Cars.com (CARS) Tax Provisions (2016 - 2026)

Cars.com (CARS) reported Tax Provisions of $3.7 million for Q1 2026, up 379.23% year-over-year from $780000.0 in Q1 2025, and up 193.94% quarter-over-quarter from -$4.0 million in Q4 2025.

Cars.com (CARS) Tax Provisions (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cars.com (CARS) has 11 years of Tax Provisions data on file, last reported at $3.7 million in Q1 2026.

  • Tax Provisions for Q1 2026 came in at $3.7 million, up 379.23% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $5.8 million (down 60.04% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $2.8 million, down 79.5% from the prior year.
  • Tax Provisions advanced to $3.7 million in Q1 2026 per CARS's latest filing, from -$4.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Tax Provisions peaked at $108.0 million in Q4 2023 and troughed at -$93.1 million in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $2.3 million and a median of $1.0 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Tax Provisions.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Tax Provisions tumbled 12694.72% in 2023, then surged 2066.67% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Provisions shows it stood at $6.2 million in 2022, then surged by 1642.63% to $108.0 million in 2023, then tumbled by 97.41% to $2.8 million in 2024, then tumbled by 242.01% to -$4.0 million in 2025, then soared by 193.94% to $3.7 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CARS's Tax Provisions at $3.7 million in Q1 2026, -$4.0 million in Q4 2025, and $3.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Taxes (Qtr)
1 Nebius 1,913,603.98 Bn 1,913,603.98 Bn 295.20 Mn -5.80 Mn
2 Alphabet 4,425.33 Bn 4,209.71 Bn 102.29 Bn 14.83 Bn
3 Meta Platforms 1,502.66 Bn 1,421.48 Bn 46.09 Bn -5.02 Bn
4 Spotify Technology 119.69 Bn 109.44 Bn 1.75 Bn -
5 Reddit 33.22 Bn 30.45 Bn 511.94 Mn 1.75 Mn
6 Pinterest 13.64 Bn 12.34 Bn 768.96 Mn 10.09 Mn
7 Kanzhun 13.02 Bn 10.92 Bn 255.62 Bn -43.34 Bn
8 Snap 9.72 Bn 6.90 Bn 1.29 Bn 3.20 Mn
9 Zillow 8.26 Bn 7.48 Bn 519.00 Mn 2.00 Mn
10 Cars.com 542.73 Mn 478.13 Mn 118.41 Mn 3.74 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 3.74 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -3.98 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 3.04 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 2.96 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 780,000.00
Dec 31, 2024 2.80 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 5.82 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 5.02 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 36,000.00
Dec 31, 2023 108.04 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -1.85 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -93.08 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 1.05 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 6.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 952,000.00
Jun 30, 2022 739,000.00
Mar 31, 2022 -2.52 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -2.57 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 140,000.00
Jun 30, 2021 -189,000.00