carsales.com Ltd chart

Last update: 2021-02-19
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 1.80
Dividend & Yield0.49$ (2.28%)
Beta 0.9
Market capitalization 7.84B
Operating cash flow 203.64M
ESG Scores unknown

Company description

carsales.com Ltd operates online automotive, motorcycle, and marine classifieds business in Australia, Brazil, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Chile, China, the United States, and Mexico. The company operates through Online Advertising Services; Data, Research and Services; Carsales Investments; Americas; and Asia segments. The Online Advertising Services segment offers classified advertising that allows private and dealer customers to advertise automotive and non-automotive goods and services for sale across the carsales network; products, including subscriptions, lead fees, listing fees, and priority placement services; and display advertising services, such as placing advertisements on carsales network websites for corporate customers comprising automotive manufacturers and finance companies. The Data, Research and Services segment offers software as a service, research and reporting, valuation, appraisals, and website development and hosting services, as well as photography services. The Carsales Investments segment holds investment in consumer and wholesale tyre markets, as well as provides mobility and vehicle inspection services. The Americas segment operates digital non-automotive marketplaces. The Asia segment is involved in digital automotive classified business, as well as provides automotive data and advertising services. carsales.com Ltd was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Sector: Communication Services - Industry: Internet Content & Information

Financial Ratios
Quick Ratio4.23
Working Capital0.47
Return On Equity0.14
Debt To Equity0.05
Fixed Asset Ratio0.11
Fixed Interest Cover20.07

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2019-06-30 2020-06-30 2021-06-30 2022-06-30
Change To Liabilities -2.3M -8.2M 942k 5.03M
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -26.14M -34.24M -51.35M -831.06M
Net Borrowings 19.57M 63.05M -508.54M 596.43M
Total Cash From Financing Activities -93.93M -54.23M -43.65M 462.09M
Change To Operating Activities 405k 472k 5.42M 1.02M
Issuance Of Stock 2.41M 4.49M 604.63M 4.93M
Net Income 84.01M 114.67M 130.7M 160.82M
Change In Cash 29.35M 85.53M 104.07M -166.55M
Effect Of Exchange Rate 383k -2.24M -1.44M -1.23M
Total Cash From Operating Activities 158.07M 176.24M 200.5M 203.64M
Depreciation 19.04M 21.29M 21.43M 23.42M
Change To Account Receivables -3.21M 11.99M 4.04M -10.22M
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -21.71M -16.19M -26.48M -13.59M
Change To Netincome 53.58M 10.51M 17.39M 1.97M
Capital Expenditures -3.81M -9.06M -4.57M -7.88M

Income Statement 2019-06-30 2020-06-30 2021-06-30 2022-06-30
Research Development
Income Before Tax 181.99M 172.04M 186.53M 223.47M
Net Income 84.01M 114.67M 130.7M 160.82M
Selling General Administrative 139.39M 129.43M 130.14M 154.26M
Gross Profit 352.26M 331.47M 371.83M 424.2M
Ebit 181.47M 165.69M 201.47M 223.25M
Operating Income 181.47M 165.69M 201.47M 223.25M
Interest Expense -16.7M -11.91M -10.03M -10.94M
Income Tax Expense 49.82M 50.2M 55.32M 62.02M
Total Revenue 417.49M 394.12M 427.16M 509.08M
Cost Of Revenue 65.24M 62.65M 55.33M 84.88M
Total Other Income ExpenseNet 518k 6.35M -14.94M 222k
Net Income From Continuing Ops 132.16M 121.83M 131.21M 161.45M
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares 84.01M 114.67M 130.7M 160.82M

Balance Sheet Statement 2019-06-30 2020-06-30 2021-06-30 2022-06-30
Total Liabilities 675.59M 706.04M 223.09M 847.71M
Total Stockholder Equity 309.04M 290.8M 938.74M 1.01B
Other Current Liabilities 54.74M 35.09M 34.62M 52.62M
Total Assets 990.15M 997.6M 1.16B 1.86B
Common Stock 135.37M 149.82M 755.36M 769.96M
Other Current Assets 45.67M 33.66M 5.53M
Retained Earnings 203.36M 197.24M 204.82M 243.47M
Treasury Stock -29.69M -56.25M -21.44M -1.86M
Cash 94.41M 179.94M 284M 117.45M
Total Current Liabilities 94.94M 73.94M 85.78M 115.67M
Other Stockholder Equity -29.69M -56.25M -21.44M -1.86M
Property, Plant, and Equipment 65.74M 66.72M 68.43M 71.13M
Total Current Assets 201.32M 232.98M 364.42M 200.94M
Net Tangible Assets -291.58M -292.39M 341.63M 408.24M
Net Receivables 55.7M 47.97M 42.73M 50.82M
Accounts Payable 5.89M 5.99M 8.4M 10.99M


