Americas Carmart Inc

Consumer Discretionary
Retail-Auto Dealers and Gas Stations
www.car-mart.com

Earnings Score
Safety Score

Market Cap $360.77M
PE 47
Debt $795.36M
Cash $8.53M
EV $1.15B
FCF -$83.08M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$7.68M
ROE	1%
FCF	-$83.08M
Equity	$557.91M
Growth Stability	-43%
PE	46.96
PEG	-3.97
PB	0.65
P/FCF	-4.34
P/S	0.26
Price/Cash	0.02
Debt/Equity	1.43
Debt/FCF	-9.57
Net Margins	1%
Gross Margins	48%
Earnings CAGR	3%
Sales Growth YoY	9%
Sales Growth QoQ	-6%
Sales CAGR	14%
FCF CAGR	0%
Equity CAGR	12%
Earnings Stability	0.02
Earnings Growth YoY	-137%

Earnings Growth QoQ	-38%
Earnings CAGR 5Y	-12%
Sales CAGR 5Y	16%
Equity CAGR 5Y	10%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	3%
Sales CAGR 3Y	3%
Equity CAGR 3Y	3%
Market Cap	$360.77M
Revenue	$1.39B
Dividend Yield	0%
Payout Ratio	1%
Assets	$1.61B
Total Debt	$795.36M
Cash	$8.53M
Shares Outstanding	7.6M
EV	1.15B
Earnings Score	6%
Safety Score	34%
Gross Profit	$658.42M
Shares Growth 3y	5%
Equity Growth QoQ	1%
Equity Growth YoY	19%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Americas Car-Mart Inc is an automotive retailer in the us focused exclusively on the Integrated Auto Sales and Finance segment of the used car market. The Companys operations are principally conducted through its two operating subsidiaries Americas Car Mart Inc and Colonial Auto Finance. It primarily sells older model used vehicles and provides financing for substantially all of its customers. The Company earns revenue from the sale of used vehicles and in most cases a related service contract and an accident protection plan product as well as interest income and late fees from the related financing.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Americas Carmart Inc (CRMT) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2025
- 10-Q Jan 31
2024
- 10-Q Oct 31
- 10-Q Jul 31
- 10-K Apr 30
- 10-Q Jan 31
2023
- 10-Q Oct 31
- 10-Q Jul 31
- 10-K Apr 30
- 10-Q Jan 31

Sector Comparison

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Peter Lynch's Chart

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CAGR 3%

Stability 2%

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Americas Carmart Inc Discounted Cash Flow

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= -$856M

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	-$83M	-$83M	-$84M	-$84M	-$85M	-$85M	-$85M	-$86M	-$86M	-$86M	-$87M	-$868M
DCF		-$76M	-$69M	-$63M	-$58M	-$53M	-$48M	-$44M	-$40M	-$37M	-$33M	-$334M
Value	-$856M

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	04/2016	04/2017	04/2018	04/2019	04/2020	04/2021	04/2022	04/2023	04/2024	TTM
Net Margins	2%	3%	6%	7%	7%	11%	8%	1%	-2%	1%
ROA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ROE	-	9%	16%	18%	17%	26%	20%	4%	-7%	1%

Bad Net Margins (0.71%)

Net Margins are too low to guarantee profitability in case of higher costs or higher interest rates. Furthermore lower margins cause higher earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	04/2016	04/2017	04/2018	04/2019	04/2020	04/2021	04/2022	04/2023	04/2024	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	20.52	19.7	7.33	13.91	-3.6	-3.26	-4.05	-9.43	-9.57
Debt over Equity	-	0.51	0.66	0.59	0.71	0.56	0.94	1.28	1.6	1.43
Growth Stability	-	-	-	100%	100%	100%	100%	25%	-43%	-43%

Good Debt/FCF ratio (-9.57)

Net Margins are high enough to offer a good protection on the profits in case of higher costs or higher interests. Furthermore higher margins reduce earnings’ volatility.

Neutral Debt/Equity ratio (1.43)

The company has a balance between equity and debt that is not too good nor too bad.

Bad Graham’s Stability (-43%)

The company has a bad stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a bad competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	04/2016	04/2017	04/2018	04/2019	04/2020	04/2021	04/2022	04/2023	04/2024	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	3%	4%	9%	11%	23%	32%	16%	-1%	16%
Earnings YoY growth	-	74%	81%	30%	8%	103%	-10%	-78%	-254%	-12%
Equity YoY growth	-	2%	-1%	13%	16%	34%	15%	6%	-6%	10%
FCF YoY growth	-	-41%	35%	170%	-26%	-505%	115%	17%	-49%	-