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

Cars.com has disclosed EBIT Margin across 11 years of filings, most recently posting 9.23% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, EBIT Margin rose 562.0% year-over-year to 9.23%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 2.4% (up 146.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 1.0%, down 81.0% from the prior year.
• EBIT Margin improved to 9.23% in Q1 2026, from 17.02% in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, EBIT Margin for CARS reached as high as 12.09% in Q3 2022 and fell as low as 24.66% in Q4 2022.
• The 5-year median for EBIT Margin is 7.33% (2023), against an average of 3.3%.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — EBIT Margin slumped 2723 bps — and 2023, when it soared 3298 bps.
• A 5-year view of EBIT Margin shows it stood at 24.66% in 2022, then soared by 134 bps to 8.32% in 2023, then tumbled by 238 bps to 11.49% in 2024, then plunged by 48 bps to 17.02% in 2025, then surged by 154 bps to 9.23% in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, EBIT Margin over the past three periods registered 9.23%, 17.02%, and 9.26% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.