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$12.75 +1.19 (+10.29%) At close · Nov 4 Earnings today Play latest call Q2 2026 earnings call transcript
Russell 2000 member Rebalance outlook locked
Market Cap
$682.54M
Shares
53.53M
Volume · Nov 4 1.86M Avg daily vol (3M) 696.48K

CARS metrics

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Market overview

2 metrics
Share price
$12.75
Market cap
$682.54M

Price action

20 metrics
Price change (1W)
+7.0%
Price change (30D)
+19.2%
Price change (3M)
-3.3%
Price change (6M)
+3.6%
Price change (YTD)
-5.2%
Price change (1Y)
+6.6%
Trailing year
Price change (5Y)
-13.0%
52-week high
$13.50
52-week low
$7.58
Change from 52-week high
-14.4%
Change from 52-week low
+52.5%
Annualized volatility
46.0%
Annualized volatility (3M)
40.3%
Beta
0.6
RSI (14D)
63.3
Price vs SMA 50
+6.2%
Price vs SMA 200
+9.4%
Avg volume (3M)
675,039
Relative volume
1.1
Average dollar volume
$7.46M

Company

3 metrics
Sector
Communication Services
Industry
Internet Content & Information
Shares outstanding
53.53M

Valuation

12 metrics
P / E (TTM)
20.3
Trailing earnings · reciprocal yield 4.9%
PEG ratio
0.2
EV / revenue
1.4×
reciprocal yield 70.3%
EV / EBITDA
6.6×
reciprocal yield 15.2%
EV / EBIT
12.4×
reciprocal yield 8.0%
P / sales
0.9×
reciprocal yield 117.3%
P / book
1.4
reciprocal yield 71.7%
FCF yield
24.2%
TTM · current market cap
Buyback yield
16.1%
P / FCF
4.1
reciprocal yield 24.2%
P / operating cash flow
4.1
reciprocal yield 24.5%
Earnings yield
5.5%

Historical valuation

8 metrics
P / E historical average (3Y)
21.5×
reciprocal yield 4.6%
P / E historical average (5Y)
76.9×
reciprocal yield 1.3%
EV / revenue historical average (3Y)
1.8×
reciprocal yield 55.3%
EV / revenue historical average (5Y)
2.0×
reciprocal yield 49.7%
EV / EBIT historical average (3Y)
23.0×
reciprocal yield 4.3%
EV / EBIT historical average (5Y)
24.7×
reciprocal yield 4.0%
EV / EBITDA historical average (3Y)
8.2×
reciprocal yield 12.2%
EV / EBITDA historical average (5Y)
8.8×
reciprocal yield 11.4%

Dividends & buybacks

7 metrics
Dividend yield
—
Trailing 12 months
Payout ratio
—
Shareholder yield
16.1%
Dividend / share (TTM)
—
Dividend growth YoY
—
Dividend growth streak
—
Last ex-dividend
—

Earnings calendar

2 metrics
Next earnings
2026-11-05
Last earnings
2026-08-06

Profitability

9 metrics
Gross margin
—
Operating margin
11.4%
Trailing 12 months
Net margin
4.7%
Gross profit (TTM)
$535.91M
Operating profit (TTM)
$83.05M
Net income (TTM)
$34.30M
Trailing 12 months
Diluted EPS (TTM)
$0.57
FCF margin
20.6%
Effective tax rate
36.3%

Per share

11 metrics
Revenue per diluted share (TTM)
$12.06
Gross profit per diluted share (TTM)
$7.84
Operating profit per diluted share (TTM)
$1.39
EBITDA per diluted share (TTM)
$2.62
Net income per diluted share (TTM)
$0.58
Operating cash flow per diluted share (TTM)
$2.48
Free cash flow per diluted share (TTM)
$2.45
Capital expenditures per diluted share (TTM)
$0.03
R&D per diluted share (TTM)
—
Stock compensation per diluted share (TTM)
$0.51
Book value per share
$8.06

Growth

11 metrics
Revenue growth YoY
+0.7%
Year over year
Net income growth YoY
+103.5%
Revenue (TTM)
$725.63M
Trailing 12 months
EPS growth YoY
+127.3%
Shares change YoY
-11.3%
Year over year · fewer shares
Revenue CAGR (3Y)
+3.4%
Revenue CAGR (5Y)
+5.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y)
+8.6%
EPS CAGR (5Y)
—
FCF CAGR (3Y)
+5.2%
FCF CAGR (5Y)
+3.9%

Quality

14 metrics
Return on equity
7.7%
Return on assets
3.4%
Debt / equity
1.0
Current ratio
2.0
EBITDA (TTM)
$157.04M
Free cash flow (TTM)
$149.82M
Quick ratio
2.0
Interest coverage
—
Net debt / EBITDA
2.6
Return on invested capital
6.2%
Trailing 12 months
Net cash
−$413.84M
Latest balance sheet
Cash & equivalents
$33.29M
Total assets
$1.01B
Total debt
$447.12M

Cash flow & spend

7 metrics
Operating cash flow (TTM)
$151.58M
Capital expenditures (TTM)
$1.75M
R&D (TTM)
—
SG&A (TTM)
—
Stock compensation (TTM)
$30.79M
R&D / revenue
—
Stock compensation / revenue
4.2%

Ownership (13F)

9 metrics
13F filers
200
13F filer change QoQ
-8
Institutional ownership
104.6%
Conviction holders (share of 13F filers)
2.0%
Crowding (high-turnover and private-fund holders)
26.4%
Private-fund adviser ownership
23.2%
Active holders' share change QoQ
-4.1%
Holder tenure
14.5
Price vs estimated holder cost
-5.0%

Ownership (registered funds)

1 metrics
Index-fund ownership
15.7%

Short interest

3 metrics
Short interest
15.4%
Latest settlement · 9.2 days to cover
Days to cover
9.2d
Short-squeeze score
100 / 100

Insider activity

2 metrics
Net insider buying (90D)
−$790,281
Insider-sentiment score
23 / 100

Risk flags

1 metrics
Going concern
—
Key facts CIK 1683606 CUSIP 14575E105 13F (30d) 52 filings 45 filers Visit website Investor relations