Growth Metrics

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

Cars.com has reported Equity Ratio over the past 10 years, most recently at 0.44 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Equity Ratio fell 3.32% to 0.44 in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.44 through Dec 2025, down 3.32% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.44 for FY2025, 3.32% down from the prior year.
  • Equity Ratio was 0.44 for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, roughly flat from 0.45 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Equity Ratio peaked at 0.46 in Q4 2024 and troughed at 0.36 in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Equity Ratio is 0.42 (2023), against an average of 0.41.
  • Year-over-year, Equity Ratio surged 31.02% in 2021 and then fell 9.3% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Equity Ratio shows it stood at 0.4 in 2021, then fell by 5.08% to 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.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's Equity Ratio are 0.44 (Q4 2025), 0.45 (Q3 2025), and 0.45 (Q2 2025).