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

Cars.com has reported Return on Invested Capital over the past 9 years, most recently at 0.0% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% to 0.0% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.0% through Dec 2025, changed 0.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.0% for FY2025, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.0% for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, down from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Invested Capital peaked at 0.02% in Q1 2024 and troughed at 0.0% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.0% (2022), against an average of 0.0%.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Invested Capital surged 197bps in 2021 and then decreased -2bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.0% in 2021, then surged by 39bps to 0.0% in 2022, then soared by 408bps to 0.01% in 2023, then crashed by -97bps to 0.0% in 2024, then grew by 7bps to 0.0% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's Return on Invested Capital are 0.0% (Q4 2025), 0.0% (Q3 2025), and 0.0% (Q2 2025).