Welcome to our dedicated page for Cars.Com SEC filings (Ticker: CARS), a comprehensive resource for investors and traders seeking official regulatory documents including 10-K annual reports, 10-Q quarterly earnings, 8-K material events, and insider trading forms.
The Cars.com Inc. (NYSE: CARS) SEC filings page on Stock Titan provides access to the company’s regulatory disclosures as it operates its Cars Commerce platform for the automotive industry. These filings complement the company’s press releases and offer structured detail on financial performance, leadership changes, equity plans and other material events.
Investors can review Form 8-K filings in which Cars.com Inc. reports significant developments. Recent 8-Ks include disclosures about quarterly financial results, where the company furnishes press releases that discuss revenue, dealer customer counts, marketplace metrics such as average monthly unique visitors and traffic, and non-GAAP measures like adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income, free cash flow and adjusted operating expenses. These filings explain how the company defines these metrics and how they relate to its operations and credit agreements.
Other 8-K filings address leadership and governance matters, such as the planned transition of the Chief Executive Officer role, the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer-Designate and the associated employment terms summarized in an offer letter. The company also reports the adoption of the Cars.com Inc. 2025 Inducement Equity Plan, which reserves shares of common stock for inducement awards to certain new or returning employees in accordance with NYSE rules. Additional filings note executive departures in roles such as Chief Product and Innovation Officer.
Over time, users can expect this page to surface Cars.com Inc.’s periodic reports such as annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, which typically provide comprehensive financial statements, segment information, risk factors and management’s discussion and analysis. As new filings are posted to EDGAR, Stock Titan can present them with AI-powered summaries that highlight key points, helping readers quickly understand changes in revenue composition, dealer and marketplace metrics, capital allocation, equity compensation plans and executive transitions without reading every line of the underlying documents.
For those tracking insider and equity-related activity, this page can also be used to locate relevant filings linked from Cars.com Inc.’s disclosure history, including documents related to inducement equity awards and other stock-based compensation arrangements described in the company’s reports.
A holder of Cars.com common stock filed a notice under Rule 144 to sell 11400 shares. The planned transaction lists Merrill Lynch as broker and the NYSE as the exchange, with an approximate sale date of 12/17/2025 and an aggregate market value of 152790.89.
The notice shows these shares were issued as restricted stock units from Cars.com and settled for cash on 03/01/2024 (1106 shares) and 10/01/2024 (10294 shares). It also reports 59813268 Cars.com common shares outstanding, giving context for the relative size of this planned sale.
Cars.com Inc. disclosed that an executive officer reported a stock sale. The Chief Product Innovation Officer sold 27,358 shares of common stock on 12/02/2025 in an open-market transaction coded as a sale. The shares were sold at a weighted average price of $12.03 per share, with individual trade prices ranging from $11.90 to $12.11.
After this transaction, the reporting person beneficially owns 71,103 shares of Cars.com common stock, which the filing notes includes restricted stock units (RSUs). The form indicates it was filed by a single reporting person and is signed by an attorney-in-fact acting on the insider’s behalf.
Cars.com has a notice under Rule 144 covering a planned sale of 27,358 shares of its common stock through broker Merrill at the NYSE. The shares have an aggregate market value of $327,664.41 based on the figures provided, compared with 59,813,268 shares of common stock outstanding. The proposed sale date is approximately December 2, 2025.
The seller acquired these shares as restricted stock units from Cars.com, with 3,790 shares acquired on March 1, 2024 and 23,568 shares acquired on March 1, 2025, both paid in cash. By signing the notice, the seller represents that they are not aware of any material adverse, nonpublic information about Cars.com and, if using a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, that this representation applies as of the plan’s adoption or instruction date.
Cars.com Inc. (Cars Commerce) reported steady Q3 results with revenue of $181.6 million (up 1% year over year). Operating income rose to $16.8 million as costs declined, but net income was $7.7 million, down from a prior-year period that benefited from higher other income. Year-to-date, revenue was $539.3 million with net income of $12.7 million.
The company maintained solid liquidity, ending the quarter with $55.1 million in cash and $295.0 million available on its revolver, for total liquidity of $350.1 million. Debt consisted of $400.0 million 6.375% senior notes due 2028 and $55.0 million drawn on the revolver. Cash from operations reached $114.5 million year-to-date.
Cars Commerce continued capital returns, repurchasing 1.49 million shares in Q3 for $19.3 million, and 5.16 million shares year-to-date for $63.9 million, reducing outstanding shares to 60.4 million as of September 30. Key metrics were stable: Dealer Customers 19,526 (up 1% year over year) and ARPD $2,460 (down 1% year over year). The company closed the $25.3 million DealerClub acquisition (with up to $88.0 million performance-based consideration) and subsequently invested $8.0 million in a secured convertible note to an automotive CRM provider.
Cars.com Inc. (CARS) furnished an update on its financial results. The company announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, via a press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1.
The press release is dated November 6, 2025 and is provided under Item 2.02. The information is furnished, not filed, and is not subject to Section 18 liabilities or incorporated by reference unless specifically stated. The report was signed by Chief Financial Officer Sonia Jain.
Cars.com disclosed a leadership change. Chief Product and Innovation Officer Matthew Crawford notified the company on October 9, 2025 of his intention to resign, effective November 28, 2025. He will support a transition plan while the company begins a search for his successor. The update reflects an orderly handoff of product leadership responsibilities.
Cars.com (CARS) Chief Financial Officer Sonia Jain filed a Form 4 reporting a tax-withholding-related disposition. On 10/01/2025, the Company retained 29,226 shares of common stock (transaction code F) to satisfy taxes upon RSU vesting at $12.33 per share. This was not an open‑market sale.
Following the transaction, Jain beneficially owns 255,042 shares, which include RSUs and 3,009 shares acquired under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Ownership is reported as direct.
Matthew B. Crawford, Chief Product Innovation Officer of Cars.com Inc. (CARS), reported a sale of 15,000 common shares on 08/08/2025. The filing lists a weighted average sale price of $11.77 with individual sale prices ranging from $11.66 to $11.96. After the reported sale, Mr. Crawford beneficially owns 98,461 shares, a total that the filing notes includes RSUs.
The transaction was disclosed on a Form 4 signed by Angelique Strong Marks as attorney-in-fact on 08/12/2025. The Form shows direct ownership, no derivative transactions, and the reporting person offers to provide a per-price breakdown of the multiple trades within the disclosed range upon request.
Cars.com Inc. (CARS) filed a Form 144 reporting a proposed sale of 15,000 shares of common stock through Merrill Lynch with an aggregate market value of $175,860.86, to be sold on the NYSE with an approximate sale date of 08/08/2025. The filing states there are 61,445,496 shares outstanding, and no securities were sold by the reporting person in the past three months.
The shares were originally acquired as restricted stock units from Cars.com on 03/02/2023, with the transaction shown as paid in cash on that date. The filing includes the signer’s representation that they are not aware of any undisclosed material adverse information about the issuer.