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Total shares institutions bought (green) vs sold (red) each quarter across all holders.
Inferred from quarter-over-quarter change in each fund's 13F position (new stakes count as buys, exits as sells). Not tick-level trades.
Total return (dividends reinvested) vs the market, from quarter-end prices.
Above 0 = ahead of the S&P 500 since the window start; below 0 = behind. Rising means it's pulling ahead.
How far the stock fell below its prior peak. Deeper, longer drawdowns = a rougher ride to the same return.
Quarter-end, dividend-adjusted (total return). Beta & volatility from quarterly returns (annualized). Benchmark is the S&P 500 (SPY total return). Annual returns compound the quarters ending in each calendar year; the first and last years in a window may be partial. Past performance doesn't predict future results.
Solve the discounted cash flow backwards, then stress-test the assumptions.
Average free cash flow across the last 1 positive fiscal year (FY2026). Smooths the cycle. Stock compensation is NOT charged — it is added back inside operating cash flow.
A reverse DCF cannot be solved for CRMT: its net cash ($47.0M) exceeds its market value, so enterprise value is negative. Discounting a positive cash-flow stream always gives a positive number, so no growth rate reaches that target. This is common for banks, brokers and payment companies, where customer balances sit in the cash line and are not the company's to spend.
On the basis ($59.4M) the requirement is off the scale. Shares issued to employees are added back in operating cash flow, so this basis treats them as free.
Default is 14.0% — this company's computed cost of capital, the same rate the Analysis tab discounts at.
2-stage DCF · 0.01B shares (market data) · net debt -$47.0M
Today's price is outside this grid at every discount rate shown — the assumptions it requires lie beyond the plotted range, which is itself the finding.
mean -81.6% · volatility σ 294% · implied rate exceeded in 3/4 yrs
Central path = implied -60.0%/yr growth; shaded band = ±1σ (294%) of this company's historical FCF volatility, widening with time. The wider the band, the less certain the growth.
Reverse DCF: rather than guessing a fair value, we solve for the growth the current price implies, then you stress-test the assumptions. Enterprise value of the FCF stream, less net debt, ÷ shares. Educational — not a recommendation.
Top 40 institutional holders — bubble size is position value, color is the move since last quarter. Hover any holder for detail.
Drag any bubble to rearrange · size = dollar value of the position
What the company returns to shareholders — and whether it's covered by cash.
No dividend to cover. Last year: $0 dividends + $297K buybacks = $297K returned on $63.1M FCF.
Yields use the latest fiscal-year dividends/buybacks over current market cap. Dividends and buybacks from the SEC cash-flow statement; payout coverage vs net income and free cash flow. Educational — not a recommendation.
How management deployed cash over 10 years — and what it earned on reinvestment.
A cash-return story — far more went to shareholders than back into the business (mature, low-reinvestment).
Insufficient data. Current ROIC on all capital: -31%. Rough measure (includes maintenance capex).
Cash uses aggregated from the SEC cash-flow statement over 10 fiscal years. "Return on reinvestment" is a rough proxy — operating-income change ÷ cumulative CapEx + M&A — and includes maintenance capex. Educational — not a recommendation.
EOD close · as of 2026-10-14
How a revenue dollar becomes profit — FY2026
Dividends and buybacks are cash paid out, shown here against the same year's profit for scale — not funded from it.
Each value shows its share of revenue below it (common-size).
