Growth Metrics

Cars.com (CARS) Change in Account Payables (2017 - 2025)

Cars.com (CARS) has disclosed Change in Account Payables for 9 consecutive years, with -$5.4 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Change in Account Payables fell 563.7% to -$5.4 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was -$5.7 million, a 151.2% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$5.7 million, down 151.2% from a year prior.
  • Change in Account Payables was -$5.4 million for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, down from $2.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Account Payables ranged from a high of $6.4 million in Q1 2021 to a low of -$9.7 million in Q3 2021.
  • A 5-year average of $532650.0 and a median of $1.7 million in 2024 define the central range for Change in Account Payables.
  • Peak YoY movement for Change in Account Payables: surged 1298.89% in 2023, then plummeted 563.7% in 2025.
  • Cars.com's Change in Account Payables stood at -$303000.0 in 2021, then increased by 10.56% to -$271000.0 in 2022, then soared by 1298.89% to $3.2 million in 2023, then tumbled by 64.39% to $1.2 million in 2024, then tumbled by 563.7% to -$5.4 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's Change in Account Payables are -$5.4 million (Q4 2025), $2.2 million (Q3 2025), and $2.2 million (Q2 2025).