Cars.com Inc. (CARS) vs Taboola.com Ltd. (TBLA)

Cars.com Inc. and Taboola.com Ltd. are both Internet Content & Information companies. Taboola.com Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $932.0M against $568.0M — 1.6× the size. Taboola.com Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 8.4× against 18.8×. Taboola.com Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.00% against 1.08%. Taboola.com Ltd. has the higher net margin (6.05% vs 4.73%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.05% vs 6.05%). Across the 21 metrics below, Taboola.com Ltd. leads on 15 and Cars.com Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric CARS TBLA Internet Content & Information median
P/E 18.79 8.38 10.24
P/S 0.84 0.49 0.87
P/B 1.37 1.03 1.32
Price to free cash flow 4.45 4.82 8.85
EV/EBITDA 6.58 4.33 8.86
EV/Sales 1.44 0.46 1.15
Earnings yield 5.32% 11.94% (1.58%)
Free cash flow yield 22.47% 20.75% 2.32%

Profitability

Metric CARS TBLA Internet Content & Information median
Gross margin 67.10% 29.74% 66.84%
Operating margin 11.45% 6.47% (3.41%)
Net margin 4.73% 6.05% (3.02%)
Free cash flow margin 18.86% 10.23% 1.75%
Return on equity 7.40% 12.75% 0.00%
Return on assets 3.30% 7.72% (0.36%)
Return on invested capital 6.05% 9.05% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CARS TBLA Internet Content & Information median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.08% 8.00% 2.65%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (55.56%) 1,400.00% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.73% 9.97% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CARS TBLA Internet Content & Information median
Debt to equity 1.01 0.08 0.01
Current ratio 2.00 1.11 1.82
Net debt to EBITDA 2.57 (0.13) (0.48)

Dividend

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

Size

Metric CARS TBLA Internet Content & Information median
Market cap 567.98m 932.04m 283.68m

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