Cars.com (CARS) Price to FCF (2017 - 2026)
Cars.com's (CARS) Price to FCF came in at 3.94 for Q2 2026, down 27.8% from 5.46 a year earlier but up 34.2% from the prior quarter.
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Cars.com (CARS) Price to FCF (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Cars.com's Price to FCF stood at 4.85, down 34.9% from FY2024.
- In prior years, Cars.com's Price to FCF was 7.46 in FY2024 (-19.2%), 9.23 in FY2023 (+28.2%), 7.21 in FY2022 (-11.6%) and 8.15 in FY2021 (+30.5%).
- Quarterly Price to FCF has run from a low of 2.93 in Q1 2026 to a high of 10.34 in Q1 2023 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Price to FCF has declined in each of the last ten quarters, with an average decline of 30.6% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Price to FCF in the past five years was Q2 2023, with growth of 61.7%; the weakest was Q1 2026, with a decline of 40.6%.
- According to Business Quant data, Price to FCF for the three prior quarters was 2.93 (Q1 2026), 4.85 (Q4 2025) and 5.28 (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alphabet | 4,173.87 Bn | 3,931.39 Bn | 73.85 Bn |
| 2 | Meta Platforms | 1,849.67 Bn | 1,552.19 Bn | 49.47 Bn |
| 3 | Netflix | 279.23 Bn | 239.43 Bn | 6.52 Bn |
| 4 | Alibaba Group Holding | 245.86 Bn | 63.73 Bn | 15.11 Bn |
| 5 | Shopify | 196.08 Bn | 173.27 Bn | 1.71 Bn |
| 6 | Uber Technologies | 138.90 Bn | 110.88 Bn | 6.38 Bn |
| 7 | Booking Holdings | 119.48 Bn | 52.53 Bn | - |
| 8 | PDD Holdings | 107.30 Bn | -144.64 Bn | 9.45 Bn |
| 9 | Spotify Technology | 97.33 Bn | 54.56 Bn | 1.86 Bn |
| 10 | Cars.com | 540.34 Mn | 331.15 Mn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.94 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.93 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.85 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.28 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 5.46 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.94 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.46 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 6.60 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 8.84 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 8.11 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 9.23 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 8.75 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 9.34 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 10.34 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 7.21 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 5.99 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 5.78 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 8.24 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 8.15 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 6.42 |
API Access
Cars.com Price to FCF API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-fcf&ticker=CARS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "price-to-fcf", "ticker": "CARS", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-fcf&ticker=CARS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();