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Credit Acceptance (Credit Acceptance) Financial Strength : 3 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Credit Acceptance Financial Strength?

Credit Acceptance has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.

Warning Sign:

Credit Acceptance Corp displays poor financial strength. Usually, this is caused by too much debt for the company.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

GuruFocus does not calculate Credit Acceptance's interest coverage with the available data. Credit Acceptance's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.80. As of today, Credit Acceptance's Altman Z-Score is 2.29.


Competitive Comparison of Credit Acceptance's Financial Strength

For the Credit Services subindustry, Credit Acceptance's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Credit Acceptance's Financial Strength Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Credit Acceptance's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Credit Acceptance's Financial Strength falls into.



Credit Acceptance Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Credit Acceptance's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was $80 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $5,612 Mil.

Credit Acceptance's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

GuruFocus does not calculate Credit Acceptance's interest coverage with the available data.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Credit Acceptance's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(0 + 5611.5) / 2006.8
=2.80

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Credit Acceptance has a Z-score of 2.29, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Credit Acceptance is in some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.81, the company may faces bankrupcy risk.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 2.29 is in the grey area. This implies that the company is under some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.8, the company may face bankruptcy risk.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Credit Acceptance  (NAS:CACC) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Credit Acceptance has the Financial Strength Rank of 3. It displays poor financial strength and is likely in financial distress. Usually this is caused by too much debt for the company.


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Credit Acceptance (Credit Acceptance) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
25505 W. Twelve Mile Road, Southfield, MI, USA, 48034-8339
Credit Acceptance Corp is a consumer finance company that specializes in automobile loans. These loans are offered through a U.S. nationwide network of automobile dealers that benefit from sales of vehicles to consumers who could otherwise not obtain financing. The company also benefits from repeat and referral sales, and from sales to customers responding to advertisements for financing, but qualify for traditional financing. The company derives its revenue from finance charges, premiums earned on the reinsurance of vehicle service contracts, and other fees. Of these, financing charges, including servicing fees, are by far the largest source of revenue.
Executives
Wendy A Rummler officer: Senior VP, Human Resources 25505 WEST TWELVE MILE ROAD, SOUTHFIELD MI 48034
Douglas W Busk officer: Sr. Vice President & Treasurer 25505 WEST TWELVE MILE ROAD, SOUTH FIELD MI 48034
Nicholas J Elliott officer: Chief Alignment Officer 25505 WEST TWELVE MILE RD, SOUTHFIELD MI 48034
Arthur L Smith officer: Chief Analytics Officer 25505 W 12 MILE ROAD, SOUTHFIELD MI 48034
Sean Edward Quinn director C/O CIMPRESS PLC, 275 WYMAN STREET, WALTHAM MA 02451
Thomas W Smith 10 percent owner, other: Member of Section 13(d) Group 2200 BUTTS ROAD, SUITE 320, BOCA RATON FL 33431
Scott J Vassalluzzo director, 10 percent owner, other: Member of Section 13(d) Group 2200 BUTTS ROAD, SUITE 320, BOCA RATON FL 33431
Donald A. Foss Irrevocable Trust Dated August 14, 2022 10 percent owner 39395 W. TWELVE MILE ROAD, SUITE 200, FARMINGTON HILLS MI 48331
Daniel A. Ulatowski officer: Chief Sales Officer 25505 W 12 MILE ROAD, SOUTHFIELD MI 48034
Andrew K Rostami officer: Chief Mktg and Product Officer 25505 WEST TWELVE MILE ROAD, SOUTHFIELD MI 48034
Prescott General Partners Llc 10 percent owner, other: Member of Section 13(d) Group 2200 BUTTS ROAD, SUITE 320, BOCA RATON FL 33431
Ravi Mohan Valiyaveettil officer: Chief Technology Officer 25505 WEST TWELVE MILE RD, SOUTHFIELD MI 48034
Thomas N Tryforos director 323 RAILROAD AVE, GREENWICH CT 06830
Kenneth Booth officer: Chief Financial Officer 25505 WEST TWELVE MILE ROAD, SOUTHFIELD MI 48034
Donald A Foss director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman 29777 TELEGRAPH ROAD, SUITE 2611, SOUTHFIELD MI 48034