Cars.com (CARS) reported $178.74 million in revenue for the quarter ended June 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 0.1%. EPS of $0.41 for the same period compares to $0.38 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $179.81 million, representing a surprise of -0.59%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -10.87%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.46.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Cars.com performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Monthly Average Revenue Per Dealer (ARPD): $2,435.00 versus $2,511.74 estimated by two analysts on average.
- Dealer Customers: 19,412 versus 19,260 estimated by two analysts on average.
- Revenue- Dealer: $158.48 million versus $160.87 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -0.9% change.
- Revenue- Other: $3.63 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $3.75 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +12.5%.
- Revenue- OEM and National: $16.64 million versus $15.2 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +5.1% change.
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Shares of Cars.com have returned +4.7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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