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Cars.com (CARS) Return on Invested Capital (2017 - 2025)

Historic Return on Invested Capital for Cars.com (CARS) over the last 8 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 0.11%.

  • Cars.com's Return on Invested Capital rose 200.0% to 0.11% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.11%, marking a year-over-year increase of 200.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.08% for FY2024, which is 6000.0% down from last year.
  • Latest data reveals that Cars.com reported Return on Invested Capital of 0.11% as of Q3 2025, which was up 200.0% from 0.09% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Cars.com's Return on Invested Capital registered a high of 1.31% during Q1 2024, and its lowest value of 0.02% during Q1 2021.
  • Its 5-year average for Return on Invested Capital is 0.29%, with a median of 0.13% in 2022.
  • Its Return on Invested Capital has fluctuated over the past 5 years, first soared by 27700bps in 2021, then crashed by -5300bps in 2024.
  • Quarter analysis of 5 years shows Cars.com's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.1% in 2021, then rose by 24bps to 0.13% in 2022, then soared by 383bps to 0.62% in 2023, then plummeted by -86bps to 0.09% in 2024, then rose by 24bps to 0.11% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Invested Capital stands at 0.11% for Q3 2025, versus 0.09% for Q2 2025 and 0.09% for Q4 2024.