Cars.com (CARS) Gross Margin (2016 - 2023)

Cars.com (CARS) posted quarterly Gross Margin of 94.62% for Q4 2023, up 301.0% year-over-year from 23.6% in Q4 2022, and up 10.68% quarter-over-quarter from 85.49% in Q3 2023.

Cars.com (CARS) Gross Margin (2016 - 2023) Analysis & Trends

Cars.com (CARS) has reported Gross Margin for 8 consecutive years, with 94.62% the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2023.

  • In Q4 2023, Gross Margin rose 301.0% year-over-year to 94.62%; the TTM figure through Dec 2023 stood at 87.81% (up 4.0% YoY), while the FY2024 annual figure was 87.97%, up 16.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin improved to 94.62% in Q4 2023 per CARS's latest filing, from 85.49% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 94.62% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 83.59% in Q2 2019.
  • Historically, Gross Margin has averaged 88.01% across 5 years, with a median of 87.77% in 2020.
  • On a YoY basis, Gross Margin climbed as much as 641 bps in 2019 and fell as far as 306 bps in 2019.
  • Cars.com's Gross Margin stood at 90.32% in 2019, then fell by 3 bps to 88.04% in 2020, then slipped by 1 bps to 86.74% in 2021, then advanced by 6 bps to 91.6% in 2022, then gained by 3 bps to 94.62% in 2023.
  • Business Quant data shows CARS's Gross Margin at 94.62% in Q4 2023, 85.49% in Q3 2023, and 85.16% in Q2 2023.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Alphabet 4,226.97 Bn 3,797.93 Bn 73.85 Bn 61.65%
2 Meta Platforms 1,534.26 Bn 1,444.00 Bn 49.47 Bn 81.37%
3 Taboola.com 1,139.07 Bn 1,138.93 Bn 139.48 Mn 29.25%
4 Baidu 289.47 Bn 284.98 Bn 1.88 Mn 0.04%
5 Spotify Technology 102.75 Bn 92.51 Bn 1.75 Bn 32.98%
6 Joyy 77.93 Bn 77.04 Bn 205.64 Mn 35.34%
7 BILI Social International 60.58 Bn 60.58 Bn 405,933.00 75.52%
8 Nebius 49.20 Bn 39.57 Bn 295.20 Mn 73.98%
9 Reddit 30.47 Bn 27.69 Bn 734.60 Mn 91.27%
10 Cars.com 665.98 Mn 632.70 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2023 94.62%
Sep 30, 2023 85.49%
Jun 30, 2023 85.16%
Mar 31, 2023 85.57%
Dec 31, 2022 91.60%
Sep 30, 2022 86.98%
Jun 30, 2022 85.81%
Mar 31, 2022 86.53%
Dec 31, 2021 86.74%
Sep 30, 2021 87.14%
Jun 30, 2021 87.50%
Mar 31, 2021 89.07%
Dec 31, 2020 88.04%
Sep 30, 2020 89.30%
Jun 30, 2020 88.21%
Mar 31, 2020 89.96%
Dec 31, 2019 90.32%
Sep 30, 2019 90.19%
Jun 30, 2019 83.59%
Mar 31, 2019 88.42%