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America's Car-Mart, Inc. (CRMT)

Consumer Cyclical | Auto & Truck Dealerships | Rogers, United States | NasdaqGS
4.28 USD +1.26 (41.722%) ⇧ (July 14, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

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Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 3:53 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is severely bearish as the company faces a liquidity crisis, having defaulted on credit agreements and entered a review for 'strategic alternatives' which often precedes bankruptcy or asset liquidation. The stock has collapsed from a peak of $60.90 to under $3.50, reflecting a total loss of over 90% of its value. Fundamentally, the business is deteriorating rapidly with negative revenue growth of 12%, negative operating margins, and a massive debt load relative to equity. There is no dividend to provide income, and the balance sheet is fragile despite high cash on hand, which is likely encumbered by the debt structure. While the price-to-book ratio appears attractive at 0.05x, this is a classic value trap where the market has correctly priced in the imminent failure of operations rather than a margin of safety.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.784642
MSTL0.853084
AutoARIMA0.859336
AutoETS0.859336

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 24%
H-stat 422.17
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.068
Excess Kurtosis -1.69
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Debt to Equity Ratio 198.449
Revenue per Share 167.086
Market Cap 35,534,488
Forward P/E -1.89
Beta 1.31
Profit Margins -7.02%
Website https://www.car-mart.com

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.9472581
Address1 1,805 North 2nd Street
Address2 Suite 401
All Time High 177.45
All Time Low 0.208333
Ask 4.76
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 10
Average Analyst Rating 2.0 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 470,400
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,575,118
Average Volume 1,575,118
Average Volume10Days 470,400
Beta 1.309
Bid 3.08
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 2
Book Value 57.732
City Rogers
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 7
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 4.28
Current Ratio 24.951
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 4.34
Day Low 2.9
Debt To Equity 198.449
Display Name America's Car-Mart
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,784,034,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,784,034,000
Earnings Timestamp 1,784,032,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,784,032,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,784,032,200
Ebitda 30,489,000
Ebitda Margins 0.0227
Enterprise To Ebitda 28.202
Enterprise To Revenue 0.64
Enterprise Value 859,857,408
Eps Current Year -2.1
Eps Forward -2.26
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -15.88
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 7.3986
Fifty Day Average Change -3.1186
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.42151216
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -94.725815
Fifty Two Week High 60.67
Fifty Two Week High Change -56.39
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.92945445
Fifty Two Week Low 1.38
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.9
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 2.1014493
Fifty Two Week Range 1.38 - 60.67
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 542,644,200,000
Float Shares 4,198,300
Forward Eps -2.26
Forward P E -1.8938054
Free Cashflow 48,242,248
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 2,300
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.44932997
Gross Profits 603,473,984
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.16134001
Held Percent Institutions 0.87667
Implied Shares Outstanding 8,302,450
Industry Auto & Truck Dealerships
Industry Disp Auto & Truck Dealerships
Industry Key auto-truck-dealerships
Ir Website http://www.snl.com/irweblinkx/corporateprofile.aspx?iid=4077459
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,745,971,200
Last Split Date 1,113,523,200
Last Split Factor 3:2
Long Business Summary America's Car-Mart, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an automotive retailer for the used car market in the United States. It sells older model used vehicles and provides financing for its customers. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Rogers, Arkansas.
Long Name America's Car-Mart, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 35,534,488
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_303785
Most Recent Quarter 1,769,817,600
Net Income To Common -94,316,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,777,507,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 25,239,448
Number Of Analyst Opinions 2
Open 2.94
Operating Cashflow 16,440,000
Operating Margins -0.0425
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 0.69
Phone 479 464 9944
Pre Market Change -0.0800004
Pre Market Change Percent -1.8691682
Pre Market Price 4.2
Pre Market Time 1,784,109,617
Previous Close 3.0200002
Price Eps Current Year -2.0380955
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 0.07413567
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.026458053
Profit Margins -0.070199996
Quick Ratio 20.695
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.0
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.26
Regular Market Change Percent 41.72185
Regular Market Day High 4.34
Regular Market Day Low 2.9
Regular Market Day Range 2.9 - 4.34
Regular Market Open 2.94
Regular Market Previous Close 3.0200002
Regular Market Price 4.28
Regular Market Time 1,784,059,201
Regular Market Volume 5,357,706
Return On Assets 0.0086
Return On Equity -0.18163
Revenue Growth -0.12
Revenue Per Share 167.086
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20365608
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Sector Disp Consumer Cyclical
Sector Key consumer-cyclical
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 8,302,450
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.19590001
Shares Short 1,626,804
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 1,416,202
Short Name America's Car-Mart, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.277
Short Ratio 0.38
Source Interval 15
State AR
Symbol CRMT
Target High Price 14.0
Target Low Price 10.0
Target Mean Price 12.0
Target Median Price 12.0
Total Cash 117,910,000
Total Cash Per Share 14.202
Total Debt 952,193,984
Total Revenue 1,343,049,984
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -15.88
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 18.04045
Two Hundred Day Average Change -13.760448
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.76275533
Type Disp Equity
Volume 5,357,706
Website https://www.car-mart.com
Zip 72,756