Credit Acceptance Corporation is an auto finance company providing automobile loans and other related financial products. The company operates its financial program through a national network of dealer-partners, the automobile dealers participating in the programs. The company operates two programs: the "Portfolio Program" and the "Purchase Program".3 It was founded by Donald Foss.1 Its chief executive is Vinayak R. Hegde (since 2025).1 Its shares trade on Nasdaq under the symbol CACC.1Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit Acceptance Corporation is an auto finance company providing automobile loans and other related financial products. The company operates its financial program through a national network of dealer-partners, the automobile dealers participating in the programs. The company operates two programs: the "Portfolio Program" and the "Purchase Program". Through these programs, the company can advance money to automobile dealers in exchange for the right to service the underlying consumer loans and can buy the consumer loans from automobile dealers. Credit Acceptance reported annual revenue of $1.49B for 2019.3
Financials
From the company’s reports to the SEC. Every number links to the filing it came from.
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest, Total
$565.4M
$329.5M
$367.6M
Effective tax rate, amount
$141.5M
$81.6M
$81.5M
Net income
$423.9M
$247.9M
$286.1M
Basic (in usd per share)
$37.02
$20.12
$22.09
Diluted (in usd per share)
$36.38
$19.88
$21.99
Basic (in shares)
11.5M shares
12.3M shares
13.0M shares
Diluted (in shares)
11.7M shares
12.5M shares
13.0M shares
No quarter-by-quarter statement was filed.
Total assets1591011128$8.6B in 2025+16% since 2019Total liabilities1591011128$7.1B in 2025+40% since 2019Shareholders’ equity1011128$1.5B in 2025−35% since 2019Cash91011128$22.8M in 2025−88% since 2019
Total assets1314$8.6B in Q2 FY2026−0% since Q1 FY2025Total liabilities1314$7.0B in Q2 FY2026−1% since Q1 FY2025Shareholders’ equity1314$1.6B in Q2 FY2026+4% since Q1 FY2025Cash1314$1.4M in Q2 FY2026−94% since Q1 FY2025
Every line of the balance sheet as filed: the last 4 fiscal years (annual) or 4 quarters (quarterly), latest first.8
Period ending
2025-12-31
2024-12-31
2023-12-31
2022-12-31
Cash and cash equivalents
$22.8M
$343.7M
$13.2M
Restricted cash and cash equivalents
$477.9M
$501.3M
$457.7M
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Restricted
$106.2M
$106.4M
Loans receivable
$11.5B
$11.3B
Allowance for credit losses
-$3.6B
-$3.4B
Loans receivable, net
$7.9B
$7.9B
$7.0B
$6.3B
Property and equipment, net
$12.6M
$14.7M
Income taxes receivable
$67.2M
$4.2M
Other assets
$35.8M
$34.0M
Total Assets
$8.6B
$8.9B
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
$400.2M
$315.8M
Revolving secured line of credit
$107.3M
$100.0K
Secured financing
$5.2B
$5.4B
Senior notes
$1.1B
$991.3M
Deferred income taxes, net
$354.0M
$319.1M
Income taxes payable
$0
$117.2M
Total Liabilities
$7.1B
$7.1B
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, none issued
$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
$100.0K
$100.0K
Paid-in capital
$403.3M
$335.1M
Retained earnings
$1.1B
$1.4B
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
$1.0M
-$300.0K
Total Shareholders' Equity
$1.5B
$1.7B
$1.8B
$1.6B
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
$8.6B
$8.9B
Preferred stock, par value
$0.01
$0.01
Preferred stock, shares authorized
1.0M shares
1.0M shares
Preferred stock, shares issued
0 shares
0 shares
Common stock, par value
$0.01
$0.01
Common stock, shares authorized
80.0M shares
80.0M shares
Common stock, shares issued
10.7M shares
12.0M shares
Common stock, shares outstanding
10.7M shares
12.0M shares
Period ending
2025-12-31
2024-12-31
2023-12-31
2022-12-31
Cash and cash equivalents
$22.8M
$343.7M
$13.2M
Restricted cash and cash equivalents
$477.9M
$501.3M
$457.7M
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Restricted
$106.2M
$106.4M
Loans receivable
$11.5B
$11.3B
Allowance for credit losses
-$3.6B
-$3.4B
Loans receivable, net
$7.9B
$7.9B
$7.0B
$6.3B
Property and equipment, net
$12.6M
$14.7M
Income taxes receivable
$67.2M
$4.2M
Other assets
$35.8M
$34.0M
Total Assets
$8.6B
$8.9B
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
