Cars.com (CARS) Return on Invested Capital (2017 - 2024)

Cars.com (CARS) has reported Return on Invested Capital for 8 consecutive years, with 0.06% the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2024.

• In Q3 2024, Return on Invested Capital fell 9.0% year-over-year to 0.06%; the TTM figure through Sep 2024 stood at 0.06% (down 9.0% YoY), while the FY2023 annual figure was 0.07%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Invested Capital rose to 0.06% in Q3 2024 per CARS's latest filing, from 1.25% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.1% in Q1 2021 and bottomed at 1.25% in Q2 2024.
• Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.08% across 5 years, with a median of 0.01% in 2021.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Return on Invested Capital gained 19 bps — and 2024, when it plunged 130 bps.
• Cars.com's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.1% in 2020, then surged by 112 bps to 0.01% in 2021, then surged by 32 bps to 0.02% in 2022, then rose by 16 bps to 0.02% in 2023, then plunged by 409 bps to 0.06% in 2024.
• Business Quant data shows CARS's Return on Invested Capital at 0.06% in Q3 2024, 1.25% in Q2 2024, and 0.01% in Q1 2024.