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Cars.com Inc has a consensus price target of $20.93 based on the ratings of 7 analysts. The high is $26 issued by B. Riley Securities on August 9, 2024. The low is $14 issued by JP Morgan on March 27, 2025. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by JP Morgan, Barrington Research, and JP Morgan on March 27, 2025, March 4, 2025, and February 28, 2025, respectively. With an average price target of $18.67 between JP Morgan, Barrington Research, and JP Morgan, there's an implied 74.13% upside for Cars.com Inc from these most-recent analyst ratings.
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03/27/2025 | Buy Now | 30.6% | JP Morgan | Rajat Gupta69% | $17 → $14 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
03/04/2025 | Buy Now | 133.21% | Barrington Research | Gary Prestopino61% | $25 → $25 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
02/28/2025 | Buy Now | 58.58% | JP Morgan | Rajat Gupta69% | $21 → $17 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
02/28/2025 | Buy Now | 35.26% | DA Davidson | Tom White57% | $21 → $14.5 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
02/27/2025 | Buy Now | 133.21% | Barrington Research | Gary Prestopino61% | $25 → $25 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
02/24/2025 | Buy Now | 133.21% | Barrington Research | Gary Prestopino61% | $25 → $25 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
01/28/2025 | Buy Now | 133.21% | Barrington Research | Gary Prestopino61% | $25 → $25 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
11/13/2024 | Buy Now | 133.21% | Barrington Research | Gary Prestopino61% | $25 → $25 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
11/08/2024 | Buy Now | 86.57% | UBS | Kunal Madhukar73% | $17 → $20 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
11/08/2024 | Buy Now | 95.9% | JP Morgan | Rajat Gupta69% | $20 → $21 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
11/07/2024 | Buy Now | 133.21% | Barrington Research | Gary Prestopino61% | $25 → $25 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
11/04/2024 | Buy Now | 133.21% | Barrington Research | Gary Prestopino61% | $25 → $25 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
08/23/2024 | Buy Now | 133.21% | Barrington Research | Gary Prestopino61% | $25 → $25 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
08/09/2024 | Buy Now | 142.54% | B. Riley Securities | Lee Krowl79% | $27 → $26 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
08/09/2024 | Buy Now | 77.24% | UBS | Kunal Madhukar73% | $20 → $19 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
08/09/2024 | Buy Now | 77.24% | JP Morgan | Rajat Gupta69% | $25 → $19 | Downgrade | Overweight → Neutral | Get Alert |
08/05/2024 | Buy Now | 133.21% | Barrington Research | Gary Prestopino61% | $25 → $25 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
05/28/2024 | Buy Now | 133.21% | Barrington Research | Gary Prestopino61% | $25 → $25 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
05/06/2024 | Buy Now | 133.21% | Barrington Research | Gary Prestopino61% | $25 → $25 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
02/26/2024 | Buy Now | 133.21% | Barrington Research | Gary Prestopino61% | → $25 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
02/22/2024 | Buy Now | 133.21% | Barrington Research | Gary Prestopino61% | → $25 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
10/16/2023 | Buy Now | 133.21% | JP Morgan | Rajat Gupta69% | $24 → $25 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
09/15/2023 | Buy Now | 86.57% | UBS | Kunal Madhukar73% | → $20 | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert |
07/20/2023 | Buy Now | 142.54% | B. Riley Securities | Lee Krowl79% | → $26 | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert |
06/27/2023 | Buy Now | 114.55% | JP Morgan | Rajat Gupta69% | → $23 | Initiates | → Overweight | Get Alert |
05/25/2023 | Buy Now | 133.21% | Barrington Research | Gary Prestopino61% | → $25 | Reiterates | → Outperform | Get Alert |
05/05/2023 | Buy Now | 114.55% | DA Davidson | Tom White57% | $23.25 → $23 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
05/02/2023 | Buy Now | 133.21% | Barrington Research | Gary Prestopino61% | → $25 | Reiterates | → Outperform | Get Alert |
02/24/2023 | Buy Now | 123.88% | Craig-Hallum | Steve Dyer42% | $17 → $24 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
02/24/2023 | Buy Now | 114.55% | BTIG | Marvin Fong64% | $20 → $23 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
02/24/2023 | Buy Now | 116.88% | DA Davidson | Tom White57% | $17.5 → $23.25 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
11/04/2022 | Buy Now | 63.25% | DA Davidson | Tom White57% | $18 → $17.5 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
06/21/2022 | Buy Now | 49.25% | BTIG | Marvin Fong64% | $19 → $16 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
The latest price target for Cars.com (NYSE:CARS) was reported by JP Morgan on March 27, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $14.00 expecting CARS to rise to within 12 months (a possible 30.60% upside). 19 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
The latest analyst rating for Cars.com (NYSE:CARS) was provided by JP Morgan, and Cars.com maintained their neutral rating.
There is no last upgrade for Cars.com
The last downgrade for Cars.com Inc happened on August 9, 2024 when JP Morgan changed their price target from $25 to $19 for Cars.com Inc.
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of Cars.com, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for Cars.com was filed on March 27, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around March 27, 2026.
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Cars.com (CARS) rating was a maintained with a price target of $17.00 to $14.00. The current price Cars.com (CARS) is trading at is $10.72, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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