Growth Metrics

Cars.com (CARS) Change in Receivables (2017 - 2025)

Cars.com (CARS) has disclosed Change in Receivables for 9 consecutive years, with $3.5 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Change in Receivables fell 64.54% to $3.5 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was -$601000.0, a 104.88% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$601000.0, down 104.88% from a year prior.
  • Change in Receivables was $3.5 million for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, up from -$3.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Receivables ranged from a high of $9.7 million in Q4 2024 to a low of -$4.4 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $2.1 million and a median of $1.7 million in 2022 define the central range for Change in Receivables.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Change in Receivables was 410.67% in 2022; the steepest drop was 1475.18% in 2022.
  • Cars.com's Change in Receivables stood at -$581000.0 in 2021, then soared by 410.67% to $1.8 million in 2022, then surged by 71.47% to $3.1 million in 2023, then soared by 214.93% to $9.7 million in 2024, then tumbled 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).