Cars.com Inc. (CARS) Stock Analysis
A live, multi-source view of Cars.com Inc. (CARS): real-time price, technical indicators, Wall Street analyst consensus, recent news sentiment and social buzz — aggregated into one place so you can size up the stock at a glance.
About Cars.com Inc.
Cars.com Inc., an audience-driven technology company, provides solutions for the automotive industry in the United States. The company offers marketplace through Cars.com that allows OEMs and dealers to merchandise their inventory, as well as provides reputation management technology and digital financing tools. It also operates dealer websites to transform automotive retail processes; and trade and appraisal product, including AccuTrade, which uses demand data and diagnostic scans to determine the right trade-in offer for every VIN in minutes. In addition, the company offers media solution, such as Cars Social, allows dealers to target and serve native advertisements displaying real-time inventory to in-market car shoppers on Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platform; 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 proprietary in-market media solutions. The company serves local dealers, OEMs, dealer groups, and auto-adjacent companies. Cars.com Inc.
Sector: Communication Services · Industry: Internet Content & Information · United States · 1,700 employees · cars.com
Key statistics · as of 2026-09-05
As of 2026-09-05, Cars.com Inc. (CARS) had a market capitalization of $627.9M, a trailing P/E of 20.6 (forward 4.5) and a beta of 1.59; the shares traded in a 52-week range of $7.40 – $13.97 (-13.2% over the year).
- Market cap
- $627.9M
- Enterprise value
- $1.04B
- Trailing P/E
- 20.6
- Forward P/E
- 4.5
- PEG ratio
- 2.35
- Price / book
- 1.43
- EPS (trailing)
- $0.57
- EPS (forward)
- $2.59
- Payout ratio
- 0.0%
- 52-week range
- $7.40 – $13.97
- 52-week change
- -13.2%
- Beta
- 1.59
- Average volume
- 675,041
- Shares outstanding
- 53.5M
- Short % of float
- 14.69%
- Profit margin
- 4.7%
Fundamental figures are recorded once every few days, dated above; they are not live and can differ from the interactive tiles.
Last universe scan · 2026-09-11
In RapidTradeView’s 2026-09-11 scan of the US universe, Cars.com Inc. (CARS) last closed at $11.41 (the last completed close before that scan).
Technicals at the scan: RSI 44 (neutral territory), price -4.4% versus its 20-day average, 20-day versus 50-day average spread +0.9%, MACD histogram -0.11.
Sentiment inputs: StockTwits 100% bullish; analyst consensus score 61/100.
Next scheduled company event: in 55 days from the scan date.
Scan values are recorded once per trading day and are not live quotes; the interactive tiles above update in real time.
Smart Money · last 90 days
Members of Congress disclosed 0 buys and 0 sells of CARS; corporate insiders filed 0 buys and 2 sells (2 distinct filers, latest disclosure 2026-08-24). Filings arrive days to weeks after the trade and are not a live signal. Most active filers: Mcgovern Jr. Donald A. (0B/1S), Angelique Strong Marks (0B/1S). Who is trading what
RapidTradeView pick record
CARS has not appeared in the daily picks yet. Full scoreboard
What this page covers
RapidTradeView pulls Cars.com Inc. (CARS) data from multiple independent sources and combines it into a single dashboard. Below the summary you’ll find live, interactive tiles for each of the following:
- Price & chart — real-time quote with pre/post-market moves and a line or candlestick chart.
- Technical indicators — RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, volume and support/resistance, distilled into one overall signal.
- Analyst consensus — the buy/hold/sell breakdown and price targets published by Wall Street analysts.
- News sentiment — recent headlines, each scored for tone so the prevailing narrative is obvious.
- Earnings — current EPS, year-over-year change and the next scheduled earnings date.
- Social buzz — Reddit mention volume and StockTwits sentiment for the retail-trader angle.
How to read the signals
No single indicator tells the whole story. A bullish technical reading paired with a cautious analyst consensus, or strong social buzz against weak earnings, is exactly the kind of tension this view is built to surface. RapidTradeView’s signals are generated by deterministic, statistical models — they describe what the data is doing, they are not personalised recommendations to buy or sell CARS.
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