CARS
Cars.com Inc
NYSE: CARS · COMMUNICATION SERVICES · INTERNET CONTENT & INFORMATION
$10.99
+0.18% today
Updated 2026-04-30
Market cap
$635.77M
P/E ratio
34.84
P/S ratio
0.88x
EPS (TTM)
$0.32
Dividend yield
—
52W range
$7 – $14
Volume
1.6M
Cars.com Inc (CARS) Financial statements
SEC filings — annual and quarterly data.
Income statement — annual
| Item | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $418.20M | $495.95M | $596.51M | $633.11M | $626.26M | $662.13M | $606.68M | $547.50M | $623.68M | $653.88M | $689.18M | $719.15M | $723.24M |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | — | +18.6% | +20.3% | +6.1% | -1.1% | +5.7% | -8.4% | -9.8% | +13.9% | +4.8% | +5.4% | +4.3% | +0.6% |
| Cost of revenue | $106.55M | $115.53M | $116.69M | $129.86M | $139.70M | $90.43M | $99.55M | $101.54M | $114.20M | $114.96M | $122.20M | $124.33M | $122.73M |
| Gross profit | $311.65M | $380.43M | $479.82M | $503.24M | $560.72M | $569.76M | $507.13M | $445.97M | $509.48M | $538.92M | $566.98M | $594.82M | $600.51M |
| Gross margin | 74.5% | 76.7% | 80.4% | 79.5% | 89.5% | 86.0% | 83.6% | 81.5% | 81.7% | 82.4% | 82.3% | 82.7% | 83.0% |
| R&D | — | — | $73.97M | $73.97M | $73.97M | $73.97M | — | — | $77.32M | $89.02M | $99.58M | $113.93M | $117.33M |
| SG&A | $146.81M | $229.65M | $92.99M | $97.00M | $119.06M | $141.73M | $136.63M | $119.72M | $150.88M | $67.59M | $76.81M | $88.71M | $98.36M |
| Operating income | $67.34M | $22.31M | $157.73M | $176.65M | $134.26M | $83.92M | $-446.06M | $-887.33M | $7.72M | $66.04M | $54.12M | $53.50M | $60.25M |
| Operating margin | 16.1% | 4.5% | 26.4% | 27.9% | 21.4% | 12.7% | -73.5% | -162.1% | 1.2% | 10.1% | 7.9% | 7.4% | 8.3% |
| EBITDA | $94.38M | $50.24M | $238.66M | $260.06M | $223.17M | $188.46M | $-327.63M | $-785.28M | $109.53M | $152.29M | $151.53M | $201.24M | $187.15M |
| EBITDA margin | 22.6% | 10.1% | 40.0% | 41.1% | 35.6% | 28.5% | -54.0% | -143.4% | 17.6% | 23.3% | 22.0% | 28.0% | 25.9% |
| EBIT | $85.11M | $22.59M | $157.84M | $176.96M | $134.53M | $84.65M | $-444.50M | $-898.55M | $7.72M | $57.90M | $50.53M | $94.06M | $95.31M |
| Interest expense | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $12.37M | $27.72M | $30.77M | $37.86M | $38.73M | $35.32M | $32.42M | $32.20M | $61.01M |
| Income tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Effective tax rate | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Net income | $104.69M | $591.60M | $157.84M | $176.37M | $224.44M | $38.81M | $-445.32M | $-817.12M | $7.72M | $17.21M | $118.44M | $48.19M | $20.05M |
| Net income growth (YoY) | — | +465.1% | -73.3% | +11.7% | +27.3% | -82.7% | -1247.5% | -83.5% | +100.9% | +122.9% | +588.4% | -59.3% | -58.4% |
| Profit margin | 25.0% | 119.3% | 26.5% | 27.9% | 35.8% | 5.9% | -73.4% | -149.2% | 1.2% | 2.6% | 17.2% | 6.7% | 2.8% |