CARS earnings

Cars.com Inc.

CARS chart · All upcoming earnings

Next report 2026-11-05
When Thursday before open
In52 days
EPS estimate0.57
1-day std dev14.0%

How CARS has moved on earnings, close to close (last 37)?Measured close to close. Day 1 = the last close before the report to the next close (the following session for after-close reports). Day 2 / Day 3 are that single session on its own. 5-day is the cumulative move from the pre-report close through the 5th session.

10 20 30 Max
MoveMeanMedianStd devHit rate
Day 1 -0.2% -0.8% 14.0% 46%
Day 2 -0.1% +0.5% 5.9% 62%
Day 3 +1.4% +1.2% 5.1% 62%
5-day -0.7% +0.2% 15.1% 51%
Biggest pop
+52.9%
Biggest drop
-34.5%
On a beat
+5.7%
On a miss
-3.3%
1-mo drift
+0.7%

Day 1 price move on each of the last 37 reports

Day 1 = the close-to-close move on the first session to trade the news — hover for the EPS surprise.

Report history

ReportEstActualSurpriseGap1-day+5d+1mo
2026-08-06 miss 0.51 0.51 -0.6% -8.6% -0.8% +6.9% -0.1%
2026-05-07 miss 0.46 0.45 -2.2% +7.2% +10.2% -16.2% -24.6%
2026-02-26 miss 0.55 0.44 -19.7% -11.7% -15.5% -7.5% -12.3%
2025-11-06 miss 0.49 0.48 -1.4% +14.1% +6.5% +4.3% +7.5%
2025-08-07 miss 0.42 0.41 -1.6% -5.4% -10.4% +5.8% +14.8%
2025-05-08 miss 0.49 0.37 -24.7% -9.5% -11.2% +8.1% +5.1%
2025-02-27 miss 0.56 0.49 -12.5% -2.4% -21.4% -3.2% -6.1%
2024-11-07 miss 0.45 0.41 -8.1% +4.7% +6.2% +4.8% +7.2%
2024-08-08 miss 0.45 0.38 -15.1% -6.9% -6.0% +5.2% +3.2%
2024-05-09 miss 0.49 0.43 -11.7% +5.6% +9.2% -0.9% +6.4%
2024-02-22 miss 0.52 0.40 -24.0% -2.9% -0.3% +1.9% -5.9%
2023-11-02 beat 0.48 0.55 +14.6% +9.0% +11.7% +10.1% +13.0%
2023-08-03 beat 0.46 1.83 +293.4% -13.1% -5.4% -5.5% -11.7%
2023-05-04 miss 0.44 0.43 -2.3% -5.0% -11.7% +10.9% +3.2%
2023-02-23 miss 0.49 0.33 -31.5% +9.7% +12.5% -3.0% -6.8%
2022-11-03 beat 0.49 0.54 +10.7% -6.5% +9.0% +7.3% +4.1%
2022-08-03 miss 0.47 0.41 -14.0% +2.5% +4.1% +5.4% +0.6%
2022-05-05 beat 0.39 0.44 +12.1% -6.3% -7.3% -15.8% -5.3%
2022-02-24 beat 0.42 0.47 +13.7% -5.3% +5.6% +6.6% -0.5%
2021-11-04 beat 0.44 0.45 +2.9% +3.7% +2.9% -2.6% +23.8%
2021-08-05 miss 0.41 0.19 -53.1% +3.2% +10.0% +4.6% -2.6%
2021-05-06 beat 0.36 0.39 +8.7% -1.6% -0.9% +0.2% +12.0%
2021-02-25 miss 0.47 0.09 -80.9% -8.3% -12.8% +1.6% +1.9%
2020-11-09 beat 0.39 0.50 +29.3% -2.4% -5.0% +5.1% +33.2%
2020-07-30 beat -0.17 0.12 +171.5% +16.1% +20.8% +10.0% +10.2%
2020-05-06 beat 0.13 0.32 +146.4% +17.3% +52.9% -28.5% +11.0%
2020-02-26 beat 0.37 0.63 +69.8% -2.4% -16.0% -12.7% -51.9%
2019-11-06 miss 0.36 0.32 -12.2% -2.8% +2.4% -0.5% +2.4%
2019-08-05 miss 0.43 0.30 -29.8% -35.6% -34.5% -21.7% -24.1%
2019-05-10 miss 0.34 0.31 -9.0% +3.3% +6.1% +3.0% -3.8%
2019-02-28 miss 0.57 0.50 -12.2% +0.0% -4.7% -4.6% -3.1%
2018-11-07 miss 0.56 0.55 -2.4% +0.0% -1.6% -1.0% -7.5%
2018-08-08 miss 0.60 0.48 -19.3% -10.7% -2.6% -2.3% -4.2%
2018-05-09 miss 0.44 0.39 -10.7% -2.6% -9.4% -3.8% +9.8%
2018-03-06 beat 0.31 0.48 +54.8% +5.0% +4.1% +1.7% -3.1%
2017-11-08 miss 0.31 0.29 -6.5% -8.7% -4.3% +5.9% +21.6%
2017-08-09 beat 0.30 0.35 +16.7% -0.4% +1.9% +2.4% +8.9%

“1-day” is the close-to-close move over the session that first traded on the news (the next session for after-close reports). “+5d / +1mo” are the further drift from that close.

Earnings dates & estimates from Yahoo Finance (refreshed 2026-09-13); price reactions from end-of-day data. History, not a forecast. Not investment advice.