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Dec 3, 2025 12:10 PM

Exploring America's Car-Mart's Earnings Expectations

America's Car-Mart (NASDAQ:CRMT) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Thursday, 2025-12-04. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that America's Car-Mart will report an earnings per share (EPS) of $-0.10.

America's Car-Mart bulls will hope to hear the company announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Historical Earnings Performance

The company's EPS missed by $1.46 in the last quarter, leading to a 1.08% drop in the share price on the following day.

Here's a look at America's Car-Mart's past performance and the resulting price change:

Quarter

Q1 2026

Q4 2025

Q3 2025

Q2 2025

EPS Estimate

0.77

0.86

0.15

-0.10

EPS Actual

-0.69

1.26

0.37

-0.24

Price Change %

-1.00

-2.00

0.00

1.00

America's Car-Mart Share Price Analysis

Shares of America's Car-Mart were trading at $21.92 as of December 02. Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 56.62%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are likely unhappy going into this earnings release.

Analysts' Perspectives on America's Car-Mart

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