Growth Metrics

Cars.com (CARS) Debt to Equity (2017 - 2026)

Cars.com has reported Debt to Equity over the past 9 years, most recently at $0.96 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Debt to Equity rose 7.35% to $0.96 in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $0.96 through Dec 2025, up 7.35% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $0.96 for FY2025, 7.35% up from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity was $0.96 for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, up from $0.94 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt to Equity peaked at $1.42 in Q1 2021 and troughed at $0.89 in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is $0.98 (2023), against an average of $1.09.
  • Year-over-year, Debt to Equity crashed 37.74% in 2021 and then grew 8.6% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Debt to Equity shows it stood at $1.17 in 2021, then increased by 4.88% to $1.23 in 2022, then decreased by 20.08% to $0.98 in 2023, then fell by 9.36% to $0.89 in 2024, then rose by 7.35% to $0.96 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's Debt to Equity are $0.96 (Q4 2025), $0.94 (Q3 2025), and $0.94 (Q2 2025).