earnings
confidence high
sentiment positive
materiality 0.75
Cars.com Q3 revenue $174.3M (+6% YoY); net income $4.5M; acquires D2C Media for CAD $105M
Cars.com Inc.
2023-Q3 EPS reported
$1.61
revenue$509,577,000
- Q3 revenue $174.3M (+6% YoY); net income $4.5M ($0.07 EPS) vs loss of $2.9M prior year.
- ARPD $2,548 (+9% YoY); dealer customers 18,715; website customers up 8% to 6,300.
- Acquired D2C Media for CAD $105M (USD $76M) cash plus earn-out up to CAD $35M; funded by cash and revolver.
- D2C serves ~1,000 Canadian dealer customers; expected immediately accretive; expands Cars Commerce into Canada.
- Q4 revenue guidance $177-179M (5.2-6.4% YoY growth); adj. EBITDA margin 29.5-30.5%.