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

Cars.com has disclosed FCF Margin across 11 years of filings, most recently posting 21.94% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 827.0% year-over-year to 21.94%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 20.03% (up 36.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 17.98%, down 281.0% from the prior year.
• FCF Margin grew to 21.94% in Q1 2026, from 10.55% in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, FCF Margin for CARS reached as high as 36.04% in Q3 2025 and fell as low as 4.8% in Q2 2022.
• The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 16.97% (2022), against an average of 18.37%.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — FCF Margin tumbled 1434 bps — and 2024, when it soared 1733 bps.
• 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 sank by 34 bps to 10.55% in 2025, then surged by 108 bps to 21.94% in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin over the past three periods registered 21.94%, 10.55%, and 36.04% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.