Cars.com (CARS) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)
Cars.com (CARS) reported FCF Margin of 21.94% for Q1 2026, up 827.0% year-over-year from 2.37% in Q1 2025, and up 108.01% quarter-over-quarter from 10.55% in Q4 2025.
Cars.com (CARS) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Cars.com (CARS) has 11 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 21.94% in Q1 2026.
- FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 21.94%, up 827.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 20.03% (up 36.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 17.98%, down 281.0% from the prior year.
- FCF Margin improved to 21.94% in Q1 2026 per CARS's latest filing, from 10.55% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 36.04% in Q3 2025 and troughed at 4.8% in Q2 2022.
- A 5-year average of 18.37% and a median of 16.97% in 2022 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: FCF Margin sank 1434 bps in 2023, then soared 1733 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 19.31% in 2022, then grew by 16 bps to 22.48% in 2023, then slipped by 28 bps to 16.1% in 2024, then tumbled by 34 bps to 10.55% in 2025, then surged by 108 bps to 21.94% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows CARS's FCF Margin at 21.94% in Q1 2026, 10.55% in Q4 2025, and 36.04% in Q3 2025.
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| 6 | 13.64 Bn | 12.34 Bn | 768.96 Mn | 30.94% | |
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| 10 | Cars.com | 542.73 Mn | 478.13 Mn | 118.41 Mn | 21.94% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 21.94% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 10.55% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 36.04% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 11.59% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 13.67% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 16.10% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 29.42% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 19.49% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 18.18% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 22.48% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 12.08% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 16.49% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 16.72% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 19.31% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 26.42% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.80% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 16.97% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 24.13% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 20.33% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 14.39% |