Cars.com (CARS) Equity Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Cars.com (CARS) reported Equity Ratio of 0.44 for Q1 2026, down 3.25% year-over-year from 0.45 in Q1 2025, and down 1.66% quarter-over-quarter from 0.44 in Q4 2025.

Cars.com (CARS) Equity Ratio (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cars.com (CARS) has 11 years of Equity Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.44 in Q1 2026.

  • Equity Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.44, down 3.25% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.44 (down 3.25% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.44, down 3.32% from the prior year.
  • Equity Ratio eased to 0.44 in Q1 2026 per CARS's latest filing, from 0.44 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Equity Ratio peaked at 0.46 in Q4 2024 and troughed at 0.36 in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.42 and a median of 0.44 in 2023 frame the typical range for Equity Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Equity Ratio slipped 9.3% in 2022, then increased 22.12% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Equity Ratio shows it stood at 0.38 in 2022, then increased by 11.9% to 0.42 in 2023, then rose by 9.6% to 0.46 in 2024, then decreased by 3.32% to 0.44 in 2025, then dropped by 1.66% to 0.44 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CARS's Equity Ratio at 0.44 in Q1 2026, 0.44 in Q4 2025, and 0.45 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Equity Ratio (Qtr)
1 Nebius 1,913,603.98 Bn 1,913,603.98 Bn 295.20 Mn 0.32
2 Alphabet 4,425.33 Bn 4,209.71 Bn 102.29 Bn 0.68
3 Meta Platforms 1,502.66 Bn 1,421.48 Bn 46.09 Bn 0.62
4 Spotify Technology 119.69 Bn 109.44 Bn 1.75 Bn -
5 Reddit 33.22 Bn 30.45 Bn 511.94 Mn 0.91
6 Pinterest 13.64 Bn 12.34 Bn 768.96 Mn 0.61
7 Kanzhun 13.02 Bn 10.92 Bn 255.62 Bn 0.80
8 Snap 9.72 Bn 6.90 Bn 1.29 Bn 0.28
9 Zillow 8.26 Bn 7.48 Bn 519.00 Mn 0.84
10 Cars.com 542.73 Mn 478.13 Mn 118.41 Mn 0.44

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.44
Dec 31, 2025 0.44
Sep 30, 2025 0.45
Jun 30, 2025 0.45
Mar 31, 2025 0.45
Dec 31, 2024 0.46
Sep 30, 2024 0.45
Jun 30, 2024 0.44
Mar 31, 2024 0.42
Dec 31, 2023 0.42
Sep 30, 2023 0.44
Jun 30, 2023 0.44
Mar 31, 2023 0.38
Dec 31, 2022 0.38
Sep 30, 2022 0.36
Jun 30, 2022 0.37
Mar 31, 2022 0.37
Dec 31, 2021 0.40
Sep 30, 2021 0.40
Jun 30, 2021 0.38