secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Cars.com Inc. (CARS)
CIK:        0001683606
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-06T11:45:17+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-336773
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cars.com Q2 revenue $179.9M (+1% YoY); net income $14.3M (+103%); adjusted EBITDA margin 29.4% beats guidance
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- Revenue $179.9M (+1% YoY); Marketplace revenue grew 7% YoY, fastest since 2021.
- Net income $14.3M ($0.25 diluted EPS) vs $7.0M ($0.11) a year ago; adjusted net income $28.7M ($0.51).
- Adjusted EBITDA $53.0M (29.4% margin) vs $50.9M (28.5%) a year ago; guidance was 28-29%.
- Share repurchases: 3.7M shares for $37M in Q2; YTD 6.2M shares for $57M; on pace to $90M target.
- Q3 guidance: revenue flat to +2% YoY; adjusted EBITDA margin 28.5-29.5%. Full year reaffirmed.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1683606/000119312526336773/0001193125-26-336773-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1683606/000119312526336773/cars-20260806.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-336773

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