Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for CARG in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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CarGurus (CARG) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$28.39−0.46 (−1.6%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeThis week's news for CarGurus is largely comparison coverage, with the stock weighed against EBAY, Phoenix New Media, and Reddit as value and business-quality matchups in the internet and communication services space. Alongside this, CEO Jason Trevisan filed a Form 4 disclosing a share withholding tied to restricted stock unit vesting, disposing of 21,509 shares at $29.73 each to cover tax obligations, while CMO Dafna Sarnoff sold shares under a Rule 10b5-1 plan and for tax liability.
CARG closed at $28.39, down 1.6%, with the stock sitting below both its 50-day average of $33.98 and its 200-day average of $33.34. Shares are down 17.5% over one month, 16.6% over three months, 18.5% over six months, and 16.5% over the past year, trading closer to the 52-week low of $26.39 than the high of $41.22. The GekkoIndex reads 71.5, placing CARG in the Buying zone, though the reading has slipped 2.3 points over five sessions. Price sits 4.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $29.74.
CarGurus next reports earnings on 5 November 2026, after the close, 24 days away and inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window. The prior quarter saw an EPS beat of $0.66 versus $0.61 estimated, with a 7.1% reaction, and the company has beaten in 7 of 8 recent quarters, averaging an 8.1% absolute move on results. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a 3.6% gain over 5 years, rising in 4 of them. Consensus among 10 firms shows 7 buy and 3 hold ratings, with a target of $41.27.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
CarGurus price vs fair value
Close $28.39200-day averageGekko Fair Value $29.74
CarGurus quick facts
- Market cap
- $2.74B
- P/E ratio
- 15.6
- Forward P/E
- 8.5
- EPS, TTM
- $1.88
- Revenue, TTM
- $967.3M
- Profit margin
- 18.2%
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 1.22
- Volume
- 1.17M avg 1.65M
- 1-year return
- −16.5%
- Typical daily move
- ±4.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±8.1%
- 50-day average
- $33.98
- 200-day average
- $33.34
- Next earnings
- Nov 5 after close
- Shares outstanding
- 75.31M
CarGurus swing-trade checklist
CarGurus scores 2 supportive, 2 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
2 supportive2 mixed1 headwind
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $28.39 sits between the 50-day ($33.98) and 200-day ($33.34) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
71.5, Buying
Reading 71.5 is in the Buying zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
4.5% below
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (4.5% below).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 24 days
Reports on Nov 5, 2026, 24 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+3.6% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +3.6% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
See seasonality
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CarGurus stock chart and price history
CarGurus closed at $28.39 on Oct 12, 2026, −16.5% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $26.39 to $41.22.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −17.5%
- 3 months
- −16.6%
- 6 months
- −18.5%
- 1 year
- −16.5%
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About CarGurus
CarGurus runs an online marketplace that connects people buying and selling cars with dealerships across the United States and beyond. Shoppers use the platform to browse new and used vehicle listings, while dealers gain access to a large pool of active buyers along with market data to guide their pricing and inventory decisions. The company is particularly known for tools that move transactions online, including options to start a purchase directly from a listing, arrange financing in advance, and get trade-in or instant cash offers for a car being sold.
The business is organized into two segments, a U.S. Marketplace and a Digital Wholesale operation. Revenue comes from dealership partners through listing packages and data products, as well as from advertising sold to vehicle manufacturers and other companies seeking brand visibility or targeted exposure to car shoppers. CarGurus also operates Autolist, a separate vehicle marketplace reachable through apps and the web, and PistonHeads, a site combining a marketplace, auction listings and editorial content for car enthusiasts.
CarGurus was founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2005, and took on its present corporate name in 2015 after previously being known as CarGurus LLC. Its shares trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker CARG.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Technology services
- Industry
- Internet software/Services
- Website
- cargurus.com
CarGurus GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
CarGurus’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 71.5, in the Buying zone, down 2.3 points over five sessions.
71.5Buying
Down 2.3 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying (current zone) | 62 | +1.1% | +3.7% | ||
| Accumulation | 130 | +0.2% | +5.1% | ||
| Neutral | 451 | +0.5% | +0.7% | ||
| Distribution | 32 | −2.2% | −4.1% | ||
| Selling | 7 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average CARG share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Buying readings averaged +3.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Buying zone: Smart money likely accumulating heavily. About the five zones →
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Is CarGurus stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
CarGurus trades 4.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $29.74, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what CarGurus shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$29.74
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
4.5% below fair value · About fair value
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 18.1% above the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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CarGurus insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for CarGurus, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in CARG were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
CarGurus has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $27.70M
- As a share of market cap
- 1.01%
- Trailing four quarters
- $369.5M
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
1of the funds Gekko tracks holds CARG.
