Credit Acceptance Corporation

NasdaqGS:CACC Stock Report

Market Cap: US$5.9b

Credit Acceptance Valuation

Is CACC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CACC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CACC ($468.87) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($456.73)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CACC is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CACC?

Key metric: As CACC is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CACC. This is calculated by dividing CACC's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CACC's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio30x
EarningsUS$189.60m
Market CapUS$5.94b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CACC's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CACC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average15.2x
SLM SLM
8.8x0.7%US$5.9b
OMF OneMain Holdings
11.2x31.2%US$6.4b
QFIN Qifu Technology
7.8x9.6%US$6.2b
NNI Nelnet
33xn/aUS$3.9b
CACC Credit Acceptance
30x49.0%US$5.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CACC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30x) compared to the peer average (15.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CACC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Consumer Finance Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
YRD Yiren Digital
1.6xn/aUS$412.94m
No more companies available in this PE range
CACC 30.0xIndustry Avg. 11.2xNo. of Companies4PE0816243240+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CACC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30x) compared to the US Consumer Finance industry average (11.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CACC's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CACC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio30x
Fair PE Ratio29.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CACC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.7x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CACC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$468.87
US$426.50
-9.0%
12.3%US$500.00US$374.00n/a4
Dec ’25US$497.70
US$426.50
-14.3%
12.3%US$500.00US$374.00n/a4
Nov ’25US$417.33
US$418.00
+0.2%
13.9%US$500.00US$374.00n/a3
Oct ’25US$438.50
US$449.67
+2.5%
9.1%US$500.00US$400.00n/a3
Sep ’25US$466.53
US$463.00
-0.8%
12.5%US$540.00US$400.00n/a3
Aug ’25US$489.29
US$463.00
-5.4%
12.5%US$540.00US$400.00n/a3
Jul ’25US$517.22
US$476.33
-7.9%
9.5%US$540.00US$440.00n/a3
Jun ’25US$490.83
US$469.67
-4.3%
10.9%US$540.00US$420.00n/a3
May ’25US$492.58
US$484.67
-1.6%
8.2%US$540.00US$449.00n/a3
Apr ’25US$544.54
US$482.67
-11.4%
8.7%US$540.00US$440.00n/a3
Mar ’25US$552.00
US$482.67
-12.6%
8.7%US$540.00US$440.00n/a3
Feb ’25US$581.39
US$499.50
-14.1%
9.3%US$550.00US$440.00n/a4
Jan ’25US$532.73
US$405.00
-24.0%
7.3%US$440.00US$360.00n/a4
Dec ’24US$473.90
US$405.00
-14.5%
7.3%US$440.00US$360.00US$497.704
Nov ’24US$415.42
US$393.40
-5.3%
8.9%US$440.00US$347.00US$417.335
Oct ’24US$460.12
US$445.50
-3.2%
13.2%US$517.00US$355.00US$438.504
Sep ’24US$498.65
US$445.50
-10.7%
13.2%US$517.00US$355.00US$466.534
Aug ’24US$553.10
US$432.50
-21.8%
9.0%US$463.00US$367.00US$489.294
Jul ’24US$507.93
US$432.50
-14.9%
9.0%US$463.00US$367.00US$517.224
Jun ’24US$449.24
US$422.00
-6.1%
9.6%US$463.00US$367.00US$490.835
May ’24US$498.73
US$426.40
-14.5%
7.5%US$470.00US$380.00US$492.585
Apr ’24US$436.04
US$426.40
-2.2%
7.5%US$470.00US$380.00US$544.545
Mar ’24US$444.24
US$426.40
-4.0%
7.5%US$470.00US$380.00US$552.005
Feb ’24US$526.08
US$426.40
-18.9%
7.5%US$470.00US$380.00US$581.395
Jan ’24US$474.40
US$435.60
-8.2%
12.6%US$532.00US$364.00US$532.735
Dec ’23US$474.43
US$435.60
-8.2%
12.6%US$532.00US$364.00US$473.905

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/18 06:51
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/18 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Credit Acceptance Corporation is covered by 18 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
James FotheringhamBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Kenneth BruceBofA Global Research
Giuliano Anderes BolognaBTIG