| Line Item | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.28B 100.0% | $1.39B 100.0% | $1.39B 100.0% | $1.40B 100.0% | $1.19B 100.0% | $909.7M 100.0% | $744.6M 100.0% | $669.1M 100.0% | $612.2M 100.0% | $587.8M 100.0% |
| Cost of Revenue | $664.0M 51.8% | $726.1M 52.2% | $758.5M 54.4% | $800.8M 57.2% | $658.6M 55.3% | $479.2M 52.7% | $388.5M 52.2% | $343.9M 51.4% | $315.3M 51.5% | $304.9M 51.9% |
| Gross Profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | $264.5M 35.5% | $242.6M 36.3% | $222.3M 36.3% | $215.2M 36.6% |
| Selling, General & Admin | $208.1M 16.2% | $188.9M 13.6% | $179.4M 12.9% | $176.7M 12.6% | $156.1M 13.1% | $130.9M 14.4% | $117.8M 15.8% | $107.2M 16.0% | $99.0M 16.2% | $91.9M 15.6% |
| Total Operating Expenses | $1.39B 108.4% | $1.37B 98.4% | $1.43B 102.9% | $1.37B 98.2% | $1.07B 89.7% | $774.3M 85.1% | $680.3M 91.4% | $609.3M 91.1% | $573.3M 93.6% | $555.5M 94.5% |
| Interest Expense | — | — | $65.3M 4.7% | $38.3M 2.7% | $10.9M 0.9% | $6.8M 0.7% | $8.1M 1.1% | $7.9M 1.2% | $5.6M 0.9% | $4.1M 0.7% |
| Pretax Income | -$108.0M -8.4% | $22.8M 1.6% | -$40.1M -2.9% | $25.8M 1.8% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Income Tax Expense | $31.1M 2.4% | $4.9M 0.4% | -$8.7M -0.6% | $5.4M 0.4% | $27.6M 2.3% | $30.5M 3.4% | $13.0M 1.7% | $12.2M 1.8% | $2.4M 0.4% | $12.0M 2.0% |
| Net Income | -$139.2M -10.9% | $17.9M 1.3% | -$31.4M -2.3% | $20.4M 1.5% | $95.0M 8.0% | $104.8M 11.5% | $51.3M 6.9% | $47.6M 7.1% | $36.5M 6.0% | $20.2M 3.4% |
| Per Share | ||||||||||
| EPS (Basic) | -$16.79 | $2.38 | -$4.92 | $3.20 | $14.59 | $15.81 | $7.74 | $6.99 | $5.04 | $2.57 |
| EPS (Diluted) | -$16.79 | $2.33 | -$4.92 | $3.11 | $13.92 | $15.05 | $7.39 | $6.73 | $4.90 | $2.49 |
| Weighted Avg Shares (Basic) | 8.3M | 7.5M | 6.4M | 6.4M | 6.5M | 6.6M | 6.6M | 6.8M | 7.2M | 7.9M |
| Weighted Avg Shares (Diluted) | 8.3M | 7.7M | 6.4M | 6.6M | 6.8M | 7.0M | 6.9M | 7.1M | 7.4M | 8.1M |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (annual, fiscal year). Quarterly flow items are derived from cumulative filings; balance-sheet figures are as-of each period end. Ratios and margins are computed, not reported.
EOD close · as of 2026-10-14
Is the profit real, and how strong is the balance sheet?
FY2026 · every deduction from revenue to net income
DuPont — the three levers
ROE -31% against ROIC -31% — 0% of the return on equity comes from leverage and buybacks rather than from the operating business.
Equity is the year-end figure. On average equity over the two year-ends, ROE is -27.4% — the two diverge when buybacks or issuance move equity during the year.
What the company owes vs. what it holds
This shows debt/cash structure and net leverage. The year-by-year maturity schedule is on the Debt & Leverage tab.
Latest year: profit growth vs revenue growth
Operating leverage needs meaningful revenue change.
Each line as % of revenue — the trend in color
| % of revenue | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost of Revenue | 51.4 | 52.2 | 52.7 | 55.3 | 57.2 | 54.4 | 52.2 | 51.8 |
| Gross Profit | 36.3 | 35.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SG&A | 16.0 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 13.1 | 12.6 | 12.9 | 13.6 | 16.2 |
| Income Tax | 1.8 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 0.4 | -0.6 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
| Net Income | 7.1 | 6.9 | 11.5 | 8.0 | 1.5 | -2.3 | 1.3 | -10.9 |
Green = margin-favorable vs the row's own range · red = unfavorable.
