
−3.09
Dividend safety
n/a

Cars.com Inc. (CARS) EV/Sales

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As of 2 November 2026, Cars.com Inc. (CARS) trades at a EV/Sales of 1.5×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.2× (March 2026) to 4.7× (July 2018); the current reading is higher than 7% of that period. That is above the Internet Content & Information industry median of 1.1× and above the Communication Services sector median of 1.4×.

EV/Sales, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
FY2025 1.6× (25.37%)
FY2024 2.2× (9.82%)
FY2023 2.4× 14.43%
FY2022 2.1× (13.84%)
FY2021 2.5× 5.47%
FY2020 2.3× (2.34%)
FY2019 2.4× (27.47%)
FY2018 3.3× (21.81%)
FY2017 4.2× 51.12%
FY2016 2.8× 0.00%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
Jun 2026 1.4× 17.74%
Mar 2026 1.2× (24.77%)
Dec 2025 1.6× 0.04%
Sep 2025 1.6× (2.46%)
38 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.2× High 4.7×
Ten-year median 2.3×
Current reading's percentile 5

EV/Sales against peers

Company EV/Sales
MOMO Hello Group Inc. Sponsored ADR compare −0.4×
TBLA Taboola.com Ltd. compare 0.5×
MAX MediaAlpha, Inc. compare 0.8×
EVER EverQuote, Inc. compare 0.9×
NRDS NerdWallet, Inc. compare 0.9×
BMBL Bumble Inc. compare 1.2×
GRPN Groupon, Inc. compare 1.4×
CARS Cars.com Inc. 1.5×
NXDR Nextdoor Holdings, Inc. compare 1.7×
Internet Content & Information industry median 1.1×
Communication Services sector median 1.4×
Market median 2.2×

What EV/Sales is

EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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