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

Cars.com has reported Debt Ratio over the past 9 years, most recently at 0.42 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio rose 3.79% to 0.42 in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.42 through Dec 2025, up 3.79% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.42 for FY2025, 3.79% up from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio was 0.42 for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, up from 0.42 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 0.51 in Q1 2021 and troughed at 0.41 in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.43 (2025), against an average of 0.44.
  • Year-over-year, Debt Ratio decreased 18.84% in 2021 and then grew 3.79% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.46 in 2021, then fell by 0.45% to 0.46 in 2022, then decreased by 10.58% to 0.41 in 2023, then fell by 0.65% to 0.41 in 2024, then increased by 3.79% to 0.42 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's Debt Ratio are 0.42 (Q4 2025), 0.42 (Q3 2025), and 0.43 (Q2 2025).