The metrics that matter, over time
A 30-second read on CRMT: price, valuation and headline fundamentals from SEC filings. The four questions at the top of the page are where the judgements live.
How much the company owes, how it's trended, and how comfortably it's serviced.
Insufficient EBITDA/debt history.
Green ≤ 1.5× · amber ≤ 3× · red > 3× (leverage relative to cash earnings).
Interest expense isn't separately reported — often netted into “other income (expense), net.” Interest last disclosed in FY2024 (no longer broken out).
Cash vs short-term debt unavailable.
Short-term / long-term split not separately reported.
Debt, cash, interest and equity from the SEC balance sheet & income statement. Effective rate = interest ÷ average debt. Educational — not a recommendation.
Ranked against 16 sector peers with collected financials. Valuation from latest close × latest fiscal-year fundamentals; 13F conviction as of 2026-06-30.
Percentile is “goodness” within the peer set (100 = best). For valuation and leverage that means cheaper / less-levered ranks higher.
| Company | Mkt cap ▼ | P/E | EV/EBITDA | P/S | Rev gr | Gross | Net | ROE | ROIC | Net D/EBITDA | 13F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORLY | $70.1B | 29.2× | 19.1× | 3.9× | 6.4% | 51.6% | 14.3% | -333% | 48.3% | 1.5× | 1,597 |
| AZO | $47.1B | 20.1× | 13.2× | 2.5× | 2.4% | 52.6% | 13.2% | -73.2% | 46.4% | 2.0× | 1,244 |
| CVNA | $41.7B | 6.9× | — | 2.0× | 48.6% | 20.6% | 6.9% | 40.9% | 16.6% | — | 804 |
| CPRT | $24.3B | 16.5× | 12.7× | 5.2× | 9.7% | — | 33.4% | 16.9% | 16.9% | 0.0× | 1,032 |
| CASY | $24.2B | 34.1× | — | 1.4× | 10.2% | — | 4.1% | 18.1% | 11.2% | — | 1,040 |
| PAG | $12.8B | 13.8× | 10.3× | 0.4× | -0.2% | 16.4% | 2.9% | 16.8% | 12.1% | 1.4× | 385 |
| MUSA | $9.9B | 22.4× | 12.1× | 0.5× | -4.2% | — | 2.4% | 75.5% | 16.8% | 2.2× | 586 |
| KMX | $7.1B | 29.6× | 34.6× | 0.3× | -1.8% | 10.8% | 1.0% | 4.2% | 1.0% | — | 546 |
| LAD | $6.2B | 8.7× | 8.3× | 0.2× | 4.0% | 15.2% | 2.2% | 12.4% | 5.0% | 5.1× | 429 |
| RUSHA | $5.1B | 13.4× | 8.0× | 0.7× | -4.7% | 19.6% | 3.5% | 12.0% | 10.6% | 0.1× | 346 |
| AN | $5.1B | 9.0× | — | 0.2× | 3.2% | 17.9% | 2.3% | 27.7% | 10.6% | — | 491 |
| OPLN | $4.5B | — | 16.9× | 2.3× | 8.2% | — | 9.2% | 14.3% | 10.0% | 1.4× | 335 |
| ABG | $2.9B | 6.5× | 6.9× | 0.2× | 4.7% | 17.1% | 2.7% | 12.6% | 6.6% | 3.8× | 1,296 |
| GPI | $2.7B | 9.1× | — | 0.1× | 13.2% | 16.0% | 1.4% | 11.7% | 5.0% | — | 374 |
| AAP | $2.5B | 57.0× | 12.2× | 0.3× | -5.4% | 43.4% | 0.5% | 2.0% | 0.8% | 1.3× | 372 |
| HZO | $1.2B | — | 24.7× | 0.5× | -5.0% | 32.5% | -1.4% | -3.4% | -1.6% | 10.8× | 180 |
| CRMT | $11M | — | — | 0.0× | -7.9% | 48.2% | -10.9% | -31.2% | -31.2% | — | 76 |
Peers = companies sharing CRMT's sector (Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations) with collected SEC financials. Multiples use the most recent end-of-day close and latest fiscal-year fundamentals (trailing, not forward). Missing cells mean the peer never reported that line item, has no collected price, or has a non-positive denominator. Not investment advice.
