Cars.com (CARS) Profit After Tax (2016 - 2026)

Cars.com (CARS) has reported Profit After Tax for 11 consecutive years, with $5.0 million the latest figure, recorded in 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 retreated to $5.0 million in Q1 2026 per CARS's latest filing, from $7.4 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Profit After Tax topped out at $94.1 million in Q2 2023 and bottomed at -$2.9 million in Q3 2022.
• Historically, Profit After Tax has averaged $12.3 million across 5 years, with a median of $7.4 million in 2025.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Profit After Tax jumped 1597.49% — and 2025, when it sank 356.76%.
• Cars.com's Profit After Tax stood at $10.3 million in 2022, then decreased by 18.67% to $8.3 million in 2023, then surged by 107.33% to $17.3 million in 2024, then sank by 57.25% to $7.4 million in 2025, then plunged by 32.71% to $5.0 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CARS's Profit After Tax at $5.0 million in Q1 2026, $7.4 million in Q4 2025, and $7.7 million in Q3 2025.