Pulling SEC filings + quote and writing the call…
| Fiscal year | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $633M | $626M | $662M | $607M | $548M | $624M | $654M | $689M | $719M | $723M |
| Revenue growth | — | -1.1% | 5.7% | -8.4% | -9.8% | 13.9% | 4.8% | 5.4% | 4.3% | 0.6% |
| Operating income | $177M | $134M | $83.9M | -$446M | -$887M | $48.3M | $66.0M | $54.1M | $53.5M | $60.3M |
| Operating margin | 27.9% | 21.4% | 12.7% | -73.5% | -162.1% | 7.8% | 10.1% | 7.9% | 7.4% | 8.3% |
| Net income | $176M | $224M | $38.8M | -$445M | -$789M | $10.8M | $17.2M | $118M | $48.2M | $20.1M |
| Net margin | 27.9% | 35.8% | 5.9% | -73.4% | -144.1% | 1.7% | 2.6% | 17.2% | 6.7% | 2.8% |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.46 | $3.13 | $0.55 | -$6.65 | -$11.74 | $0.15 | $0.25 | $1.74 | $0.72 | $0.32 |
| Fiscal year | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $199M | $186M | $164M | $101M | $139M | $138M | $129M | $137M | $153M | $152M |
| Capital expenditures | $9.70M | $32.8M | $14.2M | $21.3M | $16.7M | $1.45M | $1.83M | $1.28M | $3.00M | $4.29M |
| Free cash flow | $189M | $153M | $149M | $80.2M | $122M | $137M | $127M | $135M | $150M | $147M |
| Share buybacks | — | $0.00 | $97.2M | $40.0M | $0.00 | $0.00 | $49.0M | $31.3M | $49.2M | $86.9M |
| Fiscal year | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | $8.90M | $20.6M | $25.5M | $13.5M | $67.7M | $39.1M | $31.7M | $39.2M | $50.7M | $56.2M |
| Total assets | $2.55B | $2.51B | $2.60B | $2.03B | $1.08B | $1.01B | $1.02B | $1.17B | $1.11B | $1.06B |
| Total liabilities | $130M | $832M | $974M | $887M | $736M | $609M | $640M | $680M | $600M | $590M |
| Long-term debt | — | $557M | $665M | $611M | $576M | $457M | $458M | $460M | $455M | $452M |
| Shareholders' equity | $2.42B | $1.68B | $1.63B | $1.14B | $368M | $398M | $384M | $492M | $511M | $473M |
| Retained earnings | — | $177M | $118M | -$367M | -$1.16B | -$1.15B | -$1.13B | -$1.01B | -$962M | -$941M |
| Shares (wtd avg diluted) | 71.6M | 71.7M | 70.5M | 67.0M | 67.2M | 71.3M | 69.6M | 68.2M | 67.4M | 63.3M |
Every figure is extracted from Cars.com Inc.’s annual reports as filed with the SEC (XBRL company facts) — no third-party estimates. Fiscal years are labeled by period end; filers occasionally re-tag concepts, so a sparse cell means the company didn’t report that concept for that year. Free cash flow = operating cash flow − capital expenditures.
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