Growth Metrics

Cars.com (CARS) EBIT (2016 - 2025)

Cars.com (CARS) has disclosed EBIT for 9 consecutive years, with -$31.3 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBIT fell 258.27% to -$31.3 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $126.0 million, a 135.44% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $7.2 million, down 86.53% from a year prior.
  • EBIT was -$31.3 million for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, down from $122.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBIT ranged from a high of $122.2 million in Q3 2025 to a low of -$31.3 million in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $16.5 million and a median of $12.7 million in 2024 define the central range for EBIT.
  • Peak YoY movement for EBIT: surged 1168.34% in 2022, then plummeted 258.27% in 2025.
  • Cars.com's EBIT stood at $4.1 million in 2021, then surged by 387.72% to $19.8 million in 2022, then dropped by 24.61% to $14.9 million in 2023, then surged by 32.45% to $19.8 million in 2024, then tumbled by 258.27% to -$31.3 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's EBIT are -$31.3 million (Q4 2025), $122.2 million (Q3 2025), and $15.2 million (Q2 2025).