Cars.com Inc.
Cars.com Inc. (NYSE: CARS) operates an online automotive marketplace and technology platform connecting car shoppers with dealerships, while providing dealers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and other advertisers with marketing and retail technology. Its Cars.com marketplace offers vehicle listings, reviews,… From the company’s description.
Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Cars.com Inc. reported revenue of $725.94M, up 0.9% from a year earlier, and net income of $42.98M. Its operating margin was 13.1%, and operations generated $151.78M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $723.24M, up 0.6% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $20.05M.
Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.
What Cars.com Inc. does
In the company’s own words
Cars.com Inc. (NYSE: CARS) operates an online automotive marketplace and technology platform connecting car shoppers with dealerships, while providing dealers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and other advertisers with marketing and retail technology. Its Cars.com marketplace offers vehicle listings, reviews, editorial content, pricing and financing tools, trade-in valuations and AI-powered shopping features. The company’s product suite spans Marketplace, Digital Experience, Media Solutions, and Trade & Appraisal; its offerings include dealer websites, targeted advertising, appraisal software and DealerClub, a dealer-to-dealer digital auction. Approximately 19,500 franchise and independent dealers in the U.S. and Canada use its platform, and substantially all OEMs selling vehicles in those countries are customers. In 2025, its marketplace drew an average of 26 million monthly shoppers, and the company hosted websites for approximately 7,700 dealers. Its principal brand is Cars.com; other named products include AccuTrade, Cars Social, VIN Performance Media and Carson. The company also operates DealerClub for wholesale vehicle transactions. Its website is www.carscommerce.inc.
Company details
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry (SIC)
- Business Services & Software
- Headquarters
- CHICAGO, IL
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 1683606
- SIC
- 7374
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2017–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns Cars.com Inc. — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · Cars.com Inc.’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
Cars.com Inc.’s bonds, as funds hold them
Funds report holding 1 issues of Cars.com Inc.’s debt, $95.85M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 6.38%, maturing 2028 to 2028.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
All filings →Each filing opens into its own statements and disclosures here.
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