Cars.com Inc. (CARS) quarterly cash flow statement — complete operating, investing & financing history
Cars.com Inc. (CARS) cash flow statement — 12-year operating, investing & financing cash flows
| Metric | Q2'26 | Q1'26 | Q4'25 | Q3'25 | Q2'25 | Q1'25 | Q4'24 | Q3'24 | Q2'24 | Q1'24 | Q4'23 | Q3'23 | Q2'23 | Q1'23 | Q4'22 | Q3'22 | Q2'22 | Q1'22 | Q4'21 | Q3'21 |
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| Cash from Operations | 15.81M | 39.81M | 37.12M | 58.84M | 26.23M | 29.45M | 30.01M | 53.8M | 35.25M | 33.47M | 45.14M | 35.4M | 28.04M | 28.14M | 37.22M | 49.01M | 11.92M | 30.36M | 21.78M | 36.61M |
| Operating CF Margin % | 8.79% | 22.09% | 20.18% | 32.4% | 14.67% | 16.45% | 16.63% | 29.94% | 19.71% | 18.58% | 25.13% | 20.3% | 16.67% | 16.84% | 22.13% | 29.78% | 7.32% | 19.19% | 13.76% | 23.38% |
| Operating CF Growth % | -39.71% | 35.15% | 23.7% | 9.37% | -25.6% | -11.99% | -33.52% | 51.97% | 25.72% | 18.93% | 21.28% | -27.78% | 135.2% | -7.3% | 70.91% | 33.88% | -59.25% | -39.72% | -47.84% | -6.7% |
| Net Income | 14.26M | 4.98M | 7.4M | 7.66M | 7.01M | -2.01M | 17.3M | 18.72M | 11.38M | 784K | 8.35M | 4.49M | 94.13M | 11.48M | 10.26M | -2.94M | 5.54M | 4.34M | -2.88M | 2.43M |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 17.34M | 16.72M | 16.47M | 23.46M | 24.87M | 27.04M | 24.68M | 27.56M | 27.57M | 27.36M | 26.62M | 25.67M | 24.67M | 24.04M | 23.71M | 23.13M | 23M | 24.55M | 25.4M | 25.55M |
| Stock-Based Compensation | 5.91M | 8.57M | 8.89M | 7.42M | 6.68M | 8.33M | 6.86M | 8.15M | 8.47M | 7.07M | 7.56M | 7.41M | 7.54M | 5.98M | 5.24M | 5.47M | 6.41M | 5.22M | 5.28M | 5.49M |
| Deferred Taxes | 4.25M | 3M | 5.18M | 5.11M | 1.5M | -343K | -575K | 4.67M | 3.37M | 4.43M | -15.68M | -6.23M | -92.36M | -228K | 607K | 768K | 282K | -374K | -2.27M | -217K |
| Other Non-Cash Items | 2.77M | 1.9M | 370K | 2.9M | -906K | 1.78M | -6.98M | -19.61M | -12.99M | 5.26M | 6.74M | 5.76M | 4.91M | -7.78M | -4M | 13.54M | 956K | 1.91M | 2.77M | 3.18M |
| Working Capital Changes | -28.72M | 4.64M | -1.19M | 12.28M | -12.93M | -5.34M | -11.29M | 14.3M | -2.54M | -11.44M | 11.55M | -1.7M | -10.85M | -5.35M | 1.4M | 9.04M | -24.27M | -5.29M | -6.52M | 177K |
| Change in Receivables | -9.12M | -3.85M | -3.46M | 3.26M | -1.61M | 2.41M | -9.75M | 2.52M | -3.94M | -1.16M | -3.1M | -7.85M | 1.93M | -6.55M | -1.8M | -3.15M | -8.82M | 4.44M | 581K | 1.12M |
| Change in Inventory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Change in Payables | 3.83M | 1.55M | -5.37M | 2.15M | 2.22M | -4.7M | 1.16M | 2.67M | 3.99M | 3.29M | 3.25M | -1.19M | 2.52M | -859K | -271K | 5.3M | -3.5M | 1.08M | -303K | -9.68M |
| Cash from Investing | -5.86M | -6.26M | -14.08M | -6.2M | -8.39M | -20.74M | -5.56M | -6.54M | -6.48M | -6.01M | -81.47M | -5.01M | -5.2M | -5.37M | -5.21M | -5.84M | -4.55M | -68.78M | -21.57M | -4.78M |
| Capital Expenditures | -547K | -6.26M | -5.89M | -559K | -8.04M | -811K | -954K | -947K | -391K | -6.01M | -5.31M | -229K | -309K | -199K | -5.32M | -321K | -439K | -492K | -1.31M | -4.78M |
