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How good a business is CARG?
CarGurus, Inc. keeps 25% of every revenue dollar as operating profit, against 5.3% for the median Auto & Truck Dealerships name.
25%
Operating margin · Auto & Truck Dealerships median 5.3% · 12 months to Q1 2026
- Cash conversion
- 1.96×
Cash conversion · every dollar of reported profit arrived as cash, and more
- Share count, year on year
- −9.5%
Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company
- R&D as % of revenue
- 15%
R&D as % of revenue
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 18% |
| FY2021 | 16% |
| FY2022 | 6.6% |
| FY2023 | 17% |
| FY2024 | 20% |
| FY2025 | 27% |
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- Gross margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 93%
- Operating margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 25%
- Net margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 16%
- Free cash flow margin
- 31%
- R&D as % of revenue
- 15%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $938M
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $293M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $149M
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Auto & Truck Dealerships
Ranks #1 of 15 by Smart Score