CarGurus Announces Third Quarter 2025 Results

Q3’25 Marketplace revenue grew 14% YoY to $232 million, above the midpoint of our guidance range

GAAP Marketplace (U.S. Marketplace Segment and Other) operating income of $64.1 million; Non-GAAP Marketplace (U.S. Marketplace Segment and Other) Adjusted EBITDA of $82.4 million, up 18% YoY, above the midpoint of our guidance range

Further advanced our innovative AI-powered solutions with PriceVantage, Dealership Mode, and CG Discover

Repurchased $111 million worth of shares in Q3’25; have repurchased 23% of shares outstanding since initiation of buyback program in December 2022

BOSTON, Nov. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CarGurus, Inc. (Nasdaq: CARG), the No. 1 visited automotive shopping site in the U.S.¹, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025.

“We delivered another quarter of strong Marketplace revenue growth as dealers have increasingly adopted our data-driven tools,” said Jason Trevisan, Chief Executive Officer at CarGurus. “Our product innovation is driving measurable ROI across more areas of the dealership, like inventory, pricing, marketing, and data intelligence. That adoption, coupled with strong execution, has fueled solid growth in both our U.S. and international businesses. We believe these trends position us well to extend our leadership, deepen customer relationships, access new market segments, and drive long-term growth.”

Third Quarter Financial Highlights

Below are our third quarter financial highlights for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025. The amounts in the tables below may not sum due to rounding.

(1)  There was no impairment of other assets for the three months ended September 30, 2025. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, we recorded $9.8 million of impairments in cost of revenue. During the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, we recorded $2.9 million and $9.9 million, respectively, of impairments in cost of revenue.
(2)  During the three months ended September 30, 2025, there was no impairment recorded. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, we recorded $7.0 million of impairments in operating expenses. During the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, we recorded $29.6 million and $134.5 million, respectively, of impairments in operating expenses.
(3)  During the three months ended September 30, 2025, there was no impairment recorded. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, we recorded $16.8 million of impairments. During the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, we recorded $32.6 million and $144.4 million, respectively, of impairments.
(4)  For more information regarding our use of non-GAAP Marketplace (U.S. Marketplace Segment and Other) Adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA, and other non-GAAP financial measures, please see the reconciliations of GAAP financial measures to non-GAAP financial measures and the section titled “Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Business Metrics” below.
(5)  Variance represents the change from December 31, 2024.
(6)  Not meaningful.

(1)  For more information regarding our use of Key Performance Indicators, please see the section titled “Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Business Metrics” below.
(2)  Metrics presented as of September 30, 2025.
(3)  For the three months ended September 30, 2025, there was no impairment recorded. For the three months ended September 30, 2024, Digital Wholesale Segment Operating Loss is inclusive of $16.8 million of impairments. For the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, Digital Wholesale Segment Operating Loss is inclusive of $32.6 million and $144.4 million, respectively, of impairments.

Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2025 Guidance

The table below provides CarGurus’ guidance, which is based on recent market trends, industry conditions, and management’s expectations and assumptions as of today.

(1)  Marketplace revenue consists of U.S. Marketplace Segment and Other revenue.

(1)  Marketplace revenue consists of U.S. Marketplace Segment and Other revenue.

The fourth quarter and full-year 2025 non-GAAP earnings per share calculations assume 97.0 million and 101.0 million, respectively, diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding.

The assumptions that are built into guidance for the fourth quarter and full-year 2025 regarding our pace of paid dealer acquisition, churn, and expansion activity for the relevant period are based on recent market trends and industry conditions. Guidance for the fourth quarter and full-year 2025 excludes macro-level industry issues that result in dealers and consumers materially changing their recent market trends or that cause us to enact measures to assist dealers. Guidance also excludes any potential impact of future foreign currency exchange gains or losses. CarGurus may incur charges, realize gains or losses, or experience other events or circumstances in 2025 that could cause any of these assumptions to change and/or actual results to vary from this guidance.

