America's Car-Mart, Inc. (CRMT) Key Metrics

NASDAQ: CRMTValuation, returns, debt and efficiency ratios over 10 years.

CRMT valuation today

Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026
Market cap
$8.7M
Enterprise value
$658.1M
P/E (TTM)
—
10-yr median 12.8
Forward P/E
28.3
PEG ratio
0.69
Price / sales
0.0
10-yr median 0.5
Price / book
0.0
10-yr median 1.4
EV / EBITDA
41.0
10-yr median 11.3
Dividend yield
—
Beta
1.34

CRMT key metrics, FY2017–FY2026

Fiscal year ended April 30, 2026 · U.S. dollars

CRMT valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.

Price / sales−69.8%
0.1
FY2026 · hover or tap a bar for each year
FY2017: 0.5 (+27.0%)FY2018: 0.6 (+25.9%)FY2019: 1.0 (+61.6%)FY2020: 0.6 (−41.2%)FY2021: 1.1 (+85.8%)FY2022: 0.5 (−60.2%)FY2023: 0.4 (−17.5%)FY2024: 0.3 (−30.2%)FY2025: 0.3 (−0.2%)FY2026: 0.1 (−69.8%)
FY2017FY2026
Price / book−64.5%
0.2
FY2026 · hover or tap a bar for each year
FY2017: 1.3 (+29.0%)FY2018: 1.7 (+32.5%)FY2019: 2.7 (+56.1%)FY2020: 1.5 (−43.7%)FY2021: 2.6 (+70.6%)FY2022: 1.2 (−54.5%)FY2023: 1.8 (+51.0%)FY2024: 0.8 (−56.3%)FY2025: 0.6 (−17.7%)FY2026: 0.2 (−64.5%)
FY2017FY2026
Price / free cash flow
1.6
FY2026 · hover or tap a bar for each year
FY2017: 52.6 (+123.1%)FY2018: 51.3 (−2.6%)FY2019: 33.6 (−34.5%)FY2020: 29.6 (−11.9%)FY2026: 1.6
FY2017FY2026
Free cash flow yield+76.8 pts
62.4%
FY2026 · hover or tap a bar for each year
FY2017: 1.9% (−2.3 pts)FY2018: 2.0% (+0.1 pts)FY2019: 3.0% (+1.0 pts)FY2020: 3.4% (+0.4 pts)FY2021: −6.0% (−9.4 pts)FY2022: −24.5% (−18.5 pts)FY2023: −30.3% (−5.8 pts)FY2024: −21.9% (+8.4 pts)FY2025: −14.5% (+7.4 pts)FY2026: 62.4% (+76.8 pts)
FY2017FY2026

CRMT valuation history

Fiscal year-endToday10-year median

CRMT returns on capital

ROEROICROA

Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.

CRMT debt vs cash

Total debtCash & short-term investments

Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.

CRMT cash returned to shareholders

DividendsBuybacksFree cash flow

CRMT price vs earnings per share

Share price at year-endEPS (right axis)

