Cars.com PE ratio CARS

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2018.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 19.2×
8-year median: 27.3×
Against its 8-year history: 35th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
8-year range: 8.3× to 173×
Peer median: 14.2×

Cars.com's PE ratio is 19.2× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $10.94 against $0.57 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its 8-year median of 27.3×, lower than on 65% of days in the last 8 years.

Over that time it ranged from 8.3× in Dec 2018 to 173× in Aug 2022.

The median for 10 application software stocks of a similar size is 14.2×.

PE ratio over time

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	19.2×	17.0×	34.8×
2025	27.3×	14.8×	30.9×
2024	29.9×	10.1×	49.1×
2023	10.8×	9.2×	79.3×
2022	169×	51.2×	173×
2021	55.5×	43.0×	166×
2020	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2019	80.1×	8.8×	80.1×
2018	8.4×	8.3×	11.7×

Against its peers

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

Company	PE ratio
CARSCars.com	19.2×
IBEXIBEX	15.1×
OOMAOoma	52.0×
NRDSNerdwallet	12.3×
MNTNMNTN	12.9×
YEXTYext	38.7×
TASKTaskUs	7.4×
EVEREverQuote	7.4×
ZIPZiprecruiter	13.3×
HSTMHealthstream	48.8×
EGHT8X8	53.3×
Peer median	14.2×

Where Cars.com ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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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.