Cars.com (CARS) Return on Capital Employed (2017 - 2026)
Cars.com (CARS) reported Return on Capital Employed of 1.85% for Q1 2026, up 117.0% year-over-year from 0.85% in Q1 2025, and up 144.33% quarter-over-quarter from 0.76% in Q4 2025.
Cars.com (CARS) Return on Capital Employed (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Cars.com (CARS) has 10 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 1.85% in Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 1.85%, up 117.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.85% (up 117.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.74%, down 53.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed advanced to 1.85% in Q1 2026 per CARS's latest filing, from 0.76% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 5.45% in Q4 2023 and troughed at 0.24% in Q3 2023.
- A 5-year average of 2.58% and a median of 1.85% in 2026 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Return on Capital Employed sank 556 bps in 2023, then jumped 506 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.51% in 2022, then soared by 971 bps to 5.45% in 2023, then plunged by 76 bps to 1.3% in 2024, then sank by 42 bps to 0.76% in 2025, then jumped by 144 bps to 1.85% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows CARS's Return on Capital Employed at 1.85% in Q1 2026, 0.76% in Q4 2025, and 1.87% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.85% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.76% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.87% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.28% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.68% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.30% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.83% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.07% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.18% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 5.45% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -0.24% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.36% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.70% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.51% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 5.32% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.35% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 4.53% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.32% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 6.59% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 7.20% |