Growth Metrics

Cars.com (CARS) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Cars.com (CARS) has disclosed Return on Equity for 10 consecutive years, with 0.06% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Equity fell 8.0% to 0.06% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.06% through Dec 2025, down 8.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.05% for FY2025, 8.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.06% at Cars.com, down from 0.11% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Equity was 0.21% in Q2 2023, with the low at 0.35% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.01%, with a median of 0.0% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Equity surged 353bps in 2021, then crashed -40bps in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Equity stood at 0.0% in 2021, then plummeted by -413bps to 0.01% in 2022, then soared by 176bps to 0.01% in 2023, then surged by 1604bps to 0.14% in 2024, then tumbled by -59bps to 0.06% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Equity over the past three periods came in at 0.06%, 0.11%, and 0.13% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.