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Cars.com (CARS) Gross Margin (2016 - 2026)

Cars.com has reported Gross Margin over the past 10 years, most recently at 66.26% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin fell 347.0% to 66.26% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 66.9% through Dec 2025, down 80.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 66.9% for FY2025, 80.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was 66.26% for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, down from 67.32% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 109.17% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 63.91% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 67.2% (2021), against an average of 72.92%.
  • Year-over-year, Gross Margin skyrocketed 4193bps in 2022 and then tumbled -4268bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 67.24% in 2021, then surged by 62bps to 109.17% in 2022, then tumbled by -39bps to 66.49% in 2023, then rose by 5bps to 69.73% in 2024, then dropped by -5bps to 66.26% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's Gross Margin are 66.26% (Q4 2025), 67.32% (Q3 2025), and 67.69% (Q2 2025).