ACVA Consumer Cyclical

ACV Auctions Inc.

$10.50+0.00%

Price as of close on Oct 15, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 6, 2026

Basics

Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Auto & Truck Dealerships
Country: United States
Market cap: 1.8B USD
Enterprise value: 1.8B USD
Full-time employees: 3,200

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers
Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings
Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.76 vs a peer median of 0.63)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 1.76 vs peers 0.63)

Ranks #1,295 of 1,502 consumer cyclical companies (bottom 14%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Operating loss narrowing. Operating margin -8.3% in 2025, the smallest loss relative to revenue of the last 6 years.
ACV Auctions still lost money on operations in 2025 (margin -8.3%), but that was its smallest operating loss relative to revenue in the 6 years of filings we have.
Growing fast, still losing money. Revenue grew faster than 81% of peers, at an operating loss.
Revenue grew faster than 81% of peers, but the business runs at an operating loss (margin -7.1%).
Annual revenue rose 5 years in a row. Fiscal-year revenue rose from $208M in 2020 to $760M in 2025.
ACV Auctions's fiscal-year revenue rose in each of the five years to 2025, from $208M to $760M.
More volatile share price. Beta 1.76: tends to move more than the market.
ACV Auctions's shares have swung more with the market than most peers' (beta 1.76, above the market's 1.0).

StockQuotient Score

29/ 100

Oct 5 29 → Nov 4 29

Valuation

Is the price right?

9/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: ▲ Stronger

Share count down 2.7%

Valuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Earnings yield
▼ EBITDA yield
▼ FCF yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield-3.5%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price30% base weight · Z-score -1.34Sector median: 0.0439 · MAD: 0.0329

EBITDA yield-1.6%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC enterprise value unavailable (debt or EBITDA not reported in standard form) · trailing 12 monthsNegative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price50% base weight · Z-score -1.90Sector median: 0.0877 · MAD: 0.0461

Free cash flow yield1.6%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingReported value20% base weight · Z-score -0.83Sector median: 0.0614 · MAD: 0.0545

Other data (not scored)

Book yield21.9%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.5650 · MAD: 0.3500

Growth

Is it growing?

82/100

Strong

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: ▲ Stronger

12-month revenue up 2.6%

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ 3-yr revenue
▲ Revenue growth

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growthUnavailable

Still loss-making, but the loss per share narrowed33% base weight · Z-score 0.33Sector median: 0.0420 · MAD: 0.2537

3-year revenue growth21.5%

SEC filings · 3 years to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 2.71Sector median: 0.0425 · MAD: 0.0636

Revenue growth13.3%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 1.47Sector median: 0.0373 · MAD: 0.0653

Profitability

Does it earn well?

4/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ ROA
▼ ROIC
▼ Operating margin

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin-7.1%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -2.92Sector median: 0.0638 · MAD: 0.0461

Return on assets-5.8%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -3.27Sector median: 0.0331 · MAD: 0.0254

Return on invested capital-30.4%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -3.50Sector median: 0.0733 · MAD: 0.0600

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin26.8%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC figure unavailable or out of date · trailing 12 monthsReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.3025 · MAD: 0.1399

Return on equity-16.2%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0746 · MAD: 0.0674

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Higher

Higher relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Beta

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta1.76

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketReported value33% base weight · Z-score -3.78Sector median: 0.6345 · MAD: 0.2980

Current ratio1.52×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.07Sector median: 1.4800 · MAD: 0.5570

Debt / equity0.64×

Yahoo Finance fallback · no standard SEC debt tagReported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.49Sector median: 0.4646 · MAD: 0.3556

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about ACV Auctions

Is ACV Auctions getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Aug 10, 2026) got stronger: share count down 2.7%. Its overall score is unchanged at 29/100 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is ACV Auctions valued vs its peers?: Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 9/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Earnings yield -3.5% vs a peer median of 4.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -3.5% vs peers 4.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).
Is ACV Auctions growing?: Yes, faster than most of its peers. Growth scores 82/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. 3-year revenue growth 21.5% vs a peer median of 4.3% (stronger than 90% of peers).3-year revenue growth 21.5% vs peers 4.3% (stronger than 90% of peers).
How profitable is ACV Auctions?: Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 4/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Return on assets -5.8% vs a peer median of 3.3% (weaker than 100% of peers).Return on assets -5.8% vs peers 3.3% (weaker than 100% of peers).
How risky is ACV Auctions?: Higher risk relative to 1,612 consumer cyclical peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 1.76 vs a peer median of 0.63 (weaker than 95% of peers).Beta 1.76 vs peers 0.63 (weaker than 95% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 · filed Aug 10, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026

Got stronger

Share count down 2.7%

Worth watching: ACV Auctions is in the bottom fifth of its sector on profitability. From 2021 to 2025, 63% of companies in that position posted a loss over the following year, against 4% for the top fifth.

