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Cars.com (CARS) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)

Cars.com has reported FCF Margin over the past 10 years, most recently at 19.97% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin rose 590.0% to 19.97% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 20.37% through Dec 2025, up 214.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 20.37% for FY2025, 214.0% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin was 19.97% for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, down from 36.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 36.04% in Q3 2025 and troughed at 2.94% in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 17.45% (2023), against an average of 18.86%.
  • The largest YoY upside for FCF Margin was 2044bps in 2023 against a maximum downside of -2156bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 13.84% in 2021, then decreased by -12bps to 12.24% in 2022, then soared by 167bps to 32.68% in 2023, then crashed by -57bps to 14.08% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 42bps to 19.97% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's FCF Margin are 19.97% (Q4 2025), 36.04% (Q3 2025), and 9.26% (Q2 2025).