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Cars.com Inc. CARS

11 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY
Revenue · FY2025
$723.2M
▲ 0.6% vs FY2024
EPS · FY25
$0.32
Dividend / sh · FY25
Payout · FY25
ROE · FY25
4.1%
Net margin · FY25
2.8%
Dividend coverage
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Result
USD 723.2M
Revenue, FY2025 · full 11-year series below
Revenue Net income
0.20.40.60.80.70.020152018202120242025
0.20.40.60.80.70.02016201920222025

3 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
USD 0.32
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS
240.3220152018202120242025
240.322016201920222025

The company pays no cash dividend.

Profitability
4.1%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
81624324.1%20152018202120242025
81624324.1%2016201920222025
Operating margin8.3%
Net margin2.8%
Return on assets1.8%

Each USD of equity produced 4 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
USD 86.9M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paid
Net buybacksUSD 86.9M
Share of profit433.4%
Consecutive raises

USD 86.9M in buybacks — 433% of the year's profit, so the payout drew on cash built up earlier.

Growth
+5.7% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+3.4%
+5.7%
+1.9%
Net income
+5.2%
−18.6%
EPS, diluted
+8.6%
−17.5%
Returned to shareholders
+21.1%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
0.06B
Shares outstanding, FY2025
0.000.0620152018202120242025
0.000.062016201920222025
Change, 5 years−13.0%
Change, 10 years

The share count shrank 13% in five years — the same company, cut into fewer, larger slices.

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Balance sheet
USD 1.1B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 1.1B
EquityUSD 472.5M
CashUSD 56.2M
Gross debtUSD 451.5M
Net debtUSD 395.3M
Current ratio1.87×

Net debt stands at 84% of equity.

History
11 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
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
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 %
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
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
·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
31 of 31
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

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