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to carsales.com Ltd:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
Wong (Kee)Other at price 12.22 per share.D2022-07-20Director (Non-Executive)3.52k
Wiadrowski (David Stoddart)Other at price 12.22 per share.D2022-07-20Director (Non-Executive)2.43k
O'Sullivan (Patrick Redmond Joseph)Other at price 12.22 per share.D2022-07-20Non Executive Chairman6.39k
Pisciotta (Walter James)Other at price 12.22 per share.D2022-07-20Director (Non-Executive)281.86k
Anderson (Kim Elizabeth)Other at price 12.22 per share.D2022-07-20Director (Non-Executive)4.38k
Gilbert (Edwina)Other at price 12.22 per share.D2022-07-20Director (Non-Executive)7.71k
Kloss (Steven Anthony)Other at price 12.22 per share.D2022-07-20Alternate Director84.51k
McIntyre (Cameron)Other at price 12.22 per share.D2022-07-20Chief Executive Officer40k
Gilbert (Edwina)Acquisition at price 15.22 per share.D2022-04-19Director (Non-Executive)391
Wiadrowski (David Stoddart)Acquisition at price 15.22 per share.D2022-04-19Director (Non-Executive)60
Pisciotta (Walter James)D2021-12-20Director (Non-Executive)221.07k
Wiadrowski (David Stoddart)Acquisition at price 19.03 per share.D2021-10-18Director (Non-Executive)42
Gilbert (Edwina)Acquisition at price 19.03 per share.D2021-10-18Director (Non-Executive)275
McIntyre (Cameron)Exercise at price 10.81 per share.D2021-08-25Chief Executive Officer177.63k
McIntyre (Cameron)Other at price 18.26 per share.D2021-08-25Chief Executive Officer4.9k
McIntyre (Cameron)Sale at price 18.39 per share.D2021-08-25Chief Executive Officer177.63k
Elliott (William)D2021-06-30Chief Financial Officer4.38k
Barlow (Paul)D2021-06-30Divisional Officer26.9k
Bhatia (Ajay)D2021-06-30Divisional Officer24.99k
Wiadrowski (David Stoddart)Purchase at price 14.43 per share.D2021-06-18Director (Non-Executive)2.19k
Wong (Kee)Other at price 13.10 per share.D2021-06-11Director (Non-Executive)1.83k
Wiadrowski (David Stoddart)D2021-06-11Director (Non-Executive)660
Anderson (Kim Elizabeth)Other at price 13.10 per share.D2021-06-11Director (Non-Executive)2.28k
O'Sullivan (Patrick Redmond Joseph)Other at price 13.10 per share.D2021-06-11Non Executive Chairman3.33k
Gilbert (Edwina)Other at price 13.10 per share.D2021-06-11Director (Non-Executive)3.93k
McIntyre (Cameron)Purchase at price 13.17 per share.D2021-05-24Chief Executive Officer52.97k
Pisciotta (Walter James)Other at price 13.18 per share.D2021-05-24Director (Non-Executive)51.69k
Wiadrowski (David Stoddart)D2021-05-19Director (Non-Executive)2.94k
Wiadrowski (David Stoddart)Acquisition at price 13.76 per share.D2021-04-21Director (Non-Executive)58
Anderson (Kim Elizabeth)Acquisition at price 13.76 per share.D2021-04-21Director (Non-Executive)222
Gilbert (Edwina)Acquisition at price 13.76 per share.D2021-04-21Director (Non-Executive)381
Gilbert (Edwina)Other at price 14.84 per share.D2020-10-07Director (Non-Executive)322
Wiadrowski (David Stoddart)Purchase at price 14.84 per share.D2020-10-07Director (Non-Executive)49
Anderson (Kim Elizabeth)Other at price 14.83 per share.D2020-10-07Director (Non-Executive)186
McIntyre (Cameron)D2020-08-27Chief Executive Officer44.44k
Demery (Andrew)D2020-06-30Former13.01k
Elliott (William)D2020-06-30Chief Financial Officer632
Barlow (Paul)D2020-06-30Divisional Officer24.11k
Bhatia (Ajay)D2020-06-30Divisional Officer42.97k
Pisciotta (Walter James)D2020-06-30Director (Non-Executive)549.07k
Wiadrowski (David Stoddart)D2020-06-30Director (Non-Executive)600
Anderson (Kim Elizabeth)Other at price 7.14 per share.D2020-04-15Director (Non-Executive)297
Gilbert (Edwina)Other at price 7.14 per share.D2020-04-15Director (Non-Executive)511
Wong (Kee)Purchase at price 11.09 per share.D2020-02-27Director (Non-Executive)1.5k
Gilbert (Edwina)Acquisition at price 10.48 per share.D2019-10-14Director (Non-Executive)417
Anderson (Kim Elizabeth)Acquisition at price 10.41 per share.D2019-10-09Director (Non-Executive)242
Wiadrowski (David Stoddart)Purchase at price 10.20 per share.D2019-10-04Director (Non-Executive)920
Wiadrowski (David Stoddart)Purchase at price 10.76 per share.D2019-09-13Director (Non-Executive)1k
McIntyre (Cameron)D2019-09-04Chief Executive Officer28.48k
Saines (Anthony)D2019-06-30Former21.05k
Barlow (Paul)D2019-06-30Divisional Officer6.96k

