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Strategies & Market Trends : Value Investing

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To: Madharry who wrote (78646)12/2/2025 1:05:32 PM
From: S. maltophilia  Read Replies (1) of 78748
 
CRMT

Interesting. They're borrowing @~7%

sec.gov

and lending at

The Company originates installment sale contracts from the sale of used vehicles at its dealerships. These installment sale contracts carry a weighted average interest rate of approximately 17.6% using the simple effective interest method including any deferred fees. The Company originates contracts at interest rates ranging from 12.99% up to 23.0% based on the credit score of the customer and applicable state usury limits. Contract origination costs are not significant. The installment sale contracts are structured to have

10-K p.57

on sales averaging

Selling Basic Transportation. The Company focuses on selling basic and affordable transportation to its customers. The Company’s average retail sales price was $19,398 per unit [!! with 100,000 miles] in fiscal 2025, compared to $19,113 in fiscal 2024. Used vehicle pricing continued to increase due to the high demand and tight supply of used vehicles. In general, the demand for quality, used vehicles has increased due to a shortage of new vehicles leading to inventory constraints in both the new and used vehicle markets. Management expects..

10-K p7

While putting up with

Over the last five fiscal years, the Company’s annual provision for credit losses as a percentage of sales has ranged from a low of 19.31% in fiscal 2021 to a high of 36.48% in fiscal 2024, with an average of 28.14% over the period. During fiscal 2025, credit losses improved to 32.68% due to the continued favorable performance in contracts originated under the Company's enhanced underwriting system.

10-K p.6

I don't expect the last item to get better anytime soon.

Just bought a little, with a tight sell stop. Hopefully they've cleaned up their accounting act and the assets are real.
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