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

Cars.com has disclosed Gross Margin across 11 years of filings, most recently posting 65.7% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Gross Margin rose 63.0% year-over-year to 65.7%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 66.74% (down 44.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 66.9%, down 80.0% from the prior year.
• Gross Margin slipped to 65.7% in Q1 2026, from 66.26% in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Gross Margin for CARS reached as high as 168.33% in Q4 2022 and fell as low as 65.07% in Q1 2025.
• The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 67.16% (2024), against an average of 74.91%.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Gross Margin surged 16435 bps — and 2023, when it plunged 10184 bps.
• A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 168.33% in 2022, then slumped by 60 bps to 66.49% in 2023, then rose by 5 bps to 69.73% in 2024, then dropped by 5 bps to 66.26% in 2025, then fell by 1 bps to 65.7% in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Gross Margin over the past three periods registered 65.7%, 66.26%, and 67.32% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.