CRMT key metrics

FY2017–FY2026
America's Car-Mart, Inc. key metrics by fiscal year
FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017
Valuation
Market capitalization$101.2M$364.3M$365.7M$527.9M$551.7M$1.05B$458.1M$700.5M$396.6M$302.5M
Enterprise value$826.4M$1.20B$1.18B$1.63B$1.05B$1.34B$676.9M$852.9M$548.9M$420.8M
P/E ratio—20.4—25.85.810.08.914.710.915.0
Price / sales0.10.30.30.40.51.10.61.00.60.5
Price / book0.20.60.81.81.22.61.52.71.71.3
Price / free cash flow1.6—————29.633.651.352.6
Price / operating cash flow1.6—————21.928.139.741.3
EV / sales0.60.90.81.20.91.50.91.30.90.7
EV / EBITDA—11.936.823.47.79.28.911.911.310.4
EV / free cash flow13.1—————43.740.970.973.2
Earnings yield−137.5%4.9%−8.6%3.9%17.2%10.0%11.2%6.8%9.2%6.7%
Free cash flow yield62.4%−14.5%−21.9%−30.3%−24.5%−6.0%3.4%3.0%2.0%1.9%
Dividend yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks)0.3%0.1%0.1%1.0%6.3%1.0%3.5%3.8%10.7%6.8%
Share price at fiscal year-end$12.21$47.42$57.24$80.39$80.85$150.83$65.95$99.05$53.30$37.30
Per share
Revenue per share$154.60$181.06$218.19$214.03$177.68$131.95$107.21$94.62$82.27$72.47
Earnings per share−$16.79$2.33−$4.91$3.11$13.92$15.06$7.39$6.73$4.91$2.49
Operating cash flow per share$7.84−$6.35−$11.57−$21.01−$16.75−$7.73$3.01$3.52$1.34$0.90
Free cash flow per share$7.62−$6.85−$12.54−$24.40−$19.81−$9.02$2.23$2.95$1.04$0.71
Cash per share$5.67$1.28$0.86$1.49$1.01$0.42$8.58$0.25$0.14$0.05
Book value per share$53.75$74.18$73.73$45.29$68.79$58.43$43.59$36.88$30.98$28.73
Tangible book value per share$51.00$71.21$71.47$43.51$67.52$57.39$42.61$36.83$30.88$28.64
Dividends per share$0.00$0.01$0.01$0.01$0.01$0.01$0.01$0.01$0.01$0.00
Capex per share$0.22$0.51$0.96$3.39$3.06$1.29$0.78$0.57$0.30$0.20
Debt per share$93.16$110.01$128.28$169.02$73.59$41.75$40.08$21.80$20.60$14.64
Shares outstanding8.3M7.7M6.4M6.6M6.8M7.0M6.9M7.1M7.4M8.1M
Change in shares outstanding+7.9%+20.2%−2.7%−3.8%−2.0%+0.2%−1.8%−5.0%−8.3%−6.4%
Returns & profitability
Return on equity (ROE)−27.4%3.4%−8.2%5.3%21.7%29.5%18.2%19.4%15.8%8.8%
Return on invested capital (ROIC)−6.6%5.5%1.5%4.3%12.3%18.0%12.3%11.9%10.0%6.1%
Return on assets (ROA)−9.2%1.2%−2.2%1.6%9.7%14.1%8.9%10.0%8.3%4.9%
Return on tangible assets−10.0%1.1%−2.1%1.5%8.4%12.9%7.8%9.7%8.0%4.8%
Free cash flow margin4.9%−3.8%−5.7%−11.4%−11.2%−6.8%2.1%3.1%1.3%1.0%
Income quality (OCF / net income)—−2.73—−6.75−1.20−0.510.410.520.270.36
Financial health
Total debt$772.2M$845.1M$819.5M$1.11B$502.1M$290.6M$278.4M$154.2M$153.3M$118.7M
Cash & short-term investments$47.0M$9.8M$5.5M$9.8M$6.9M$2.9M$59.6M$1.8M$1.0M$434,000
Net debt$725.2M$835.3M$814.0M$1.10B$495.2M$287.7M$218.8M$152.4M$152.2M$118.3M
Debt / equity1.731.481.743.731.070.710.920.590.660.51
Debt / assets0.550.530.550.780.440.350.420.310.340.28
Net debt / EBITDA—8.2625.3715.783.661.972.872.133.122.91
Current ratio7.963.833.701.9637.098.7625.2222.9923.6522.23
Quick ratio7.633.533.401.7932.937.7623.6121.1321.7820.53
Interest coverage-1.51.30.41.712.020.79.07.67.08.2
Working capital$1.14B$1.05B$956.6M$612.5M$998.8M$637.6M$547.1M$443.5M$408.6M$376.1M
Invested capital$1.17B$1.41B$1.29B$1.40B$964.6M$694.5M$521.6M$413.2M$382.8M$351.3M
Tangible asset value$422.9M$547.1M$456.7M$285.7M$460.7M$399.6M$295.9M$260.6M$229.8M$232.3M
Net current asset value$336.6M$388.3M$303.9M$128.1M$350.5M$304.5M$205.1M$232.0M$201.6M$202.5M
Graham number—$62.35—$56.31$146.80$140.70$85.15$74.76$58.48$40.13
Graham net-net per share−$9.87−$10.36−$18.14−$38.56$4.87$14.38$9.38$14.66$11.18$11.55
Capital allocation
Dividends paid$40,000$40,000$40,000$40,000$40,000$40,000$40,000$40,000$40,000$40,000
Share buybacks (net)$297,000$434,000$365,000$5.2M$34.7M$10.6M$16.0M$26.6M$42.3M$20.5M
Dividend payout ratio—0.2%—0.2%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.2%
Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow0.5%—————103.6%127.5%547.3%357.2%
Capex / revenue0.1%0.3%0.4%1.6%1.7%1.0%0.7%0.6%0.4%0.3%
Capex / operating cash flow2.8%—————25.9%16.2%22.6%21.6%
Capex / depreciation0.220.510.893.975.182.411.411.020.530.37
Stock-based compensation / revenue0.3%0.3%0.3%0.4%0.5%0.6%0.6%0.6%0.3%0.2%
SG&A / revenue16.2%13.6%43.2%12.6%12.9%14.2%15.8%16.0%16.2%15.6%
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding324.0301.3285.7251.0224.0218.1217.9220.1222.5216.3
Days of inventory on hand45.755.251.750.954.345.234.737.736.935.9
Days payables outstanding18.414.211.610.710.511.912.614.514.414.1
Cash conversion cycle (days)351.3342.4325.8291.2267.8251.4240.0243.4245.1238.1
Receivables turnover1.131.211.281.451.631.671.681.661.641.69
Payables turnover19.8125.7731.5134.1134.6930.5929.0225.2225.3925.91
Inventory turnover7.996.617.067.186.728.0710.519.679.8910.16
Asset turnover0.850.900.961.101.231.231.281.411.391.42
Average receivables$1.14B$1.15B$1.09B$966.6M$744.0M$548.9M$444.5M$403.5M$373.3M$348.3M
Average payables$33.5M$28.2M$24.3M$23.6M$19.1M$15.7M$13.4M$13.6M$12.4M$11.8M
Average inventory$83.2M$109.8M$108.4M$112.3M$98.8M$59.3M$36.9M$35.5M$31.9M$30.0M
Intangibles / total assets1.6%1.4%1.0%0.8%0.8%0.9%1.0%0.1%0.2%0.2%

