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CarGurus (CARG) Return on Invested Capital (2017 - 2025)

CarGurus (CARG) has 8 years of Return on Invested Capital data on record, last reported at 0.69% in Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 64.0% year-over-year to 0.69%; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 0.69%, up 64.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.09%, 12.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.69% in Q3 2025 per CARG's latest filing, up from 0.23% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.69% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 0.34% in Q1 2024.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.1%, with a median of 0.09% recorded in 2024.
  • The widest YoY moves for Return on Invested Capital: up 315bps in 2021, down -37bps in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.2% in 2021, then fell by -16bps to 0.17% in 2022, then tumbled by -31bps to 0.11% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 105bps to 0.23% in 2024, then soared by 195bps to 0.69% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Invested Capital were 0.69% in Q3 2025, 0.23% in Q4 2024, and 0.06% in Q3 2024.