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Cars.com Inc. CARS Debt Issuance Costs

Debt Issuance Costs at other companies

Penske Automotive GroupPAG

$900K+200%

OPENLANE, IncOPLN

$0-100%

Sonic AutomotiveSAH

$1.2M+250%

CarMaxKMX

$6.05M-32.0%

YextYEXT

$49K-16.9%

AutoNationAN

$3.4M-30.6%

Other financials

Income statement

Revenue$180.2M+0.7%

Operating income$16.6M+157%

Net income$5.0M+347%

EPS (diluted)$0.08+367%

Balance sheet

Cash & equivalents$64.6M+105%

Total debt$451.8M-0.8%

Total equity$460.7M-6.0%

Total assets$1.1B-2.8%

Cash flow

Operating cash flow$39.8M+35.1%

CapEx$262.0K-67.7%

Free cash flow$39.5M+38.1%

Valuation

Market cap$567.97M-19.3%

Enterprise value$955.2M-15.3%

P/E21×+5.5×

P/S0.8×-0.2×

Profitability

Gross margin84.2%—

Operating margin9.7%+3.1pp

Net margin3.7%-2.6pp

FCF margin21.8%+1.6pp

Returns & leverage

Return on equity5.7%-3.7pp

Debt / equity1×+0.1×

Current ratio1.9×+0.2×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Cars.com Inc. in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts.

The official record: Cars.com Inc.’s 10-K, filed February 26, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Cars.com Inc.'s debt issuance costs?: Cars.com Inc. (CARS) reported debt issuance costs of $0 in Q4 2025.
How has Cars.com Inc.'s debt issuance costs changed year-over-year?: Cars.com Inc.'s debt issuance costs decreased by 100.0% year-over-year, from $467.25K to $0.
What does debt issuance costs mean?: Cash paid for fees, legal costs, and underwriting discounts associated with issuing new debt.