Cars.com EV/EBIT CARS

Enterprise value divided by operating profit over the last twelve months, one-off items taken out, since 2018.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 10.9×
9-year median: 25.8×
Against its 9-year history: 13th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
9-year range: 2.7× to 200×
Peer median: 13.1×

Cars.com's EV/EBIT is 10.9× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its 9-year median of 25.8×, lower than on 87% of days in the last 9 years.

Over that time it ranged from 2.7× in Apr 2022 to 200× in Jan 2021.

The median for 10 application software stocks of a similar size is 13.1×.

EV/EBIT over time

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	10.9×	10.2×	19.7×
2025	19.7×	18.2×	32.4×
2024	31.6×	26.0×	35.0×
2023	28.1×	22.2×	32.5×
2022	27.5×	2.7×	33.6×
2021	3.3×	2.7×	200×
2020	179×	39.9×	189×
2019	41.6×	22.4×	44.3×
2018	21.7×	18.9×	26.3×

Against its peers

Companies in Software - Application nearest Cars.com's size, closest first, today.

Company	EV/EBIT
CARSCars.com	10.9×
IBEXIBEX	10.4×
OOMAOoma	40.0×
NRDSNerdwallet	7.3×
MNTNMNTN	10.5×
YEXTYext	15.7×
TASKTaskUs	7.6×
EVEREverQuote	7.4×
ZIPZiprecruiter	295×
HSTMHealthstream	37.8×
EGHT8X8	23.0×
Peer median	13.1×

Where Cars.com ranks

What the EV/EBIT tells you

What the whole business costs against its operating profit. Enterprise value is the market value plus borrowings and minority interests, less cash. EBIT is operating profit before interest and tax, with one-offs taken out. Unlike PE it is not moved by how a company is financed.

Leases are left out of debt for every company. Banks earn on their balance sheet, so EV/EBIT does not describe them.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.