Americas Car Mart, Inc (NASDAQ: CRMT) has experienced a rise in its stock price by 15.93 compared to its previous closing price of 38.36. However, the company has seen a gain of 6.57% in its stock price over the last five trading days. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-03-06 that America’s Car-Mart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRMT ) Q3 2025 Earnings Conference Call March 6, 2025 9:00 AM ET Company Participants Vickie Judy – Chief Financial Officer Doug Campbell – President & Chief Executive Officer Jamie Fischer – Chief Operating Officer Conference Call Participants Kyle Joseph – Stephens John Murphy – Bank of America Vincent Caintic – BTIG Operator Thank you for standing by, and welcome to America’s Car-Mart’s Third Quarter Fiscal 2025 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only-mode.
Is It Worth Investing in Americas Car Mart, Inc (NASDAQ: CRMT) Right Now?
The 36-month beta value for CRMT is also noteworthy at 1.50. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 rating it as “overweight,” 3 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for CRMT is 7.69M, and at present, short sellers hold a 13.69% of that float. The average trading volume of CRMT on March 07, 2025 was 99.82K shares.
CRMT’s Market Performance
The stock of Americas Car Mart, Inc (CRMT) has seen a 6.57% increase in the past week, with a -6.58% drop in the past month, and a -3.03% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 7.50%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 5.40% for CRMT. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -2.95% for CRMT’s stock, with a -14.67% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of CRMT
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CRMT stocks, with Stephens repeating the rating for CRMT by listing it as a “Equal-Weight.” The predicted price for CRMT in the upcoming period, according to Stephens is $50 based on the research report published on November 13, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
CRMT Trading at -6.77% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought CRMT to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -39.99% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 5.40%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 7.50%, as shares sank -10.11% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -17.02% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, CRMT rose by +6.57%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -31.01% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $45.82. In addition, Americas Car Mart, Inc saw -13.23% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CRMT starting from MORRIS DAWN C, who purchase 116 shares at the price of $43.00 back on Sep 19 ’24. After this action, MORRIS DAWN C now owns 2,562 shares of Americas Car Mart, Inc, valued at $4,988 using the latest closing price.
Peterson Adam K, the 10% Owner of Americas Car Mart, Inc, purchase 813,953 shares at $43.00 during a trade that took place back on Sep 19 ’24, which means that Peterson Adam K is holding 1,582,363 shares at $34,999,979 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for CRMT
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.04 for the present operating margin
- 0.47 for the gross margin
The net margin for Americas Car Mart, Inc stands at -0.0. The total capital return value is set at 0.04. Equity return is now at value -0.77, with -0.26 for asset returns.
Based on Americas Car Mart, Inc (CRMT), the company’s capital structure generated 0.6 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.04. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.51. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.69.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 32.08 million with net debt to EBITDA at 11.14. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.88. The receivables turnover for the company is 1.19for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.86. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 7.77.
Conclusion
In summary, Americas Car Mart, Inc (CRMT) has had a bad performance as of late. Analysts have mixed opinions on the stock, with some viewing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
