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 | 3,522.13 Bn | 3,257.03 Bn | 76.16 Bn | 18.20% |
| 2 | Meta Platforms | 1,639.39 Bn | 1,303.91 Bn | 51.23 Bn | 24.16% |
| 3 | Netflix | 259.77 Bn | 221.06 Bn | 6.80 Bn | 15.13% |
| 4 | Alibaba Group Holding | 238.46 Bn | 60.53 Bn | 15.16 Bn | - |
| 5 | Shopify | 188.67 Bn | 173.82 Bn | 1.78 Bn | 7.41% |
| 6 | Uber Technologies | 142.87 Bn | 114.08 Bn | 6.42 Bn | 28.54% |
| 7 | AppLovin | 131.04 Bn | 119.57 Bn | 1.94 Bn | 17.49% |
| 8 | Spotify Technology | 124.73 Bn | 81.65 Bn | 1.89 Bn | 26.52% |
| 9 | Booking Holdings | 119.44 Bn | 53.19 Bn | - | 20.63% |
| 10 | Cars.com | 703.28 Mn | 484.61 Mn | 150.14 Mn | 23.83% |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 23.83% |
| 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% |
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();