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Cars.com Inc. (CARS) vs ZipRecruiter, Inc. (ZIP)

Cars.com Inc. and ZipRecruiter, Inc. are both Internet Content & Information companies. Cars.com Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $547.6M against $398.8M — 1.4× the size. ZipRecruiter, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 12.6× against 17.6×. Cars.com Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 1.08% against 0.41%. ZipRecruiter, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.20% vs 4.73%) and the lower return on invested capital (2.14% vs 6.05%). Across the 20 metrics below, Cars.com Inc. leads on 11 and ZipRecruiter, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CARS ZIP Internet Content & Information median
P/E 17.60 12.60 11.54
P/S 0.79 0.80 0.86
P/B 1.29 n/m 1.20
Price to free cash flow 4.17 23.91 9.63
EV/EBITDA 6.34 32.38 8.68
EV/Sales 1.39 0.97 1.18
Earnings yield 5.68% 7.94% (2.42%)
Free cash flow yield 23.99% 4.18% 2.27%

Profitability

Metric CARS ZIP Internet Content & Information median
Gross margin 67.10% 89.12% 66.84%
Operating margin 11.45% 0.35% (3.41%)
Net margin 4.73% 6.20% (3.02%)
Free cash flow margin 18.86% 3.33% 1.75%
Return on equity 7.40% (56.24%) 0.00%
Return on assets 3.30% 6.14% (0.36%)
Return on invested capital 6.05% 2.14% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CARS ZIP Internet Content & Information median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.08% 0.41% 2.65%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (55.56%) (184.62%) 34.45%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.73% 1.43% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CARS ZIP Internet Content & Information median
Debt to equity 1.01 (7.49) 0.01
Current ratio 2.00 3.03 1.82
Net debt to EBITDA 2.57 (19.67) (0.48)

Dividend

Metric CARS ZIP Internet Content & Information median
Dividend yield — — 1.07%
Payout ratio — — 0.28

Size

Metric CARS ZIP Internet Content & Information median
Market cap 547.64m 398.80m 318.52m

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