Growth Metrics

Cars.com (CARS) Debt to Equity (2017 - 2025)

Cars.com (CARS) has disclosed Debt to Equity for 9 consecutive years, with $0.96 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Debt to Equity rose 7.35% to $0.96 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $0.96, a 7.35% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $0.96, up 7.35% from a year prior.
  • Debt to Equity was $0.96 for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, up from $0.94 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt to Equity ranged from a high of $1.42 in Q1 2021 to a low of $0.89 in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $1.09 and a median of $0.98 in 2023 define the central range for Debt to Equity.
  • Peak YoY movement for Debt to Equity: crashed 37.74% in 2021, then grew 8.6% in 2022.
  • Cars.com's Debt to Equity stood at $1.17 in 2021, then rose by 4.88% to $1.23 in 2022, then fell by 20.08% to $0.98 in 2023, then dropped by 9.36% to $0.89 in 2024, then grew 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).