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Cars.com (CARS) EBT Margin (2016 - 2025)

Cars.com (CARS) has disclosed EBT Margin for 10 consecutive years, with 11.85% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly EBT Margin fell 472.0% to 11.85% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 5.7% through Dec 2025, down 426.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 5.7% for FY2025, 426.0% down from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin for Q4 2025 was 11.85% at Cars.com, up from 5.89% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for EBT Margin was 16.57% in Q4 2024, with the low at 9.41% in Q4 2021.
  • Average EBT Margin over 5 years is 3.68%, with a median of 2.68% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak annual rise in EBT Margin hit 62693bps in 2021, while the deepest fall reached -943bps in 2021.
  • Over 5 years, EBT Margin stood at 9.41% in 2021, then surged by 62bps to 3.61% in 2022, then soared by 129bps to 1.05% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 1474bps to 16.57% in 2024, then dropped by -28bps to 11.85% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, EBT Margin over the past three periods came in at 11.85%, 5.89%, and 5.58% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.