Short Attack — velZ +1.24 · age 103w×0.45 · 13.81%
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 u… Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Communication Services
Industry: Internet Content & Information
Exchange: NYSE
IPO Date: May 18, 2017
Headquarters: 300 South Riverside Plaza, Chicago, IL, United States, 60606
Founder-Led: Yes — Alex Vetter (President, Chief Executive Officer and Founder)
Key Metrics
Current Price
$12.34
Market Cap
$657M
Float
44.7M
Shares Outstanding
53.5M
P/E (Forward)
6.25
P/E (TTM)
21.53
Price/Sales (TTM)
0.91
vs. Analyst Target
+8.8% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
4.73%
Operating Margin (TTM)
15.49%
Revenue (TTM)
$726M
Earnings Growth (YoY)
127.30%
Dividend Rate
None
Analyst Target Price
$13.43 (7 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
2020
$548M
-$817M
$446M
-$785M
2021
$624M
$7.7M
$509M
$110M
2022
$654M
$17.2M
$539M
$152M
2023
$689M
$118M
$567M
$152M
2024
$719M
$48.2M
$595M
$201M
2025
$723M
$20.1M
$601M
$187M
Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Sep 2025
$182M
$7.7M
Dec 2025
$184M
$7.4M
Mar 2026
$180M
$5.0M
Jun 2026
$180M
$14.3M
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
12.6%
Institutional Ownership
107.6%
Short Float
13.5%
% of All Funds Holding
2.22%
Number of Funds Holding
195
Current Moving Averages
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$11.77
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$10.86
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$11.36
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$15.23
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$10.82
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$11.66
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$15.00
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume
creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
Price Level
Type
Volume Ratio
Age
$13.10
resistance
1.67x
16 months ago
$17.60
resistance
1.14x
17 months ago
$19.60
resistance
1.05x
19 months ago
$20.60
resistance
1.31x
23 months ago
Historical Earnings Reactions (38 events)
Timeframe
Avg Return
Median
Win Rate
Best
Worst
Gap
0.01%
0.10%
50.00%
5.06%
-7.24%
1 Day
0.08%
0.48%
65.79%
9.73%
-19.39%
1 Week
0.00%
1.86%
55.26%
16.50%
-28.65%
2 Weeks
-1.60%
-1.75%
42.11%
22.66%
-35.10%
1 Month
1.82%
1.07%
54.05%
39.39%
-47.47%
Next earnings: October 25, 2026 (59 days away)
Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns
Monthly Seasonality
Month
Avg Return
Win Rate
Samples
Jan
4.2%
55.6%
9
Feb
-8.1%
44.4%
9
Mar
-8.6%
33.3%
9
Apr
3.2%
66.7%
9
May
0.8%
44.4%
9
Jun
2.0%
44.4%
9
Jul
7.4%
60.0%
10
Aug
-6.8%
55.6%
9
Sep
-3.7%
33.3%
9
Oct
-0.1%
33.3%
9
Nov
17.6%
88.9%
9
Dec
-2.3%
44.4%
9
Day-of-Week Tendencies
Day
Avg Return
Win Rate
Samples
Monday
0.13%
53.2%
436
Tuesday
0.02%
50.3%
477
Wednesday
-0.01%
44.7%
474
Thursday
-0.11%
49.4%
466
Friday
0.13%
48.7%
466
Top Institutional Holders
Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.
Total institutional ownership: 107.6%
Insider Transactions — Smart Summary
Total insider ownership: 12.6%
Founder-led management: Alex Vetter (President, Chief Executive Officer and Founder)
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