CarGurus has not reconciled its guidance of non-GAAP Marketplace (U.S. Marketplace Segment and Other) Adjusted EBITDA to GAAP Marketplace (U.S. Marketplace Segment and Other) operating income or non-GAAP earnings per share to GAAP earnings per share because we are unable to accurately predict without unreasonable effort the exact amount or timing of certain reconciling items between such GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures, including, as applicable, depreciation expenses, amortization of intangible assets, non-intangible amortization, stock-based compensation, transaction-related expenses, and income tax effects. The variability of these reconciling items could have a significant impact on our future GAAP reported results.

Conference Call and Webcast Information

CarGurus will host a conference call and live webcast to discuss its third quarter 2025 financial results and business outlook at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time today, November 6, 2025. To access the conference call, dial (877) 451-6152 for callers in the U.S. or Canada, or (201) 389-0879 for international callers. The webcast will be available live on the Investors section of CarGurus’ website at investors.cargurus.com.

An audio replay of the call will also be available to investors beginning at approximately 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time today, November 6, 2025, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on November 20, 2025, by dialing (844) 512-2921 for callers in the U.S. or Canada, or (412) 317-6671 for international callers, and entering passcode 13755566. In addition, an archived webcast will be available on the Investors section of CarGurus’ website at investors.cargurus.com.

About CarGurus

CarGurus (Nasdaq: CARG) is the leading multinational automotive platform helping consumers and dealers confidently buy and sell vehicles. Founded in 2006 with a mission to bring more trust and transparency to car shopping, CarGurus is the No. 1 visited automotive shopping site in the U.S.¹ with the largest selection of inventory and network of dealers.² CarGurus’ unmatched selection, trusted automotive insights, and data-driven products and solutions support each shopper’s journey — from online research and shopping to in-dealership decisions — to empower them at every step. And, by translating data from billions of monthly site interactions, CarGurus provides dealers a personalized, predictive intelligence platform with software solutions that helps them run their businesses more efficiently and profitably at all stages of inventory acquisition and pricing, marketing, and conversion to sale.

CarGurus operates online marketplaces in the U.S., U.K., and Canada. The company’s network of brands includes PistonHeads, the largest online motoring community in the U.K.³, and Autolist, a U.S.- based online marketplace. 

To learn more about CarGurus, visit www.cargurus.com.

¹ Similarweb: Traffic and Engagement Report [Cars.com, Autotrader.com, TrueCar.com, CARFAX.com Listings
(defined as CARFAX.com Total Visits minus Vehicle History Reports)], Q3 2025, U.S.
²Compared to Autotrader.com (YipitData July/August 2025), Cars.com, TrueCar.com (YipitData as of September 30, 2025), and CARFAX (Joreca as of September 30, 2025).
³ Similarweb: Traffic Insights, Q3 2025, U.K.

CarGurus® and Autolist® are each a registered trademark of CarGurus, Inc., CarOffer® is a registered trademark of CarOffer, LLC, and PistonHeads® is a registered trademark of CarGurus Ireland Limited in the U.K. and the European Union. All other product names, trademarks, and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.

© 2025 CarGurus, Inc., All Rights Reserved.

Cautionary Language Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes forward-looking statements. Other than statements of historical facts, all statements contained in this press release, including statements regarding our future financial and operating results; our fourth quarter and full-year 2025 financial and business performance, including guidance; the expectations about our intended wind-down of CarOffer, LLC ("CarOffer"), including the Dealer-to-Dealer and Instant Max Cash Offer products (the “CarOffer Transactions Business"), such as expected costs and timing; our plans to focus on technology and analytics that will enable smarter sourcing and pricing decisions; our business and growth strategy and our plans to execute on our growth strategy; our ability to grow our business profitably and efficiently; our capital allocation and investment strategy; the attractiveness and value proposition of our current offerings and other product opportunities; our ability to maintain existing and acquire new customers; addressable opportunities; our expectation that we will continue to invest in growth initiatives; our ability to quickly make transformations necessary for our business to achieve long-term goals; and our ability to overcome challenges facing the automotive industry ecosystem, including inventory supply problems, global supply chain challenges, including disruptions to pre-existing supply chains and vendor relations, changes to trade policies or tariff regulations, financial market volatility and disruption, increased interest rates, inflationary concerns, and other macroeconomic issues, including uncertain or volatile economic conditions in the U.S. and abroad, are forward-looking statements. The words “aim,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “guide,” “guidance,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,” “predicts,” “projects,” “seeks,” “should,” “strive,” “target,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions and their negatives are intended to identify forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, short-term and long-term business operations and objectives, and financial needs. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events.

