Cars.com (CARS) EBT Margin (2016 - 2026)
Cars.com (CARS) reported EBT Margin of 4.84% for Q1 2026, up 552.0% year-over-year from 0.74% in Q1 2025, and up 133.73% quarter-over-quarter from 14.34% in Q4 2025.
Cars.com (CARS) EBT Margin (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Cars.com (CARS) has 11 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 4.84% in Q1 2026.
- EBT Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 4.84%, up 552.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.42% (up 207.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.96%, up 40.0% from the prior year.
- EBT Margin climbed to 4.84% in Q1 2026 per CARS's latest filing, from 14.34% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, EBT Margin peaked at 13.66% in Q3 2024 and troughed at 28.57% in Q4 2024.
- A 5-year average of 1.19% and a median of 1.51% in 2023 frame the typical range for EBT Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: EBT Margin plunged 2963 bps in 2024, then surged 1424 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 9.76% in 2022, then sank by 89 bps to 1.05% in 2023, then sank by 2814 bps to 28.57% in 2024, then soared by 50 bps to 14.34% in 2025, then jumped by 134 bps to 4.84% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows CARS's EBT Margin at 4.84% in Q1 2026, 14.34% in Q4 2025, and 5.89% in Q3 2025.
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| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nebius | 2,430,078.11 Bn | 2,430,078.11 Bn | 295.20 Mn | 154.24% |
| 2 | Alphabet | 4,448.32 Bn | 4,232.70 Bn | 102.29 Bn | 70.44% |
| 3 | Meta Platforms | 1,465.06 Bn | 1,383.88 Bn | 46.09 Bn | 38.63% |
| 4 | Spotify Technology | 113.19 Bn | 102.95 Bn | 1.75 Bn | 20.67% |
| 5 | 33.56 Bn | 30.79 Bn | 511.94 Mn | 31.01% | |
| 6 | 12.93 Bn | 11.63 Bn | 768.96 Mn | -6.30% | |
| 7 | Kanzhun | 12.77 Bn | 10.67 Bn | 255.62 Bn | 68.87% |
| 8 | Match | 8.28 Bn | 7.26 Bn | 653.28 Mn | 23.21% |
| 9 | Snap | 7.91 Bn | 5.08 Bn | 1.29 Bn | -5.61% |
| 10 | Cars.com | 588.69 Mn | 524.09 Mn | 118.41 Mn | 4.84% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 4.84% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -14.34% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.89% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 5.58% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -0.69% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -28.57% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 13.66% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 9.17% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.46% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.05% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.51% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.62% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 7.50% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 9.76% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -1.21% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.86% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.15% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -3.44% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.64% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 3.71% |