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CA

CARS CARS.COM INC

2026Q2 · CUSIP 14575E105 · Sector: Technology

Normal

Fund flows are within the usual range

Funds that own it
191
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net decrease in holders
7
Last quarter 198 → now 191
How unusual is that
Bottom 20%
Stronger than only 17% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

191 funds held CARS at the end of 2026Q2, down 7 from the quarter before. Fund flows are within the usual range — nothing unusual. On the business itself, revenue over the last 12 months was $726M(YoY +1.1%), the P/E is 21.0x, return on equity is 7.7%. CARS has had 5 buying rushes in its history, and the price moved +1.7% on average over the six months after (that is the raw price move, not how much it beat the market by). It sits in the Technology sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2017Q2: holders=258 2017Q3: holders=270 2017Q4: holders=262 2018Q1: holders=252 2018Q2: holders=253 2018Q3: holders=259 2018Q4: holders=237 2019Q1: holders=254 2019Q2: holders=241 2019Q3: holders=199 2019Q4: holders=194 2020Q1: holders=170 2020Q2: holders=157 2020Q3: holders=156 2020Q4: holders=158 2021Q1: holders=151 2021Q2: holders=169 2021Q3: holders=175 2021Q4: holders=184 2022Q1: holders=187 2022Q2: holders=174 2022Q3: holders=173 2022Q4: holders=169 2023Q1: holders=169 2023Q2: holders=186 2023Q3: holders=179 2023Q4: holders=192 2024Q1: holders=199 2024Q2: holders=211 2024Q3: holders=208 2024Q4: holders=227 2025Q1: holders=232 2025Q2: holders=213 2025Q3: holders=219 2025Q4: holders=224 2026Q1: holders=198 2026Q2: holders=191 -257 -128.5 +0 +128.5 +257 135210284 17Q218Q219Q220Q221Q222Q223Q224Q225Q226Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 5 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2023Q2 Top 20% +3.4% +0.7%
2021Q2 Top 20% +8.6% +35.4%
2019Q1 Top 20% -60.4% -45.0%
2017Q3 Top 20% +23.2% +2.7%
2017Q2 Top 1% in the market -8.1% +14.6%

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
106
Change in large funds
-1
Total value they hold
$600M
Funds buying for the first time
38
Funds that sold out entirely
45
Price change that quarter
+19.5%
Funds holding puts (bearish)
6
Funds holding calls (bullish)
1

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

8,697 institutions have filed for this quarter. 13F permits late filing and a small number arrive in the weeks after the deadline, so the holder counts and changes below may tick up.

Fundamentals

PE (TTM)
21.0
EPS (TTM)
$0.57
EPS YoY
-8.1%
Revenue (TTM)
$0.7B
Revenue YoY
+1.1%
Net margin
4.7%
ROE
7.7%
Debt ratio
56.2%
FCF (TTM)
$150M
Dividend (TTM)
No dividend
Quarterly Revenue & EPS
2021-09-30: EPS 0.03 2021-12-31: EPS -0.04 2022-03-31: EPS 0.06 2022-06-30: EPS 0.08 2022-09-30: EPS -0.04 2022-12-31: EPS 0.15 2023-03-31: EPS 0.17 2023-06-30: EPS 1.37 2023-09-30: EPS 0.07 2023-12-31: EPS 0.13 2024-03-31: EPS 0.01 2024-06-30: EPS 0.17 2024-09-30: EPS 0.28 2024-12-31: EPS 0.26 2025-03-31: EPS -0.03 2025-06-30: EPS 0.11 2025-09-30: EPS 0.12 2025-12-31: EPS 0.12 2026-03-31: EPS 0.08 2026-06-30: EPS 0.25 0M 92M 184M $M -0.04 0.73 1.51 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025202606/26 Revenue EPS

Quarterly figures, revenue up to 10 years back; EPS split-adjusted, early quarters hidden when not calibrable

P/E (TTM) over time
4Y median 24 9 130 251 20222023202420252026

P/E = close around day 47 after quarter-end ÷ TTM EPS then; this is a consistent valuation date, not the company’s actual filing date; loss quarters hidden

Quarterly free cash flow
0K33M66M 20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Latest quarter $40M (2026-03-31)

FCF = operating cash flow − capex, computed from SEC XBRL; banks/insurers have no standard cash-flow structure and are hidden

As of 2026-06-30 · SEC filings (XBRL)

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