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

Cars.com has reported Return on Sales over the past 10 years, most recently at 0.0% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales changed 0.0% to 0.0% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.0% through Dec 2025, changed 0.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.0% for FY2025, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.0% for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, down from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Sales peaked at 0.01% in Q2 2023 and troughed at 0.0% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.0% (2021), against an average of 0.0%.
  • The largest YoY upside for Return on Sales was 5bps in 2021 against a maximum downside of -6bps in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.0% in 2021, then soared by 286bps to 0.0% in 2022, then tumbled by -32bps to 0.0% in 2023, then soared by 106bps to 0.0% in 2024, then tumbled by -227bps to 0.0% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's Return on Sales are 0.0% (Q4 2025), 0.0% (Q3 2025), and 0.0% (Q2 2025).