Growth Metrics

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

Cars.com has reported Share-based Compensation over the past 9 years, most recently at $8.9 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Share-based Compensation rose 29.57% to $8.9 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $31.3 million through Dec 2025, up 2.53% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $31.3 million for FY2025, 2.53% up from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation was $8.9 million for Q4 2025 at Cars.com, up from $7.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Share-based Compensation peaked at $8.9 million in Q4 2025 and troughed at $5.0 million in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Share-based Compensation is $6.8 million (2024), against an average of $6.7 million.
  • Year-over-year, Share-based Compensation soared 152.56% in 2021 and then decreased 21.12% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it stood at $5.3 million in 2021, then fell by 0.68% to $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.
  • 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).