Cars.com [NYSE: CARS] traded at a low on 2025-07-03, posting a -1.13 loss after which it closed the day’ session at $12.2.
The results of the trading session contributed to over 268692 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Cars.com stands at 3.69% while the volatility over the past one month is 3.42%.
The market cap for CARS stock reached $767.22 million, with 63.71 million shares outstanding and 56.78 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 888.79K shares, CARS reached a trading volume of 268692 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Cars.com [CARS]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for CARS shares is $16.21 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on CARS stock is a recommendation set at 2.14. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
JP Morgan have made an estimate for Cars.com shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Neutral, with their previous recommendation back on August 09, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, UBS raised their target price to Neutral. The new note on the price target was released on September 15, 2023, representing the official price target for Cars.com stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $26, while B. Riley Securities analysts kept a Buy rating on CARS stock.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.59, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.50. Price to Free Cash Flow for CARS in the course of the last twelve months was 5.34 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.65.
How has CARS stock performed recently?
Cars.com [CARS] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 7.21. With this latest performance, CARS shares gained by 17.76% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -29.89% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -29.60% in the past year of trading.
Cars.com [CARS]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Cars.com [CARS] shares currently have an operating margin of 6.58% and a Gross Margin at 51.74%. Cars.com’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 6.32%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 4.08%, with Return on Assets sitting at 4.08%.
Earnings analysis for Cars.com [CARS]
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for CARS. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Cars.com go to 8.92%.
Insider trade positions for Cars.com [CARS]
There are presently around $93.95%, or 104.12% of CARS stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of CARS stocks are: BLACKROCK INC. with ownership of 9.84 million shares, which is approximately 14.7893%. FMR LLC, holding 9.74 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$191.88 million in CARS stocks shares; and FMR LLC, currently with $$139.49 million in CARS stock with ownership which is approximately 10.6421%.
