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How Cars.com Inc. stacks up
CARS · against 149 other Communication Services companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
56/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #72 of 150 · scores higher than 52% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score12 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including CARS · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 56?
Weighted metrics compared with all Communication Services companies.Its metrics sit close to the Communication Services norm.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 7.7% vs peer median 6.0%
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 11.4% vs peer median 8.2%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 3.4% vs peer median 2.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = CARS, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | CARS | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 146 reported | 7.7% | 7.8% | 48% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 149 reported | 11.4% | 8.9% | 55% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 151 reported | 3.4% | 3.2% | 53% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 137 reported | 7.4% | 7.4% | 51% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 151 reported | 67.1% | 56.5% | 67% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CARS| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 82.5B USD | 99 | 70 | |
| 2 | 3.0B USD | 98 | 69 | |
| 3 | 2.9B USD | 97 | 80 | |
| 4 | 1.0B USD | 96 | 87 | |
| 4 | 18.5B USD | 96 | 81 | |
| 66 | 10.4B USD | 61 | 59 | |
| 69 | 743M USD | 60 | 67 | |
| 69 | 2.1B USD | 60 | 64 | |
| 71 | 1.2B USD | 59 | 36 | |
| 72 | 619M USD | 56 | 49 | |
| 73 | 22.0B USD | 55 | 54 | |
| 74 | 8.4B USD | 54 | 61 | |
| 74 | 649M USD | 54 | 46 | |
| 76 | 5.5B USD | 53 | 37 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score