$400.2M
$315.8M
Revolving secured line of credit
$107.3M
$100.0K
Secured financing
$5.2B
$5.4B
Senior notes
$1.1B
$991.3M
Deferred income taxes, net
$354.0M
$319.1M
Income taxes payable
$0
$117.2M
Total Liabilities
$7.1B
$7.1B
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, none issued
$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
$100.0K
$100.0K
Paid-in capital
$403.3M
$335.1M
Retained earnings
$1.1B
$1.4B
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
$1.0M
-$300.0K
Total Shareholders' Equity
$1.5B
$1.7B
$1.8B
$1.6B
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
$8.6B
$8.9B
Preferred stock, par value
$0.01
$0.01
Preferred stock, shares authorized
1.0M shares
1.0M shares
Preferred stock, shares issued
0 shares
0 shares
Common stock, par value
$0.01
$0.01
Common stock, shares authorized
80.0M shares
80.0M shares
Common stock, shares issued
10.7M shares
12.0M shares
Common stock, shares outstanding
10.7M shares
12.0M shares
Cash from operations91011128$1.1B in 2025+30% since 2019Capital spending91011128$1.6M in 2025−94% since 2019Free cash flow91011128$1.1B in 2025+34% since 2019Share buybacks91011128$725.4M in 2025+141% since 2019
Cash flow is reported year to date, not quarter by quarter, so there are no separate quarterly figures.
Every line of the cash flow as filed: the last 3 fiscal years, latest first.8
Period ending
2025-12-31
2024-12-31
2023-12-31
Net income
$423.9M
$247.9M
$286.1M
Provision for credit losses
$616.1M
$814.7M
$736.2M
Depreciation
$3.6M
$6.7M
$8.9M
Amortization
$23.0M
$21.1M
$17.7M
Increase (Decrease) in Deferred Income Taxes
$34.6M
-$70.4M
-$38.0M
Stock-based compensation
$50.7M
$45.0M
$39.1M
Loss on extinguishment of debt
$1.2M
$0
$1.8M
Loss on sale of building
$0
$23.7M
$0
Adjustment to Reconcile Net Income to Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activity, Other Item
-$200.0K
$800.0K
$600.0K
Increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
$82.9M
$6.8M
$49.7M
Increase in income taxes receivable
-$63.0M
$100.0K
$4.4M
Increase (decrease) in income taxes payable
-$117.2M
$36.2M
$78.5M
Increase in other assets
-$1.0M
$5.3M
$18.8M
Net cash provided by operating activities
$1.1B
$1.1B
$1.2B
Purchases of restricted securities available for sale
-$43.3M
-$59.0M
-$43.3M
Proceeds from Sale of Debt Securities, Available-for-sale
$33.4M
$36.9M
$15.8M
Maturities of restricted securities available for sale
$12.2M
$9.3M
$8.5M
Principal collected on Loans receivable
$3.4B
$3.2B
$3.0B
Advances to Dealers
-$2.8B
-$3.6B
-$2.9B
Purchases of Consumer Loans
-$1.1B
-$1.0B
-$1.2B
Accelerated payments of Dealer Holdback
-$50.7M
-$59.0M
-$46.9M
Payments of Dealer Holdback
-$180.1M
-$241.2M
-$235.9M
Purchases of property and equipment
-$1.6M
-$1.8M
-$4.0M
Proceeds from Sale of Buildings
$0
$3.2M
$0
Net cash used in investing activities
-$674.3M
-$1.7B
-$1.4B
Borrowings under revolving secured line of credit
$2.1B
$6.1B
$7.4B
Repayments under revolving secured line of credit
-$2.0B
-$6.2B
-$7.4B
Proceeds from secured financing
$1.4B
$3.6B
$2.8B
Repayments of secured financing
-$1.6B
-$2.2B
-$2.5B
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes
$500.0M
$0
$600.0M
Repayments of senior notes
-$400.0M
$0
-$400.0M
Payments of debt issuance costs and debt issuance costs
-$19.8M
-$21.7M
-$33.3M
Repurchase of common stock
-$725.4M
-$313.3M
-$202.6M
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Stock
$23.5M
$15.6M
$5.2M
Other financing activities
$1.0M
-$17.0M
$6.4M
Net cash provided by financing activities
-$724.6M
$957.3M
$266.2M
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents
Credit Acceptance sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
Major holders of Credit Acceptance
John P. NearyFiled SCHEDULE 13G/A on Credit Acceptance, latest Aug 13, 2026 (8 filings since Sep 26, 2022)
BlackRockFiled SCHEDULE 13G on Credit Acceptance, latest Jul 27, 2026
Prescott General Partners LLCFiled SCHEDULE 13D/A on Credit Acceptance, latest Jul 7, 2026 (3 filings since May 9, 2022)
Donald FossFiled SC 13G/A on Credit Acceptance, latest Feb 14, 2022
Credit AcceptanceSouthfield
Credit Acceptance Corporation of Subsidiary · South Dakota, United States
Built from subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.
