Added to YB: 2026-06-19
Pitch date: 2026-06-17
CRMT [neutral]
America's Car-Mart, Inc.
Author Info
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Company Info
America's Car-Mart, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an automotive retailer for the used car market in the United States.
Market Cap
$19.4M
Pitch Price
N/A
Price Target
N/A
Dividend
N/A
EV/EBITDA
15.96
P/E
-0.20
EV/Sales
0.64
Sector
Specialty Retail
Category
special_situation
America's Car-Mart to Crash into Bankruptcy?
CRMT (overview): Subprime 'buy here pay here' used-car seller in liquidity crisis. Avg $19k sale, 17.6% rate to deeply subprime buyers; ~50% loans modified. Provisions surging, units falling. Closed 42/136 stores Apr '26 on financing failure. Breached Silver Point covenants; retained Houlihan Lokey/FTI seeking $500mm to avoid Ch11. Stock -90% YTD. Watching for next auto-distress domino.
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