These 2 Growth Initiatives Could Be Big Profit Drivers for Cars.com

Cars.com (NYSE: CARS)has been an independent, publicly traded company for a little over a year now, and the business is striving to maintain its position near the top of the automotive e-commerce space. In addition to improving traffic across its sites and courting new dealer partners, it's pursuing other, less-obvious growth initiatives.

Chief among them, Cars.com has focused on converting unfavorable deals that were made long prior to its spinoff from Tegnato a more profitable model, and demonstrating that its platforms are responsible for a greater share of car purchases than is currently estimated.