CarGurus, Inc. CARG R2K

Consumer Cyclical · Auto & Truck Dealerships · United States

https://www.cargurus.com

CarGurus, Inc. operates an online automotive platform for buying and selling vehicles in the United States and internationally. The company offers dealer subscription fees, advertising from auto manufacturers and other brand advertisers, and partnerships with financing services companies. It provides an online automotive marketplace that connects large audience of car shoppers with extensive network of dealers, anchoring integrated suite of products. It also offers Digital Deal which allows consumers the option to start their vehicle purchase process online for eligible listings; Dealership Mode which provides consumers with on-the-lot support during visits to participating dealers through the CarGurus app; Sell My Car Top Dealer Offers which allows dealers to make tailored trade-in offers; and IMV Scan enables dealers to scan a VIN using their smartphone to access IMV data; and PriceVantage, an advanced pricing software powered by machine learning that leverages real-time consumer demand. In addition, the company provides auto manufacturers and others advertiser products, such as brand reinforcement, category sponsorship, automobile segment exclusivity, and consumer segment exposure; Autolist, an online automotive marketplace through mobile applications and a website; and PistonHeads which is an automotive marketplace, auction platform, and editorial site for automotive enthusiasts. The company was formerly known as CarGurus LLC and changed its name to CarGurus, Inc. in June 2015. CarGurus, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Market & Price

Market Cap

$2.69B

Current Price

$29.86

High / Low (52W)

$39.03 / $26.96

Beta

1.28

Valuation

Stock P/E

15.72

Industry PE

22.37

Forward P/E

10.28

PEG Ratio

0.92

Book Value

$3.94

Price to Book

7.57

P/S

2.87

EV/EBITDA

10.43

Dividend Yield

Profitability & Returns

ROCE

43.63%

ROE

58.48%

ROA

26.27%

Profit Margin

15.89%

Op Margin

24.55%

EPS (Latest Qtr)

$0.34

EPS (TTM)

$1.90

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity

0.79

Quick Ratio

1.19

Current Ratio

1.65

Debt

$188.00M

Total Assets

$661.90M

Current Assets

$282.95M

Working Capital

$182.41M

Ownership

Promoter Holding

2.53%

Chg in Prom Hold

FII / Inst Holding

111.74%

Chg in FII Hold

-0.01%

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value

$2.81B

Total Revenue (TTM)

$938.30M

EBITDA

$269.23M

Free Cash Flow

$219.39M

Operating Cash Flow

$297.25M

Shares Outstanding

75.97M

Gross Margin

92.59%

Payout Ratio

0.00%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y

-18.17%

Profit 5Y

22.70%

Revenue (YoY)

14.80%

Earnings (YoY)

-8.40%

PROS

Strong return on equity of 58.5%.
Healthy ROCE of 43.6%.
Profit CAGR of 22.7% over 5 years.
Generates positive free cash flow.

CONS

Revenue declined at -18.2% CAGR over 5 years.
In a downtrend (50-DMA below 200-DMA).

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

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Fundamental Growth

Period: Metric:

Figures from the latest reported periods. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised assuming 4 quarters per year).

Peer comparison

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1	CARG CarGurus, Inc. R2K	29.86	15.72	$2.69B	-	43.63%	58.48%	-18.17%	22.70%
2	AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. NDXSPXAI	270.64	31.65	$2.91T	-	16.60%	24.29%	11.73%	984.47%
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4	HD The Home Depot, Inc. SPX	317.14	22.52	$316.23B	2.94%	28.92%	128.38%	1.52%	-6.11%
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8	LOW Lowe's Companies, Inc. SPX	214.36	18.12	$120.26B	2.24%	29.62%	-	-3.85%	1.11%
9	PDD PDD Holdings Inc. NDX	84.44	8.87	$120.19B	-	28.69%	25.40%	49.00%	45.85%

