Cars.com (CARS) Invested Capital (2016 - 2026)

Cars.com (CARS) has 11 years of Invested Capital data on file, last reported at $460.7 million in Q1 2026.

• Invested Capital for Q1 2026 came in at $460.7 million, down 5.95% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $460.7 million (down 5.95% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $472.5 million, down 7.62% from the prior year.
• Invested Capital declined to $460.7 million in Q1 2026 per CARS's latest filing, from $472.5 million in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Invested Capital peaked at $515.2 million in Q4 2023 and troughed at $389.4 million in Q3 2022.
• A 5-year average of $463.8 million and a median of $481.4 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Invested Capital.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Invested Capital climbed 29.27% in 2023, then dropped 7.62% in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Invested Capital shows it stood at $398.6 million in 2022, then gained by 29.27% to $515.2 million in 2023, then retreated by 0.73% to $511.5 million in 2024, then retreated by 7.62% to $472.5 million in 2025, then decreased by 2.49% to $460.7 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CARS's Invested Capital at $460.7 million in Q1 2026, $472.5 million in Q4 2025, and $477.6 million in Q3 2025.