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	781.1M USD	801.3M USD	+2.6%
Net income (12 months)	−62.2M USD	−63.1M USD	+1.5%
Operating margin	-7.4%	-7.1%	+0.3 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)	78.6M USD	29.1M USD	−63.0%
Cash	341.0M USD	242.3M USD	−29.0%
Shares outstanding	174.6M	169.8M	−2.7%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Sector: Consumer Cyclical · 182 companies

Valuations in Consumer Cyclical are within their usual range since 2016.

36% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
15% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values +0% and earnings +10% (medians): prices and earnings moved broadly together.
Median price-to-sales is −55% vs the whole market, against a usual −41%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Shown for Consumer Cyclical: too few Auto & Truck Dealerships companies have a long enough history of their own.

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	Change
Operating margin	-21.4%	-25.2%	-18.6%	-13.2%	-8.3%	▲ 4.9 pts
Net margin	-21.8%	-24.2%	-15.6%	-12.5%	-8.7%	▲ 3.8 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	-8.0%	-11.2%	-8.2%	-8.1%	-6.1%	▲ 2.0 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	-14.1%	-21.0%	-16.5%	-18.1%	-15.4%	▲ 2.7 pts
Free cash flow margin	23.1%	-18.6%	-4.2%	9.6%	9.1%	▼ 0.5 pts
Current ratio	2.03×	2.17×	2.12×	1.56×	1.60×	▲ 2.8%
Debt to equity	0.00×	0.16×	—	—	—	—
Interest coverage	-98.22×	-108.49×	-57.30×	-19.82×	-6.57×	▲ 67%

ACVA price history

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers

Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings

Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.76 vs a peer median of 0.63)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 1.76 vs peers 0.63)

Ranks #1,295 of 1,502 consumer cyclical companies (bottom 14%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Operating loss narrowing. Operating margin -8.3% in 2025, the smallest loss relative to revenue of the last 6 years.

ACV Auctions still lost money on operations in 2025 (margin -8.3%), but that was its smallest operating loss relative to revenue in the 6 years of filings we have.

Growing fast, still losing money. Revenue grew faster than 81% of peers, at an operating loss.

Revenue grew faster than 81% of peers, but the business runs at an operating loss (margin -7.1%).

Annual revenue rose 5 years in a row. Fiscal-year revenue rose from $208M in 2020 to $760M in 2025.

ACV Auctions's fiscal-year revenue rose in each of the five years to 2025, from $208M to $760M.

More volatile share price. Beta 1.76: tends to move more than the market.

ACV Auctions's shares have swung more with the market than most peers' (beta 1.76, above the market's 1.0).

Questions investors ask about ACV Auctions

Is ACV Auctions getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Aug 10, 2026) got stronger: share count down 2.7%. Its overall score is unchanged at 29/100 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is ACV Auctions valued vs its peers?

Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 9/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Earnings yield -3.5% vs a peer median of 4.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -3.5% vs peers 4.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).

Is ACV Auctions growing?

Yes, faster than most of its peers. Growth scores 82/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. 3-year revenue growth 21.5% vs a peer median of 4.3% (stronger than 90% of peers).3-year revenue growth 21.5% vs peers 4.3% (stronger than 90% of peers).

How profitable is ACV Auctions?

Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 4/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Return on assets -5.8% vs a peer median of 3.3% (weaker than 100% of peers).Return on assets -5.8% vs peers 3.3% (weaker than 100% of peers).

How risky is ACV Auctions?

Higher risk relative to 1,612 consumer cyclical peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 1.76 vs a peer median of 0.63 (weaker than 95% of peers).Beta 1.76 vs peers 0.63 (weaker than 95% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

781.1M USD

801.3M USD

+2.6%

Net income (12 months)

−62.2M USD

−63.1M USD

+1.5%

Operating margin

-7.4%

-7.1%

+0.3 pts

Free cash flow (12 months)

78.6M USD

29.1M USD

−63.0%

Cash

341.0M USD

242.3M USD

−29.0%

Shares outstanding

174.6M

169.8M

−2.7%

Key ratios

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

Change

Operating margin

-21.4%

-25.2%

-18.6%

-13.2%

-8.3%

▲ 4.9 pts

Net margin

-21.8%

-24.2%

-15.6%

-12.5%

-8.7%

▲ 3.8 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

-8.0%

-11.2%

-8.2%

-8.1%

-6.1%

▲ 2.0 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

-14.1%

-21.0%

-16.5%

-18.1%

-15.4%

▲ 2.7 pts

Free cash flow margin

23.1%

-18.6%

-4.2%

9.6%

9.1%

▼ 0.5 pts

Current ratio

2.03×

2.17×

2.12×

1.56×

1.60×

▲ 2.8%

Debt to equity

0.00×

0.16×

—

Interest coverage

-98.22×

-108.49×

-57.30×

-19.82×

-6.57×

▲ 67%