These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such statements, including risks related to our growth and our ability to grow our revenue; our relationships with dealers; competition in the markets in which we operate; market growth; our ability to implement our plan to wind down CarOffer, including the CarOffer Transactions Business; failure to achieve expected organizational efficiencies from the wind-down; the estimated timing and costs associated with the wind-down; the impact the wind-down will have on our operations; disruptions in relationships with dealers, customers, vendors, contractors, and employees given our decision to wind down CarOffer, including the CarOffer Transactions Business; unanticipated developments that may prevent, delay, or increase the costs associated with the wind-down activities; the potential impact on our business due to the announcement of the wind-down; our ability to innovate; our ability to realize benefits from our acquisitions and successfully implement the integration strategies in connection therewith; increased inflation and interest rates, global supply chain challenges, changes in international trade policies, including tariffs, volatile economic conditions, and other macroeconomic issues; the impact of changes in tax law and related guidance and regulations that may be implemented, including on tax rates, our business, and our financial results; changes in our key personnel; natural disasters, epidemics, or pandemics; and our ability to operate in compliance with applicable laws as well as other risks and uncertainties as may be detailed from time to time in our Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other reports we file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Moreover, we operate in very competitive and rapidly changing environments. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, we cannot guarantee that future results, levels of activity, performance, achievements, or events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will occur. We are under no duty to update any of these forward-looking statements after the date of this press release to conform these statements to actual results or revised expectations, except as required by law. You should, therefore, not rely on these forward-looking statements as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.

Investor Contact:
Kirndeep Singh
Vice President, Head of Investor Relations
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Media Contact:
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Director, Public Relations and External Communications
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(1)  For the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, cost of revenue includes $2,645, $2,849, $7,539, and $10,968, respectively.
(2)  For the three months ended September 30, 2025, there was no impairment recorded in cost of revenue. For the three months ended September 30, 2024, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, we recorded $9,750, $2,919, and $9,930, respectively, in impairments.

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(1)  During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we identified an immaterial error to our non-GAAP net income calculation related to the income tax effects and adjustments and have updated the table to correct the calculation for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. For the three months ended September 30, 2024, this resulted in a decrease in the basic and diluted non-GAAP net income per share attributable to common stockholders from $0.46 per share to $0.45 per share and from $0.45 per share to $0.44, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, this resulted in a decrease in the basic non-GAAP net income per share attributable to common stockholders from $1.19 per share to $1.18 per share.

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(1)  Operating expenses include sales and marketing, product, technology, and development, general and administrative, impairments, and depreciation & amortization.

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Business Metrics

To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. ("GAAP"), we provide investors with certain non-GAAP financial measures and other business metrics, which we believe are helpful to our investors. We use these non-GAAP financial measures and other business metrics for financial and operational decision-making purposes and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures and other business metrics provide useful information about our operating results, enhance the overall understanding of past financial performance and future prospects, and allow for greater transparency with respect to metrics used by our management in its financial and operational decision-making.

The presentation of non-GAAP financial information and other business metrics is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the directly comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. While our non-GAAP financial measures and other business metrics are an important tool for financial and operational decision-making and for evaluating our own operating results over different periods of time, we urge investors to review the reconciliation of these financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures included above, and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business.

