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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

Show full summary:
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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