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How Cars.com Inc. stacks up
CARS · against 143 other Communication Services companies of similar size
Growth
39/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #79 of 144 · scores higher than 45% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score15 peers with a growth score of 30–39, including CARS · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 39?
Weighted metrics compared with all Communication Services companies.Mainly because of its earnings per share growth, which is weaker than most Communication Services peers.
- slower growth in earnings per share: weaker than 62% of peers. Earnings per share growth: -3.9% vs peer median 8.8%
- Revenue growth is close to the peer norm. Revenue growth: 1.1% vs peer median 3.0%
- 3-year revenue growth is close to the peer norm. 3-year revenue growth: 2.8% vs peer median 3.0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 145 reported | 1.1% | 2.4% | 43% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 67 reported | -3.9% | 6.2% | 44% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 142 reported | 2.8% | 2.2% | 52% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CARS| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17.62T IDR (≈$1.1B) | 99 | 76 | |
| 1 | 1.0B USD | 99 | 71 | |
| 3 | 648M USD | 98 | 26 | |
| 3 | 639M USD | 98 | 46 | |
| 5 | 4.2B HKD (≈$540M) | 97 | 68 | |
| 75 | 2.8B CNY (≈$389M) | 42 | 27 | |
| 75 | 474M USD | 42 | 68 | |
| 77 | 7.7B CNY (≈$1.1B) | 41 | 25 | |
| 78 | 3.9B CNY (≈$550M) | 40 | 32 | |
| 79 | 619M USD | 39 | 49 | |
| 79 | 8.07T IDR (≈$501M) | 39 | 72 | |
| 81 | 3.1B HKD (≈$398M) | 38 | 74 | |
| 82 | 3.3B CNY (≈$460M) | 37 | 35 | |
| 82 | 882M AUD (≈$582M) | 37 | 39 |
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