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

Cars.com has disclosed Retained Earnings across 10 years of filings, most recently posting -$1.0 million for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Retained Earnings rose 99.9% year-over-year to -$1.0 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$1.0 million (up 99.9% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was -$556000.0, up 65.21% from the prior year.
• Retained Earnings fell to -$1.0 million in Q1 2026, from -$556000.0 in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Retained Earnings for CARS reached as high as -$556000.0 in Q4 2025 and fell as low as -$1.1 billion in Q3 2022.
• The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is -$997.6 million (2024), against an average of -$789.9 million.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Retained Earnings surged 99.93% — and 2023, when it slumped 139487.12%.
• A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it stood at -$1.1 billion in 2022, then gained by 10.5% to -$1.0 billion in 2023, then jumped by 99.84% to -$1.6 million in 2024, then surged by 65.21% to -$556000.0 in 2025, then tumbled by 80.58% to -$1.0 million in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Retained Earnings over the past three periods registered -$1.0 million, -$556000.0, and -$948.9 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.