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

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

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin rose 6094.0% to 67.32% in Q3 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 34.96%, a 2752.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 1.0%, down 644.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin was 67.32% for Q3 2025 at Cars.com, up from 8.53% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 67.32% in Q3 2025 to a low of 0.78% in Q2 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 11.06% and a median of 7.96% in 2021 define the central range for Operating Margin.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Operating Margin was 62194bps in 2021; the steepest drop was -782bps in 2021.
  • Cars.com's Operating Margin stood at 2.57% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 359bps to 11.78% in 2022, then decreased by -29bps to 8.32% in 2023, then surged by 32bps to 10.96% in 2024, then soared by 514bps to 67.32% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's Operating Margin are 67.32% (Q3 2025), 8.53% (Q2 2025), and 10.96% (Q4 2024).