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

Cars.com (CARS) reported Profit After Tax of $5.0 million for Q1 2026, up 347.29% year-over-year from $1.1 million in Q1 2025, and down 32.71% quarter-over-quarter from $7.4 million in Q4 2025.

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

Cars.com (CARS) has 11 years of Profit After Tax data on file, last reported at $5.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Profit After Tax for Q1 2026 came in at $5.0 million, up 347.29% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $27.0 million (down 40.42% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $20.1 million, down 58.39% from the prior year.
  • Profit After Tax eased to $5.0 million in Q1 2026 per CARS's latest filing, from $7.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Profit After Tax peaked at $94.1 million in Q2 2023 and troughed at -$2.9 million in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $12.3 million and a median of $7.4 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Profit After Tax.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Profit After Tax jumped 1597.49% in 2023, then sank 356.76% in 2025.
  • 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 plunged by 57.25% to $7.4 million in 2025, then tumbled 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.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) PAT (Qtr)
1 Nebius 1,913,603.98 Bn 1,913,603.98 Bn 295.20 Mn 621.20 Mn
2 Alphabet 4,425.33 Bn 4,209.71 Bn 102.29 Bn 62.58 Bn
3 Meta Platforms 1,502.66 Bn 1,421.48 Bn 46.09 Bn 26.77 Bn
4 Spotify Technology 119.69 Bn 109.44 Bn 1.75 Bn 844.11 Mn
5 Reddit 33.22 Bn 30.45 Bn 511.94 Mn 203.98 Mn
6 Pinterest 13.64 Bn 12.34 Bn 768.96 Mn -73.59 Mn
7 Kanzhun 13.02 Bn 10.92 Bn 255.62 Bn 163.20 Bn
8 Snap 9.72 Bn 6.90 Bn 1.29 Bn -88.95 Mn
9 Zillow 8.26 Bn 7.48 Bn 519.00 Mn 46.00 Mn
10 Cars.com 542.73 Mn 478.13 Mn 118.41 Mn 4.98 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
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