Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Cars.com shares valued at $299,558 were purchased by Vetter Thomas Alex on May 09 ’25. At $10.75 per share, Vetter Thomas Alex acquired 27,870 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 844,897 shares worth approximately $10.43 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Greenthal Jill A sold 10,990 shares, netting a total of over 218,152 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $19.85 each, the insider now holds 90,973 shares.
Before that, Greenthal Jill A had added 10,990 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $217,603, the Director bought Cars.com shares for $19.80 each.
As published in a research note from JP Morgan on August 09, 2024, Cars.com [CARS] has been rated down from an Overweight to a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $19 from $25. Analysts at UBS started covering the stock with ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in mid September. As of July 20, 2023, B. Riley Securities has initiated its “Buy” rating for CARS. Earlier on June 27, 2023, JP Morgan initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Overweight” for CARS stock.
Analyzing CARS Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Cars.com [NYSE: CARS] rose 1.90% to $12.34. The stock’s lowest price that day was $12.04, but it reached a high of $12.4467 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 6.66%. Over the course of the year, Cars.com shares have dropped approximately -37.36%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $19.00 on 01/30/25 and a 52-week low of $9.56 on 05/08/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Cars.com (CARS)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 12.10, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 11.87. In the upper region, resistance lies at 12.51. The next price resistance is at 12.68. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 66.86 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Cars.com subject to short interest?
Stocks of Cars.com saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-06-13 jumping by 0.6 million shares to 4.13 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 3.53 million shares. A jump of 14.55% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 6.2 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 6.2.
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In terms of Cars.com share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 14.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 19.74% from the previous closing price of $12.11. Analysts anticipate Cars.com stock to reach 14.5 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 14.5. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked Cars.com stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On June 21, 2022, BTIG Research assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $16.
