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Cars.com (CARS) Return on Assets (2017 - 2025)

Cars.com (CARS) has disclosed Return on Assets for 9 consecutive years, with 0.03% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Assets fell 4.0% to 0.03% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.03% through Dec 2025, down 4.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.02% for FY2025, 4.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Assets for Q4 2025 was 0.03% at Cars.com, down from 0.05% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Assets was 0.09% in Q3 2023, with the low at 0.12% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Assets over 5 years is 0.0%, with a median of 0.0% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Assets soared 86bps in 2021, then fell -17bps in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Assets stood at 0.0% in 2021, then tumbled by -390bps to 0.0% in 2022, then surged by 189bps to 0.0% in 2023, then surged by 1708bps to 0.06% in 2024, then crashed by -60bps to 0.03% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Assets over the past three periods came in at 0.03%, 0.05%, and 0.06% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.