NYSE$CARS

Cars.com Inc · Q1 2021 earnings

Q1 2021 earnings · · Investor relations

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$153M

Previous: $148M+3.5%
EPS (adj)

$0.08

Previous: $0.32-75.0%
Average Monthly Unique Visitors

26.6M

No prior period
Traffic (Visits)

148.5M

No prior period
Monthly ARPD

$2.27K

No prior period
Dealer Customers

19.2K

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-$6.22M

Previous: -$5.76M-8.1%
Free Cash Flow

-$941K

Previous: -$793M+99.9%
Net Income

$5.28M

Previous: -$787M+100.7%
Operating Income

$16.5M

Previous: -$905M+101.8%
Gross Profit

$125M

Previous: $122M+2.8%
Cash & Equivalents

$53.7M

Previous: $187M-71.3%
Total Assets

$1.04B

Previous: $1.26B-17.5%
Stock-Based Comp

$4.98M

Previous: $1.97M+152.6%

Revenue & EPS history

Cars.com · Revenue · Quarterly

$153M

Q1 2021+3.5%vs Q1 2020
Beat estimate in 10 of 16 quarters(63%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Cars.com · $153M total across 3 segments · Q1 2021

  • Dealer
    $133M
  • OEM and National
    $18.1M
  • Other
    $2.27M

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2021

Historical avgQ1 2021

-0.3%

Avg return

Earnings day

+0.6%

Avg return

5 days after

+0.5%

Avg return

30 days after

55%

22 / 40 earnings

Positive

+23.2%

Q1 2020

Best reaction

-42.4%

Q2 2019

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+10.1%-5.8%-18.3%
Q4 2025-15.4%-23.3%-25.9%
Q3 2025+6.9%+9.3%+16.3%
Q1 2025-11.2%+0.3%-8.3%
Q4 2024-21.4%-19.9%-26.1%
Q3 2024+10.1%+15.1%+11.7%
Q2 2024-5.8%-0.8%-2.9%
Q1 2024+3.1%+5.5%+19.3%
Q4 2023-2.9%+2.5%-6.1%
Q3 2023+20.4%+24.8%+22.7%
Q2 2023-7.9%-6.9%-16.5%
Q1 2023-9.0%-6.4%-3.5%
Q4 2022+13.1%+10.4%+4.9%
Q3 2022+15.3%+16.3%+15.0%
Q2 2022+5.6%+10.2%+3.9%
Q1 2022-15.0%-22.2%-11.5%
Q4 2021+12.7%+13.1%+5.0%
Q3 2021+2.9%+2.5%+22.2%
Q2 2021+11.0%+14.8%+7.1%
Q1 2021+6.7%+2.1%+10.7%
Q4 2020-18.4%-1.0%-11.1%
Q3 2020-4.6%-5.5%+26.5%
Q2 2020+17.9%+27.1%+33.1%
Q1 2020+23.2%+28.3%+69.7%
Q4 2019-22.3%-25.2%-65.0%
Q3 2019+7.5%+6.2%+4.9%
Q2 2019-42.4%-49.9%-50.3%
Q1 2019+5.2%+9.3%-1.1%
Q4 2018-2.8%-6.5%-7.7%
Q3 2018-2.3%-2.5%-7.7%
Q2 2018-0.4%-2.8%-6.7%
Q1 2018-5.5%-7.0%-0.5%
Q4 2015+2.3%+5.3%+0.9%
Q3 2016-2.3%-1.1%+16.4%
Q3 2017-2.3%-1.1%+16.4%
Q2 2016+2.0%+2.2%+11.0%
Q2 2017+2.0%+2.2%+11.0%
Q4 2016+0.2%-5.6%-12.2%
Q1 2016+0.2%+4.4%-14.4%
Q1 2017+0.2%+4.4%-14.4%
Q3 2015
Q2 2015
Q1 2015
Q4 2014

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