Cars.com (CARS) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)
Cars.com (CARS) posted quarterly Return on Sales of 0.0% for Q1 2026, little changed year-over-year from 0.0% in Q1 2025, and down 73.05% quarter-over-quarter from 0.0% in Q4 2025.
Cars.com (CARS) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Cars.com (CARS) has reported Return on Sales for 11 consecutive years, with 0.0% the latest figure, recorded in 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 slipped to 0.0% in Q1 2026 per CARS's latest filing, from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.01% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 0.01% in Q4 2023.
- Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.0% across 5 years, with a median of 0.0% in 2025.
- On a YoY basis, Return on Sales climbed as much as 1 bps in 2023 and fell as far as 1 bps in 2023.
- Cars.com's Return on Sales stood at 0.0% in 2022, then slumped by 701 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then surged by 115 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then advanced by 7 bps to 0.0% in 2025, then plunged by 73 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows CARS's Return on Sales at 0.0% in Q1 2026, 0.0% in Q4 2025, and 0.0% in Q3 2025.
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| 9 | 30.44 Bn | 27.65 Bn | 734.60 Mn | 0.00% | |
| 10 | Cars.com | 663.75 Mn | 630.46 Mn | - | 0.00% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.00% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.00% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.00% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.00% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.00% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.00% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.00% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.00% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.00% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.00% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -0.01% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.00% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.01% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.00% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.00% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.00% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.00% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.00% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.00% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.00% |