Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. (CPSS)Financial Services | Credit Services | Las Vegas, United States | NasdaqGM
8.65 USD
+0.16
(1.885%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 8.65 Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:25 p.m. EDT
Despite trading above its 200-day moving average, CPSS exhibits classic distress signals: a deteriorating business model (negative ROA of 0.5%), a massive debt-to-equity ratio of 1131x, and a notorious 'value trap' designation in recent analysis. The low forward P/E is misleading; it reflects market skepticism about the company's ability to sustain earnings or service its high leverage. with no recent dividend history and weak short-term momentum, this is a speculative oversold asset rather than an investment opportunity. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.043183 |
| AutoTheta | 0.044521 |
| AutoETS | 0.044847 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.045203 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 52% |
| H-stat | 3.40 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.213 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.28 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 1131.719 |
| Revenue per Share | 9.086 |
| Market Cap | 190,914,560 |
| Trailing P/E | 10.81 |
| Forward P/E | 5.97 |
| Beta | 1.08 |
| Profit Margins | 9.72% |
| Website | https://www.consumerportfolio.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 10:25 p.m. EDT: Options activity shows a significant disparity between calls and puts. Call IV is an elevated 8.52%, while put IV is near pocket volatility at 2.72%. There is heavy Open Interest (OI) and volume in deep out-of-the-money puts (OTM OI 100% at 5.0 strike), creating a 'short gamma' or hedging floor around lower prices. Conversely, call OI is very thin (85% OTM), suggesting bullish momentum is absent. Recent options flow shows 'New Flow' into the 7.5 ATM put, indicating short-term downside hedging or negative sentiment outweighing speculative upside theses.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.06922126 |
| Address1 | 3,800 Howard Hughes Parkway |
| Address2 | Suite 1400 |
| All Time High | 18.25 |
| All Time Low | 0.25 |
| Ask | 10.91 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 8 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 19,300 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 17,833 |
| Average Volume | 17,833 |
| Average Volume10Days | 19,300 |
| Beta | 1.08 |
| Bid | 6.12 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 9 |
| Book Value | 14.171 |
| City | Las Vegas |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 8 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 8.65 |
| Current Ratio | 2.466 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 8.65 |
| Day Low | 8.52 |
| Debt To Equity | 1,131.719 |
| Display Name | Consumer Portfolio Services |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,773,248,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,773,248,400 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.0 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.032 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,773,172,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,529,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,529,600 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 18.529 |
| Enterprise Value | 3,684,981,504 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.45 |
| Eps Forward | 1.45 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.8 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 8.1268 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.52320004 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.06437959 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 6.922126 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 10.22 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.5700006 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.1536204 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 6.67 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.9799995 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.29685152 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 6.67 - 10.22 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 719,760,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 8,736,968 |
| Forward Eps | 1.45 |
| Forward P E | 5.9655166 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGM |
| Full Time Employees | 913 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 1.0 |
| Gross Profits | 198,880,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.3332 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.4667 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 22,071,047 |
| Industry | Credit Services |
| Industry Disp | Credit Services |
| Industry Key | credit-services |
| Ir Website | http://ir.consumerportfolio.com/index.cfm |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 826,848,000 |
| Last Split Factor | 2:1 |
| Long Business Summary | Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. operates as a specialty finance company in the United States. It is involved in the purchase and service of retail automobile contracts originated by franchised automobile dealers and select independent dealers in the sale of new and used automobiles, light trucks, and passenger vans. The company, through its automobile contract purchases, offers indirect financing to the customers of dealers with limited credit histories or past credit problems. It also serves as an alternative source of financing for dealers, facilitating sales to customers who are not able to obtain financing from commercial banks, credit unions, and the captive finance companies. In addition, the company acquires installment purchase contracts in merger and acquisition transactions; and purchases immaterial amounts of vehicle purchase money loans from non-affiliated lenders. The company services its automobile contracts through its branches in California, Nevada, Virginia, Florida, and Illinois. Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada. |
| Long Name | Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 190,914,560 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_326529 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 19,325,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 188,008,776 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 1 |
| Open | 8.53 |
| Operating Cashflow | 289,000,992 |
| Operating Margins | 0.14272 |
| Overall Risk | 6 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 949 753 6800 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 8.65 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,456,039 |
| Previous Close | 8.49 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 5.9655166 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.6104015 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.95994854 |
| Profit Margins | 0.09717 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.359 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.16 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 1.88457 |
| Regular Market Day High | 8.65 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 8.52 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 8.52 - 8.65 |
| Regular Market Open | 8.53 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 8.49 |
| Regular Market Price | 8.65 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,001 |
| Regular Market Volume | 23,733 |
| Return On Assets | 0.00526 |
| Return On Equity | 0.064169995 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.049 |
| Revenue Per Share | 9.086 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Sector Disp | Financial Services |
| Sector Key | financial-services |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 1 |
| Shares Outstanding | 21,760,275 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0109 |
| Shares Short | 237,117 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 299,268 |
| Short Name | Consumer Portfolio Services, In |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.024500001 |
| Short Ratio | 11.61 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NV |
| Symbol | CPSS |
| Target High Price | 14.0 |
| Target Low Price | 14.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 14.0 |
| Target Median Price | 14.0 |
| Total Cash | 6,322,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.291 |
| Total Debt | 3,503,077,120 |
| Total Revenue | 198,880,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.8 |
| Trailing P E | 10.812499 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 8.40535 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.24464989 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.02910645 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 23,733 |
| Website | https://www.consumerportfolio.com |
| Zip | 89,169 |