Growth Metrics

Cars.com (CARS) Deferred Taxes (2016 - 2026)

Cars.com has reported Deferred Taxes over the past 10 years, most recently at $5.2 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Deferred Taxes rose 1001.04% to $5.2 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $11.4 million through Dec 2025, down 3.73% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $11.4 million for FY2025, 3.73% down from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes was $5.2 million for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, up from $5.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Deferred Taxes peaked at $5.2 million in Q4 2025 and troughed at -$92.4 million in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Deferred Taxes is -$216500.0 (2021), against an average of -$4.6 million.
  • Year-over-year, Deferred Taxes plummeted 32851.42% in 2023 and then surged 2041.23% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Deferred Taxes shows it stood at -$2.3 million in 2021, then skyrocketed by 126.76% to $607000.0 in 2022, then crashed by 2682.7% to -$15.7 million in 2023, then skyrocketed by 96.33% to -$575000.0 in 2024, then surged by 1001.04% to $5.2 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's Deferred Taxes are $5.2 million (Q4 2025), $5.1 million (Q3 2025), and $1.5 million (Q2 2025).