Cars.com reported a net margin of 7.93% for the quarter ended Jun 2026. These financial ratios cover 42 quarters of results from Mar 2016 through Jun 2026, standardized by Business Quant from the company’s SEC filings.
| Ratios | Mar2016 | Jun2016 | Sep2016 | Dec2016 | Mar2017 | Jun2017 | Sep2017 | Dec2017 | Mar2018 | Jun2018 | Sep2018 | Dec2018 | Mar2019 | Jun2019 | Sep2019 | Dec2019 | Mar2020 | Jun2020 | Sep2020 | Dec2020 | Mar2021 | Jun2021 | Sep2021 | Dec2021 | Mar2022 | Jun2022 | Sep2022 | Dec2022 | Mar2023 | Jun2023 | Sep2023 | Dec2023 | Mar2024 | Jun2024 | Sep2024 | Dec2024 | Mar2025 | Jun2025 | Sep2025 | Dec2025 | Mar2026 | Jun2026 |
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| Profitability | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross Margin | 87.14% | 86.74% | 86.53% | 85.81% | 86.98% | 91.60% | 85.57% | 85.16% | 85.49% | 94.62% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EBT Margin | 1.64% | -3.44% | 1.15% | 3.86% | -1.21% | 9.79% | 7.50% | 0.62% | 1.51% | 2.62% | 0.46% | 9.17% | 13.66% | 16.57% | -0.69% | 5.58% | 5.89% | 11.85% | 4.84% | 10.85% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| EBIT Margin | 7.71% | 2.57% | 6.92% | 9.45% | 12.09% | 11.78% | 7.50% | 7.33% | 8.21% | 8.32% | 7.07% | 5.32% | 6.38% | 10.96% | 3.61% | 8.53% | 9.26% | 11.82% | 9.23% | 15.49% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| EBITDA Margin | 7.71% | 2.57% | 6.92% | 9.45% | 12.09% | 11.78% | 7.50% | 7.33% | 8.21% | 8.32% | 7.07% | 5.32% | 6.38% | 10.96% | 3.61% | 8.53% | 9.26% | 11.82% | 9.23% | 15.49% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating Margin | 7.71% | 2.57% | 6.92% | 9.45% | 12.09% | 11.78% | 7.50% | 7.33% | 8.21% | 8.32% | 7.07% | 5.32% | 6.38% | 10.96% | 3.61% | 8.53% | 9.26% | 11.82% | 9.23% | 15.49% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net Margin | 1.55% | -4.31% | 2.74% | 3.40% | -1.79% | 6.10% | 6.87% | 55.97% | 2.58% | 6.21% | 0.44% | 6.36% | 10.42% | 15.02% | -1.12% | 3.92% | 4.22% | 7.79% | 2.76% | 7.93% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| FCF Margin | 20.33% | 13.84% | 16.97% | 4.80% | 26.42% | 19.31% | 13.75% | 13.77% | 17.56% | 22.48% | 15.63% | 16.42% | 26.83% | 14.08% | 13.67% | 11.59% | 29.30% | 17.20% | 18.76% | 5.83% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Efficiency | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assets AverageAssets Avg. | 1,009.51M | 1,002.67M | 1,038.21M | 1,060.34M | 1,050.81M | 1,037.52M | 1,013.55M | 1,043.88M | 1,094.37M | 1,137.82M | 1,157.79M | 1,131.84M | 1,119.53M | 1,115.19M | 1,097.77M | 1,074.17M | 1,068.02M | 1,066.90M | 1,057.92M | 1,032.93M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Invested CapitalInvested Cap. | 7.69M | 8.94M | 10.23M | 11.52M | 12.83M | 14.13M | 15.44M | 16.76M | 18.06M | 23.13M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asset Utilization RatioAsset Util. | 0.61 | 0.62 | 0.61 | 0.60 | 0.61 | 0.63 | 0.65 | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.63 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.65 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leverage & Solvency | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Debt Ratio | 0.48 | 0.46 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.47 | 0.46 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Enterprise Value | -51.51M | -39.07M | -30.45M | -18.13M | -31.92M | -31.71M | -18.84M | -28.61M | -49.09M | -39.20M | -31.36M | -29.07M | -49.57M | -50.67M | -31.43M | -27.70M | -55.07M | -56.24M | -64.60M | -33.29M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Return Ratios | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Return on SalesROS | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Return on Capital EmployedROCE | 6.59% | 5.32% | 4.53% | 4.35% | 5.32% | 7.09% | 7.46% | 6.99% | 6.12% | 5.45% | 5.18% | 5.07% | 4.83% | 5.36% | 4.78% | 5.43% | 6.13% | 6.32% | 7.48% | 8.88% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Return on Invested CapitalROIC | 0.10% | 0.01% | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.05% | 0.04% | 0.05% | 0.10% | 0.01% | 0.01% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Return on AssetsROA | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |