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Cars.com (CARS) Return on Capital Employed (2017 - 2026)

Cars.com has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 9 years, most recently at 0.76% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 55.0% to 0.76% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.76% through Dec 2025, down 55.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.74% for FY2025, 53.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.76% for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, down from 1.87% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 7.46% in Q1 2023 and troughed at 0.68% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 5.13% (2024), against an average of 4.55%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed skyrocketed 9571bps in 2021 and then plummeted -450bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 5.32% in 2021, then soared by 33bps to 7.09% in 2022, then decreased by -23bps to 5.45% in 2023, then crashed by -76bps to 1.3% in 2024, then plummeted by -42bps to 0.76% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's Return on Capital Employed are 0.76% (Q4 2025), 1.87% (Q3 2025), and 1.28% (Q2 2025).