America's Car-Mart Reports Diluted Earnings per Share of $6.19 on Record Revenues of $279 Million

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[{"type":"text","content":"ROGERS, Ark., May 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- America’s Car-Mart, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRMT) today announced its operating results for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2021, including net income of $43.5 million, or diluted earnings per share of $6.19, for the quarter ended April 30, 2021. The fourth quarter fiscal 2021 results include a $15.1 million (diluted earnings per share increase of $1.65) pretax decrease to the allowance for credit losses. These results compare to net income of $9.3 million, or diluted earnings per share of $1.35, for the quarter ended April 30, 2020. The prior year quarter included an $11.7 million (diluted earnings per share decrease of $1.42) pretax charge to increase the allowance for credit losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are pleased with our results and are optimistic about our ability to continue to grow the Company as we move forward. We have a unique position in the market and believe that we have an obligation to serve significantly more customers - we improve lives by reducing stress related to our customers’ local transportation needs. We give our customers peace of mind by keeping them on the road and supporting them at the very highest levels. We are clearly seeing the benefits and the power and potential of the various investments we have been making to the model,” said Jeff Williams, President and CEO. “It has been a very difficult year with the pandemic and social unrest in our country, but our team has stayed focused on taking care of each other and our customers and we have become stronger as a result of these challenges.” “The investments we are making are foundational and will continue to allow us to increase productivity and leverage our cost structure while significantly improving the customer experience. We continue to prioritize investments in the areas of associate recruiting, training and retention, inventory procurement and management, and customer experience,” added Mr. Williams. “Investments in information technology via our Microsoft Dynamics 365 effort are critically important and key to our future. We are also excited about our customer facing digital opportunities and the advantages these efforts will give us in our local markets. We will continue to look for opportunities to move certain functions from the field to the corporate office to allow our field pers...

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