CARS - Cars.com - Stock Forecast

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CARS is currently covered by 7 analysts with an average price target of $18.69. This is a potential upside of $5.1 (37.53%) from yesterday's end of day stock price of $13.59.

Cars.com's activity chart (see below) currently has 71 price targets and 80 ratings on display. The stock rating distribution of CARS is 32.14% HOLD and 67.86% BUY.

Stock Analyst Price Targets - Review

Analysts average stock forecasts to be materialized ratio is 54.3% with an average time for these price targets to be met of 249.82 days.

Highest price target for CARS is $25, Lowest price target is $14, average price target is $21.21.

Most recent stock forecast was given by GARY PRESTOPINO from BARRINGTON on 21-Aug-2025. First documented stock forecast 20-Jul-2017.

Currently out of the existing stock ratings of CARS, 9 are a HOLD (32.14%), 19 are a BUY (67.86%).

Analyst name

Rating

Current price target

Potential Upside

Previous price target

Date

Price targets met ratio

Average potential upside

Average Time (Days) For PT To Be Met

Performance score

Buy

$25

$11.41 (83.96%)

$25

17 days ago
(21-Aug-2025)

2/17 (11.76%)

$12.54 (100.64%)

864

Hold

$14

$0.41 (3.02%)

$14

1 months 21 days ago
(17-Jul-2025)

1/7 (14.29%)

$1.02 (7.86%)

94

Buy

$14.5

$0.91 (6.70%)

$24.5

6 months 10 days ago
(28-Feb-2025)

6/11 (54.55%)

$-0.8 (-5.23%)

324

Hold

$20

$6.41 (47.17%)

$17

9 months 30 days ago
(08-Nov-2024)

4/4 (100%)

$1.5 (8.11%)

103

Buy

$26

$12.41 (91.32%)

$27

1 years 29 days ago
(09-Aug-2024)

2/4 (50%)

$9.17 (54.49%)

302

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What is CARS (Cars.com) average time for price targets to be met?

On average it took 249.82 days on average for the stock forecasts to be realized with a an average price target met ratio 54.3

Which analyst has the current highest performing score on CARS (Cars.com) with a proven track record?

GARY PRESTOPINO

Which analyst has the most public recommendations on CARS (Cars.com)?

Gary Prestopino works at BARRINGTON and has 5 price targets and 5 ratings on CARS

Which analyst is the currently most bullish on CARS (Cars.com)?

Lee Krowl with highest potential upside - $12.41

Which analyst is the currently most reserved on CARS (Cars.com)?

Nathan Jones with lowest potential downside - -$9.6

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