Cars.com Inc. (CARS) vs EverQuote, Inc. (EVER)

Cars.com Inc. and EverQuote, Inc. are both Internet Content & Information companies. EverQuote, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $636.4M against $568.0M — 1.1× the size. EverQuote, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 5.8× against 18.8×. EverQuote, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 22.8% against 1.08%. EverQuote, Inc. has the higher net margin (15.2% vs 4.73%) and the higher return on invested capital (80.6% vs 6.05%). Across the 21 metrics below, EverQuote, Inc. leads on 15 and Cars.com Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric CARS EVER Internet Content & Information median
P/E 18.79 5.84 10.24
P/S 0.84 0.87 0.87
P/B 1.37 2.55 1.32
Price to free cash flow 4.45 6.89 8.85
EV/EBITDA 6.58 5.39 8.86
EV/Sales 1.44 0.62 1.15
Earnings yield 5.32% 17.11% (1.58%)
Free cash flow yield 22.47% 14.51% 2.32%

Profitability

Metric CARS EVER Internet Content & Information median
Gross margin 67.10% 97.65% 66.84%
Operating margin 11.45% 11.00% (3.41%)
Net margin 4.73% 15.16% (3.02%)
Free cash flow margin 18.86% 12.60% 1.75%
Return on equity 7.40% 53.61% 0.00%
Return on assets 3.30% 39.31% (0.36%)
Return on invested capital 6.05% 80.55% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CARS EVER Internet Content & Information median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.08% 22.75% 2.65%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (55.56%) 198.86% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.73% 14.83% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CARS EVER Internet Content & Information median
Debt to equity 1.01 0.00 0.01
Current ratio 2.00 3.33 1.82
Net debt to EBITDA 2.57 (2.76) (0.48)

Dividend

Metric CARS EVER Internet Content & Information median
Dividend yield — — 3.19%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric CARS EVER Internet Content & Information median
Market cap 567.98m 636.43m 283.68m

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