Cars.comCARS
About: Cars.com Inc is an online destination for buying and selling new and used vehicles. It is an audience-driven technology company empowering the automotive industry. The company brands include Dealer Inspire, DealerRater, FUEL, Accu-Trade, PickupTrucks.com, CreditIQ, and NewCars.com., websites directed towards different consumer segments.
Employees: 1,800
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
96% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 45 | Existing positions closed: 23
9% more funds holding
Funds holding: 209 [Q3] → 227 (+18) [Q4]
2.53% more ownership
Funds ownership: 88.55% [Q3] → 91.07% (+2.53%) [Q4]
6% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 75 | Existing positions reduced: 71
4% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $979M [Q3] → $1.02B (+$42.5M) [Q4]
50% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $1.44M | Put options by funds: $2.9M
Research analyst outlook
4 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
4 analyst ratings
UBS Kunal Madhukar 0% 1-year accuracy 0 / 2 met price target | 13%upside $13 | Neutral Maintained | 10 Apr 2025 |
JP Morgan Rajat Gupta 52% 1-year accuracy 23 / 44 met price target | 22%upside $14 | Neutral Maintained | 27 Mar 2025 |
Barrington Research Gary Prestopino 30% 1-year accuracy 47 / 156 met price target | 117%upside $25 | Outperform Maintained | 4 Mar 2025 |
DA Davidson Tom White 20% 1-year accuracy 6 / 30 met price target | 26%upside $14.50 | Buy Maintained | 28 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 4 articles about CARS published over the past 30 days