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CarGurus earnings: next date and track record
CarGurus reports on Nov 5, 2026, after the close (24 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 5, 2026
Expected after the close, 24 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.66
- Revenue estimate
- $256.5M
7 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±8.1%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Aug 6, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- CarGurus reported Q2 revenue of $251M, up 13% YoY, exceeding guidance midpoint. International revenue grew 28% YoY. Adjusted EBITDA rose 7% to $85M at a 34% margin, converting 103% to free cash flow ($88M). Dealer caution from FTC pricing requirements and margin pressure were viewed as temporary. AI investments are accelerating product innovation and driving 28% YoY growth in average dealer sessions.
- Guidance
- Full year revenue growth guidance unchanged. Management raised full year profitability outlook, now expecting non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA margin compression of approximately 50-150 basis points in 2026 versus 2025, better than initial expectations due to AI-driven efficiency gains.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.66 est $0.61 | $251.0M est $249.9M | +7.1% |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.58 est $0.56 | $243.6M est $243.1M | −7.1% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $0.63 est $0.63 | $241.1M est $239.0M | +6.6% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.57 est $0.55 | $238.7M est $239.1M | −2.1% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.57 est $0.54 | $234.0M est $232.2M | −8.5% |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.46 est $0.42 | $225.2M est $233.1M | +9.6% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $0.55 est $0.50 | $228.5M est $231.7M | −18.3% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.45 est $0.42 | $231.4M est $231.1M | +5.8% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
CarGurus stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for CarGurus is $41.27, +45.4% from the last close, from 10 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$41.27consensus 12-month target, +45.4% from the last close
Now $28.39Avg $41.27
Low $35High $46
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 10 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7 | UBS | $35 | +23.3% |
| Oct 6 | Barclays | $38 | +33.8% |
| Aug 14 | Citi | $39 | +37.4% |
| Aug 13 | Citi | $39 | +37.4% |
| Aug 12 | Oppenheimer | $44 | +55.0% |
+3.7%average 20-day move after past Buying readings
+3.6%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±4.3%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
CarGurus seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, CarGurus averaged +3.6% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +2.4% | 5 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +2.0% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +1.6% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +3.6% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +8.3% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, CARG’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 8.1%.
CarGurus market cap and key statistics
CarGurus’s market cap is $2.74B, with a P/E ratio of 15.6 and revenue of $967.3M over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $2.74B
- P/E ratio
- 15.6
- Forward P/E
- 8.5
- EPS, TTM
- $1.88
- Gekko Fair Value
- $29.74
Trading
- Volume
- 1.17M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 1.65M
- 52-week high
- $41.22
- 52-week low
- $26.39
- Shares outstanding
- 75.31M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $967.3M
- Profit margin
- 18.2%
- Return on equity
- 53.5%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +141.0%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.22
- Typical daily move
- ±4.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±8.1%
CarGurus stock news this week
5 headlines about CarGurus from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.
- CARG vs. EBAY: Which Stock Should Value Investors Buy Now?Zacks Investment Research, Oct 12
- CarGurus CMO Dafna Sarnoff sells $214,271 of Class A shares By Investing.comInvesting.com Canada, Oct 11
- Comparing CarGurus (NASDAQ:CARG) & Phoenix New Media (NYSE:FENG)Defense World, Oct 10
- CarGurus CEO Jason Trevisan Reports Share Withholding in Form 4 FilingKalkine Media, Oct 6
- Head to Head Analysis: CarGurus (NASDAQ:CARG) versus Reddit (NYSE:RDDT)Defense World, Oct 5
CarGurus peers
CarGurus’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| GOOGLAlphabet | Neutral | 9.6% above |
| GOOGAlphabet | Neutral | 10.2% above |
| METAMeta Platforms | Neutral | 25.5% above |
| NFLXNetflix | Accumulation | 25.2% below |
| SPOTSpotify Technology | Neutral | 18.3% above |
| MSTRStrategy | Neutral | 11.6% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
CarGurus stock FAQ
What is CarGurus’s market cap?
CarGurus’s market cap is $2.74B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $28.39, with 75.31M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 15.6.
What is the CarGurus stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for CarGurus is $41.27, +45.4% from the last close. Of the 10 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 7 rate it a buy, 3 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is CarGurus stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate CarGurus is about fair value: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $28.39 is 4.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $29.74. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does CarGurus report earnings next?
CarGurus is expected to report on Nov 5, 2026, after the market closes (24 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.66 per share on revenue of $256.5M. CarGurus beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 8.1% on average across the report.
What is CarGurus’s 52-week high and low?
CarGurus’s 52-week high is $41.22 and its 52-week low is $26.39; it closed at $28.39 on Oct 12, 2026, −16.5% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $50.03 on Feb 28, 2022.
Is CarGurus stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex and seasonality), 2 as mixed (trend and fair value) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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