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Cars.com (CARS) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Cars.com (CARS) has disclosed Gross Margin for 9 consecutive years, with 67.32% as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin fell 23.0% to 67.32% in Q3 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Sep 2025 was 90.26%, a 2338.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 66.9%, down 80.0% from a year prior.
  • Gross Margin was 67.32% for Q3 2025 at Cars.com, down from 69.73% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 150.77% in Q4 2022 to a low of 3.98% in Q4 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 71.54% and a median of 66.49% in 2023 define the central range for Gross Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for Gross Margin: soared 14679bps in 2022, then crashed -8428bps in 2023.
  • Cars.com's Gross Margin stood at 3.98% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 3691bps to 150.77% in 2022, then plummeted by -56bps to 66.49% in 2023, then grew by 5bps to 69.73% in 2024, then fell by -3bps to 67.32% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's Gross Margin are 67.32% (Q3 2025), 69.73% (Q4 2024), and 67.55% (Q3 2024).