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How Cars.com Inc. stacks up
CARS · against 509 other Communication Services companies
Profitability
56/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #223 of 510 · scores higher than 56% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score51 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 · 460 reported | 7.7% | 6.0% | 55% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 506 reported | 11.4% | 8.2% | 59% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 496 reported | 3.4% | 2.7% | 59% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 475 reported | 7.4% | 5.4% | 58% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 513 reported | 67.1% | 46.2% | 76% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CARS| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.62T JPY (≈$11.0B) | 100 | 79 | |
| 1 | 67.5B INR (≈$811M) | 100 | 35 | |
| 3 | 18.2B JPY (≈$124M) | 99 | 74 | |
| 3 | 7.9B TWD (≈$244M) | 99 | 73 | |
| 3 | 82.5B USD | 99 | 70 | |
| 218 | 3.6B SGD (≈$2.8B) | 57 | 48 | |
| 218 | 1.57T ARS (≈$1.6B) | 57 | 74 | |
| 223 | 4.1B HKD (≈$519M) | 56 | 49 | |
| 223 | 1.4B AUD (≈$892M) | 56 | 56 | |
| 223 | 619M USD | 56 | 49 | |
| 223 | 5.2B ILS (≈$1.4B) | 56 | 64 | |
| 223 | 501.5B INR (≈$6.0B) | 56 | 38 | |
| 228 | 39.0B HKD (≈$5.0B) | 55 | 38 | |
| 228 | 226M SEK (≈$23M) | 55 | 63 |
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