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Credit Acceptance Announces Third Quarter 2022 Results
Southfield, Michigan , Nov. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Credit Acceptance Corporation (Nasdaq: CACC) (referred to as the “Company”, “Credit Acceptance”,

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[{"type":"text","content":"Southfield, Michigan , Nov. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Credit Acceptance Corporation (Nasdaq: CACC) (referred to as the “Company”, “Credit Acceptance”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) today announced consolidated net income of $86.8 million, or $6.49 per diluted share, for the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to consolidated net income of $250.0 million, or $15.79 per diluted share, for the same period in 2021. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, consolidated net income was $408.5 million, or $29.74 per diluted share, compared to consolidated net income of $740.7 million, or $44.73 per diluted share, for the same period in 2021. Adjusted net income, a non-GAAP financial measure, for the three months ended September 30, 2022 was $178.5 million, or $13.36 per diluted share, compared to $219.1 million, or $13.84 per diluted share, for the same period in 2021. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, adjusted net income was $564.0 million, or $41.05 per diluted share, compared to adjusted net income of $614.2 million, or $37.09 per diluted share, for the same period in 2021. Our results for the third quarter of 2022 included: A decrease in forecasted collection rates for Consumer Loans assigned in 2019 through 2022, which decreased forecasted net cash flows from our loan portfolio by $85.4 million, or 0.9%.Forecasted profitability per Consumer Loan assignment that has significantly exceeded our initial estimates for Consumer Loans assigned in 2018 through 2020.Growth in Consumer Loan assignment volume, as unit and dollar volumes grew 29.3% and 32.1%, respectively, as compared to the third quarter of 2021.Stock repurchases of approximately 54,000 shares, which represented 0.4% of the shares outstanding at the beginning of the quarter. Consumer Loan Metrics Dealers assign retail installment contracts (referred to as “Consumer Loans”) to Credit Acceptance. At the time a Consumer Loan is submitted to us for assignment, we forecast future expected cash flows from the Consumer Loan. Based on the amount and timing of these forecasts and expected expense levels, an advance or one-time purchase payment is made to the related dealer at a price designed to maximize economic profit, a non-GAAP financial measure that considers our return on capital, our cost of capital and the amount of capital invested. We use a statistical...