Cars.com (CARS) Cost of Revenue (2016 - 2026)

Cars.com (CARS) has 11 years of Cost of Revenue data on file, last reported at $61.8 million in Q1 2026.

• Cost of Revenue for Q1 2026 came in at $61.8 million, down 1.15% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $241.0 million (up 2.25% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $239.4 million, up 3.05% from the prior year.
• Cost of Revenue was little changed at $61.8 million in Q1 2026 per CARS's latest filing, from $62.0 million in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Cost of Revenue peaked at $62.5 million in Q1 2025 and troughed at -$114.9 million in Q4 2022.
• A 5-year average of $44.5 million and a median of $58.3 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Cost of Revenue.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Cost of Revenue plunged 175.61% in 2022, then soared 173.6% in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Cost of Revenue shows it stood at -$114.9 million in 2022, then jumped by 152.36% to $60.2 million in 2023, then decreased by 9.25% to $54.6 million in 2024, then rose by 13.61% to $62.0 million in 2025, then declined by 0.37% to $61.8 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CARS's Cost of Revenue at $61.8 million in Q1 2026, $62.0 million in Q4 2025, and $59.3 million in Q3 2025.