TrueCar Financials

TRUE Stock  USD 1.82  0.06  3.19%   
Based on the analysis of TrueCar's profitability, liquidity, and operating efficiency, TrueCar is not in a good financial situation at this time. It has a very high probability of going through financial hardship in April. At present, TrueCar's Property Plant And Equipment Net is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Accounts Payable is expected to grow to about 10.6 M, whereas Total Assets are forecasted to decline to about 151.7 M. Key indicators impacting TrueCar's financial strength include:
Current ValueLast YearChange From Last Year 10 Year Trend
Debt Equity Ratio0.110.0955
Fairly Up
Slightly volatile
Current Ratio4.044.1081
Fairly Down
Slightly volatile
The essential information of the day-to-day investment outlook for TrueCar includes many different criteria found on its balance sheet. An individual investor should monitor TrueCar's cash flow, debt, and profitability to accurately make informed decisions on whether to invest in TrueCar.

Net Income

(32.6 Million)

  
Please note, the presentation of TrueCar's financial position, as portrayed in its financial statements, is often influenced by management's estimates, judgments, and sometimes even manipulations. In the best case, TrueCar's management is honest, while the outside auditors are strict and uncompromising. Please utilize our Beneish M Score to check the likelihood of TrueCar's management manipulating its earnings.

TrueCar Stock Summary

TrueCar competes with Thryv Holdings, Outbrain, Comscore, Auto Trader, and Arena Group. TrueCar, Inc. operates as an internet-based information, technology, and communication services company in the United States. TrueCar, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. Truecar operates under Internet Content Information classification in the United States and is traded on NASDAQ Exchange. It employs 428 people.
Foreign Associate
  Thailand
Specialization
Communication Services, Internet Content & Information
InstrumentUSA Stock View All
ExchangeNASDAQ Exchange
ISINUS89785L1070
CUSIP89785L107
LocationCalifornia; U.S.A
Business Address225 Santa Monica
SectorInteractive Media & Services
IndustryCommunication Services
BenchmarkDow Jones Industrial
Websitewww.truecar.com
Phone800 200 2000
CurrencyUSD - US Dollar

TrueCar Key Financial Ratios

TrueCar Key Balance Sheet Accounts

202020212022202320242025 (projected)
Total Assets458.1M387.7M251.5M204.3M159.7M151.7M
Other Current Liab21.1M10.7M13.1M18.9M22.0M15.2M
Other Liab3.1M428K103K5.0M5.7M3.4M
Net Debt(236.6M)(213.7M)(152.5M)(122.6M)(100.6M)(105.6M)
Retained Earnings(354.4M)(393.8M)(512.5M)(562.3M)(593.3M)(563.7M)
Accounts Payable12.3M10.2M8.7M6.9M7.9M10.6M
Cash273.3M245.2M175.5M137.0M111.8M165.2M
Other Assets3.6M53.9M4.3M3.9M4.5M8.0M
Net Receivables32.9M16.7M13.8M19.2M15.7M22.1M
Inventory5.8M6.1M6.0M1.00.90.86
Other Current Assets18.7M8.0M8.5M7.0M7.6M5.8M
Total Liab74.1M57.9M54.3M44.1M41.6M49.8M
Total Current Assets324.9M269.9M197.8M163.1M135.1M205.4M
Short Term Debt9.5M10.5M9.0M3.2M3.0M2.8M
Intangible Assets6.6M5.0M14.0M8.4M2.0M1.9M
Net Tangible Assets236.7M382.8M273.6M197.3M226.9M251.7M
Capital Surpluse759.3M738.3M723.6M709.8M816.3M712.2M

TrueCar Key Income Statement Accounts

202020212022202320242025 (projected)
Interest Expense0.079.7M4.6M115.1M132.4M139.0M
Total Revenue278.7M231.7M161.5M158.7M175.6M241.3M
Gross Profit257.1M209.5M145.3M142.9M149.2M217.9M
Operating Income(2.0M)(33.5M)(6.1M)(56.5M)(37.2M)(39.0M)
Ebit(19.8M)(38.2M)(65.9M)(56.5M)(37.2M)(39.0M)
Research Development44.9M41.4M46.1M42.2M29.6M45.9M
Ebitda6.1M(17.6M)(45.5M)(35.8M)(18.2M)(19.1M)
Cost Of Revenue21.5M22.2M16.2M15.9M26.4M23.4M
Income Before Tax(19.8M)(38.2M)(121.2M)(49.7M)(31.0M)(32.6M)
Net Income(19.8M)(38.4M)(118.7M)(49.8M)(31.0M)(32.6M)
Income Tax Expense(6K)206K(2.6M)17K15K15.8K
Tax Provision(6K)206K(2.6M)102K15K15.8K
Interest Income462K52K2.6M6.4M6.1M6.5M
Net Interest Income462K52K2.6M6.4M6.1M6.5M

