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

Cars.com (CARS) has 11 years of EBITDA data on file, last reported at $16.6 million in Q1 2026.

• EBITDA for Q1 2026 came in at $16.6 million, up 157.48% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $17.4 million (up 159.09% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $7.2 million, down 44.55% from the prior year.
• EBITDA rose to $16.6 million in Q1 2026 per CARS's latest filing, from -$31.3 million in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, EBITDA peaked at $19.9 million in Q3 2022 and troughed at -$41.5 million in Q4 2022.
• A 5-year average of $5.6 million and a median of $12.5 million in 2023 frame the typical range for EBITDA.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2026: EBITDA plunged 1121.22% in 2022, then surged 157.48% in 2026.
• A 5-year view of EBITDA shows it stood at -$41.5 million in 2022, then soared by 136.0% to $14.9 million in 2023, then tumbled by 238.77% to -$20.7 million in 2024, then slumped by 51.05% to -$31.3 million in 2025, then jumped by 153.13% to $16.6 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CARS's EBITDA at $16.6 million in Q1 2026, -$31.3 million in Q4 2025, and $16.8 million in Q3 2025.