Cars.com Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 6 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Cars.com stock have an average target of 16.08, with a low estimate of 10 and a high estimate of 25. The average target predicts an increase of 101.50% from the current stock price of 7.98.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$10	$16.08	$13.5	$25
Change	+25.31%	+101.50%	+69.17%	+213.28%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Cars.com stock from 6 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26
Strong Buy	2	2	2	2	3	3
Buy	2	2	2	2	1	1
Hold	1	1	1	1	2	2
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	5	5	5	6	6

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Gary Prestopino Barrington Research	Barrington Research	Buy Maintains $25	Buy	Maintains	$25	+213.28%	Feb 27, 2026
Rajat Gupta JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Buy → Hold Downgrades $16 → $10	Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$16 → $10	+25.31%	Feb 27, 2026
Marvin Fong BTIG	BTIG	Strong Buy Maintains $17 → $13	Strong Buy	Maintains	$17 → $13	+62.91%	Feb 26, 2026
Kunal Madhukar UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $12 → $13	Hold	Maintains	$12 → $13	+62.91%	Jan 14, 2026
Tom White DA Davidson	DA Davidson	Strong Buy Maintains $14	Strong Buy	Maintains	$14	+69.17%	Nov 18, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

749.77M

from 723.24M

3.67%

from 723.24M

Revenue Next Year

767.29M

from 749.77M

2.34%

from 749.77M

EPS This Year

0.72

from 0.32

125.78%

from 0.32

EPS Next Year

0.86

from 0.72

18.87%

from 0.72

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	623.68M	653.88M	689.18M	719.15M	723.24M	749.77M	767.29M
Revenue Growth	13.91%	4.84%	5.40%	4.35%	0.57%	3.67%	2.34%
EPS	0.15	0.25	1.74	0.72	0.32	0.72	0.86
EPS Growth	-	66.67%	596.00%	-58.62%	-55.56%	125.78%	18.87%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	11.05	9.29
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	8	7

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	783.7M	806.5M
Avg	749.8M	767.3M
Low	712.7M	726.3M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	8.4%	7.6%
Avg	3.7%	2.3%
Low	-1.5%	-3.1%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	0.83	0.98
Avg	0.72	0.86
Low	0.57	0.64

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	159.2%	35.2%
Avg	125.8%	18.9%
Low	77.6%	-11.8%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.