Cars.com (CARS) Tax Rate (2016 - 2026)
Cars.com (CARS) posted quarterly Tax Rate of 42.89% for Q1 2026, up 10615.0% year-over-year from N/an in Q1 2025, and up 260.26% quarter-over-quarter from 26.76% in Q4 2025.
Cars.com (CARS) Tax Rate (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Cars.com (CARS) has reported Tax Rate for 11 consecutive years, with 42.89% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Tax Rate rose 10615.0% year-over-year to 42.89%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 13.02% (down 1109.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 8.17%, down 1393.0% from the prior year.
- Tax Rate advanced to 42.89% in Q1 2026 per CARS's latest filing, from 26.76% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 42.89% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 8855.85% in Q2 2023.
- Historically, Tax Rate has averaged 560.77% across 5 years, with a median of 4.39% in 2024.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Tax Rate slumped 886761 bps — and 2024, when it jumped 888645 bps.
- Cars.com's Tax Rate stood at 10.83% in 2022, then sank by 4641 bps to 513.43% in 2023, then surged by 103 bps to 13.94% in 2024, then slumped by 292 bps to 26.76% in 2025, then surged by 260 bps to 42.89% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows CARS's Tax Rate at 42.89% in Q1 2026, 26.76% in Q4 2025, and 28.44% in Q3 2025.
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| 1 | Alphabet | 4,241.31 Bn | 3,812.27 Bn | 73.85 Bn | 19.14% |
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| 8 | Nebius | 49.49 Bn | 39.86 Bn | 295.20 Mn | - |
| 9 | 30.58 Bn | 27.79 Bn | 734.60 Mn | 1.55% | |
| 10 | Cars.com | 660.67 Mn | 627.39 Mn | - | 26.95% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 26.95% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 26.95% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 26.95% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 42.89% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 42.89% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 42.89% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -26.76% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -26.76% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -26.76% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 28.44% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 28.44% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 28.44% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 29.68% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 29.68% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 29.68% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -63.26% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -63.26% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -63.26% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 13.94% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 13.94% |