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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.
  • Latest data reveals that Cars.com reported Return on Sales of 0.04% as of Q3 2025, which was down 600.0% from 0.04% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Cars.com's Return on Sales peaked at 0.56% during Q2 2023, and registered a low of 0.04% during Q4 2021.
  • Over the past 5 years, Cars.com's median Return on Sales value was 0.04% (recorded in 2025), while the average stood at 0.07%.
  • Its Return on Sales has fluctuated over the past 5 years, first surged by 53500bps in 2021, 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 Return on Sales stands at 0.04% for Q3 2025, versus 0.04% for Q2 2025 and 0.11% for Q1 2025.