Cars.com Inc.

CARS - Financial Snapshot

Metrics for CARS

Price $7.9
Shares Outstanding 58.64M
All-Time Low $3.25
52-Week Low $9.56

Balance Statement Metrics

Net Cash / Share $0
cashValuePerShare = (Cash + Short Term Investments - Total Liabilities) / Shares Outstanding
Net Current Assets / Share $-6.45
netCurrentAssetsPerShare = (Current Assets - Total Liabilities) / Shares Outstanding
Net Tangible Assets / Share $0
netTangibleAssetsPerShare = (Total Assets - Intangibles - Total Liabilities) / Shares Outstanding
Shares Outstanding Ave Change (Annual) -2.36%
Shares Δ YoY -2.33%
Avg CA Burn (Annual %) 13.66% (as of 3-8-2026)
Avg CA Burn (Quarterly %) 0.36% (as of 3-8-2026)

Earning Metrics

Max Earning Power / Share $6.3
maxEarningPowerPerShare = (EBITDA / EP_MULTIPLIER) / Shares Outstanding
Adjusted Earning Power $1.2
adjustedEarningPower = (Net Income / EP_MULTIPLIER) / Shares Outstanding
Non-Cash Charges to Market Cap 3.63%
nonCashChargeToMKTCAP = Non-Cash Charges / Market Capitalization
Avg EBITDA (5Y) 163.8M (as of 3-8-2026)
Avg EBITDA (5Q) 41.8M (as of 3-8-2026)
Avg Net Income (5Y) 48.7M (as of 3-8-2026)
Avg Net Income (5Q) 7.5M (as of 3-8-2026)
Data as of: Price 03-20-26 16:00 ET, Balance Sheet 2025-12-31, Income Statement 2025-12-31, Cash Flow 2025-12-31

Indicators

Dividend indicators Value Date
Current Dividend Streak No 3-8-2026
Consecutive Years Paid No 3-8-2026
Pays Dividend No 3-8-2026
Income indicators Value Date
EBITDA Positive Yes 3-8-2026
Net Income Positive Yes 3-8-2026
Current Dividend Streak No 3-8-2026

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Tangible Book Value Per Share History

Formula: Tangible Book Value / shares from balance statements. Includes 6 quarterly + 4 annual.

Chart plots one TBV / Share point per report date (duplicate same-date annual/quarterly rows are merged).

Report Date Period TBV / Share Tangible Book Value Shares Used
2025-12-31 Quarterly $-3.78 -221.8M ($-221,759,000) 58.6M (58,636,000)
2025-09-30 Quarterly $-3.75 -226.2M ($-226,208,000) 60.4M (60,360,000)
2025-06-30 Quarterly $-3.88 -239.7M ($-239,708,000) 61.8M (61,799,000)
2025-03-31 Quarterly $-3.87 -246.3M ($-246,339,000) 63.7M (63,710,000)
2024-12-31 Quarterly $-3.38 -217.5M ($-217,484,000) 64.4M (64,391,000)
2024-12-31 Annual $-3.38 -217.5M ($-217,484,000) 64.4M (64,391,000)
2024-09-30 Quarterly $-3.82 -248.5M ($-248,548,000) 65M (65,022,000)
2023-12-31 Annual $-4.92 -324.1M ($-324,117,000) 65.9M (65,929,000)
2022-12-31 Annual $-6.42 -425.5M ($-425,514,000) 66.3M (66,287,000)
2021-12-31 Annual $-5.75 -397.6M ($-397,631,000) 69.2M (69,170,000)

Dividend Payments

Historical cash dividends per share from Yahoo ex-dividend dates.

Date Dividend / Share
No dividend payment history available yet

Shares Outstanding Changes

Date Shares Outstanding Delta
2026-03-05 58,636,763 -1,176,505
2025-11-10 59,813,268 -1,632,228
2025-09-18 61,445,496 -4

Short Interest Changes

Latest short-interest change: 7,649,664 shares (23.02% of float) | Days to cover: 7.44

Date Short Interest Delta Δ %
2026-03-11 7,649,664 shares +253,361 +3.43%
2026-02-26 7,396,303 shares +1,010,640 +15.83%
2026-02-11 6,385,663 shares +416,095 +6.97%

Interesting Volume Days

Volume/ratio use shares outstanding as of the event date (frozen).

Date Volume Shares Outstanding Volume / Shares Price
No interesting volume events

Cars.com Inc., an audience-driven technology company, provides solutions for the automotive industry in the United States. The company offers cars commerce platforms, such as Marketplace, allowing OEMs and dealers to merchandise their inventory and allowing consumers to add and save vehicles to virtual garage and track the Cars.com market value of current vehicle, as well as provides reputation management technology and digital financing tools and access to in-market consumers who are ready to trade-in its vehicle for a new one. It also provides website creation and platform hosting; digital retailing solutions; and trade and appraisal product, including AccuTrade, uses real-time market data and diagnostic scans to determine the right trade-in offer for every VIN in minutes. In addition, the company offers Cars Commerce Media Network products comprising Cars Social, allows dealers to target and serve native advertisements displaying real-time inventory to in-market car shoppers on Facebook and Instagram; VIN Performance Media, a machine-learning for media campaign, including audience targeting, real-time inventory, and ad placement across search, social, and display; In-Market Video, provides OEMs and dealers to pinpoint serious, ready-to-buy shoppers geographically; and In-Market Display, enable dealers and OEMs to extend reach and access audience of in-market car shoppers. The company serves local dealers, OEMs, dealer groups, and auto-adjacent companies. Cars.com Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.