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Cars.com Inc. (CARS) stock score

Communication Services · Internet Content & Information · United States

$9.71 ▼ -0.31% today

62.4
Dad Score, out of 100
middling

Cars.com Inc. (CARS) is a Internet Content & Information company in the Communication Services sector, listed in the United States. On DadFin's weekly run it scores 62.4 out of 100 on the Dad Score, a middling reading that places the business ahead of 62% of the 5,774 US and Canadian stocks DadFin fully scores. Inside Communication Services it ranks #91 of 256. Its strongest axes are valuation, quality and risk; its weakest are price action and macro.

Scores from the run of Oct 4, 2026. The Dad Score answers one question: how good is this business, measured against its own sector. How it is built →

The eight axes

Valuation
Strong
Quality
Above average
Growth
Average
Price action
Below average
Risk
Strong
Conviction
Above average
Liquidity
Average
Macro
Below average

Each axis is ranked inside the stock's own sector. Subscribers see the percentile and every input behind each bar.

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)17.6×
P/E (forward)4.3×
Dividend yield0.00%
Return on capital6.8%
Operating margin15.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+0.6%
FCF yield13.5%
Net debt / EBITDA2.63×
Piotroski F-Score7 / 9
52-week change-20.1%
Market cap$537M
Next earningsNov 5, 2026

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Internet Content & Information peers

StockCompanyDad ScoreBandMarket cap
GOOGAlphabet Inc.69.9middling$4.16T
METAMeta Platforms, Inc.95.8strong$1.85T
SPOTSpotify Technology S.A.21.0weak$97.2B
NBISNebius Group N.V.85.1strong$61.6B
BIDUBaidu, Inc.23.8weak$28.7B
RDDTReddit, Inc.91.6strong$28.4B
TMETencent Music Entertainment Group92.9strong$12.6B
PINSPinterest, Inc.78.8good$10.8B

Prices from DadFin's live feed (refreshed about every 15 minutes in the session); scores from the weekly run of Oct 4, 2026. Fundamentals as reported in the latest filings. Research, not investment advice.