Cars.Com Inc (CARS) financials
Cars.Com revenue and earnings by year
Cars.Com's revenue was $723 million in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025, up 0.6% from the year before. Net income was $20.1 million, 2.8% of revenue. Since the fiscal year to December 31, 2016, revenue has grown 1.5% a year on average.
Fiscal years, each labelled by the calendar year it ended in.
Income statement, the last 10 fiscal years
| Fiscal year to | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 723 | 719 | 689 | 654 | 624 | 548 | 607 | 662 | 626 | 633 |
| Revenue growth | 0.6% | 4.3% | 5.4% | 4.8% | 13.9% | -9.8% | -8.4% | 5.7% | -1.1% | — |
| Gross profit | 600 | 595 | 567 | 539 | 509 | 446 | 507 | 572 | 561 | 576 |
| Gross margin | 82.9% | 82.7% | 82.3% | 82.4% | 81.7% | 81.5% | 83.6% | 86.3% | 89.5% | 91.0% |
| Operating income | 60 | 53 | 54 | 66 | 48 | -899 | -445 | 85 | 134 | 177 |
| Operating margin | 8.3% | 7.4% | 7.9% | 10.1% | 7.8% | -164.1% | -73.3% | 12.8% | 21.4% | 27.9% |
| Net income | 20 | 48 | 118 | 17 | 11 | -789 | -445 | 39 | 224 | 176 |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 6.7% | 17.2% | 2.6% | 1.7% | -144.1% | -73.4% | 5.9% | 35.8% | 27.9% |
| Diluted EPS | $0.32 | $0.72 | $1.74 | $0.25 | $0.15 | -$12.21 | -$6.66 | $0.56 | $3.13 | $2.46 |
| Free cash flow | 126 | 128 | 116 | 109 | 119 | 122 | 80 | 149 | 153 | 190 |
Diluted EPS is stated in today's shares (adjusted for every split since). Quarterly statements and the income statement as a flow chart are in the app: open CARS in Markets.
See also: CARS valuation and P/E history · CARS returns
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