No positive operating income in the last three years, so there is no return on capital to compare against its cost.
| Fiscal year | Gross margin | Operating margin | Net margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2017 | 36.6% | not reported | 3.4% |
| FY2018 | 36.3% | not reported | 6.0% |
| FY2019 | 36.3% | not reported | 7.1% |
| FY2020 | 35.5% | not reported | 6.9% |
| FY2021 | 47.3% | not reported | 11.5% |
| FY2022 | 44.7% | not reported | 8.0% |
| FY2023 | 42.8% | not reported | 1.5% |
| FY2024 | 45.6% | not reported | -2.3% |
| FY2025 | 47.8% | not reported | 1.3% |
| FY2026 | 48.2% | not reported | -10.9% |
Return on equity (-31%) and return on invested capital (-31%) are within a couple of points in FY2026, so the headline return is the operating return — there is no meaningful leverage effect to strip out.
No material counter-signal in the checked set: ROIC vs WACC spread, 5-year spread history, gross margin trend, operating margin trend, net margin against 3 years ago, revenue growth, ROIC ex-goodwill gap.
Missing from our data, so excluded from this answer: positive EBIT.
Free cash flow has fallen short of reported profit in 3 of the last three years.
Shares outstanding are up 25% since FY2020 — per-share cash flow has grown more slowly than the totals above, and the gap is the owners'.
No debt, so there is no leverage path to distress.
Balance sheet at 2026-04-30. Undrawn revolving credit is not shown: the tag is collected but not yet mapped through to the API.
No material counter-signal in the checked set: net debt / EBITDA, interest coverage, stressed coverage, maturity schedule vs cash and one year of FCF, liquidity ratios.
No growth rate within the range this model can express reaches the current price, so the requirement cannot be stated as a number.
No material counter-signal in the checked set: reverse-DCF implied growth, historical FCF CAGR, per-year FCF growth distribution, reporting-basis breaks, discount rate used, free-cash-flow basis (stock comp charged?).
Missing from our data, so excluded from this answer: implied_growth.
| Step | Amount | Running total |
|---|---|---|
| Net income | −$139M | −$139M |
| Share-based comp | $4M | −$135M |
| Other non-cash & working capital | $200M | $65M |
| Operating cash flow | $65M | $65M |
| Capex | −$2M | $63M |
| Free cash flow | $63M | $63M |
| FCF after SBC | $59M | $59M |
| Fiscal year | Revenue growth | Receivables growth | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 22.2% | not reported | not reported |
| FY2022 | 30.9% | not reported | not reported |
| FY2023 | 17.6% | not reported | not reported |
| FY2024 | -0.5% | not reported | not reported |
| FY2025 | -0.2% | not reported | not reported |
| FY2026 | -7.9% | not reported | not reported |
| Fiscal year | Accruals / assets |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 4.6 percent |
| FY2021 | 19.3 percent |
| FY2022 | 18.6 percent |
| FY2023 | 11.0 percent |
| FY2024 | 2.9 percent |
| FY2025 | 4.2 percent |
| FY2026 | -14.4 percent |
SBC is added back inside operating cash flow, so reported free cash flow treats shares issued to employees as free. Percent of revenue says how expensive the payroll is; percent of operating cash flow says how much of the cash exists only because the charge was added back. The buyback offset is buybacks over SBC — below 1.0 the repurchase does not cover the shares issued.
Figures are the latest fiscal year (FY2026) from the company's own filings, not a trailing-twelve-month window — Q2 reads fiscal years throughout so the cash-conversion ratios and these share one basis. A blank is a line the filer did not report; it is never read as zero.