Cars.com (CARS) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2017 - 2026)
Cars.com (CARS) reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 8.88% for Q2 2026, up 3.45 percentage points from 5.43% a year earlier and up 1.40 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Cars.com (CARS) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Cars.com posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 6.19%, up 0.97 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a five-year change of +66.90 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 5.22% in FY2024 (-0.46 pp), 5.68% in FY2023 (-1.58 pp), 7.26% in FY2022 (+2.15 pp) and 5.10% in FY2021 (+65.82 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in data going back to Q1 2017.
- Year over year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has now increased in each of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.87 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in five years was Q4 2021 (a gain of 95.71 percentage points); the low point was Q2 2022 (a drop of 2.85 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 7.48% (Q1 2026), 6.32% (Q4 2025) and 6.13% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alphabet | 4,173.87 Bn | 3,931.39 Bn | 73.85 Bn | 21.49% |
| 2 | Meta Platforms | 1,849.67 Bn | 1,552.19 Bn | 49.47 Bn | 23.74% |
| 3 | Netflix | 279.23 Bn | 239.43 Bn | 6.52 Bn | 30.16% |
| 4 | Alibaba Group Holding | 245.86 Bn | 63.73 Bn | 15.11 Bn | 2.77% |
| 5 | Shopify | 196.08 Bn | 173.27 Bn | 1.71 Bn | 14.37% |
| 6 | Uber Technologies | 138.90 Bn | 110.88 Bn | 6.38 Bn | 13.97% |
| 7 | Booking Holdings | 119.48 Bn | 52.53 Bn | - | 121.68% |
| 8 | PDD Holdings | 107.30 Bn | -144.64 Bn | 9.45 Bn | 22.53% |
| 9 | Spotify Technology | 97.33 Bn | 54.56 Bn | 1.86 Bn | 19.81% |
| 10 | Cars.com | 540.34 Mn | 331.15 Mn | - | 8.88% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 8.88% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 7.48% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.32% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.13% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 5.43% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.78% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.36% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.83% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.07% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.18% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 5.45% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 6.12% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 6.99% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 7.46% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 7.09% |
| 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% |
API Access
Cars.com Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] 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-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=CARS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "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-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=CARS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();