| CapEx % of Revenue | 0.3% | 3.47% | 3.21% | 0.31% | 4.5% | 0.45% | 0.53% | 0.53% | 0.22% | 3.34% | 2.95% | 0.13% | 0.18% | 0.12% | 3.16% | 0.19% | 0.27% | 0.31% | 0.83% | 3.06% |
| Acquisitions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -347K | -24.42M | 2K | 0 | -218K | 0 | -76.17M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107K | 0 | 0 | -64.77M | -20.26M | 0 |
| Investments | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Investing | -5.31M | 0 | -8.18M | -5.64M | 0 | -4.98M | -4.61M | -5.59M | -5.87M | 0 | 0 | -4.78M | -4.89M | -5.17M | 0 | -5.52M | -4.11M | -3.52M | 0 | 0 |
| Cash from Financing | -41.26M | -24.99M | -22.06M | -25.22M | -21.96M | -27.39M | -22.9M | -26.83M | -31.02M | -35.2M | 26.89M | -9.91M | -13.08M | -35.65M | -32.22M | -29.38M | -19.69M | 29.8M | -12.64M | -32.5M |
| Debt Issued (Net) | -5M | -4.54M | 0 | -5M | -4.7M | 0 | -10M | -5M | -5M | -10M | 35M | -3.75M | -3.75M | -18.75M | -23.75M | -12.5M | -2.5M | 42.5M | -12.5M | -32.5M |
| Equity Issued (Net) | -37.01M | -20.45M | -17.34M | -19.7M | -23.11M | -27.39M | -13.49M | -21.32M | -5.27M | -9.1M | -7.98M | -6.16M | -10.05M | -7.1M | -9.05M | -16.88M | -18.05M | -5M | -7.19M | 0 |
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Share Repurchases | -37.01M | -20.45M | -22.57M | -19.7M | -23.11M | -21.54M | -13.49M | -21.32M | -5.27M | -9.1M | -7.98M | -6.16M | -10.05M | -7.1M | -9.05M | -16.88M | -18.05M | -5M | 0 | 0 |
| Other Financing | 751K | 0 | -4.71M | -528K | 5.85M | 0 | 590K | -508K | -20.75M | -16.11M | -136K | 0 | 728K | -9.8M | 582K | 0 | 858K | -7.7M | 7.05M | -1K |
| Net Change in Cash | -31.31M | 8.36M | 1.16M | 27.37M | -3.73M | -19.24M | 1.1M | 20.5M | -2.29M | -7.83M | -9.89M | 20.48M | 9.77M | -12.88M | -205K | 13.79M | -12.32M | -8.62M | -12.44M | -678K |
| Free Cash Flow | 15.27M | 39.55M | 36.73M | 58.28M | 23.7M | 23.66M | 24.44M | 47.25M | 28.99M | 27.45M | 44.6M | 30.39M | 22.84M | 22.77M | 31.91M | 43.17M | 7.38M | 26.35M | 20.46M | 31.82M |
| FCF Margin % | 8.48% | 21.94% | 19.97% | 32.1% | 13.26% | 13.22% | 13.55% | 26.3% | 16.21% | 15.24% | 24.83% | 17.43% | 13.58% | 13.63% | 18.97% | 26.23% | 4.53% | 16.66% | 12.93% | 20.33% |
| FCF Growth % | -35.58% | 67.14% | 50.29% | 23.33% | -18.26% | -13.82% | -45.19% | 55.48% | 26.92% | 20.58% | 39.78% | -29.59% | 209.74% | -13.59% | 55.91% | 35.65% | -67.05% | -40.31% | -45.63% | -10% |
| FCF per Share | 0.27 | 0.66 | 0.60 | 0.92 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.70 | 0.43 | 0.41 | 0.65 | 0.44 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.47 | 0.64 | 0.10 | 0.37 | 0.30 | 0.45 |
| FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income) | 1.11x | 8.00x | 5.02x | 7.68x | 3.74x | -14.63x | 1.73x | 2.87x | 3.10x | 42.69x | 5.41x | 7.88x | 0.30x | 2.45x | 3.63x | -16.66x | 2.15x | 6.99x | -3.66x | 15.06x |
| Interest Paid | -983K | 983K | 12.9M | 1.99M | 13.9M | 1.16M | 14.07M | 1.56M | 14.33M | 2.57M | 0 | 1.26M | 14.05M | 1.49M | 14.33M | 1.38M | 14.92M | 2.74M | 0 | 3.05M |
| Taxes Paid | 3.5M | 0 | 345K | 0 | 767K | 1.32M | -5.51M | 867K | 3.47M | 1.17M | 0 | 4.83M | 12.19M | 96K | -196K | 112K | 612K | 17K | 0 | 0 |