Cars.com (CARS) Tax Rate (2016 - 2026)
Cars.com's Tax Rate came in at 26.95% for Q2 2026, down 2.73 percentage points from 29.68% a year earlier and down 15.93 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Cars.com (CARS) Tax Rate (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Cars.com reported Tax Rate of 36.27%, up 13.11 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 41.55%, up 19.44 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate carries a five-year change of +25.82 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Tax Rate was 22.11% in FY2024 (+576.30 pp), -554.19% in FY2023 (-577.98 pp), 23.79% in FY2022 (+37.58 pp) and -13.79% in FY2021 (-29.52 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly Tax Rate since Q1 2025.
- Year-over-year, Tax Rate increased in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +65.63 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Tax Rate over five years came in Q4 2021 (a gain of 113601.91 percentage points), and the weakest in Q2 2023 (a drop of 8867.61 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows CARS's Tax Rate at 42.89% (Q1 2026), 50.25% (Q4 2025) and 28.44% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alphabet | 4,173.87 Bn | 3,931.39 Bn | 73.85 Bn | 19.14% |
| 2 | Meta Platforms | 1,849.67 Bn | 1,552.19 Bn | 49.47 Bn | 15.50% |
| 3 | Netflix | 279.23 Bn | 239.43 Bn | 6.52 Bn | 16.40% |
| 4 | Alibaba Group Holding | 245.86 Bn | 63.73 Bn | 15.11 Bn | - |
| 5 | Shopify | 196.08 Bn | 173.27 Bn | 1.71 Bn | 15.38% |
| 6 | Uber Technologies | 138.90 Bn | 110.88 Bn | 6.38 Bn | 25.63% |
| 7 | Booking Holdings | 119.48 Bn | 52.53 Bn | - | 23.83% |
| 8 | PDD Holdings | 107.30 Bn | -144.64 Bn | 9.45 Bn | - |
| 9 | Spotify Technology | 97.33 Bn | 54.56 Bn | 1.86 Bn | 24.31% |
| 10 | Cars.com | 540.34 Mn | 331.15 Mn | - | 26.95% |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 26.95% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 42.89% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 50.25% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 28.44% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 29.68% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 13.94% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 23.72% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 30.60% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.39% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 8.34% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 37.66% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 11.76% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 5.45% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 19.84% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 219.72% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 45.29% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 26.15% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 26.19% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 22.13% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 38.28% |
API Access
Cars.com Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=CARS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "CARS", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=CARS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();