Cars.com (CARS) Debt to Equity (2017 - 2026)
Cars.com (CARS) reported Debt to Equity of $0.98 for Q1 2026, up 5.45% year-over-year from $0.93 in Q1 2025, and up 2.63% quarter-over-quarter from $0.96 in Q4 2025.
Cars.com (CARS) Debt to Equity (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Cars.com (CARS) has 10 years of Debt to Equity data on file, last reported at $0.98 in Q1 2026.
- Debt to Equity for Q1 2026 came in at $0.98, up 5.45% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $0.98 (up 5.45% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $0.96, up 7.35% from the prior year.
- Debt to Equity grew to $0.98 in Q1 2026 per CARS's latest filing, from $0.96 in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Debt to Equity peaked at $1.32 in Q3 2022 and troughed at $0.89 in Q4 2024.
- A 5-year average of $1.04 and a median of $0.96 in 2025 frame the typical range for Debt to Equity.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Debt to Equity grew 8.6% in 2022, then declined 29.57% in 2023.
- 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.
- Business Quant data shows CARS's Debt to Equity at $0.98 in Q1 2026, $0.96 in Q4 2025, and $0.94 in Q3 2025.
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| 1 | Nebius | 1,913,603.98 Bn | 1,913,603.98 Bn | 295.20 Mn | 1.17 |
| 2 | Alphabet | 4,425.33 Bn | 4,209.71 Bn | 102.29 Bn | 0.16 |
| 3 | Meta Platforms | 1,502.66 Bn | 1,421.48 Bn | 46.09 Bn | 0.24 |
| 4 | Spotify Technology | 119.69 Bn | 109.44 Bn | 1.75 Bn | - |
| 5 | 33.22 Bn | 30.45 Bn | 511.94 Mn | - | |
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| 7 | Kanzhun | 13.02 Bn | 10.92 Bn | 255.62 Bn | - |
| 8 | Snap | 9.72 Bn | 6.90 Bn | 1.29 Bn | 1.70 |
| 9 | Zillow | 8.26 Bn | 7.48 Bn | 519.00 Mn | 0.08 |
| 10 | Cars.com | 542.73 Mn | 478.13 Mn | 118.41 Mn | 0.98 |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.98 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.96 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.94 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.94 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.93 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.89 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.93 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.95 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.98 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.98 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.93 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.94 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.18 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.23 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.32 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.30 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.29 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.17 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.21 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 1.32 |