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Cars.com (CARS) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Cars.com (CARS) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 10 consecutive years, with $36.7 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow rose 244.2% to $36.7 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $147.4 million, a 12.36% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $147.4 million, up 12.36% from a year prior.
  • Free Cash Flow was $36.7 million for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, down from $58.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $62.9 million in Q3 2024 to a low of $4.8 million in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $32.1 million and a median of $30.8 million in 2021 define the central range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Peak YoY movement for Free Cash Flow: plummeted 78.6% in 2022, then skyrocketed 383.34% in 2023.
  • Cars.com's Free Cash Flow stood at $38.2 million in 2021, then dropped by 14.98% to $32.5 million in 2022, then dropped by 19.11% to $26.3 million in 2023, then plummeted by 59.38% to $10.7 million in 2024, then soared by 244.2% 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), $58.3 million (Q3 2025), and $23.7 million (Q2 2025).