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

Cars.com has reported Net Margin over the past 10 years, most recently at 12.17% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Net Margin fell 2176.0% to 12.17% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 1.35% through Dec 2025, down 805.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 1.35% for FY2025, 805.0% down from the prior year.
  • Net Margin was 12.17% for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, down from 4.22% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 55.97% in Q2 2023 and troughed at 12.17% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 3.64% (2021), against an average of 5.4%.
  • The largest YoY upside for Net Margin was 53516bps in 2021 against a maximum downside of -63990bps in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 3.67% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 286bps to 6.84% in 2022, then tumbled by -32bps to 4.65% in 2023, then soared by 106bps to 9.59% in 2024, then plummeted by -227bps to 12.17% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's Net Margin are 12.17% (Q4 2025), 4.22% (Q3 2025), and 3.92% (Q2 2025).