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

Cars.com has disclosed EBT Margin across 11 years of filings, most recently posting 4.84% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, EBT Margin rose 552.0% year-over-year to 4.84%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.42% (up 207.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.96%, up 40.0% from the prior year.
• EBT Margin rose to 4.84% in Q1 2026, from 14.34% in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, EBT Margin for CARS reached as high as 13.66% in Q3 2024 and fell as low as 28.57% in Q4 2024.
• The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 1.51% (2023), against an average of 1.19%.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — EBT Margin slumped 2963 bps — and 2025, when it surged 1424 bps.
• A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 9.76% in 2022, then tumbled by 89 bps to 1.05% in 2023, then tumbled 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.
• According to Business Quant data, EBT Margin over the past three periods registered 4.84%, 14.34%, and 5.89% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.