Growth Metrics

Cars.com (CARS) Capital Expenditures (2016 - 2026)

Cars.com has reported Capital Expenditures over the past 10 years, most recently at $385000.0 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Capital Expenditures fell 91.65% to $385000.0 in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $4.3 million through Dec 2025, down 79.95% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $4.3 million for FY2025, 79.95% down from the prior year.
  • Capital Expenditures was $385000.0 for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, up from -$6.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Capital Expenditures peaked at $16.6 million in Q4 2022 and troughed at -$13.6 million in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Capital Expenditures is $759500.0 (2024), against an average of $3.1 million.
  • The largest YoY upside for Capital Expenditures was 12153.62% in 2022 against a maximum downside of 233.19% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Capital Expenditures shows it stood at -$138000.0 in 2021, then soared by 12153.62% to $16.6 million in 2022, then tumbled by 181.51% to -$13.6 million in 2023, then soared by 134.01% to $4.6 million in 2024, then tumbled by 91.65% to $385000.0 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's Capital Expenditures are $385000.0 (Q4 2025), -$6.6 million (Q3 2025), and $9.7 million (Q2 2025).