Cars.com Inc. CARS
Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.
What this company does
Written from the business description in Cars.com Inc.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 26 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.
Growth
Revenue compounded at +5.7% a year over the five years to FY2025.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.
Profitability
Each USD of equity produced 4 cents of profit this year.
The 11-year record
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue $B | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Operating income $B | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | −0.9 | −0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| EBITDA $B | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | −0.9 | −0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Income tax $B | 0.0 | 0.0 | −0.1 | 0.0 | −0.0 | −0.1 | −0.0 | 0.0 | −0.1 | 0.0 | ◌ |
| Net income $B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | −0.8 | −0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Free cash flow $B | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| EPS, diluted $ | 0.32 | 0.72 | 1.74 | 0.25 | 0.15 | −11.74 | −6.65 | 0.55 | 3.13 | 2.46 | 2.20 |
| Dividend / sh $ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ |
| Payout % — not applicable: no dividend | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ROE % | 4.1 | 9.6 | 27.0 | 4.4 | 2.8 | −104.6 | −32.2 | 2.3 | 11.0 | 7.5 | 6.8 |
| Shares out B | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.00 | ◌ |
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Company facts, as filed
Reconciled in 11 of the 11 fiscal years we could check. 18 checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2016. Eight checks were skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2015. Eight checks were skipped: revenue is not tagged before 2015.