Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. (CPSS) is a publicly traded company in the Financial Services — Financial - Credit Services industry listed on NASDAQ. This overview shows the latest price, key valuation ratios, profitability metrics and financial-health indicators used by fundamental investors.
Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. operates as a specialty finance company in the United States. It is involved in the purchase and service of retail automobile contracts originated by franchised automobile dealers and select independent dealers in the sale of new and used automobiles, light trucks, and passenger vans.
Price
| Price | $9.49 |
| Market Cap | $206M |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Country | US |
Valuation Ratios
| P/E Ratio | 9.59 |
| Price / Book | 0.65 |
| EV / EBITDA | 26.87 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.00% |
Profitability
| Return on Equity | 6.91% |
| Return on Invested Capital | 2.48% |
| Return on Assets | 0.49% |
| Gross Margin | 73.94% |
| Operating Margin | 34.46% |
| Net Margin | 4.79% |
Financial Health
| Debt / Equity | 12.56 |
| Current Ratio | 0.23 |
| Piotroski F-Score | 6 |
| Altman Z-Score | 0.47 |
What to look at in Financial Services
Asset managers, brokers, fintech, exchanges. They are not banks — look at AUM, fees and FCF quality.
- 5y revenue growth — Without growth, there is no long-term value creation
- Operating margin — Good asset managers have >30% margins thanks to scalability
- ROE — Quality financial services have a consistent ROE >15%
- FCF / Net Income — Earnings quality — >90% expected in capital-light businesses
- Debt / Equity — Fintech and brokers with high D/E are time bombs in crises
- P/E vs own 5y — Asset managers have stable multiples in well-known ranges
- Dividend yield + buybacks — These businesses return a lot of capital — look at total yield (div + buybacks)
Peer Comparison
| Symbol | Company | Market Cap | P/E | P/B | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPSS | Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. | $206M | 9.59 | 0.65 | 6.9% |
| V | Visa Inc. | $692.5B | 31.40 | 20.10 | 61.3% |
| 0R2Z.L | Mastercard Incorporated | $512.8B | 31.18 | 89.25 | 232.5% |
| MA | Mastercard Incorporated | $497.9B | 31.40 | 89.89 | 193.5% |
| AXP | American Express Company | $219.3B | 19.67 | 6.42 | 34.1% |
| 0HT4.L | Capital One Financial Corporation | $127.2B | 57.22 | 1.10 | 2.2% |
| COF | Capital One Financial Corporation | $124.7B | 12.28 | 1.08 | 9.3% |
| 0R3C.L | American Express Company | $112.9B | 19.67 | 6.42 | 34.1% |
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