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

Historic Operating Margin for Cars.com (CARS) over the last 9 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 9.26%.

  • Cars.com's Operating Margin rose 28800.0% to 9.26% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 11.7%, marking a year-over-year increase of 49300.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 7.44% for FY2024, which is 4100.0% down from last year.
  • According to the latest figures from Q3 2025, Cars.com's Operating Margin is 9.26%, which was up 28800.0% from 8.53% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Cars.com's Operating Margin registered a high of 12.09% during Q3 2022, and its lowest value of 2.57% during Q4 2021.
  • Its 5-year average for Operating Margin is 8.35%, with a median of 8.26% in 2023.
  • Data for Cars.com's Operating Margin shows a peak YoY increase of 6219400bps (in 2021) and a maximum YoY decrease of -78200bps (in 2021) over the last 5 years.
  • Quarter analysis of 5 years shows Cars.com's Operating Margin stood at 2.57% in 2021, then surged by 359bps to 11.78% in 2022, then fell by -29bps to 8.32% in 2023, then soared by 32bps to 10.96% in 2024, then decreased by -16bps to 9.26% in 2025.
  • Its Operating Margin was 9.26% in Q3 2025, compared to 8.53% in Q2 2025 and 10.96% in Q4 2024.