Cars.com Inc. (CARS) Profit After Tax (2016 - 2026)
Cars.com (CARS) posted quarterly Profit After Tax of $5.0 million for Q1 2026, up 347.29% YoY from $1.1 million in Q1 2025, and down 32.71% sequentially from $7.4 million in Q4 2025.
Cars.com Inc. (CARS) Profit After Tax (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Cars.com has disclosed Profit After Tax across 11 years of filings, most recently posting $5.0 million for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Profit After Tax rose 347.29% year-over-year to $5.0 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $27.0 million (down 40.42% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $20.1 million, down 58.39% from the prior year.
- Profit After Tax fell to $5.0 million in Q1 2026, from $7.4 million in the prior quarter.
- Over the last five years, Profit After Tax for CARS reached as high as $94.1 million in Q2 2023 and fell as low as -$2.9 million in Q3 2022.
- The 5-year median for Profit After Tax is $7.4 million (2025), against an average of $12.3 million.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Profit After Tax jumped 1597.49% — and 2025, when it tumbled 356.76%.
- A 5-year view of Profit After Tax shows it stood at $10.3 million in 2022, then retreated by 18.67% to $8.3 million in 2023, then jumped by 107.33% to $17.3 million in 2024, then slumped by 57.25% to $7.4 million in 2025, then sank by 32.71% to $5.0 million in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Profit After Tax over the past three periods registered $5.0 million, $7.4 million, and $7.7 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 4.98 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 7.40 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 7.66 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 7.01 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -2.01 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 17.30 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 18.72 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 11.38 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 784,000.00 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 8.35 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.49 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 94.13 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 11.48 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 10.26 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -2.94 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 5.55 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 4.34 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -2.88 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.43 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 5.97 Mn |