| CK3 Stock | | | EUR 10.20 0.30 2.86% |
CEO
Mr. T. Alex Vetter serves as President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of the Company. Alex cofounded Cars.com and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since November 2014. As one of the founding members of Cars.com, Alex has helped shape the company from its initial concept into the leading digital automotive marketplace, which is recognized as a leader in both the automotive and online advertising spaces. Prior to serving as Chief Executive Officer, Alex served in a number of senior management roles for Cars.com, spanning product development, customer service, training, operations and sales. From 2006 until 2014, Alex served as Cars.coms Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, bringing an intimate knowledge of the companys business as well as close working relationships with all major Cars.com customers, partners and senior executives. In his roles as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Alex envisioned and executed on a strategy to grow Cars.coms revenue from 200 million to over half a billion in sales across seven distinct sales channels, and successfully scaled the business across diverse client bases ranging from local operators to Fortune 100 companies. Prior to Cars.com, Alex served as Manager of Business Development of Classified Ventures from 1997 to 1998, and as Business Development Manager of Tribune InteractiveTribune Media Services from 1996 to 1997. Alex holds a BA in History and Psychology from Providence College. since 2017.
| Age | 52 |
| Tenure | 8 years |
| Phone | 312 601 5000 |
| Web | https://www.cars.com |
Cars Management Efficiency
The company has return on total asset
(ROA) of
0.0414 % which means that it generated a profit of $0.0414 on every $100 spent on assets. This is way below average. Similarly, it shows a return on equity
(ROE) of
0.044 %, meaning that it generated $0.044 on every $100 dollars invested by stockholders. Cars' management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well Cars manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities.
Cars Inc has accumulated 458.25
M in total debt with debt to equity ratio
(D/E) of 46.0, indicating the company may have difficulties to generate enough cash to satisfy its financial obligations. Cars Inc has a current ratio of 0.98, indicating that it has a negative working capital and may not be able to pay financial obligations in time and when they become due. Debt can assist Cars until it has trouble settling it off, either with new capital or with free cash flow. So, Cars' shareholders could walk away with nothing if the company can't fulfill its legal obligations to repay debt. However, a more frequent occurrence is when companies like Cars Inc sell additional shares at bargain prices, diluting existing shareholders. Debt, in this case, can be an excellent and much better tool for Cars to invest in growth at high rates of return. When we think about Cars' use of debt, we should always consider it together with cash and equity.
Similar Executives
Cars.com Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a digital automotive marketplace that connects car shoppers with sellers and original equipment manufacturers in the United States. Cars.com Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. CARS COM operates under Auto Truck Dealerships classification in Germany and is traded on Frankfurt Stock Exchange. It employs 1400 people. Cars Inc (CK3) is traded on Frankfurt Exchange in Germany and employs 1,700 people.
Management Performance
Cars Inc Leadership Team
Elected by the shareholders, the Cars' board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Cars inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Cars. The board's role is to monitor Cars' management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Cars' inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Cars' outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
| Mitch Golub, CoFounder | |
| Jennifer Vianello, Chief Officer | |
| Robbin MooreRandolph, Director Relations | |
| Sonia Jain, Chief Officer | |
| Greg Heidorn, Chief Officer | |
| William Swislow, CoFounder | |
| Alex Vetter, President CEO, Director | |
| Angelique Marks, Chief Sec | |
| Marita Thomas, Chief Officer | |
| Douglas Miller, Pres Officer | |
Cars Stock Performance Indicators
The ability to make a profit is the ultimate goal of any investor. But to identify the right stock is not an easy task. Is Cars a good investment? Although profit is still the single most important financial element of any organization, multiple performance indicators can help investors identify the equity that they will appreciate over time.
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Please note, there is a significant difference between Cars' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Cars is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Cars' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.