Cars.com price to book ratio CARS

Market value divided by the book value of the company's net assets, since 2017.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 1.3×
9-year median: 1.6×
Against its 9-year history: 35th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
9-year range: 0.2× to 3.9×
Peer median: 2.9×

Cars.com's price to book ratio is 1.3× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its 9-year median of 1.6×, lower than on 65% of days in the last 9 years.

Over that time it ranged from 0.2× in Apr 2020 to 3.9× in Jul 2023.

The median for 10 application software stocks of a similar size is 2.9×.

Price to book ratio over time

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	1.3×	0.9×	1.6×
2025	1.6×	1.3×	2.3×
2024	2.2×	2.1×	2.8×
2023	2.6×	2.1×	3.9×
2022	2.4×	1.6×	3.1×
2021	3.0×	2.3×	3.3×
2020	2.4×	0.2×	2.6×
2019	0.7×	0.4×	1.1×
2018	0.9×	0.9×	1.5×
2017	1.4×	0.7×	1.4×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to book ratio
CARSCars.com	1.3×
IBEXIBEX	3.7×
OOMAOoma	5.5×
NRDSNerdwallet	2.1×
MNTNMNTN	2.2×
YEXTYext	20.4×
TASKTaskUs	2.6×
EVEREverQuote	3.1×
ZIPZiprecruiter	n/m
HSTMHealthstream	2.9×
EGHT8X8	2.1×
Peer median	2.9×

What the price to book ratio tells you

Market value divided by the accounting value of the company's net assets. Below 1 means the market values the business at less than what it owns on paper.

Book value misses brands, software and people, so asset-light companies always look expensive on it. Most useful for banks and industrials.

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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.