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

Cars.com has disclosed Debt Ratio across 10 years of filings, most recently posting 0.43 for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Debt Ratio rose 2.02% year-over-year to 0.43; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.43 (up 2.02% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.42, up 3.79% from the prior year.
• Debt Ratio rose to 0.43 in Q1 2026, from 0.42 in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Debt Ratio for CARS reached as high as 0.48 in Q2 2022 and fell as low as 0.41 in Q3 2023.
• The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.42 (2025), against an average of 0.43.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Debt Ratio decreased 13.99% — and 2025, when it grew 3.79%.
• 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.
• According to Business Quant data, Debt Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.43, 0.42, and 0.42 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.