Growth Metrics

Cars.com (CARS) Change in Receivables (2017 - 2026)

Cars.com has reported Change in Receivables over the past 9 years, most recently at $3.5 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Change in Receivables fell 64.54% to $3.5 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$601000.0 through Dec 2025, down 104.88% year-over-year, with the annual reading at -$601000.0 for FY2025, 104.88% down from the prior year.
  • Change in Receivables was $3.5 million for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, up from -$3.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Change in Receivables peaked at $9.7 million in Q4 2024 and troughed at -$4.4 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Change in Receivables is $1.7 million (2022), against an average of $2.1 million.
  • The largest YoY upside for Change in Receivables was 410.67% in 2022 against a maximum downside of 1475.18% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Change in Receivables shows it stood at -$581000.0 in 2021, then surged by 410.67% to $1.8 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 71.47% to $3.1 million in 2023, then surged by 214.93% to $9.7 million in 2024, then plummeted by 64.54% to $3.5 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's Change in Receivables are $3.5 million (Q4 2025), -$3.3 million (Q3 2025), and $1.6 million (Q2 2025).