Cars.com Inc.
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SEC XBRL · annual| FY25 | FY24 | FY23 | FY22 | FY21 | FY20 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $723.2M | $719.2M | $689.2M | $653.9M | $623.7M | $148.1M |
| Operating income | $60.3M | $53.5M | $54.1M | $66.0M | $48.3M | −$905.1M |
| Net income | $20.1M | $48.2M | $118.4M | $17.2M | $10.8M | −$787.4M |
| Total assets | $1.06B | $1.11B | $1.17B | $1.02B | $1.01B | $1.08B |
| Total liabilities | $589.9M | $600.4M | $680.3M | $640.4M | $609.2M | $735.5M |
| Equity | $472.5M | $511.5M | $492.1M | $384.4M | $398.0M | $340.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.32 | $0.72 | $1.74 | $0.25 | $0.15 | $-11.76 |
| Shares out. | 63.8M | 65.7M | 66.2M | 69.2M | 67.4M | 66.8M |
Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.
Key ratios
from filings · FY2025- Operating margin
- 8.3%
- Net margin
- 2.8%
- Return on equity
- 4.2%
- Return on assets
- 1.9%
- Return on capital (ROCE)
- 6.3%
- Liabilities / assets
- 55.5%
- Debt / equity
- 1.25×
- Book value / share
- $7.40
- Revenue growth (YoY)
- 0.6%
- Net income growth (YoY)
- −58.4%
Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.
Financial health
forensic scores · FY2025- Altman Z″ (distress)
- -1.06distress
- Accruals / assets
- −12.4%clean
- Piotroski F-Score
- 7/9strong
Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.
Quality score
EDS ScoreOur own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.
Signs
● 1 severe● 4 good- Altman Z″ in the distress zone
- Operating margin is positive
- Revenue is growing year-over-year
- Positive operating cash flow
- Clean earnings (low accruals)
Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.
5%+ owners
SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs- Acmgmt, LlcPassive (13G)May 8, 2026
- Blackrock, Inc.Passive (13G)Apr 7, 2026
- Vanguard Group IncPassive (13G)Mar 26, 2026
- Pale Fire Capital SePassive (13G)Mar 6, 2026
- Dimensional Fund Advisors LpPassive (13G)Jul 15, 2025
Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.
Insider transactions
SEC Form 4 · most recent| Insider | Date | Type | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross JenellDirector | Mar 13, 2026 | Buy | 1,995 | $7.56 |
| Marks Angelique StrongOfficer — Chief Legal Officer | Mar 11, 2026 | Grant | 64,603 | $0.00 |
| Gosselin LisaOfficer — Chief Commercial Officer | Mar 11, 2026 | Grant | 124,282 | $0.00 |
| Hartmann TobiasOfficer — CEO | Mar 11, 2026 | Grant | 344,150 | $0.00 |
| Jain SoniaOfficer — Chief Financial Officer | Mar 11, 2026 | Grant | 156,267 | $0.00 |
| Vetter Thomas Alex | Mar 2, 2026 | Tax withholding | 71,665 | $8.54 |
| Jain SoniaOfficer — Chief Financial Officer | Mar 2, 2026 | Tax withholding | 19,621 | $8.54 |
| Gosselin LisaOfficer — Chief Commercial Officer | Mar 2, 2026 | Tax withholding | 8,256 | $8.54 |
| Marks Angelique StrongOfficer — Chief Legal Officer | Mar 2, 2026 | Tax withholding | 16,442 | $8.54 |
| Hartmann TobiasOfficer — CEO-Designate | Dec 22, 2025 | Grant | 233,827 | $0.00 |
| Jain SoniaOfficer — Chief Financial Officer | Dec 17, 2025 | Sell | 11,400 | $13.45 |
| Crawford Matthew B.Officer — Chief Product Innovation Off. | Dec 2, 2025 | Sell | 27,358 | $12.03 |
Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.
Short interest
FINRA · bi-monthly| Settlement | Shares short | Days to cover | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2026 | 6.3M | 6.9 | -1.2% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 6.4M | 7.7 | -6.8% |
| Apr 15, 2026 | 6.9M | 6.3 | -6.2% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 7.3M | 2.9 | -13.4% |
| Mar 13, 2026 | 8.4M | 4.5 | +10.3% |
Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.
Material events
SEC Form 8-K · most recent- Results of operationsMay 7, 2026
- Results of operations · Costs from exit or disposalApr 9, 2026
- Results of operationsFeb 26, 2026
- Director / officer change · Regulation FD disclosureDec 18, 2025
- Results of operationsNov 6, 2025
- Director / officer changeOct 14, 2025
- Results of operationsAug 7, 2025
- Director / officer change · Amended charter or bylaws · Shareholder voteJun 6, 2025
Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.
Recent SEC filings
All filings ↗- SCHEDULE 13G/AMay 8, 2026
- 10-QMay 7, 2026
- 8-KMay 7, 2026
- ARSApr 17, 2026
- DEFA14AApr 17, 2026
- DEF 14AApr 17, 2026
- 8-KApr 9, 2026
- SCHEDULE 13G/AApr 7, 2026
- SCHEDULE 13G/AMar 26, 2026
- 4Mar 16, 2026
- 4Mar 13, 2026
- 4Mar 13, 2026
- 4Mar 13, 2026
- 4Mar 13, 2026
- SCHEDULE 13GMar 6, 2026
Corporate family
Spun off from TEGNA Inc · May 30, 2017
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