What it owns
What Credit Acceptance reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
Our headquarters is located in Southfield, Michigan, in an office building we purchased in 1993, which includes approximately 136,000 square feet of space. To take advantage of the national talent pool and to maximize team member satisfaction, we utilize a “remote first” strategy. While remote work has become the primary experience for most of our team members, some team members, due to the nature of their responsibilities, continue to work primarily on site at our headquarters. Additionally, we have various on-site meetings, events, and team building activities for which in-person attendance is encouraged. Therefore, we continue to have a need for office space.
Credit Acceptance Corporation of South Dakota, Inc.7
The subsidiaries the company lists in Exhibit 21 of its annual report, as filed.
Former names
CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATIONNov 14, 1996 to Jul 11, 20085
Controversies and legal
Criticism
On December 12, 2019 NPR aired a segment of Morning Edition called "The Big Business Of Subprime Auto Loans", by Anjali Kamat, which described "the murky world of subprime auto finance," and called it "eerily similar to the subprime mortgage lending that touched off the last financial crisis." Aaron Greenspan, a short-seller and transparency expert who published a detailed report about the company, said: "It's a very strange set of circumstances where, like, high finance has been married with this kind of seedy underbelly of the auto industry."
Credit Acceptance has been investigated by the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission for questionable practices related to subprime lending. Credit Acceptance repossesses 35 percent of the cars it finances.
The company has also been criticized for its opaque accounting. According to an article by Aaron Back for the Wall Street Journal, "The problem is that the company’s unique accounting practices make it difficult to see how its loans are really doing. Credit Acceptance uses a form of 'level yield accounting' that is normally applied to purchases of already impaired loans. This means Credit Acceptance doesn’t disclose what portion of loans are delinquent or have defaulted."
Jan 29, 2026Reported quarterly or annual results65
Oct 30, 2025Reported quarterly or annual results66
Jul 31, 2025Reported quarterly or annual results67
Apr 30, 2025Reported quarterly or annual results68
Jan 30, 2025Reported quarterly or annual results69
Oct 30, 2024Reported quarterly or annual results70
Upcoming dates from Nasdaq's calendar; past results from the company's 8-K filings (Item 2.02). The full markets calendar
Filings
545 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 5 annual reports, 15 quarterly reports, 102 major events, 204 insider forms, 32 large holders, 187 other. The latest 20:
165 open-market trades by officers, directors and large owners since October 2021: 1 buys and 164 sales. Grants, option exercises and gifts are left out.
What the company paid its top executives, from the summary compensation table in its proxy statement. Total pay includes salary, bonus, stock and option awards and other pay, as the company valued them.
The largest holders among investment managers' 13F reports for the quarter ending Jun 30, 2026, the top 25 of 100. Change is in shares since the quarter before.
From the cover page of the 10-K filed Feb 13, 2026 (Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act).16
Risk factors and legal proceedings
The risks Credit Acceptance names in Item 1A of its 10-K filed Feb 13, 2026: 31 risks under these headings, as written.16
Industry, Operational, and Macroeconomic Risks
Our inability to accurately forecast and estimate the amount and timing of future collections could have a material adverse effect on results of operations.
Due to competition from traditional financing sources and non-traditional lenders, we may not be able to compete successfully.
