Cars.com Inc. (CARS) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

Cars.com has disclosed Return on Sales across 11 years of filings, most recently posting 0.0% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Return on Sales changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.0%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.0% (changed 0.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.0%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Sales improved to 0.0% in Q1 2026, from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Return on Sales for CARS reached as high as 0.01% in Q2 2023 and fell as low as 0.01% in Q4 2023.
• The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.0% (2026), against an average of 0.0%.
• The widest YoY moves for Return on Sales: up 1 bps in 2023, down 1 bps in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.0% in 2022, then plunged by 1073 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then soared by 49 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then jumped by 60 bps to 0.0% in 2025, then soared by 123 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales over the past three periods registered 0.0%, 0.0%, and 0.0% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.