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric	Mar 2016	Jun 2016	Sep 2016	Dec 2016	Mar 2017	Jun 2017	Sep 2017	Dec 2017	Mar 2018	Jun 2018	Sep 2018	Dec 2018	Mar 2019	Jun 2019	Sep 2019	Dec 2019	Mar 2020	Jun 2020	Sep 2020	Mar 2021	Jun 2021	Sep 2021	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Sep 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Sep 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
Revenue	-	-	-	-	67.03M	76.24M	82.99M	90.60M	98.58M	110.30M	119.12M	126.09M	135.27M	145.03M	150.46M	158.15M	157.69M	94.74M	147.47M	171.37M	217.75M	222.91M	430.61M	511.23M	426.45M	231.96M	239.74M	219.42M	187.40M	195.85M	-	-	212.24M	234.03M	238.70M	209.09M	243.56M
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14.34M	29.65M	25.16M	-14.80M	18.93M
Gross Profit	36.94M	43.49M	50.28M	57.86M	63.71M	71.92M	78.27M	85.36M	93.01M	104.34M	112.71M	119.22M	127.55M	136.40M	141.07M	147.59M	146.08M	84.86M	137.71M	147.31M	167.43M	162.88M	181.88M	187.85M	150.78M	154.98M	164.14M	164.30M	171.57M	180.58M	-	-	197.89M	204.38M	213.53M	223.89M	224.62M
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	147.24M	149.91M	158.86M	133.85M	165.34M
Operating Income	-	-	3.26M	-	6.38M	6.00M	2.86M	32.00K	6.46M	3.95M	5.88M	6.90M	7.43M	3.55M	9.70M	13.63M	12.02M	8.71M	43.57M	25.79M	38.48M	40.08M	26.66M	23.54M	28.66M	14.06M	17.74M	23.09M	26.28M	-93.58M	-	-	50.65M	54.48M	54.67M	90.04M	59.28M
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	57.21M	61.16M	62.03M	97.79M	66.45M
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	53.45M	27.41M	56.57M	120.31M	41.14M
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11.38M	5.07M	11.85M	29.67M	8.92M
Net Income	252.00K	269.00K	2.14M	3.84M	4.21M	4.35M	2.38M	2.27M	5.50M	33.34M	13.88M	12.45M	12.58M	6.01M	10.38M	13.17M	12.70M	7.13M	32.56M	22.36M	28.05M	29.20M	19.91M	19.28M	20.40M	16.13M	16.41M	22.30M	21.30M	-68.72M	-	-	39.05M	22.34M	44.72M	49.80M	32.23M
Diluted EPS	0.00	0.00	0.02	-0.66	0.04	0.04	0.02	0.02	0.05	0.29	0.12	0.11	0.11	0.05	0.09	0.12	0.11	0.06	0.29	0.19	0.23	0.24	-0.53	-0.09	0.14	0.10	0.12	0.17	0.20	-0.65	-	-	0.37	0.22	0.45	1.07	0.34
R&D Expense	-	-	2.98M	-	3.65M	4.71M	5.80M	-	9.10M	11.84M	12.77M	-	15.97M	17.35M	17.75M	-	23.08M	21.89M	20.76M	25.16M	27.63M	26.54M	30.65M	31.35M	30.21M	36.61M	37.39M	35.43M	35.55M	36.58M	36.36M	-	35.03M	34.37M	36.32M	-	37.67M

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Revenue	-	198.14M	316.86M	454.09M	588.92M	551.45M	-	1.66B	698.42M	798.04M	906.98M
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	997.48M	61.81M	70.35M	65.47M
Gross Profit	94.35M	188.57M	299.25M	429.27M	552.62M	508.75M	-	657.55M	636.61M	727.70M	841.51M
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	549.08M	516.28M	558.79M	596.57M
Operating Income	-2.53M	8.57M	15.27M	23.19M	34.32M	97.76M	-	108.48M	120.33M	168.90M	244.94M
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	153.81M	168.80M	194.26M	273.29M
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	111.36M	139.13M	168.39M	252.83M
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32.41M	46.69M	39.65M	56.09M
Net Income	-1.64M	6.50M	13.20M	65.17M	42.15M	77.55M	-	84.39M	36.94M	20.97M	155.90M
Diluted EPS	-0.41	-0.58	0.12	0.57	0.37	0.68	-	0.62	0.19	0.20	1.55
R&D Expense	8.23M	11.45M	22.47M	47.87M	69.46M	85.73M	106.42M	123.77M	136.76M	139.01M	138.28M

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:	-18.17%
1 Year:	14.80%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:	22.70%
1 Year:	-8.40%

