Cars.com (CARS) Share-based Compensation (2017 - 2026)

Cars.com (CARS) has 10 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $8.6 million in Q1 2026.

• Share-based Compensation for Q1 2026 came in at $8.6 million, up 2.82% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $31.6 million (down 0.79% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $31.3 million, up 2.53% from the prior year.
• Share-based Compensation eased to $8.6 million in Q1 2026 per CARS's latest filing, from $8.9 million in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Share-based Compensation peaked at $8.9 million in Q4 2025 and troughed at $5.2 million in Q1 2022.
• A 5-year average of $7.1 million and a median of $7.4 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Share-based Compensation.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Share-based Compensation surged 44.32% in 2023, then decreased 21.12% in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it stood at $5.2 million in 2022, then surged by 44.32% to $7.6 million in 2023, then dropped by 9.22% to $6.9 million in 2024, then rose by 29.57% to $8.9 million in 2025, then fell by 3.65% to $8.6 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CARS's Share-based Compensation at $8.6 million in Q1 2026, $8.9 million in Q4 2025, and $7.4 million in Q3 2025.