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CARS Financials Cars.Com Inc.

11 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 5.7% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Operating margin has expanded, at 8.3% in the latest year.
  • Free cash flow has grown 3.9% per year over the past 5 years.

Financial health

  • Total debt ($455M) exceeds cash ($56M); net debt is $399M.
  • Total debt has grown slower than revenue (-5.3% vs 5.7% per year).
  • Total debt is 3.0× EBITDA.
Revenue & net income
-$789M -$33M $723M $0 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
-162% -36% 91% 0% 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
$0 $95M $189M 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $348M $696M 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$171M $14M $199M $0 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $723M $20M 0.0% 8.3% $147M $455M $56M
2024 $719M $48M 0.0% 7.4% $150M $460M $51M
2023 $689M $118M 0.0% 7.9% $135M $490M $39M
2022 $654M $17M 0.0% 10.1% $127M $481M $32M
2021 $624M $11M 0.0% 7.8% $137M $478M $39M
2020 $548M -$789M 0.0% -162.1% $122M $598M $68M
2019 $607M -$445M 0.0% -73.5% $80M $648M $14M
2018 $662M $39M 86.3% 12.7% $149M $696M $25M
2017 $626M $224M 89.5% 21.4% $153M $584M $21M
2016 $633M $176M 91.0% 27.9% $189M $9M
2015 $158M $100000

Valuation over time

How the market has priced CARS against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 37.1 74.1 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 1.0 2.0 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S

Frequently asked questions

Is CARS growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Cars.Com Inc.'s revenue has grown 5.7% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does CARS have?

As of FY2025, Cars.Com Inc. reported $455M of total debt against $56M of cash.

What is CARS's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was —, operating margin 8.3%, and net margin 2.8%.

What is CARS's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, Cars.Com Inc. traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 28.3× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.