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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%

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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

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Cars.com Inc. (CARS) P/E ratio

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As of 2 November 2026, Cars.com Inc. (CARS) trades at a P/E ratio of 20.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (March 2021) to 264× (November 2022); the current reading is higher than 53% of that period. That is above the Internet Content & Information industry median of 12.1× and above the Communication Services sector median of 16.3×.

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Period	P/E ratio	Change
FY2025	38.1×	60.60%
FY2024	23.7×	130.03%
FY2023	10.3×	(81.36%)
FY2022	55.4×	(42.44%)
FY2021	96.2×	—
FY2020	0.0×	—
FY2019	0.0×	—
FY2018	38.4×	315.26%
FY2017	9.2×	6.48%
FY2016	8.7×	0.00%

Period	P/E ratio	Change
Jun 2026	18.9×	(0.11%)
Mar 2026	18.9×	(50.47%)
Dec 2025	38.1×	46.63%
Sep 2025	26.0×	38.23%
38 more quarters	Free account

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 264×

Ten-year median 18.9×

Current reading's percentile 41

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CARS Cars.com Inc.	19.4×
Internet Content & Information industry median	12.1×
Communication Services sector median	16.3×
Market median	18.6×

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Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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