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:	-4.72%
6 Months:	-17.10%
3 Months:	-2.74%
1 Month:	-18.57%

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2014	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Total Assets	-	-	100.33M	176.59M	268.29M	393.62M	502.30M	-	927.10M	918.93M	824.54M	661.90M
Current Assets	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	557.37M	391.19M	391.21M	282.95M
Cash & Equivalents	-	-	29.48M	87.71M	34.89M	59.92M	190.30M	-	469.52M	291.36M	304.19M	190.52M
Inventory	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19.66M	5.28M	331.00K	338.00K	-
Receivables	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	46.82M	39.96M	38.28M	41.94M
Total Liabilities	-	-	35.60M	49.57M	74.18M	136.77M	128.71M	-	155.74M	302.07M	282.85M	287.70M
Current Liabilities	-	-	29.05M	42.97M	63.50M	73.76M	66.54M	-	98.73M	115.18M	93.05M	100.54M
Long Term Debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	66.42M	194.39M	192.74M	190.83M
Total Equity	7.88M	-16.13M	-67.97M	127.03M	194.11M	256.86M	373.59M	-	734.61M	616.85M	541.69M	374.20M
Shares Outstanding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	117.64M	108.17M	103.99M	94.88M

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Operating Cash Flow	-	20.00M	25.69M	51.72M	70.12M	156.74M	-	256.11M	124.53M	255.49M	295.28M
Investing Cash Flow	-	-51.99M	-12.60M	-80.28M	-22.26M	-16.89M	-	72.73M	-61.56M	-72.97M	-29.32M
Financing Cash Flow	-	690.00K	44.78M	-23.39M	-14.69M	-10.09M	-	-92.62M	-253.64M	-168.63M	-383.76M
Capital Expenditure	-6.35M	-5.85M	-5.16M	-5.96M	-11.21M	-2.95M	-	-17.27M	-41.21M	-93.95M	-29.32M
Free Cash Flow	-	14.16M	20.53M	45.77M	58.91M	153.79M	-	238.84M	83.32M	161.54M	265.96M
Net Change in Cash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	236.22M	-190.68M	13.90M	-117.80M
Share Buybacks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14.43M	208.52M	146.18M	351.93M

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric	Dec 2015	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Dec 2020	Dec 2021	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
Gross Margin %	-	95.2%	94.4%	94.5%	93.8%	92.3%	-	39.7%	91.2%	91.2%	92.8%
Operating Margin %	-	4.3%	4.8%	5.1%	5.8%	17.7%	-	6.6%	17.2%	21.2%	27.0%
Net Margin %	-	3.3%	4.2%	14.4%	7.2%	14.1%	-	5.1%	5.3%	2.6%	17.2%
ROE %	10.1%	-9.6%	10.4%	33.6%	16.4%	20.8%	-	11.5%	6.0%	3.9%	41.7%
ROCE %	-	12.0%	11.4%	11.3%	10.7%	22.4%	-	13.1%	15.0%	23.1%	43.6%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders

2.53%

Institutions

111.74%

Public Float

114.64%

Top Institutional Holders

#	Holder	% Held	Shares	Value
1	Blackrock Inc.	15.81%	12.01M	$358.70M
2	Wellington Management Group, LLP	7.83%	5.95M	$177.55M
3	Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC	6.10%	4.63M	$138.39M
4	Vanguard Capital Management LLC	4.60%	3.50M	$104.42M
5	State Street Corporation	4.07%	3.09M	$92.40M
6	Prevatt Capital Ltd	3.26%	2.48M	$73.90M
7	Orbis Allan Gray Ltd	3.07%	2.33M	$69.67M
8	Congress Asset Management Co	2.78%	2.11M	$63.02M
9	Geode Capital Management, LLC	2.77%	2.10M	$62.74M
10	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	2.35%	1.79M	$53.37M

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CARG · Consumer Cyclical

CarGurus, Inc.

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Sector	Consumer Cyclical
Industry	Auto & Truck Dealerships
Headquarters	United States
Employees	1,218
Website	https://www.cargurus.com

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CarGurus, Inc. CARG R2K

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Financial Snapshot

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Quarterly Results

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Compounded Sales Growth

Compounded Profit Growth

Stock Price Performance

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Cash Flows (Annual)

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