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Cars.com Inc.

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Cars.com Inc.

CARS·NYSE·Technology·CIK 0001683606

Cars.com Inc. operates as a technology platform that facilitates the buying and selling of cars. Its primary offering is the Cars.com marketplace, which links millions of consumers with dealerships throughout the U.S. This marketplace incorporates artificial intelligence (AI) shopping tools, vehicle reviews, and content to support the car buying process. The company also provides an interconnected suite of products for dealers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), including marketplace access, dealer websites, trade and appraisal tools, and proprietary in-market media solutions, to aid in vehicle sales. Cars.com serves approximately 19,500 franchise and independent dealer customers across the U.S. and Canada. Approximately 80% of these dealer customers subscribe to either the Cars.com marketplace alone or the marketplace combined with additional interconnected solutions. The remaining customers subscribe to standalone digital website solutions. Additionally, nearly all OEMs selling vehicles in the U.S. and Canada currently engage in business with Cars.com. The platform attracts an average of 26 million monthly shoppers. For consumers, the marketplace offers AI-powered features designed to assist in the car shopping process.

Cars.com Inc. (NYSE:CARS) is a publicly traded company in the Technology sector. Wiseek has independently scored 13 items for CARS at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-09-30, rated 7/10. Across its 13 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 8/10, with 8 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for CARS spans 8-K, 4, 144, 10-Q.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Cars.com Names Trent Ziegler CFO, Replacing Sonia Jain in November
  • Cars.com Q2 EPS Crushes Estimates at $0.51, Reaffirms 2026 Outlook
  • Cars.com Q2 Earnings: Adjusted EPS of $0.51 Nearly Doubles Consensus, $37M in Share Repurchases
  • CFO Sonia Jain Sells $825,515 in Open Market Shares
  • Officer Files Intent to Sell $321K in CARS Stock Following Recent Sale

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$723.24M
Net Income
$20.05M
Diluted EPS
$0.32
Op. Cash Flow
$151.64M
Free Cash Flow
$147.35M
Operating Income
$60.25M
Cash & Equivalents
$56.24M
Total Debt
$451.52M
Debt / Equity
0.96×
Net Margin
2.8%
Shares Outstanding
58.64M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-02-26 · accession 0001193125-26-076546

Short Interest & Short Volume

14.61 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 7,082,670 shares in CARS as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 4.1% increase from the prior period — about 14.6 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 77.5% of CARS volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)7,082,670 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 4.1%
Days to cover14.61 at avg daily volume of 484,933
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)77.5% of 318,459 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume77.2%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$10.03
52-week range · as of 2026-09-30 $7.4 – $13.69
Market cap
$536.93M
Volume
854.7K (1.4× avg)
3-mo avg 601.4K
Live data · 2026-10-04 13:37 UTC · Market closed

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CARS
Sep 30, 2026, 4:05 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $10.26
Real-time Price: $10.03 info
Change: -$0.230 (-2%) info
Market Cap: $536.933M info
CARS
Aug 06, 2026, 7:47 AM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $11.50
Real-time Price: $10.03 info
Change: -$1.47 (-13%) info
Market Cap: $536.933M info
CARS
Aug 06, 2026, 7:45 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $11.50
Real-time Price: $10.03 info
Change: -$1.47 (-13%) info
Market Cap: $536.933M info
CARS
Jun 15, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT
Filing Type: 4
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $9.74
Real-time Price: $10.03 info
Change: +$0.290 (+3%) info
Market Cap: $536.933M info
CARS
Jun 12, 2026, 4:41 PM EDT
Filing Type: 144
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $9.48
Real-time Price: $10.03 info
Change: +$0.550 (+6%) info
Market Cap: $536.933M info
CARS
May 07, 2026, 4:06 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $12.33
Real-time Price: $10.03 info
Change: -$2.30 (-19%) info
Market Cap: $536.933M info
CARS
May 07, 2026, 7:45 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $11.60
Real-time Price: $10.03 info
Change: -$1.57 (-14%) info
Market Cap: $536.933M info
CARS
May 07, 2026, 7:31 AM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $11.60
Real-time Price: $10.03 info
Change: -$1.57 (-14%) info
Market Cap: $536.933M info
CARS
Apr 17, 2026, 4:25 PM EDT
Filing Type: DEF 14A
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $10.59
Real-time Price: $10.03 info
Change: -$0.560 (-5%) info
Market Cap: $536.933M info
CARS
Apr 09, 2026, 4:39 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $9.70
Real-time Price: $10.03 info
Change: +$0.330 (+3%) info
Market Cap: $536.933M info
CARS
Apr 09, 2026, 4:35 PM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $9.09
Real-time Price: $10.03 info
Change: +$0.940 (+10%) info
Market Cap: $536.933M info
CARS
Feb 26, 2026, 4:06 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $9.00
Real-time Price: $10.03 info
Change: +$1.03 (+11%) info
Market Cap: $536.933M info
CARS
Feb 26, 2026, 7:45 AM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $9.69
Real-time Price: $10.03 info
Change: +$0.340 (+4%) info
Market Cap: $536.933M info
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