Cars.com (CARS) Debt Ratio (2017 - 2026)

Cars.com (CARS) reported Debt Ratio of 0.43 for Q1 2026, up 2.02% year-over-year from 0.42 in Q1 2025, and up 0.92% quarter-over-quarter from 0.42 in Q4 2025.

Cars.com (CARS) Debt Ratio (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cars.com (CARS) has 10 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.43 in Q1 2026.

  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.43, up 2.02% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.43 (up 2.02% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.42, up 3.79% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio climbed to 0.43 in Q1 2026 per CARS's latest filing, from 0.42 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 0.48 in Q2 2022 and troughed at 0.41 in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.43 and a median of 0.42 in 2025 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Debt Ratio decreased 13.99% in 2023, then grew 3.79% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.46 in 2022, then declined by 10.58% to 0.41 in 2023, then slipped by 0.65% to 0.41 in 2024, then increased by 3.79% to 0.42 in 2025, then rose by 0.92% to 0.43 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CARS's Debt Ratio at 0.43 in Q1 2026, 0.42 in Q4 2025, and 0.42 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Nebius 1,913,603.98 Bn 1,913,603.98 Bn 295.20 Mn 0.38
2 Alphabet 4,425.33 Bn 4,209.71 Bn 102.29 Bn 0.11
3 Meta Platforms 1,502.66 Bn 1,421.48 Bn 46.09 Bn 0.15
4 Spotify Technology 119.69 Bn 109.44 Bn 1.75 Bn 0.00
5 Reddit 33.22 Bn 30.45 Bn 511.94 Mn -
6 Pinterest 13.64 Bn 12.34 Bn 768.96 Mn -
7 Kanzhun 13.02 Bn 10.92 Bn 255.62 Bn -
8 Snap 9.72 Bn 6.90 Bn 1.29 Bn 0.47
9 Zillow 8.26 Bn 7.48 Bn 519.00 Mn 0.06
10 Cars.com 542.73 Mn 478.13 Mn 118.41 Mn 0.43

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.43
Dec 31, 2025 0.42
Sep 30, 2025 0.42
Jun 30, 2025 0.43
Mar 31, 2025 0.42
Dec 31, 2024 0.41
Sep 30, 2024 0.42
Jun 30, 2024 0.42
Mar 31, 2024 0.41
Dec 31, 2023 0.41
Sep 30, 2023 0.41
Jun 30, 2023 0.42
Mar 31, 2023 0.45
Dec 31, 2022 0.46
Sep 30, 2022 0.47
Jun 30, 2022 0.48
Mar 31, 2022 0.48
Dec 31, 2021 0.46
Sep 30, 2021 0.48
Jun 30, 2021 0.50