Credit Acceptance Completes $600 Million Asset-Backed Financing Deal

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Credit Acceptance Corporation completed a US$600.0 million asset-backed non-recourse secured financing earlier this month, transferring about US$750.2 million of consumer loans into a trust that issued three classes of notes with average lives between roughly 2.5 and 3.7 years and interest rates just above 5%. The transaction lowers the company's funding cost, preserves dealer relationships, and leaves Credit Acceptance with about US$1.80 billions of unused borrowing capacity and unrestricted cash, enhancing its financial flexibility. The new deal modestly improves funding costs and liquidity, but does not directly resolve the key near term concern around weaker recent loan vintages and the potential for higher charge offs. The appointment of former Amazon executive Jeetu Mirchandani as CTO ties directly into the technology and analytics angle of the story, which many investors see as critical to improving loan performance and forecasting accuracy. Credit Acceptance's narrative projects $4.2 billion revenue and $707.2 million earnings by 2029, with two fair value estimates from the Simply Wall St Community currently spanning roughly US$353.83 to US$628.33 per share.

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