Computed from CRMT's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed July 14, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.

CRMT valuation and financial ratios

America's Car-Mart earned a return on equity of −27.4% and a return on invested capital of −6.6% in fiscal 2026. It ended the year with $772.2 million of debt and $47.0 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $725.2 million. It returned $0.3 million to shareholders: $0.0 million in dividends and $0.3 million in share buybacks, 1% of free cash flow.

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CRMT key metrics FAQ

What is America's Car-Mart's return on equity?

America's Car-Mart's return on equity (ROE) was −27.4% in fiscal 2026: net income of -$139.2 million on average shareholders' equity of $507.7 million.

What is America's Car-Mart's ROIC?

America's Car-Mart's return on invested capital was −6.6% in fiscal 2026, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.

How much debt does America's Car-Mart have?

America's Car-Mart had total debt of $772.2 million at the end of fiscal 2026, a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.73.

What is America's Car-Mart's dividend yield?

America's Car-Mart paid $0.0 million in dividends in fiscal 2026 ($0.00 per share), a payout ratio of —.

Does America's Car-Mart buy back its shares?

Yes. America's Car-Mart spent $0.3 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2026 Shares outstanding changed +7.9% over the year, to 8.3M..

What is America's Car-Mart's free cash flow yield?

America's Car-Mart generated $63.1 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2026, a free cash flow yield of 62.4% on its market value at year-end ($101.2 million).

What is America's Car-Mart's current ratio?

America's Car-Mart's current ratio was 7.96 at the end of fiscal 2026: current assets were 7.96 times current liabilities.

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