NYSE:CARS | Free Cash Flow | Cars.com Inc.

Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure. FCF / net income requires positive matching-period earnings.

Available history
2015-12-31 to 2026-03-31
Data captured

Historical Free Cash Flow

DateOperating cash flowCapital expenditureFree cash flowFCF / net income
2026-03-31$39.81M$262,000.00$39.55M794.42%
2025-12-31$37.12M$385,000.00$36.73M496.53%
2025-03-31$29.46M$811,000.00$28.64M
2024-12-31$30.01M$954,000.00$29.05M167.90%
2024-03-31$33.47M$708,000.00$32.76M4178.57%
2023-12-31$45.14M$543,000.00$44.6M534.35%
2023-03-31$28.14M$199,000.00$27.94M243.42%
2022-12-31$37.22M$576,000.00$36.64M357.08%
2022-03-31$30.36M$492,000.00$29.87M688.16%
2021-12-31$21.78M-$16.43M$5.35M
2021-03-31$50.36M$6.22M$44.14M836.36%
2020-12-31$41.75M$4.11M$37.64M106.83%
2020-03-31$28.89M$5.76M$23.14M
2019-12-31$20.93M$5.85M$15.09M
2019-03-31$38.39M$3.36M$35.03M
2018-12-31$42.47M$4.27M$38.2M408.25%
2018-03-31$26.66M$2.51M$24.15M2599.35%
2017-12-31$38.73M$5.14M$33.59M22.13%
2017-03-31$43.72M$5.61M$38.11M141.72%
2016-12-31$58.72M$2.31M$56.4M115.57%
2016-03-31$25.86M$2.13M$23.73M70.41%

Annual Free Cash Flow

DateOperating cash flowCapital expenditureFree cash flowFCF / net income
2025-12-31$151.64M$4.29M$147.35M734.85%
2024-12-31$152.52M$3M$149.52M310.29%
2023-12-31$136.72M$1.28M$135.44M114.35%
2022-12-31$128.51M$1.83M$126.68M736.27%
2021-12-31$138M$1.45M$136.55M1265.42%
2020-12-31$138.62M$16.71M$121.9M
2019-12-31$101.48M$21.26M$80.23M
2018-12-31$163.55M$14.23M$149.32M384.74%
2017-12-31$185.93M$32.77M$153.16M68.24%
2016-12-31$199.15M$9.7M$189.45M107.42%
2015-12-31$190.06M$9.11M$180.95M114.64%