What Happened?
Shares of used-car retailer America’s Car-Mart (NASDAQ:CRMT) jumped 17.8% in the afternoon session after the company reported strong third-quarter (fiscal 2025) results, exceeding analysts' expectations for sales, EBITDA, and EPS. Retail unit sales drove the top line, marking a strong rebound after the previous year's volume decline due to tighter underwriting. Overall, this was a solid quarter.
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What The Market Is Telling Us
America's Car-Mart’s shares are quite volatile and have had 19 moves greater than 5% over the last year. But moves this big are rare even for America's Car-Mart and indicate this news significantly impacted the market’s perception of the business. The biggest move we wrote about over the last year was 3 months ago when the stock gained 19.5% on the news that the company reported impressive third-quarter earnings, which blew past analysts' revenue, EPS, and EBITDA expectations. Its revenue also outperformed Wall Street's estimates. On the other hand, its gross margin missed. Still, we think this was a solid quarter.
America's Car-Mart is down 9.8% since the beginning of the year, and at $44.94 per share, it is trading 35.9% below its 52-week high of $70.15 from July 2024. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of America's Car-Mart’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $458.68.
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