Cars.com (CARS) Return on Assets [ROA] (2017 - 2026)
Cars.com (CARS) reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 3.32% for Q2 2026, down 0.50 percentage points from 3.82% a year earlier but up 0.76 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Cars.com (CARS) Return on Assets [ROA] (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Cars.com posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 1.84%, down 2.37 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Assets [ROA] has a five-year change of +52.69 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 4.22% in FY2024 (-6.56 pp), 10.78% in FY2023 (+9.09 pp), 1.69% in FY2022 (+0.66 pp) and 1.04% in FY2021 (+51.89 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] spans a low of 0.39% in Q3 2022 and a high of 11.00% in Q3 2023.
- Year over year, Return on Assets [ROA] has now declined in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.80 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Assets [ROA] in five years was Q4 2021 (a gain of 74.68 percentage points); the low point was Q2 2024 (a drop of 8.61 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 2.56% (Q1 2026), 1.88% (Q4 2025) and 2.81% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alphabet | 3,522.13 Bn | 3,257.03 Bn | 76.16 Bn | 24.48% |
| 2 | Meta Platforms | 1,639.39 Bn | 1,303.91 Bn | 51.23 Bn | 16.20% |
| 3 | Netflix | 259.77 Bn | 221.06 Bn | 6.80 Bn | 25.21% |
| 4 | Alibaba Group Holding | 238.46 Bn | 60.53 Bn | 15.16 Bn | 3.56% |
| 5 | Shopify | 188.67 Bn | 173.82 Bn | 1.78 Bn | 14.56% |
| 6 | Uber Technologies | 142.87 Bn | 114.08 Bn | 6.42 Bn | 5.24% |
| 7 | AppLovin | 131.04 Bn | 119.57 Bn | 1.94 Bn | 59.50% |
| 8 | Spotify Technology | 124.73 Bn | 81.65 Bn | 1.89 Bn | 21.55% |
| 9 | Booking Holdings | 119.44 Bn | 53.19 Bn | - | 24.77% |
| 10 | Cars.com | 703.28 Mn | 484.61 Mn | 150.14 Mn | 4.22% |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 4.22% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.32% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.56% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.88% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.81% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.82% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.13% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.32% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.50% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.21% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 9.31% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 10.41% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 11.00% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 10.82% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 2.40% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.66% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.39% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.89% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.95% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.08% |
API Access
Cars.com Return on Assets [ROA] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=CARS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "CARS", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=CARS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();