TrueCar Key Cash Accounts

202020212022202320242025 (projected)
Change To Inventory(2.5M)840K(8.7M)(8.5M)(7.6M)(7.2M)
Change In Cash91.8M(28.1M)(69.7M)(38.6M)(25.1M)(23.9M)
Free Cash Flow28.8M3.5M(40.8M)(34.2M)(159K)(167.0K)
Depreciation25.8M20.6M20.5M20.7M19.0M20.6M
Other Non Cash Items25.1M7.8M59.2M3.0M8.8M11.6M
Capital Expenditures10.3M10.7M11.7M11.8M7.9M10.9M
Net Income(19.8M)(38.3M)(118.7M)(49.8M)(31.0M)(32.6M)
End Period Cash Flow273.3M245.2M175.5M137.0M111.8M154.3M
Investments101.9M(4.2M)15.7M(12.8M)(7.9M)(7.5M)
Change Receivables1.4M2.3M15.7M2.2M2.5M2.7M
Change To Netincome42.3M47.4M28.3M74.6M85.7M45.3M

TrueCar Financial Ratios Relationships

Comparative valuation techniques use various fundamental indicators to help in determining TrueCar's current stock value. Our valuation model uses many indicators to compare TrueCar value to that of its competitors to determine the firm's financial worth. You can analyze the relationship between different fundamental ratios across TrueCar competition to find correlations between indicators driving TrueCar's intrinsic value. More Info.
TrueCar is rated below average in return on equity category among its peers. It is rated below average in return on asset category among its peers . At present, TrueCar's Return On Equity is projected to increase slightly based on the last few years of reporting. Comparative valuation analysis is a catch-all technique that is used if you cannot value TrueCar by discounting back its dividends or cash flows. It compares the stock's price multiples to nearest competition to determine if the stock is relatively undervalued or overvalued.

TrueCar Systematic Risk

TrueCar's systematic risk plays a vital role in portfolio allocation when considering its stock to be added to a well-diversified portfolio. TrueCar volatility which cannot be eliminated through diversification, requires returns over the risk-free rate. Over the long run, a well-diversified portfolio provides returns that match its exposure to systematic risk. In this case, investors face a trade-off between expected returns and systematic risk and, therefore, can only reduce a portfolio's exposure to systematic risk by sacrificing expected returns on the portfolio.
The function did not generate any output. Please change time horizon or modify your input parameters. The output start index for this execution was one with a total number of output elements of sixty. The Beta measures systematic risk based on how returns on TrueCar correlated with the market. If Beta is less than 0 TrueCar generally moves in the opposite direction as compared to the market. If TrueCar Beta is about zero movement of price series is uncorrelated with the movement of the benchmark. if Beta is between zero and one TrueCar is generally moves in the same direction as, but less than the movement of the market. For Beta = 1 movement of TrueCar is generally in the same direction as the market. If Beta > 1 TrueCar moves generally in the same direction as, but more than the movement of the benchmark.
Today, most investors in TrueCar Stock are looking for potential investment opportunities by analyzing not only static indicators but also various TrueCar's growth ratios. Consistent increases or decreases in fundamental ratios usually indicate a possible pattern that can be successfully translated into profits. However, when comparing two companies, knowing each company's growth growth rates may not be enough to decide which company is a better investment. That's why investors frequently use static breakdown of TrueCar growth as a starting point in their analysis.

Price Earnings To Growth Ratio

0.19

At present, TrueCar's Price Earnings To Growth Ratio is projected to increase slightly based on the last few years of reporting.

TrueCar March 17, 2025 Opportunity Range

Along with financial statement analysis, the daily predictive indicators of TrueCar help investors to analyze its daily demand and supply, volume, patterns, and price swings to determine the real value of TrueCar. We use our internally-developed statistical techniques to arrive at the intrinsic value of TrueCar based on widely used predictive technical indicators. In general, we focus on analyzing TrueCar Stock price patterns and their correlations with different microeconomic environment and drivers. We also apply predictive analytics to build TrueCar's daily price indicators and compare them against related drivers.

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