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

Cars.com has disclosed Debt to Equity across 10 years of filings, most recently posting $0.98 for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Debt to Equity rose 5.45% year-over-year to $0.98; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $0.98 (up 5.45% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $0.96, up 7.35% from the prior year.
• Debt to Equity climbed to $0.98 in Q1 2026, from $0.96 in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Debt to Equity for CARS reached as high as $1.32 in Q3 2022 and fell as low as $0.89 in Q4 2024.
• The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is $0.96 (2025), against an average of $1.04.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Debt to Equity grew 8.6% — and 2023, when it declined 29.57%.
• A 5-year view of Debt to Equity shows it stood at $1.23 in 2022, then decreased by 20.08% to $0.98 in 2023, then slipped by 9.36% to $0.89 in 2024, then rose by 7.35% to $0.96 in 2025, then increased by 2.63% to $0.98 in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Debt to Equity over the past three periods registered $0.98, $0.96, and $0.94 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.