Cars.com (NYSE: CARS) is -32.71% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $9.56 and a high of $21.24 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The CARS stock was last observed hovering at around $12.33 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.65%.
Currently trading at $12.98, the stock is 7.48% and 16.34% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.06 million and changing 5.27% at the moment leaves the stock -10.36% off its SMA200. CARS registered -25.10% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -23.38%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $11.1108 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $14.54725.
The stock witnessed a 23.97% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 15.38%, and is 1.88% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.22% over the week and 3.79% over the month.
Cars.com (CARS) has around 1800 employees, a market worth around $816.27M and $718.00M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 19.31 and Fwd P/E is 6.08. Profit margin for the company is 6.32%. Distance from 52-week low is 35.77% and -38.89% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.80%).
with sales reaching $179.43M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 0.78% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 0.66% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 0.30% in year-over-year returns.
336.0 institutions hold shares in Cars.com (CARS), with institutional investors hold 104.12% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 63.71M, and float is at 56.78M with Short Float at 7.16%. Institutions hold 93.95% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 9.84 million shares valued at $193.85 million. The investor’s holdings represent 14.7893 of the CARS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is FMR LLC with 9.74 million shares valued at $191.88 million to account for 14.6389 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 7.08 million shares representing 10.6421 and valued at over $139.49 million, while GREENVALE CAPITAL LLP holds 5.5773 of the shares totaling 3.71 million with a market value of $73.1 million.
Cars.com (CARS) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Vetter Thomas Alex, the company’s CEO. SEC filings show that Vetter Thomas Alex bought 27,870 shares of the company’s common stock on May 09 ’25 at a price of $10.75 per share for a total of $0.3 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 0.84 million shares.
Cars.com disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 02 ’24 that Greenthal Jill A (Director) sold a total of 10,990 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 02 ’24 and was made at $19.85 per share for $0.22 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 90973.0 shares of the CARS stock.
