CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORP
Business
CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORP provides vehicle financing solutions that enable automobile dealers to sell vehicles to consumers regardless of their credit history. The company’s primary offerings include two dealer-facing programs — the Portfolio Program (advances to dealers with servicing rights) and the Purchase Program (one-time purchase of consumer loans) — along with ancillary products such as vehicle service contracts, GAP, and reinsurance through its VSC Re subsidiary. It reports one operating segment and organizes team members across servicing, originations, engineering/analytics/marketing/product management, and support functions. Credit Acceptance distributes its programs nationwide through a network of independent and franchised automobile dealers supported by market area managers and its CAPS credit approval processing system.
Summary from filing dated 2025-02-12
Financials
Consolidated Statement of Income
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finance Charges Revenue | 2,142 | 1,993 | 1,755 | 1,686 | 1,743 | |
| Premiums earned | 96 | 96 | 80 | 63 | 60 | |
| Other Income | 80 | 74 | 67 | 83 | 53 | |
| Total revenue | 2,317 | 2,162 | 1,902 | 1,832 | 1,856 | |
| Salaries and wages | 337 | 309 | 280 | 262 | 218 | |
| General and administrative | 161 | 98 | 87 | 89 | 100 | |
| Sales and marketing | 101 | 94 | 92 | 76 | 65 | |
| Operating Expenses | 600 | 502 | 459 | 426 | 384 | |
| Provision for Credit Losses on Forecast Changes | 338 | 494 | 414 | 138 | — | |
| Provision for credit losses | 278 | 321 | 323 | 344 | — | |
| Financing Receivable, Credit Loss, Expense (Reversal) | 616 | 815 | 736 | 481 | — | |
| Interest | 463 | 420 | 267 | 167 | 164 | |
| Provision for claims | 72 | 74 | 71 | 46 | 39 | |
| Loss on extinguishment of debt | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Loss on sale of building | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Total costs and expenses | 1,752 | 1,833 | 1,534 | 1,121 | 595 | |
| Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest, Total | 565 | 330 | 368 | 712 | 1,261 | |
| Effective tax rate, amount | 142 | 82 | 82 | 176 | 303 | |
| Net income | 424 | 248 | 286 | 536 | 958 | |
| Basic (in usd per share) | 37.02 | 20.12 | 22.09 | 39.5 | 59.57 | |
| Diluted (in usd per share) | 36.38 | 19.88 | 21.99 | 39.32 | 59.52 | |
| Basic (in shares) | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | |
| Diluted (in shares) | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 23 | 344 | 13 | 8 | 23 | |
| Restricted cash and cash equivalents | 478 | 501 | 458 | 410 | 411 | |
| Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Restricted | 106 | 106 | 93 | 72 | 62 | |
| Loans receivable | 11,512 | 11,289 | 10,020 | — | — | |
| Allowance for credit losses | −3,602 | −3,439 | −3,065 | — | — | |
| Loans receivable, net | 7,909 | 7,850 | 6,955 | 6,298 | 6,336 | |
| Property and equipment, net | 13 | 15 | 47 | 51 | 57 | |
| Income taxes receivable | 67 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 109 | |
| Other assets | 36 | 34 | 40 | 57 | 52 | |
| Total Assets | 8,632 | 8,855 | 7,610 | 6,905 | 7,051 | |
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 400 | 316 | 319 | 261 | 175 | |
| Revolving secured line of credit | 107 | 100,000 | 79 | 31 | 3 | |
| Secured financing | 5,159 | 5,362 | 3,991 | 3,756 | 3,812 | |
| Senior notes | 1,088 | 991 | 989 | 795 | 793 | |
| Deferred income taxes, net | 354 | 319 | 389 | 427 | 435 | |
| Income taxes payable | 0 | 117 | 81 | 3 | 200,000 | |
| Total Liabilities | 7,108 | 7,105 | 5,857 | 5,281 | 5,227 | |
| Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, none issued | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Common stock, $.01 par value, 80,000,000 shares authorized, 10,680,143 and 12,048,151 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | |