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to carsales.com Ltd. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on carsales.com Ltd

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to carsales.com Ltd. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on carsales.com Ltd

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to carsales.com Ltd:

carsales.com Ltd automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of 51.33% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

51.33 %

Latent gain

1151.83 $

Invested capital

2244.08 $

Annualized return

12.52 %
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Momentum strategy results on carsales.com Ltd

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to carsales.com Ltd. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on carsales.com Ltd

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on carsales.com Ltd:

carsales.com Ltd momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give 55.66% of return on carsales.com Ltd. That represents 2923.73$ of latent gain with 5252.41$ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give 49.68% of return on carsales.com Ltd. That represents 1615.37$ of latent gain with 3251.38$ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

55.66 %

Latent gain

2923.73 $

Invested capital

5252.41 $

Annualized return

13.15 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

49.68 %

Latent gain

1615.37 $

Invested capital

3251.38 $

Annualized return

13.72 %

Momentum equity curve on carsales.com Ltd

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to carsales.com Ltd:

carsales.com Ltd momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by carsales.com Ltd are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on carsales.com Ltd

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on carsales.com Ltd since the beginning:

carsales.com Ltd

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Buy the dip strategy result on carsales.com Ltd

Buy the dip entry openings on carsales.com Ltd

carsales.com Ltd

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on carsales.com Ltd is 27.61%. That represents 205.93$ of latent gain with 745.79$ of employed capital. The following chart shows carsales.com Ltd stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of carsales.com Ltd, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

27.61 %

Latent gain

205.93 $

Invested capital

745.79 $

Annualized return

13.15 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to carsales.com Ltd

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to carsales.com Ltd:

carsales.com Ltd

Note: the dividends potentially given by carsales.com Ltd are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on carsales.com Ltd

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on carsales.com Ltd:

carsales.com Ltd

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on carsales.com Ltd

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to carsales.com Ltd.

Equity curve comparison on carsales.com Ltd

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

carsales.com Ltd investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on carsales.com Ltd

carsales.com Ltd investment comparison

Performance comparison on carsales.com Ltd

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment 51.33% 1151.83$ 2244.08$ 12.52%
Momentum 1 quarter 55.66% 2923.73$ 5252.41$ 14.42%
Momentum 2 quarters 49.68% 1615.37$ 3251.38$ 13.72%
Non-directional 27.61% 205.93$ 745.79$ 13.15%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

12.52 %

Momentum 1Q

13.72 %

Momentum 2Q

13.72 %

Non-directional

13.15 %

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Company information

Company name carsales.com Ltd
Country Australia
City Melbourne
Address 449 Punt Road
Phone 61 3 9093 8600
Website www.carsales.com.au
FullTime employees 1700
Industry Internet Content & Information
Sector Communication Services
Exchange XASX
Ticker CAR.XASX
Market www2.asx.com.au

carsales.com Ltd ESG Scores

Environment scores

Environment ESG Factors Scores
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Peer Environment Performance unknown
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Social scores

Social ESG Factors Scores
Social Score 0
Peer Social Performance unknown
Social Percentile unknown
Highest Controversy unknown
Peer Highest Controversy Performance unknown
Adult unknown
Gambling unknown
Alcoholic unknown
Tobacco unknown
Catholic unknown
Controversial Weapons unknown
Small Arms unknown
Military Contract unknown
Peer Count unknown

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ESG at glance
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Environment Score: 0
Social Score: 0
Governance Score: 0

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