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 | 4,173.87 Bn | 3,931.39 Bn | 73.85 Bn | 30.04% |
| 2 | Meta Platforms | 1,849.67 Bn | 1,552.19 Bn | 49.47 Bn | 16.11% |
| 3 | Netflix | 279.23 Bn | 239.43 Bn | 6.52 Bn | 22.85% |
| 4 | Alibaba Group Holding | 245.86 Bn | 63.73 Bn | 15.11 Bn | 3.57% |
| 5 | Shopify | 196.08 Bn | 173.27 Bn | 1.71 Bn | 13.49% |
| 6 | Uber Technologies | 138.90 Bn | 110.88 Bn | 6.38 Bn | 15.38% |
| 7 | Booking Holdings | 119.48 Bn | 52.53 Bn | - | 25.12% |
| 8 | PDD Holdings | 107.30 Bn | -144.64 Bn | 9.45 Bn | 22.73% |
| 9 | Spotify Technology | 97.33 Bn | 54.56 Bn | 1.86 Bn | 24.85% |
| 10 | Cars.com | 540.34 Mn | 331.15 Mn | - | 3.32% |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 4.84% |
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();