Growth Metrics

Cars.com (CARS) Share-based Compensation (2017 - 2025)

Cars.com (CARS) has disclosed Share-based Compensation for 9 consecutive years, with $8.9 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Share-based Compensation rose 29.57% to $8.9 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $31.3 million, a 2.53% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $31.3 million, up 2.53% from a year prior.
  • Share-based Compensation was $8.9 million for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, up from $7.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $8.9 million in Q4 2025 to a low of $5.0 million in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of $6.7 million and a median of $6.8 million in 2024 define the central range for Share-based Compensation.
  • Peak YoY movement for Share-based Compensation: soared 152.56% in 2021, then decreased 21.12% in 2025.
  • Cars.com's Share-based Compensation stood at $5.3 million in 2021, then dropped by 0.68% to $5.2 million in 2022, then soared by 44.32% to $7.6 million in 2023, then decreased by 9.22% to $6.9 million in 2024, then grew by 29.57% to $8.9 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CARS's Share-based Compensation are $8.9 million (Q4 2025), $7.4 million (Q3 2025), and $6.7 million (Q2 2025).