CARS PEER ANALYSIS

Cars.com Inc — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

CARSCars.com Inc

🇺🇸 USA · NYSE · Communication Services · Internet Content & Information

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Internet Content & Information

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

CARSIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	CARS	SEK	G24	MACKO	CAR	AUTO	Ind. Median
P/E	24.73	—	27.06	11.76●	34.43	14.46	24.73
P/B	1.45●	2.01	3.59	4.10	3.61	10.44	2.50
EV/EBITDA	7.47	13.33	13.89	5.84●	17.00	10.75	12.22
P/S	0.92●	3.98	7.79	3.09	8.27	6.81	2.92

Financial Health
Metric	CARS	SEK	G24	MACKO	CAR	AUTO	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.87	0.70	0.22	3.67●	1.92	1.73	1.92
Debt/Equity	98.1%	60.1%	2.9%●	7.0%	53.2%	50.6%	21.7%
NetDebt/EBITDA	2.74	2.80	0.04	-0.04●	1.88	0.45	-0.08

Profitability
Metric	CARS	SEK	G24	MACKO	CAR	AUTO	Ind. Median
Net Margin	3.7%	-12.3%	38.8%	26.3%	24.0%	47.1%●	9.5%
ROE	5.7%	-5.8%	17.7%	40.0%	10.0%	60.2%●	18.2%
ROA	2.5%	-3.2%	12.1%	32.7%	6.1%	44.4%●	12.1%
EBITDA Margin	19.5%	37.8%	56.3%	52.6%	54.7%	66.1%●	20.0%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	CARS	SEK	G24	MACKO	CAR	AUTO	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	0.9%	18.0%●	9.2%	8.5%	7.2%	3.9%	8.5%
NI Growth	-40.4%	—	49.7%●	-27.1%	15.2%	4.0%	13.9%
Div. Yield	—	3.8%●	2.0%	3.7%	3.3%	2.3%	2.1%
Payout	—	-110.8%	74.2%	43.2%	97.0%	32.0%	29.8%

Valuation
Metric	CARS	NRDS	MAX	EVER	UPWK	SSTK	Ind. Median
P/E	24.73	9.58	19.56	8.49●	11.03	—	24.73
P/B	1.45	1.96	398.23	3.88	2.11	0.58●	2.50
EV/EBITDA	7.47	—	—	11.20	5.76	3.74●	12.22
P/S	0.92	0.78	0.66	1.30	1.52	0.33●	2.92

Financial Health
Metric	CARS	NRDS	MAX	EVER	UPWK	SSTK	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.87	2.57	1.46	3.14●	1.36	0.51	1.92
Debt/Equity	98.1%	—	8,529.1%	0.9%●	66.6%	54.4%	21.7%
NetDebt/EBITDA	2.74	—	-3.39●	-0.34	-1.15	1.09	-0.08

Profitability
Metric	CARS	NRDS	MAX	EVER	UPWK	SSTK	Ind. Median
Net Margin	3.7%	8.1%	3.4%	15.3%●	13.8%	-2.2%	9.5%
ROE	5.7%	19.5%	—	56.4%●	18.8%	-3.8%	18.2%
ROA	2.5%	15.2%	12.8%	39.6%●	8.8%	-1.6%	12.1%
EBITDA Margin	19.5%	16.4%	-3.5%	11.3%	22.0%●	12.3%	20.0%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	CARS	NRDS	MAX	EVER	UPWK	SSTK	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	0.9%	15.6%	15.7%	24.5%●	2.5%	-1.8%	8.5%
NI Growth	-40.4%	133.6%	147.2%	187.6%●	-53.5%	—	13.9%
Div. Yield	—	—	—	—	—	13.6%	2.1%
Payout	—	—	—	—	—	-230.3%	29.8%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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