Stocks · Financial Services · Financial - Capital Markets
Cango Inc. CANG
$2.67 +4.71% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $105.0M
Weak trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Dec 7, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin narrowed to -27.7% from -14.7% a year earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned -88.1%, behind the S&P 500 by 103.2 percentage points.
- The stock is 89% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services 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)Bottom 4%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 13%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 13%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 1%
- Gross marginBottom 2%
- Operating marginBottom 6%
- Interest coverBottom 5%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 1%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 1%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 2%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 1%
- 6-month returnBottom 1%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 1%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 1%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 48%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 3%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 17%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 39%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 1%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 13%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -30.6% | -23.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 15.2% | -19.8% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -14.7% | -27.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -23.1% | -30.6% | ↑ | Bottom 4% |
| Gross margin | -19.8% | 15.2% | ↓ | Bottom 2% |
| Operating margin | -27.7% | -14.7% | ↓ | Bottom 6% |
| Net margin | -179.6% | -20.0% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -32.6% | — | Bottom 1% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 34.4% | — | Top 13% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -73.9 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -6.0×
Shareholder returns
- Share count change, 1 year
- -4.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -9.5%
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 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $3.00
- Target vs current price
- +12.4%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | -122.2% | +7.2% | -1.8% | +2.7% | — |
| Jun 1, 2026 | -284.2% | -4.5% | -25.4% | -53.7% | -46.0% |
| Mar 16, 2026 | -512.1% | +5.1% | -35.3% | -28.9% | -50.2% |
| Dec 1, 2025 | +195.0% | -3.3% | -19.3% | -9.3% | -43.9% |
| Sep 5, 2025 | +87.5% | +6.3% | -3.4% | -3.8% | -36.7% |
| May 14, 2025 | -195.4% | +0.9% | -0.5% | +15.1% | +14.2% |
| Mar 6, 2025 | -73.3% | -3.5% | -3.5% | +22.7% | +32.6% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | -13.8% | -2.1% | +18.9% | +64.3% | +62.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | -$1.99 | -$0.90 | -122.2% | $50.2M |
| Jun 1, 2026 | -$7.30 | -$1.90 | -284.2% | $100.0M |
| Mar 16, 2026 | -$16.00 | -$2.61 | -512.1% | $176.7M |
| Dec 1, 2025 | $1.90 | -$2.00 | +195.0% | $223.1M |
| Sep 5, 2025 | -$0.10 | -$0.80 | +87.5% | $139.8M |
| May 14, 2025 | -$1.25 | $1.31 | -195.4% | $145.2M |
| Mar 6, 2025 | $0.35 | $1.31 | -73.3% | $91.0M |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $0.45 | $0.52 | -13.8% | $3.8M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 0.26× | — | — | Top 2% |
| Earnings yield | -4223.22% | — | — | Bottom 1% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 0.5× – 16.5× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
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
- 5
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -16.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +33.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -52.4%
- RSI (14)
- 61.7
- Relative volume
- 2.48×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 151.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 95th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.15
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.16
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -89.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -96.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2021 | Jul 31, 2026 | -98.6% | 1382 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 24, 2020 | Dec 31, 2020 | -28.6% | 25 days | 17 days (Jan 27, 2021) |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Oct 26, 2020 | -14.4% | 6 days | 13 days (Nov 12, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $105.0M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$112.76
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.45B
- 52-week range
- $1.36 – $24.60
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.92B | $1.98B | $1.70B | $804.5M | $4.81B |
| Gross profit | $963.7M | $150.4M | $190.1M | $445.0M | $196.8M |
| Operating income | -$23.2M | -$947.1M | -$73.8M | $178.9M | -$17.0M |
| Net income | -$8.5M | -$1.11B | -$37.9M | $299.8M | -$3.17B |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.15 | -$20.20 | -$0.75 | $6.50 | -$111.90 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $27.0M | $668.0M | $1.05B | $139.7M | $224.6M | $179.5M | $702.0M | $346.0M |
| Net income | $67.9M | $55.9M | -$207.4M | -$295.0M | $37.3M | -$291.7M | -$1.80B | -$556.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.50 | $1.20 | -$5.00 | -$6.89 | $6.90 | -$55.90 | -$50.20 | -$13.56 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$404.4M | -$567.4M | $1.03B | -$310.2M | -$768.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$18.9M | -$4.6M | -$1.8M | -$928.8M | -$802.6M |
| Free cash flow | -$423.3M | -$572.0M | $1.02B | -$1.24B | -$1.57B |
| Dividends paid | -$808.1M | -$1.60B | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$444.4M | -$105.8M | -$246.9M | -$90.9M | -$5.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $68.7M
- Total assets
- $2.00B
- Total liabilities
- $1.11B
- Total debt
- $347.1M
- Net debt
- $278.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $887.5M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 31, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2022 | $1.00 | — |
| Oct 21, 2022 | $2.00 | — |
| Jun 16, 2022 | $1.00 | — |
| May 24, 2022 | $2.00 | Jun 15, 2022 |
| Mar 19, 2021 | $1.00 | Apr 8, 2021 |
| May 1, 2020 | $0.25 | May 18, 2020 |
| May 9, 2019 | $0.25 | May 28, 2019 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 338,015
- Days to cover
- 1.00
- Change vs previous report
- -20.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 21, 2026
- 1-for-10
- Nov 17, 2025
- 2-for-1