Growth Metrics

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

Historic Return on Sales for Cars.com (CARS) over the last 10 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 0.04%.

  • Cars.com's Return on Sales fell 600.0% to 0.04% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.08%, marking a year-over-year increase of 200.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.08% for FY2024, which is 1000.0% down from last year.
  • According to the latest figures from Q3 2025, Cars.com's Return on Sales is 0.04%, which was down 600.0% from 0.04% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Cars.com's Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.56% in Q2 2023 and a low of 0.04% during Q4 2021
  • Its 5-year average for Return on Sales is 0.07%, with a median of 0.04% in 2025.
  • In the last 5 years, Cars.com's Return on Sales surged by 53500bps in 2021 and then plummeted by -5000bps in 2024.
  • Cars.com's Return on Sales (Quarter) stood at 0.04% in 2021, then soared by 266bps to 0.06% in 2022, then grew by 2bps to 0.06% in 2023, then soared by 142bps to 0.15% in 2024, then tumbled by -72bps to 0.04% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are 0.04% in Q3 2025, 0.04% for Q2 2025, and 0.11% during Q1 2025.