Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Auto - Dealerships
ACV Auctions Inc. ACVA
$10.45 +0.00% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.82B
Expensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 58 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $801.3M, up 13.3% from a year earlier, slowing from 15.9% a quarter earlier.
- The company holds net cash of $37.3M (cash above total debt).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 18%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 10%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 6%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 17%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 9%
- Gross marginTop 9%
- Operating marginBottom 8%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 25%
- Interest coverBottom 10%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 21%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 22%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 14%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 27%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 15%
- 6-month returnTop 1%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 38%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 1%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 7%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 23%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 38%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 49%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 7%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 11%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 15%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 15.9% | 13.3% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 55.2% | 62.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -9.1% | -7.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 11.0% | 0.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 13.3% | 15.9% | ↓ | Top 18% |
| Gross margin | 62.5% | 55.2% | ↑ | Top 9% |
| Operating margin | -7.1% | -9.1% | ↑ | Bottom 8% |
| Net margin | -7.9% | -9.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 0.7% | 11.0% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -8.9% | — | Bottom 9% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 21.7% | — | Top 6% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -8.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 6.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -15.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -5.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.60%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.60%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +2.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +38.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -3.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $10.17
- Target vs current price
- -2.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 18
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | +13.4% | -2.7% | +10.9% | -6.4% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +66.7% | -3.3% | +8.1% | +7.6% | +38.7% |
| Feb 23, 2026 | +73.8% | -14.7% | -27.0% | -29.3% | -9.6% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +0.0% | -8.9% | -38.7% | -11.7% | -14.9% |
| Aug 11, 2025 | +0.0% | -2.0% | -14.0% | -17.7% | -31.1% |
| May 7, 2025 | +100.0% | +1.7% | +9.6% | +6.3% | -12.5% |
| Feb 19, 2025 | +93.3% | -1.7% | -21.6% | -32.9% | -19.9% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +13.0% | +1.9% | +6.4% | +14.6% | +8.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | $0.06 | $0.05 | +13.4% | $213.9M |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.05 | $0.03 | +66.7% | $204.2M |
| Feb 23, 2026 | -$0.00 | -$0.01 | +73.8% | $183.6M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.07 | $0.07 | +0.0% | $199.6M |
| Aug 11, 2025 | $0.07 | $0.07 | +0.0% | $193.7M |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.04 | $0.02 | +100.0% | $182.7M |
| Feb 19, 2025 | -$0.01 | -$0.15 | +93.3% | $159.5M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.04 | $0.04 | +13.0% | $171.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 51.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 2.23× | — | — | Bottom 27% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 0.33% | — | — | Bottom 22% |
| Earnings yield | -3.47% | — | — | Bottom 21% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 16
- Days above the 200-day average
- 58
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +13.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +23.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +51.6%
- RSI (14)
- 77.2
- Relative volume
- 0.18×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 87.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 94th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.63
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.34
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -0.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -82.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2021 | Mar 27, 2026 | -88.8% | 1242 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 31, 2021 | Apr 7, 2021 | -11.4% | 4 days | 5 days (Apr 14, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.82B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.36
- Revenue (TTM)
- $801.3M
- 52-week range
- $4.07 – $10.50
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $358.4M | $421.5M | $481.2M | $637.2M | $759.6M |
| Gross profit | $153.7M | $184.9M | $236.8M | $388.9M | $471.5M |
| Operating income | -$76.8M | -$106.2M | -$89.7M | -$84.1M | -$61.7M |
| Net income | -$78.2M | -$102.2M | -$75.3M | -$79.7M | -$66.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.50 | -$0.65 | -$0.47 | -$0.48 | -$0.39 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $171.3M | $159.5M | $182.7M | $193.7M | $199.6M | $183.6M | $204.2M | $213.9M |
| Net income | -$16.0M | -$26.1M | -$14.8M | -$7.3M | -$24.5M | -$19.6M | -$10.9M | -$8.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.10 | -$0.16 | -$0.09 | -$0.04 | -$0.14 | -$0.11 | -$0.06 | -$0.05 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $85.3M | -$75.2M | -$17.9M | $65.4M | $78.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$14.0M | -$23.4M | -$28.2M | -$4.5M | -$9.1M |
| Free cash flow | $71.3M | -$98.6M | -$46.1M | $60.9M | $69.1M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $385.7M | $0 | -$16.0M | $0 | $6.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $242.3M
- Total assets
- $1.08B
- Total liabilities
- $689.5M
- Total debt
- $205.0M
- Net debt
- -$37.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $389.9M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 15,309,980
- Days to cover
- 1.00
- Change vs previous report
- -2.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.