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Cars.com (CARS) Retained Earnings (2017 - 2026)

Cars.com has reported Retained Earnings over the past 9 years, most recently at -$556000.0 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings rose 99.94% to -$556000.0 in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$556000.0 through Dec 2025, up 99.94% year-over-year, with the annual reading at -$556000.0 for FY2025, 99.94% up from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings was -$556000.0 for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, up from -$972000.0 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Retained Earnings peaked at -$556000.0 in Q4 2025 and troughed at -$1.2 billion in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is -$1.0 billion (2023), against an average of -$800.2 million.
  • Year-over-year, Retained Earnings crashed 141891.63% in 2023 and then skyrocketed 99.94% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it stood at -$2.0 million in 2021, then tumbled by 56252.45% to -$1.1 billion in 2022, then grew by 10.5% to -$1.0 billion in 2023, then grew by 4.77% to -$961.5 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 99.94% to -$556000.0 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's Retained Earnings are -$556000.0 (Q4 2025), -$972000.0 (Q3 2025), and -$956.6 million (Q2 2025).