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

Cars.com (CARS) has reported Free Cash Flow for 11 consecutive years, with $39.5 million the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Free Cash Flow rose 38.06% year-over-year to $39.5 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $140.9 million (down 3.09% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $130.0 million, down 13.04% from the prior year.
• Free Cash Flow grew to $39.5 million in Q1 2026 per CARS's latest filing, from $31.6 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $52.8 million in Q3 2024 and bottomed at $7.8 million in Q2 2022.
• Historically, Free Cash Flow has averaged $32.2 million across 5 years, with a median of $31.6 million in 2025.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Free Cash Flow plunged 65.09% — and 2023, when it jumped 196.29%.
• Cars.com's Free Cash Flow stood at $32.5 million in 2022, then climbed by 24.31% to $40.4 million in 2023, then slipped by 28.04% to $29.1 million in 2024, then rose by 8.87% to $31.6 million in 2025, then increased by 25.03% to $39.5 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CARS's Free Cash Flow at $39.5 million in Q1 2026, $31.6 million in Q4 2025, and $46.0 million in Q3 2025.