secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Cars.com Inc. (CARS)
CIK:        0001683606
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-268110
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cars.com reports record Q3 revenue $181.6M, adjusted EBITDA margin up to 30.1%
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- Revenue $181.6M (record), +1% YoY; net income $7.7M down 59% on prior-year contingent consideration changes.
- Adjusted net income $30.4M (+10%); adjusted EBITDA $54.6M, margin 30.1% vs 28.5% YoY.
- Dealer customers 19,526 (three-year high); Dealer revenue +2% YoY; Premium subscribers up ~60%.
- Repurchased 1.5M shares for $19.3M in Q3; YTD $63.9M; reaffirms $70-90M FY25 target.
- Launched Carson AI assistant; FY25 adjusted EBITDA margin guidance reaffirmed at 29-31%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1683606/000119312525268110/0001193125-25-268110-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1683606/000119312525268110/cars-20251106.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-268110

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