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How Cars.com Inc. stacks up
CARS · against 145 other Communication Services companies of similar size
Profitability
56/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #46 of 146 · scores higher than 68% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score19 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 · 136 reported | 7.7% | 4.0% | 65% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 145 reported | 11.4% | 5.4% | 76% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 142 reported | 3.4% | 1.4% | 67% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 133 reported | 7.4% | 2.1% | 69% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 147 reported | 67.1% | 38.3% | 82% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CARS| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 67.5B INR (≈$811M) | 100 | 35 | |
| 2 | 82.4B JPY (≈$560M) | 97 | 76 | |
| 2 | 6.3B SEK (≈$635M) | 97 | 66 | |
| 4 | 2.5B HKD (≈$316M) | 96 | 70 | |
| 4 | 47.1B JPY (≈$320M) | 96 | 85 | |
| 42 | 882M AUD (≈$582M) | 58 | 39 | |
| 45 | 2.5B CNY (≈$352M) | 57 | 48 | |
| 46 | 4.1B HKD (≈$519M) | 56 | 49 | |
| 46 | 1.4B AUD (≈$892M) | 56 | 56 | |
| 46 | 619M USD | 56 | 49 | |
| 49 | 95.4B JPY (≈$649M) | 54 | 55 | |
| 49 | 649M USD | 54 | 46 | |
| 51 | 694.0B KRW (≈$500M) | 53 | 66 | |
| 51 | 828M CAD (≈$605M) | 53 | 35 |
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