Adverse changes in economic conditions, the automobile or finance industries, or the non-prime consumer market could adversely affect our financial position, liquidity, and results of operations, the ability of key vendors that we depend on to supply us with services, and our ability to enter into future financing transactions.
Reliance on third parties to administer our ancillary product offerings could adversely affect our business and financial results.
We are dependent on our senior management, and the loss of any of these individuals or an inability to hire additional team members could adversely affect our ability to operate profitably.
Our reputation is a key asset to our business, and our business may be affected by how we are perceived in the marketplace.
An outbreak of contagious disease or other public health emergency could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, liquidity, and results of operations.
The concentration of Dealers in several states could adversely affect us.
Reliance on our outsourced business functions could adversely affect our business.
Our ability to hire and retain foreign engineering personnel could be hindered by immigration restrictions.
We may be unable to execute our business strategy due to current economic conditions.
The other 20 risks
Natural disasters, climate change, military conflicts, acts of war, terrorist attacks and threats, or the escalation of military activity in response to terrorist attacks or otherwise may negatively affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Governmental or market responses to climate change and related environmental issues could have a material adverse effect on our business.
A small number of our shareholders have the ability to significantly influence matters requiring shareholder approval and such shareholders have interests which may conflict with the interests of our other security holders.
Capital and Liquidity Risks
We may be unable to continue to access or renew funding sources and obtain capital needed to maintain and grow our business.
The terms of our debt limit how we conduct our business.
A violation of the terms of our Term ABS financings or Warehouse facilities could have a material adverse impact on our operations.
Our substantial debt could negatively impact our business, prevent us from satisfying our debt obligations, and adversely affect our financial condition.
We may not be able to generate sufficient cash flows to service our outstanding debt and fund operations and may be forced to take other actions to satisfy our obligations under such debt.
Interest rate fluctuations may adversely affect our borrowing costs, profitability, and liquidity.
Reduction in our credit rating could increase the cost of our funding from, and restrict our access to, the capital markets and adversely affect our liquidity, financial condition, and results of operations.
We may incur substantially more debt and other liabilities. This could exacerbate further the risks associated with our current debt levels.
The conditions of the U.S. and international capital markets may adversely affect lenders with which we have relationships, causing us to incur additional costs and reducing our sources of liquidity, which may adversely affect our financial position, liquidity, and results of operations.
Technology and Cybersecurity Risks
Our dependence on technology could have a material adverse effect on our business.
We depend on secure information technology, and a breach of our systems or those of our third-party service providers could result in our experiencing significant financial, legal, and reputational exposure and could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Our use of electronic contracts could impact our ability to perfect our ownership or security interest in Consumer Loans.
Failure to properly safeguard our proprietary business information or confidential consumer and team member personal information could subject us to liability, decrease our profitability, and damage our reputation.
The development and use of artificial intelligence presents risks and challenges that may adversely impact our business.
Legal and Regulatory Risks
Litigation we are involved in from time to time may adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.
Changes in tax laws and the resolution of uncertain income tax matters could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and cash flows from operations.
The regulations to which we are or may become subject could result in a material adverse effect on our business.
Legal proceedings
In the normal course of business and as a result of the consumer-oriented nature of the industry in which we operate, we and other industry participants are frequently subject to various consumer claims, litigation, and regulatory investigations seeking damages, fines, and statutory penalties. The claims allege, among other theories of liability, violations of state, federal, and foreign truth-in-lending, credit availability, credit reporting, consumer protection, warranty, debt collection, insurance, and other consumer-oriented laws and regulations, including claims seeking damages under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), for alleged physical and mental harm relating to the repossession and sale of consumers’ vehicles and other debt collection activities. As the assignee of Consumer Loans originated by Dealers, we may also be named as a co-defendant in lawsuits filed by consumers principally against Dealers. We may also have disputes and litigation with Dealers. The claims may allege, among other theories of liability, that we breached the Dealer servicing agreement. We may also have disputes and litigation with vendors and other third parties. The claims may allege, among other theories of liability, that we breached a license agreement or contract. The damages, fines, and penalties that may be claimed by consumers, regulatory agencies, Dealers, vendors, or other third parties in these types of matters can be substantial. The relief requested by plaintiffs varies but may include requests for compensatory, statutory, and punitive damages and injunctive relief, and plaintiffs may seek treatment as purported class actions or they may file individual arbitration demands for which arbitration providers may request separate filing fees.