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

Cars.com has reported EBITDA Margin over the past 10 years, most recently at 17.02% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly EBITDA Margin fell 554.0% to 17.02% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 1.0% through Dec 2025, down 81.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 1.0% for FY2025, 81.0% down from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin was 17.02% for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, down from 9.26% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBITDA Margin peaked at 12.09% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 17.02% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 7.61% (2021), against an average of 5.72%.
  • Year-over-year, EBITDA Margin soared 54711bps in 2021 and then tumbled -1980bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 2.57% in 2021, then soared by 359bps to 11.78% in 2022, then dropped by -29bps to 8.32% in 2023, then crashed by -238bps to 11.49% in 2024, then tumbled by -48bps to 17.02% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's EBITDA Margin are 17.02% (Q4 2025), 9.26% (Q3 2025), and 8.53% (Q2 2025).