How to buy Americas Car-Mart (CRMT) stock

America's Car-Mart, Inc is an auto & truck dealerships business based in the US. Americas Car-Mart shares (CRMT) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Americas Car-Mart employs 1,850 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Americas Car-Mart stock price (NASDAQ: CRMT)

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Americas Car-Mart shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-07-16.

Latest market close	$164.39
52-week range	$82.48 - $177.45
50-day moving average	$145.44
200-day moving average	$141.84
Wall St. target price	$163.25
PE ratio	9.8127
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$14.95

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Is it a good time to buy Americas Car-Mart stock?

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Americas Car-Mart price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $164.39 from 2021-05-28

1 week (2021-07-12)	N/A
1 month (2021-06-23)	15.89%
3 months (2021-04-19)	N/A
6 months (2021-01-19)	N/A

1 year (2020-07-19)	N/A
2 years (2019-07-19)	N/A
3 years (2018-07-19)	N/A
5 years (2016-07-19)	N/A

Is Americas Car-Mart under- or over-valued?

Valuing Americas Car-Mart stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Americas Car-Mart's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Americas Car-Mart's P/E ratio

Americas Car-Mart's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 10x. In other words, Americas Car-Mart shares trade at around 10x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Americas Car-Mart's PEG ratio

Americas Car-Mart's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.58. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Americas Car-Mart's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Americas Car-Mart's EBITDA

Americas Car-Mart's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $144.9 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Americas Car-Mart's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Americas Car-Mart financials

Revenue TTM	$916.1 million
Operating margin TTM	15.42%
Gross profit TTM	$273.3 million
Return on assets TTM	11.85%
Return on equity TTM	29.33%
Profit margin	11.37%
Book value	$61.34
Market capitalisation	$994.9 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Americas Car-Mart shares

There are currently 233,885 Americas Car-Mart shares held short by investors – that's known as Americas Car-Mart's "short interest". This figure is 1.1% down from 236,519 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Americas Car-Mart shares can be evaluated.

Americas Car-Mart's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Americas Car-Mart's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Americas Car-Mart shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Americas Car-Mart shares traded daily (recently around 58471.25). Americas Car-Mart's SIR currently stands at 4. In other words for every 100,000 Americas Car-Mart shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4000 shares are currently held short.

However Americas Car-Mart's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Americas Car-Mart shares, or, against the total number of tradable Americas Car-Mart shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Americas Car-Mart's short interest could be expressed as 0.04% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Americas Car-Mart shares in existence, roughly 40 shares are currently held short) or 0.0381% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Americas Car-Mart shares, roughly 38 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Americas Car-Mart.

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Americas Car-Mart share dividends

We're not expecting Americas Car-Mart to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Americas Car-Mart's shares ever split?

Americas Car-Mart's shares were split on a 3:2 basis on 14 April 2005. So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Americas Car-Mart shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Americas Car-Mart shares which in turn could have impacted Americas Car-Mart's share price.

Americas Car-Mart share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Americas Car-Mart's shares have ranged in value from as little as $82.48 up to $177.45. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Americas Car-Mart's is 1.438. This would suggest that Americas Car-Mart's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Americas Car-Mart overview

America's Car-Mart, Inc. , through its subsidiaries, operates as an automotive retailer in the United States. The company primarily sells older model used vehicles and provides financing for its customers. As of April 30, 2021, it operated 151 dealerships in the South-Central United States. America's Car-Mart, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Rogers, Arkansas. .

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Americas Car-Mart is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 8.343% of Americas Car-Mart shares are held by insiders and 78.57% by institutions. How many people work for Americas Car-Mart?
Latest data suggests 1,850 work at Americas Car-Mart. When does the fiscal year end for Americas Car-Mart?
Americas Car-Mart's fiscal year ends in April. Where is Americas Car-Mart based?
Americas Car-Mart's address is: 1805 North 2nd Street, Rogers, AR, United States, 72756 What is Americas Car-Mart's ISIN number?
Americas Car-Mart's international securities identification number is: US03062T1051 What is Americas Car-Mart's CUSIP number?
Americas Car-Mart's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 03062T105