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

Cars.com (CARS) has 11 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at $39.5 million in Q1 2026.

• Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at $39.5 million, up 61.6% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $145.1 million (up 2.73% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $130.0 million, down 13.04% from the prior year.
• Free Cash Flow climbed to $39.5 million in Q1 2026 per CARS's latest filing, from $19.4 million in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $65.4 million in Q3 2025 and troughed at $7.8 million in Q2 2022.
• A 5-year average of $32.2 million and a median of $29.1 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Free Cash Flow plunged 65.09% in 2022, then surged 254.9% in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $32.5 million in 2022, then advanced by 24.31% to $40.4 million in 2023, then decreased by 28.04% to $29.1 million in 2024, then plunged by 33.23% to $19.4 million in 2025, then surged by 103.85% to $39.5 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CARS's Free Cash Flow at $39.5 million in Q1 2026, $19.4 million in Q4 2025, and $65.4 million in Q3 2025.