While a reconciliation of non-GAAP guidance measures to corresponding GAAP measures is not available on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to accurately predict without unreasonable effort the exact amount or timing of certain reconciling items between such GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures, including, as applicable, depreciation expenses, amortization of intangible assets, non-intangible amortization, stock-based compensation, transaction-related expenses, restructuring expenses, impairments, and income tax effects, we have provided a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures and other business metrics to the nearest comparable GAAP measures in the accompanying financial statement tables included in this press release.

We monitor operating measures of certain non-GAAP items including non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP expense, non-GAAP net income, and non-GAAP net income per share attributable to common stockholders. These non-GAAP financial measures exclude the effect of amortization of intangible assets, stock-based compensation expense, transaction related-expenses, restructuring expenses, and impairments. Non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP net income attributable to common stockholders, and non-GAAP net income per share attributable to common stockholders also exclude certain income tax effects and adjustments. Our calculations of non-GAAP net income per share attributable to common stockholders utilize applicable GAAP share counts as included in the accompanying financial statement tables included in this press release. In addition, we evaluate our non-GAAP gross profit in relation to our revenue. We refer to this as non-GAAP gross profit margin and define it as non-GAAP gross profit divided by total revenue. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information about our operating results, enhance the overall understanding of past financial performance and future prospects, and allow for greater transparency with respect to metrics used by our management in its financial and operational decision-making.

We define non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) adjusted to exclude: depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense, transaction-related expenses, restructuring expenses, impairments, other income, net, and provision for (benefit from) income taxes. In addition, we evaluate our non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA in relation to our revenue. We refer to this as non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA margin and define it as non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA divided by total revenue.

We have presented non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA and non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA margin because they are key measures used by our management and Board of Directors to understand and evaluate our operating performance, generate future operating plans, and make strategic decisions regarding the allocation of capital. We believe non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA helps identify underlying trends in our business that could otherwise be masked by the effect of the expenses that we exclude. Accordingly, we believe that non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results, enhancing the overall understanding of our past performance and future prospects, and allowing for greater transparency with respect to key financial metrics used by our management in its financial and operational decision making.

We define non-GAAP Marketplace (U.S. Marketplace Segment and Other) Adjusted EBITDA as GAAP Marketplace (U.S. Marketplace Segment and Other) operating income adjusted to exclude: depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense, and transaction-related expenses. In addition, we evaluate our non-GAAP Marketplace (U.S. Marketplace Segment and Other) Adjusted EBITDA in relation to our revenue. We refer to this as non-GAAP Marketplace (U.S. Marketplace Segment and Other) Adjusted EBITDA margin and define it as non-GAAP Marketplace (U.S. Marketplace Segment and Other) Adjusted EBITDA divided by total revenue.

We define Free Cash Flow as cash flow from operations adjusted to include: purchases of property and equipment and capitalization of website development costs. We have presented Free Cash Flow because it is a measure of our financial performance that represents the cash that we are able to generate after expenditures required to maintain or expand our asset base.

We define a paying dealer as a dealer account with an active, paid marketplace subscription at the end of a defined period. The number of paying dealers we have is important to us and we believe it provides valuable information to investors because it is indicative of the value proposition of our marketplace products, as well as our sales and marketing success and opportunity, including our ability to retain paying dealers and develop new dealer relationships.

We define Quarterly Average Revenue per Subscribing Dealer ("QARSD"), which is measured at the end of a fiscal quarter, as the marketplace revenue primarily from subscriptions to our Listings packages, Real-time Performance Marketing, our digital advertising suite, and other digital add-on products during that trailing quarter divided by the average number of paying dealers in that marketplace during the quarter. We calculate the average number of paying dealers for a period by adding the number of paying dealers at the end of such period and the end of the prior period and dividing by two. This information is important to us, and we believe it provides useful information to investors, because we believe that our ability to grow QARSD is an indicator of the value proposition of our products and the return on investment that our paying dealers realize from our products. In addition, increases in QARSD, which we believe reflect the value of exposure to our engaged audience in relation to subscription cost, are driven in part by our ability to grow the volume of connections to our users and the quality of those connections, which result in increased opportunity to upsell package levels and cross-sell additional products to our paying dealers.