| Paid-in capital | 403 | 335 | 279 | 246 | 197 | |
| Retained earnings | 1,119 | 1,415 | 1,476 | 1,381 | 1,627 | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | 1 | −300,000 | −1 | −3 | 200,000 | |
| Total Shareholders' Equity | 1,524 | 1,750 | 1,754 | 1,624 | 1,824 | |
| Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity | 8,632 | 8,855 | 7,610 | 6,905 | 7,051 | |
| Preferred stock, par value | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
| Preferred stock, shares authorized | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Preferred stock, shares issued | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Common stock, par value | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
| Common stock, shares authorized | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | |
| Common stock, shares issued | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | |
| Common stock, shares outstanding | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | |
| Amortization | 23 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 17 | |
| Increase (Decrease) in Deferred Income Taxes | 35 | −70 | −38 | −8 | 45 | |
| Stock-based compensation | 51 | 45 | 39 | 37 | 25 | |
| Adjustment to Reconcile Net Income to Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activity, Other Item | −200,000 | 800,000 | 600,000 | 300,000 | −400,000 | |
| Increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 83 | 7 | 50 | 68 | −11 | |
| Increase in income taxes receivable | −63 | 100,000 | 4 | 101 | 38 | |
| Increase (decrease) in income taxes payable | −117 | 36 | 79 | 2 | 0 | |
| Increase in other assets | −1 | 5 | 19 | −4 | −20 | |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 1,055 | 1,138 | 1,204 | 1,239 | 1,069 | |
| Purchases of restricted securities available for sale | −43 | −59 | −43 | −50 | −39 | |
| Proceeds from Sale of Debt Securities, Available-for-sale | 33 | 37 | 16 | 11 | 22 | |
| Maturities of restricted securities available for sale | 12 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 18 | |
| Principal collected on Loans receivable | 3,412 | 3,209 | 3,037 | 3,413 | 3,809 | |
| Advances to Dealers | −2,765 | −3,578 | −2,934 | −2,530 | −2,059 | |
| Purchases of Consumer Loans | −1,091 | −1,040 | −1,214 | −1,095 | −1,109 | |
| Accelerated payments of Dealer Holdback | −51 | −59 | −47 | −44 | −44 | |
| Payments of Dealer Holdback | −180 | −241 | −236 | −187 | −153 | |
| Purchases of property and equipment | −2 | −2 | −4 | −3 | −8 | |
| Proceeds from Sale of Buildings | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Net cash used in investing activities | −674 | −1,721 | −1,417 | −461 | 437 | |
| Borrowings under revolving secured line of credit | 2,121 | 6,126 | 7,432 | 6,623 | 1,563 | |
| Repayments under revolving secured line of credit | −2,014 | −6,205 | −7,384 | −6,594 | −1,656 | |
| Proceeds from secured financing | 1,402 | 3,619 | 2,762 | 1,542 | 1,831 | |
| Repayments of secured financing | −1,613 | −2,247 | −2,520 | −1,599 | −1,729 | |
| Proceeds from issuance of senior notes | 500 | 0 | 600 | 0 | 0 | |
| Repayments of senior notes | −400 | 0 | −400 | 0 | 0 | |
| Payments of debt issuance costs and debt issuance costs | −20 | −22 | −33 | −13 | −16 | |
| Repurchase of common stock | −725 | −313 | −203 | −785 | −1,472 | |
| Proceeds from Issuance of Common Stock | 24 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 12 | |
| Other financing activities | 1 | −17 | 6 | 16 | −800,000 | |
| Net cash provided by financing activities | −725 | 957 | 266 | −795 | −1,469 | |
| Net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents | −344 | 374 | 53 | −17 | 38 | |
| Cash paid during the period for interest | 438 | 393 | 242 | 147 | 149 | |
| Cash paid during the period for income taxes | 279 | 104 | 32 | 73 | 213 |