Growth Metrics

Cars.com (CARS) Cash from Investing Activities (2016 - 2025)

Cars.com (CARS) has disclosed Cash from Investing Activities for 10 consecutive years, with -$14.1 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Cash from Investing Activities fell 153.08% to -$14.1 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was -$49.4 million, a 100.83% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$49.4 million, down 100.83% from a year prior.
  • Cash from Investing Activities was -$14.1 million for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, down from -$6.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Cash from Investing Activities ranged from a high of -$4.5 million in Q2 2022 to a low of -$81.5 million in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of -$14.7 million and a median of -$6.2 million in 2021 define the central range for Cash from Investing Activities.
  • Peak YoY movement for Cash from Investing Activities: plummeted 1464.42% in 2023, then surged 93.17% in 2024.
  • Cars.com's Cash from Investing Activities stood at -$21.6 million in 2021, then skyrocketed by 75.86% to -$5.2 million in 2022, then tumbled by 1464.42% to -$81.5 million in 2023, then soared by 93.17% to -$5.6 million in 2024, then tumbled by 153.08% to -$14.1 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's Cash from Investing Activities are -$14.1 million (Q4 2025), -$6.2 million (Q3 2025), and -$8.4 million (Q2 2025).