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

Cars.com (CARS) has disclosed Return on Sales for 10 consecutive years, with 0.08% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 14.0% to 0.08% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.04% through Dec 2025, down 6.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.04% for FY2025, 6.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.08% at Cars.com, up from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Sales was 0.56% in Q2 2023, with the low at 0.59% in Q4 2023.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.03%, with a median of 0.03% recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales surged 535bps in 2021, then plummeted -53bps in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Sales stood at 0.08% in 2021, then rose by 16bps to 0.07% in 2022, then tumbled by -805bps to 0.59% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 137bps to 0.22% in 2024, then plummeted by -64bps to 0.08% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales over the past three periods came in at 0.08%, 0.04%, and 0.04% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.