CarGurus Inc (CARG) 20 Days SMA touches -4.49%: The odds favor the bear

CarGurus Inc (NASDAQ: CARG) kicked off on Tuesday, up 0.38% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $29.13. Over the past 52 weeks, CARG has traded in a range of $21.18-$41.33.

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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Cyclical Sector giant was 18.64%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 11.14%. With a float of $84.40 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $89.00 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 1282 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 82.06%, operating margin of 15.75%, and the pretax margin is 2.76%.

CarGurus Inc (CARG) Insider Activity

Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Auto & Truck Dealerships Industry. The insider ownership of CarGurus Inc is 19.17%, while institutional ownership is 80.74%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 28 ’25, was worth 597,033. In this transaction Executive Chair of this company sold 20,640 shares at a rate of $28.93, taking the stock ownership to the 993,927 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 31 ’25, when Company’s Executive Chair sold 20,640 for $28.92, making the entire transaction worth $596,885. This insider now owns 973,287 shares in total.

CarGurus Inc (CARG) Earnings and Forecasts

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 11.14% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 15.45% during the next five years compared to -11.88% drop over the previous five years of trading.

CarGurus Inc (NASDAQ: CARG) Trading Performance Indicators

Take a look at CarGurus Inc’s (CARG) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 4.07. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.41. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 18.90.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.18, a number that is poised to hit 0.44 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.20 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of CarGurus Inc (CARG)

Looking closely at CarGurus Inc (NASDAQ: CARG), its last 5-days average volume was 1.51 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 1.15 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 31.96%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.35.

During the past 100 days, CarGurus Inc’s (CARG) raw stochastic average was set at 11.49%, which indicates a significant decrease from 36.01% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 40.04% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 44.39% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $34.57, while its 200-day Moving Average is $31.67. However, in the short run, CarGurus Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $29.49. Second resistance stands at $29.75. The third major resistance level sits at $30.10. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $28.88, it is likely to go to the next support level at $28.53. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $28.27.

CarGurus Inc (NASDAQ: CARG) Key Stats

The company with the Market Capitalisation of 3.05 billion has total of 104,416K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 894,380 K in contrast with the sum of 20,970 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 228,540 K and last quarter income was 45,880 K.