Cars.com (CARS) Cash from Investing Activities (2016 - 2026)

Cars.com (CARS) has reported Cash from Investing Activities for 11 consecutive years, with -$6.3 million the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Cash from Investing Activities rose 69.8% year-over-year to -$6.3 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$34.9 million (up 11.18% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was -$49.4 million, down 100.83% from the prior year.
• Cash from Investing Activities climbed to -$6.3 million in Q1 2026 per CARS's latest filing, from -$14.1 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Cash from Investing Activities topped out at -$4.5 million in Q2 2022 and bottomed at -$81.5 million in Q4 2023.
• Historically, Cash from Investing Activities has averaged -$15.4 million across 5 years, with a median of -$6.2 million in 2025.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Cash from Investing Activities plunged 1464.42% — and 2024, when it surged 93.17%.
• Cars.com's Cash from Investing Activities stood at -$5.2 million in 2022, then slumped by 1464.42% to -$81.5 million in 2023, then soared by 93.17% to -$5.6 million in 2024, then sank by 153.08% to -$14.1 million in 2025, then surged by 55.52% to -$6.3 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CARS's Cash from Investing Activities at -$6.3 million in Q1 2026, -$14.1 million in Q4 2025, and -$6.2 million in Q3 2025.