Growth Metrics

Cars.com (CARS) Other Working Capital Changes (2016 - 2025)

Cars.com (CARS) has disclosed Other Working Capital Changes for 10 consecutive years, with -$3.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Other Working Capital Changes rose 57.49% to -$3.0 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was -$714000.0, a 207.85% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$714000.0, down 207.85% from a year prior.
  • Other Working Capital Changes was -$3.0 million for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, down from $3.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Other Working Capital Changes ranged from a high of $8.9 million in Q1 2021 to a low of -$12.9 million in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $135450.0 and a median of $175500.0 in 2023 define the central range for Other Working Capital Changes.
  • Peak YoY movement for Other Working Capital Changes: surged 6022.79% in 2021, then crashed 1500.87% in 2023.
  • Cars.com's Other Working Capital Changes stood at $8.3 million in 2021, then crashed by 88.92% to $923000.0 in 2022, then plummeted by 1500.87% to -$12.9 million in 2023, then soared by 45.46% to -$7.1 million in 2024, then surged by 57.49% to -$3.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's Other Working Capital Changes are -$3.0 million (Q4 2025), $3.5 million (Q3 2025), and -$5.6 million (Q2 2025).