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Cars.com Inc. filings document the public-company disclosures of an automotive marketplace and dealer-technology platform. Its 8-K reports furnish operating and financial results, including revenue trends, profitability measures, cash flow, dealer metrics, marketplace activity, and share repurchase disclosures tied to the company’s capital-allocation program.
Proxy materials cover annual meeting matters, shareholder voting, board governance, executive compensation, equity awards, and leadership succession. Other material-event filings address executive changes, governance matters, capital-structure disclosure, and the formal reporting controls that frame Cars.com’s business as a NYSE-listed operating company.
Cars.com Inc. Chief Commercial Officer Lisa Gosselin received a compensation-related grant of 124,282 shares of common stock on March 11, 2026. The award was made at no purchase price to her, reflecting a grant or other acquisition rather than an open-market buy.
Following this grant, she directly holds 209,455 shares of Cars.com common stock. Footnotes explain that the position includes restricted stock units granted under the company’s Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, each RSU representing a right to receive one share of common stock, and that these RSUs are subject to vesting conditions.
Hartmann Tobias reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Cars.com Inc. reported that CEO and director Tobias Hartmann received a grant of 344,150 shares of Common Stock in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs). These RSUs were granted under the Cars.com Inc. Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan and are subject to vesting.
Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of Cars.com common stock. Following this award, Hartmann’s directly held position, including RSUs, totals 577,977 shares, reflecting a compensation-related equity grant rather than an open‑market purchase.
Jain Sonia reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Cars.com Inc. Chief Financial Officer Sonia Jain received a grant of 156,267 shares of common stock in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs) under the company’s Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan. The RSUs are subject to vesting, and each RSU represents one share of Cars.com common stock.
Following this award, Jain directly holds 399,433 shares of Cars.com, including RSUs. This is a compensation-related equity award rather than an open-market purchase or sale, designed to align the CFO’s interests with long-term shareholder value.
Cars.com Inc. disclosure: Pale Fire Capital entities and two individuals report collective beneficial ownership of 3,454,230 Shares, representing approximately 5.9% of the outstanding common stock.
The filing states the 3,454,230 Shares are directly owned by PFC SICAV and that PFC IS, Pale Fire Capital, Dusan Senkypl and Jan Barta "may be deemed" beneficial owners of those Shares. The ownership percentage is calculated from 58,636,763 Shares outstanding as of February 23, 2026. The report is a joint Schedule 13G filing dated March 6, 2026.
Cars.com Inc. reported insider equity changes for former director and CEO Thomas Alex Vetter. On March 2, 2026, he received a grant or award of 137,797 shares of common stock at $0.0000 per share, increasing his direct common stock holdings to 911,092 shares.
On the same date, the company retained (but did not issue) 71,665 and 67,444 underlying common shares at $8.54 per share to satisfy tax withholding tied to vesting of RSUs and PSUs, which is reported as a tax-withholding disposition rather than an open-market sale. The filing also updates multiple stock option positions, including holdings of 513,228, 290,994, and 263,119 options.
Cars.com Inc. Chief Financial Officer Sonia Jain reported equity compensation activity involving the company’s common stock. On March 2, 2026, she had 19,621 and 7,391 shares treated as "disposed" at $8.54 per share, but footnotes explain these shares were retained by the company to cover tax withholding on vested restricted stock units and performance-based units rather than sold in the market.
On the same date, she acquired 26,536 shares through a grant or award at no cost, including shares earned upon vesting of performance awards. After these transactions, her directly held and RSU-inclusive holdings, as reported in the filing’s totals, increased to 243,166 shares.
Cars.com Inc. Chief Commercial Officer Lisa Gosselin reported a tax-related share disposition. On the vesting of restricted stock units (RSUs), 8,256 shares of common stock were retained by the company to cover tax withholding obligations rather than being issued as shares, leaving her with 85,173 shares held directly, including RSUs.
Cars.com Inc.'s Chief Legal Officer, Angelique Strong Marks, reported a tax-related share disposition. On the reported date, 16,442 shares of common stock underlying vested restricted stock units were withheld by Cars.com Inc. to cover tax obligations, rather than being sold in the open market.
These shares were retained by the company and not issued, while Marks’ direct holdings after this transaction total 143,013 shares of common stock, including restricted stock units and 1,621 shares acquired through the company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Cars.com Inc. provides a data-driven automotive marketplace and digital solutions platform connecting car shoppers with about 19,500 franchise and independent dealers in the U.S. and Canada. The business is powered by roughly 26 million average monthly visitors and an asset-light, mostly subscription-based revenue model.
About 80% of revenue comes from recurring subscriptions across marketplace, digital experience, media and trade & appraisal tools, supported by strong operating cash flow above $135.0 million in each of the last three years. The company highlights competition, macro auto demand, AI disruption, data privacy, regulation and climate-related risks, while also noting a $250.0 million share repurchase authorization.
Cars.com Inc. reported record full-year 2025 revenue of $723.2 million, up 1%, with fourth-quarter revenue of $183.9 million, up 2%. Q4 net income was $7.4 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, down from $17.3 million a year earlier mainly due to a prior-period gain on an equity sale. Q4 Adjusted EBITDA was $54.9 million, essentially flat year over year with a 29.9% margin.
For 2025, net income was $20.1 million versus $48.2 million in 2024, while Adjusted EBITDA rose to $211.1 million with a 29.2% margin. The company generated $151.6 million in operating cash flow and $125.7 million in free cash flow, repurchasing 7.1 million shares for $86.0 million, about 9% of shares outstanding. Dealer customers increased to 19,544. For 2026, management expects revenue to be flat to up 2% year over year and Adjusted EBITDA margin between 29.0% and 30.0%, with Q1 revenue flat to up 1% and margin of 26.0–27.0%.