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 $936.1M against $601.7M — 1.6× the size. Taboola.com Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 8.4× against 19.4×. 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 19.38 8.35 12.10
P/S 0.87 0.49 0.93
P/B 1.42 1.03 1.26
Price to free cash flow 4.59 4.81 8.57
EV/EBITDA 6.70 4.32 9.76
EV/Sales 1.47 0.46 1.10
Earnings yield 5.16% 11.97% 0.70%
Free cash flow yield 21.79% 20.80% 3.77%

Profitability

Metric CARS TBLA Internet Content & Information median
Gross margin 67.10% 29.74% 66.11%
Operating margin 11.45% 6.47% 0.36%
Net margin 4.73% 6.05% 1.24%
Free cash flow margin 18.86% 10.23% 3.47%
Return on equity 7.40% 12.75% 0.00%
Return on assets 3.30% 7.72% 0.50%
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% 5.54%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (55.56%) 1,400.00% 34.37%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.73% 9.97% 10.75%
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 1.85
Net debt to EBITDA 2.57 (0.13) (0.53)

Dividend

Metric CARS TBLA Internet Content & Information median
Dividend yield — — 1.13%
Payout ratio — — 0.28

Size

Metric CARS TBLA Internet Content & Information median
Market cap 601.71m 936.09m 636.02m

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