Growth Metrics

Cars.com (CARS) EBIT (2016 - 2026)

Cars.com has reported EBIT over the past 10 years, most recently at -$31.3 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly EBIT fell 51.05% to -$31.3 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $7.2 million through Dec 2025, down 44.55% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $7.2 million for FY2025, 44.55% down from the prior year.
  • EBIT was -$31.3 million for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, down from $16.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBIT peaked at $19.9 million in Q3 2022 and troughed at -$31.3 million in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for EBIT is $12.6 million (2023), against an average of $9.4 million.
  • Year-over-year, EBIT soared 387.72% in 2022 and then crashed 238.77% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of EBIT shows it stood at $4.1 million in 2021, then skyrocketed by 387.72% to $19.8 million in 2022, then fell by 24.61% to $14.9 million in 2023, then crashed by 238.77% to -$20.7 million in 2024, then plummeted by 51.05% to -$31.3 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's EBIT are -$31.3 million (Q4 2025), $16.8 million (Q3 2025), and $15.2 million (Q2 2025).