secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Cars.com Inc. (CARS)
CIK:        0001683606
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-073457
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cars.com Q4 revenue up 2% to $183.9M; FY2025 record $723M; net income down 57%
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- Q4 revenue $183.9M (+2% YoY); net income $7.4M ($0.12 diluted) vs $17.3M ($0.26) prior year.
- FY2025 revenue record $723.2M (+1% YoY); Adj. EBITDA $211.1M (29.2% margin, flat YoY).
- Dealer customers 19,544 (+2% YoY); ARPD $2,472; AccuTrade subscribers 1,180, appraisals +75% YoY.
- Repurchased 7.1M shares for $86M in FY2025 (retired ~9%); $174M authorization remains.
- Q1 2026 revenue outlook flat to +1% YoY; FY2026 rev flat to +2% YoY; Adj. EBITDA margin 29-30%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1683606/000119312526073457/0001193125-26-073457-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1683606/000119312526073457/cars-20260226.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-073457

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