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Carvana CVNA Return on assets

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$6.4B+52.0%
Gross profit$1.3B+36.8%
Operating income$581.0M+47.5%
Net income$250.0M+15.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$2.5B+31.9%
Total debt$5.7B-8.4%
Total equity$3.7B+147%
Total assets$13.8B+55.1%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$107.0M-53.9%
CapEx$51.0M+88.9%
Free cash flow$56.0M-72.7%

Valuation

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Market cap$47.68B+60.0%
Enterprise value$50.85B+48.6%
P/E33.1×-41.8×
P/S2.1×+0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin20.1%-1.5pp
Operating margin9.2%+0.8pp
Net margin6.4%+3.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity55.2%+10.8pp
Debt / equity1.5×-2.6×
Current ratio4.1×+0.3×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Carvana’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Carvana’s 10-Q, filed April 29, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Carvana's return on assets?
Carvana (CVNA) reported return on assets of 12.7% in Q1 2026.
How has Carvana's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Carvana's return on assets increased by 153.5% year-over-year, from 5% to 12.7%.
What is the long-term trend for Carvana's return on assets?
Over 2 years (2021 to 2025), Carvana's return on assets has grown at a 59.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -12.6% to 32.1%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.