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To: taxikid who wrote (2460)	10/24/1997 12:45:00 PM
From: Market Tracker	Respond to of 4339

FWIW here is the latest Zacks - CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORP (MICH) (CACC) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CREDIT ACCEPT 10/18/97 ZACKS ANALYST WATCH MEAN HIGH LOW NUMBER MEAN CHG EST LAST MNTH ($) FISC YR END 12/98 1.22 1.30 1.15 5 -0.04 FISC YR END 12/97 1.06 1.10 1.03 5 0.00 VS ACTUAL 12/96 0.89 QUARTER END 9/97 0.27 0.28 0.26 3 0.00 VS ACTUAL 9/96 0.23 QUARTER END 12/97 0.28 0.30 0.26 2 0.00 VS ACTUAL 12/96 0.25 NEXT 5 YR GRTH (%) 16.67 20.00 15.00 3 -2.08 ESTIMATES & ACTUALS ARE BOTH EPS BEFORE XTRAS & OTHER NRI'S CREDIT ACCEPT 10/18/97 WALL STREET RECOMMENDATIONS CACC RANKED 23/ 26 IN FIN-MISC SVCS IND RANKED 38/211 Z R R+R I I N -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- STRONG MODERATE HOLD MODERATE STRONG BUY BUY SELL SELL N = NATIONAL RETAIL BROKER; I = INSTITUTIONAL BROKER R = REGIONAL BROKERAGE FIRM; Z = ZACKS INDICATOR RANKING (EPS FORECAST REVISION MODEL) ( + UPGRADE SINCE LAST WEEK; - DOWNGRADE ) CREDIT ACCEPT 10/18/97 COMPANY VS INDUSTRY ---------- EPS GROWTH RATES -------- P/E ON LAST 5 YRS 97/96 98/97 NXT 5 97 ACTUAL (%) (%) (%) YRS(%) EPS COMPANY N/A 18.7 15.3 16.7 10.7 IND: FIN-MISC SVCS 25.8 5.4 27.1 20.5 19.2 (T=169) S & P 500 12.6 11.9 7.3 7.6 20.9 ------------------------------------------------------------ COMPANY-INDUSTRY N/A 13.2 -11.8 -3.9 -8.4 COMPANY-S&P N/A 6.7 8.1 9.1 -10.2 DISTRIBUTION OF EPS ESTIMATES HISTOGRAM AS OF 10/18/97 CREDIT ACCEPT FY1 - 9712 FY2 - 9812 5 ESTS. 5 ESTS. OXXX O O X X X O !-----!-----!-----!-----! !-----!-----!-----!-----! 1.03 1.08 1.13 1.18 1.23 1.15 1.20 1.25 1.30 1.35 "X" = EPS ESTIMATE ($) "O" = THREE MOST RECENT ESTS. 9/97 QTR: CREDIT ACCEPT 12/97 QTR: EXP.REPT: 10/22/97 EXP.REPT: 1/22/98 O X O X O !-----!-----!-----!-----! !-----!-----!-----!-----! 0.26 0.31 0.36 0.41 0.46 0.26 0.31 0.36 0.41 0.46 MEAN 0.27 ( 3) MEAN 0.28 ( 2) MOST ACC 0.27 ( 2) MOST ACC 0.30 ( 1) ------------------------------------------------------------ QTR END % SURPRISE ACTUAL ESTIMATE STD DEV. # ANALYSTS 9/97 N/A N/A 0.27 0.01 3 6/97 -2.50 0.26 0.27 0.01 6 3/97 0.00 0.26 0.26 0.00 3 CREDIT ACCEPT -NMS - 2.000 12/21/94 - 406 EMPLOYEES PROVIDES FUNDING, RECEIVABLES MANAGEMENT, COLLECTION, SALES TRAINING AND RELATED SERVICES TO AUTOMOBILE DEALERS. YEAR EPS BEFORE XTRAS & NRI'S -CUR- HI/LO 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH YR(12) PRICE 11 27/ 9 98 0.31E NA NA NA 1.22E PRC/EPS 11 32/ 10 97 0.26 0.26 0.27E 0.28E 1.06E REL P/E 0.5 1.8/0.5 96 0.20 0.22 0.23 0.25 0.89 YLD 0.00 IAD NA SINCE 10/87 DEC SLS(MM$) NET(MM$) EPS-XNRI EPS-REP DIV/SH HIGH LOW 96 123 41 0.89 0.89 NONE 28 19 95 85 29 0.68 0.68 NONE 27 19 94 54 20 0.49 0.49 NONE 19 11