Company Analysis

Cars.com Inc. (CARS)

NYSE: CARS · Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation · Chicago, IL · filing with the SEC since 2016
Grade5.2
◀ Past 5.9● Present 5.3▶ Future 4.2

Income statement, as filed

In thousands of US dollars (USD), as filed; per-share figures in US dollars; share counts in thousands. The fiscal year ends in December.
Income statement, by fiscal year, newest first
Fiscal yearFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018FY 2017FY 2016
Period endingDec 31, 2025Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2022Dec 31, 2021Dec 31, 2020Dec 31, 2019Dec 31, 2018Dec 31, 2017Dec 31, 2016
Report filedFeb 26, 2026Feb 27, 2025Feb 22, 2024Feb 23, 2023Feb 25, 2022Feb 25, 2021Feb 26, 2020Feb 28, 2019Mar 6, 2018·
Revenue723,239719,152689,183653,876623,683547,503606,682662,127626,262633,106
For lenders
Net interest income-30,382-32,197-32,425-35,320-38,729-37,856-30,774-27,717-12,37194
Cost of revenue·······90,433r65,54156,794
Sales and marketing239,365232,280r236,819r221,879208,335183,448217,432226,740r209,813211,032
General and administrative91,12483,985r73,017r67,59373,56259,05173,77272,943r44,90323,925
Total operating expenses662,989665,654635,067587,840575,3451,434,8301,052,742578,203492,006456,456
Operating income60,25053,49854,11666,03648,338-887,327-446,06083,924134,256176,650
Other income (expense), net4,43840,562-3,586-8,140-126-11,2261,555722277214
Total non-operating income (expense)-25,9448,365-36,011-43,460-38,855-49,082-29,219-26,995-12,094308
Income before income taxes34,30661,86318,10522,5769,483-936,409-475,27956,929122,162176,958
Income tax expense14,25413,675-100,3375,370-1,308r-147,303r-29,95518,120-102,281588
Net income20,05248,188118,44217,20610,791r-789,106r-445,32438,809224,443176,370
Earnings per share, basic0.320.731.770.250.16r-11.74r-6.650.553.132.46
Earnings per share, diluted0.320.721.740.250.15r-11.74r-6.650.553.132.46
Weighted average shares, basic62,38666,00666,74268,21568,72767,24166,99570,31871,66171,588
Weighted average shares, diluted63,26467,38768,22769,64971,33767,24166,99570,54771,72771,588
As filed with the SEC, each figure from the newest report that carries it, and linked to it. Nothing here is computed.A dot is a line not tagged for that period. r restated by the company in a later report; b a share figure put on the newest basis or filed in the wrong unit. Hover a figure for its filing and note.
What each line is, and the XBRL concept behind it
Revenue what customers paid for what it soldus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax
us-gaap:SalesRevenueNet
Net interest income interest earned less interest paidus-gaap:InterestIncomeExpenseNet
Cost of revenue what it cost to make or buy what it soldus-gaap:CostOfRevenue
Sales and marketing the cost of finding and serving customersus-gaap:SellingAndMarketingExpense
General and administrative the cost of running the company itselfus-gaap:GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Total operating expenses the running costs togetherus-gaap:OperatingExpenses
Operating income profit from running the business, before interest and taxus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss
Other income (expense), net gains and costs outside the businessus-gaap:OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Total non-operating income (expense) everything outside the business, togetherus-gaap:NonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes profit before taxus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Income tax expense tax charged on the period's profitus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income the profit or loss that belongs to the company's shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss
Earnings per share, basic net income per share outstandingus-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic
Earnings per share, diluted net income per share, counting every share that could be issuedus-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average shares, basic the average count of shares outstandingus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Weighted average shares, diluted the average count with every share that could be issuedus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
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