America's Car-Mart
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2026 – 2027)

20262027
Price/Earnings ratio
8.705.47
Price/Sales ratio
0.210.22
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$5.15$8.2

Historical Multiples (2010 – 2022)

2010 2011 2012 2016 2017 2019 2020 2022 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
10.5410.4312.7319.1714.1414.168.515.5311.9214.14
Price/Sales ratio
0.830.861.080.390.481.000.580.430.380.48
Price/Book Value ratio
1.601.572.270.971.222.581.441.121.070.97
Price/Cash Flow ratio
34.8517.4535.9215.5638.9827.0920.90-4.60-3.9338.98
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
171.2624.4057.9922.7849.7432.3228.21-3.89-3.2349.74
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.200.790.42-0.320.160.360.79-0.79-1.440.16
Dividend Yield
0.01%0.01%0.00%0.01%0.01%0.00%0.00%0.00%N/A0.01%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
48.92%42.67%42.25%46.31%48.11%48.60%47.82%45.26%43.36%48.11%
Operating Profit Margin
13.06%3.02%3.05%3.32%5.69%8.93%9.70%10.84%6.29%3.32%
Pretax Profit Margin
12.37%13.17%13.64%3.25%5.48%8.94%8.64%9.93%4.16%3.25%
Net Profit Margin
7.91%8.25%8.52%2.04%3.43%7.11%6.89%7.83%3.24%2.04%
Effective Tax Rate
36.02%37.36%37.49%37.31%37.33%20.42%20.21%22.50%22.19%37.33%
Return on Assets
10.68%10.20%10.60%2.85%4.76%9.66%7.69%8.29%3.21%2.85%
Return On Equity
15.23%15.08%17.89%5.06%8.67%18.28%16.95%20.24%9.19%5.06%
Return on Capital Employed
19.71%4.16%4.50%4.84%8.22%12.65%11.21%11.76%7.01%4.84%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
8.538.925.87N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A8.19N/A
Quick Ratio
7.738.015.2719.7920.5321.1223.6032.926.9120.53
Cash ratio
0.010.000.000.030.020.082.630.240.020.02
Days of Sales Outstanding
222.25239.86239.62216.85223.10228.98230.01261.58275.02216.85
Days of Inventory outstanding
42.9443.9444.5135.7736.0639.7834.2163.4161.6935.77
Operating Cycle
265.20283.80284.13252.62259.16268.76264.22325.00129.50259.16
Days of Payables Outstanding
12.2214.4112.0114.7413.4314.4912.3211.0312.8413.43
Cash Conversion Cycle
252.98269.38272.12237.88245.73254.27251.90313.97277.39237.88
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.290.320.400.260.270.310.320.380.640.26
Debt Equity Ratio
0.420.470.680.470.500.580.710.931.790.47
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.180.200.290.320.330.360.410.480.570.32
Total Debt to Capitalization
N/AN/A0.290.320.330.370.410.480.570.32
Interest Coverage Ratio
19.093.935.17N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A2.99N/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.200.350.140.130.060.160.09-0.25-0.190.06
Company Equity Multiplier
1.421.471.681.771.821.892.202.442.791.77
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.020.040.030.020.010.030.02-0.09-0.090.01
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.200.710.610.680.780.830.741.181.210.68
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
N/AN/A0.140.130.060.160.09-0.25-0.190.06
Short Term Coverage Ratio
N/AN/A91.37141.4410.9619.54N/AN/A-35.5610.96
Dividend Payout Ratio
0.14%0.14%0.12%0.34%0.19%0.08%0.07%0.04%N/A0.19%