Growth Metrics

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

Historic Net Margin for Cars.com (CARS) over the last 9 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 4.22%.

  • Cars.com's Net Margin fell 62000.0% to 4.22% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 7.72%, marking a year-over-year increase of 18700.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 8.06% for FY2024, which is 95300.0% down from last year.
  • Cars.com's Net Margin amounted to 4.22% in Q3 2025, which was down 62000.0% from 3.92% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Cars.com's Net Margin peaked at 55.97% during Q2 2023, and registered a low of 3.67% during Q4 2021.
  • Its 5-year average for Net Margin is 7.09%, with a median of 3.88% in 2021.
  • As far as peak fluctuations go, Cars.com's Net Margin soared by 5351600bps in 2021, and later crashed by -496100bps in 2024.
  • Quarter analysis of 5 years shows Cars.com's Net Margin stood at 3.67% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 266bps to 6.1% in 2022, then rose by 2bps to 6.21% in 2023, then soared by 142bps to 15.02% in 2024, then tumbled by -72bps to 4.22% in 2025.
  • Its Net Margin was 4.22% in Q3 2025, compared to 3.92% in Q2 2025 and 15.02% in Q4 2024.