Cars.com price to free cash flow CARS

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2018.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 3.9×
9-year median: 7.8×
Against its 9-year history: 5th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
9-year range: 3.0× to 16.6×
Peer median: 13.7×

Cars.com's price to free cash flow is 3.9× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its 9-year median of 7.8×, lower than on 95% of days in the last 9 years.

Over that time it ranged from 3.0× in Apr 2020 to 16.6× in Jul 2018.

The median for 10 application software stocks of a similar size is 13.7×.

Price to free cash flow over time

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	3.9×	3.0×	5.4×
2025	5.4×	4.3×	7.0×
2024	6.8×	6.8×	10.1×
2023	10.2×	7.7×	13.6×
2022	9.4×	6.3×	10.9×
2021	8.2×	5.8×	9.2×
2020	7.7×	3.0×	8.5×
2019	7.7×	4.4×	13.0×
2018	10.1×	9.9×	16.6×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
CARSCars.com	3.9×
IBEXIBEX	20.1×
OOMAOoma	18.0×
NRDSNerdwallet	4.3×
MNTNMNTN	n/m
YEXTYext	13.7×
TASKTaskUs	6.5×
EVEREverQuote	8.4×
ZIPZiprecruiter	17.9×
HSTMHealthstream	14.7×
EGHT8X8	5.4×
Peer median	13.7×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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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.