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Cars.com (CARS) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Cars.com has reported Free Cash Flow over the past 10 years, most recently at $36.7 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow rose 44.64% to $36.7 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $147.4 million through Dec 2025, up 12.36% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $147.4 million for FY2025, 12.36% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was $36.7 million for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, down from $65.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $65.4 million in Q3 2025 and troughed at $4.8 million in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $29.3 million (2022), against an average of $32.2 million.
  • Year-over-year, Free Cash Flow plummeted 78.6% in 2022 and then skyrocketed 478.96% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $21.9 million in 2021, then dropped by 6.06% to $20.6 million in 2022, then surged by 185.14% to $58.7 million in 2023, then plummeted by 56.73% to $25.4 million in 2024, then soared by 44.64% to $36.7 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's Free Cash Flow are $36.7 million (Q4 2025), $65.4 million (Q3 2025), and $16.5 million (Q2 2025).