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

Cars.com has reported EBT Margin over the past 10 years, most recently at 14.34% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly EBT Margin fell 2548.0% to 14.34% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.96% through Dec 2025, down 956.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.96% for FY2025, 956.0% down from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin was 14.34% for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, down from 5.89% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBT Margin peaked at 13.66% in Q3 2024 and troughed at 14.34% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 2.68% (2021), against an average of 3.07%.
  • The largest YoY upside for EBT Margin was 62693bps in 2021 against a maximum downside of -61666bps in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 3.44% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 384bps to 9.76% in 2022, then plummeted by -89bps to 1.05% in 2023, then surged by 958bps to 11.14% in 2024, then tumbled by -229bps to 14.34% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's EBT Margin are 14.34% (Q4 2025), 5.89% (Q3 2025), and 5.58% (Q2 2025).