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. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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Cars.com Inc is currently in a long term uptrend where the price is trading 2.3% above its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 98.3% cheaper than other stocks from the Consumer Cyclical sector with a price to sales ratio of 1.6.
Cars.com Inc's total revenue rose by 0.5% to $153M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has increased by 275.6% to $7M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Finally, its free cash flow grew by 149.5% to $38M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, Cars.com Inc gets an overall score of 5/5.