America’s Car-Mart, Inc. (CRMT) Faces Investor Scrutiny After Significant Q126 Miss, Surprise Spike in Procurement Costs -- Hagens Berman

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On September 4, 2025, investors in America’s Car-Mart, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRMT) saw the price of their shares crater over $8 (-18%) after the company reported its Q1 2026 financial results and revealed significant adverse tariff impacts on its results.

The development has prompted national shareholders rights firm Hagens Berman to open an investigation into whether Car-Mart may have misled investors about its receivables and customer risks.

The firm urges investors in Car-Mart who suffered significant losses to submit your losses now. The firm also encourages persons with knowledge who may be able to assist in the investigation to contact its attorneys.

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America’s Car-Mart, Inc. (CRMT) Investigation:

The investigation is focused on the propriety of Car-Mart’s disclosures about risks to its business posed by tariffs.

More specifically, in mid-June 2025 (about 1 ½ months into its Q1 2026), Car-Mart assured investors that “[w]e’ve done a nice job navigating the impact of tariffs on pricing thus far, and the impact on the vintage of vehicles we procure has been relatively muted at around an increase of $300 per unit[]” and “this is very manageable.”

But on July 15, 2025, Car-Mart disclosed it would delay filing its annual report because "management identified the need to enhance disclosures related to loan modifications for borrowers experiencing financial difficulty."

On this news, Car-Mart’s stock price fell $3.12, or 5.2%, to close at $57.26 on July 15, 2025, thereby injuring investors.

Then, on July 30, 2025, the Company disclosed that it had "concluded that certain previously issued financial statements should no longer be relied upon," due to omissions in "disclosure related to loan modifications made to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty" including the "qualitative and quantitative information about the types of modifications utilized by the Company," "the financial effect of the modification by type of modification," "receivable performance in the 12 months after a modification." On this news, Car-Mart's stock price fell $3.70, or 7.5%, to close at $45.57 on July 30, 2025, thereby injuring investors further.

Finally, on September 4, 2025, Car-Mart released its first quarter fiscal 2026 financial results, revealing that "sales volumes declined 5.7% to 13,568 units compared to 14,391 in the prior year," which the Company attributed to "[prioritizing] booking the Company's strongest-performing customer rankings" and "vehicle quality aimed at controlling repair costs downstream and selling to a better credit quality customer."

This news drove the price of Car-Mart shares down $8.14, or over 18%, on September 4, 2025.

“We’re investigating whether Car-Mart may have misled investors about what it was seeing a month and a half into its Q1 related to tariff risks and procurement impacts,” said Reed Kathrein, the Hagens Berman partner leading the investigation.

If you invested in Car-Mart and have substantial losses, or have knowledge that may assist the firm’s investigation, submit your losses now »

If you’d like more information and answers to frequently asked questions about the Car-Mart investigation, read more »

Whistleblowers: Persons with non-public information regarding Car-Mart should consider their options to help in the investigation or take advantage of the SEC Whistleblower program. Under the new program, whistleblowers who provide original information may receive rewards totaling up to 30 percent of any successful recovery made by the SEC. For more information, call Reed Kathrein at 844-916-0895 or email CRMT@hbslaw.com.

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