Cars.comCARS
CARS
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Funds holding %
of 7,398 funds
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings 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]
2.22% more ownership
Funds ownership: 88.9% [Q3] → 91.13% (+2.22%) [Q4]
4% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $983M [Q3] → $1.02B (+$38.9M) [Q4]
3% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 74 | Existing positions reduced: 72
50% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $1.44M | Put options by funds: $2.9M
Research analyst outlook
3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$14
32%
upside
Avg. target
$17.83
68%
upside
High target
$25
135%
upside
3 analyst ratings
2 positive
67%
1 neutral
33%
0 negative
0%
JP Morgan Rajat Gupta 57% 1-year accuracy 26 / 46 met price target | 32%upside $14 | Neutral Maintained | 27 Mar 2025 |
Barrington Research Gary Prestopino 37% 1-year accuracy 58 / 157 met price target | 135%upside $25 | Outperform Maintained | 4 Mar 2025 |
DA Davidson Tom White 0% 1-year accuracy 0 / 1 met price target | 36%upside $14.50 | Buy Maintained | 28 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 5 articles about CARS published over the past 30 days
Negative
Zacks Investment Research
1 day ago
New Strong Sell Stocks for April 2nd
AIRS, CCB and CARS have been added to the Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) List on April 2, 2025.

Neutral
PRNewsWire
2 days ago
Tariffs Loom, But Shoppers Still Have Options: Cars.com Releases Its 2025 Affordability Report
Nissan and Ford Offer Consumers the Most Vehicles in 'Best Value' Category CHICAGO , April 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cars.com Inc. (NYSE: CARS) (d/b/a " Cars Commerce Inc ."), an audience-driven technology company powering automotive, today unveiled its 2025 Affordability Report: Best Value New Cars , offering a timely guide to help car shoppers get the most for their money in an ever-changing market.

Negative
Zacks Investment Research
2 weeks ago
New Strong Sell Stocks for March 18th
AVNS, CARS and CABO have been added to the Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) List on March 18, 2025.

Neutral
PRNewsWire
3 weeks ago
Recognizing the Best in Automotive Retail: Cars.com 2025 Dealer of the Year Awards
Largest Dealership Review Platform Reveals Best Dealers Across North America; Subaru, Acura and Volvo Stand Out as Highest-Rated Brands CHICAGO , March 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Car-shopping marketplace and dealer reputation site Cars.com® (NYSE: CARS) today announced the winners of its Dealer of the Year Awards, presented annually to the top automotive dealers across North America. Auto dealers were honored as Cars.com Dealer of the Year recipients based on more than 1.3 million online consumer reviews submitted in 2024.

Positive
Zacks Investment Research
4 weeks ago
Are Investors Undervaluing Cars.com (CARS) Right Now?
Here at Zacks, our focus is on the proven Zacks Rank system, which emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find great stocks. Nevertheless, we are always paying attention to the latest value, growth, and momentum trends to underscore strong picks.

Positive
Benzinga
1 month ago
Top 2 Tech And Telecom Stocks That May Explode This month
The most oversold stocks in the communication services sector presents an opportunity to buy into undervalued companies.

Neutral
Benzinga
1 month ago
Inventory Stabilizes, But Cars.com Lags Peers: Analyst Flags Profit Pressures
JP Morgan analyst Rajat Gupta cut the price forecast on Cars.com Inc. CARS from $21.00 to $17.00 while reiterating a Neutral rating.

Neutral
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
Cars.com Inc. (CARS) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
Cars.com Inc. (NYSE:CARS ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call February 27, 2025 9:00 AM ET Company Participants Catherine Chen - Vice President, Investor Relations Alex Vetter - Chief Executive Officer Sonia Jain - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Tom White - D.A Davidson Naved Khan - B. Riley Securities Gary Prestopino - Barrington Research Marvin Fong - BTIG Joe Spak - UBS Rajat Gupta - JPMorgan Doug Arthur - Huber Research Operator Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
Compared to Estimates, Cars.com (CARS) Q4 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics
The headline numbers for Cars.com (CARS) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended December 2024, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.

Negative
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
Cars.com (CARS) Misses Q4 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
Cars.com (CARS) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.49 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.52 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.12 per share a year ago.

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