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Cars.com Inc. (CARS)

NYSE: CARS · Real-Time Price · USD
9.43-0.11 (-1.15%)
 
Market Cap527.17M-15.3%
Revenue (ttm)n/a+1.1%
Net Incomen/a-16.4%
EPSn/a-7.3%
Shares Out55.90M
PE Ration/a
Forward PEn/a
Dividendn/a
Ex-Dividend Daten/a
Volume196,529
Open9.53
Previous Close9.54
Day's Range9.38 - 9.59
52-Week Range7.40 - 13.69
Betan/a
AnalystsBuy
Price Target11.50(+21.95%)
Earnings Daten/a
-1.15% (1D)
No price history available.
Insider Score
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CARS Insider Score

Insiders filed in the last 90 days, but none of those trades qualified for scoring — round-trip buys and filings whose price is far off the market are excluded.

About CARS

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.

Address
300 South Riverside Plaza, Chicago, IL, 60606, United States
Market Cap
527 million
Employees
1,700
Industrial Classification
Internet Content & Information

What Are Insiders Doing?

Open-market buy / sell balanceNet Selling
Sold
$2.10M
Bought
$15.08K

View the trades behind this meter — each links to its SEC Form 4 →

Open-market Form 4 purchases (code P) vs sales (code S) on file for this company. Grants, option exercises and tax withholdings are excluded. Informational only.

1 Day
-1.36%
5 Days
-6.55%
1 Month
-16.36%
6 Months
+2.28%
1 Year
-15.30%

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Recently reported changes in CARS holdings by institutional investors

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Insider Trading

Quarterly net insider trading by CARS's directors and management

Net Shares Purchased by Insiders−90k−45k02025Q42026Q12026Q22026Q32026Q4

Source: SEC EDGAR (Form 4)

Corporate Lobbying

CARS Estimated quarterly lobbying spending

Source: U.S. Senate LDA

CARS Revenue by Segment

$179.93MTotal
SegmentRevenue% of All
Dealer$163.35M90.78%
OEM and National$13.64M7.58%
Other$2.94M1.64%

As of: Q2 2026 (Jun 30, 2026) · Source: SEC EDGAR (10-Q)

U.S. Patents

New CARS patent grants

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Source: USPTO Open Data Portal

Government Contracts

Estimated quarterly amount awarded to CARS from public contracts

Source: USAspending.gov

Top ETF Holders

ETFs with the largest estimated holdings in CARS

ETFEst. Holding Size
AFTYPacer CSOP FTSE China A50 ETF$46.29M
AVUVAvantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF$23.20M
VTIVanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF$19.73M
IWMiShares Russell 2000 ETF$11.28M
DFSVU.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio ETF Class Shares$10.09M
DFATDimensional - US Targeted Value ETF$8.27M

Estimated from each fund’s disclosed top holdings × AUM

CARS Insider Score

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Recent Insider Activity

Buys
1
Sells
6
Buy Value
$15.08K
Distinct Buyers
1

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