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CPSS

Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc.

FinancialsFinance Services
Ticker CPSSLAS VEGAS, NVFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $13.84Diluted shares 23.4M

Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPSS) is a specialty finance company that purchases and services retail automobile contracts, primarily from franchised dealers and also from select independent dealers in the United States. It provides indirect financing for customers with limited credit histories or past… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. reported revenue of $475.04M, up 10.4% from a year earlier, and net income of $23.71M. Its pre-tax margin was 7.2%. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $434.47M, up 10.4% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $19.32M.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-09-30
Sales & profitability
$434.47MFY2025
+10.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $475.04M
6.45%FY2025
−0.5 percentage points
Last 12 mo 7.23%
$19.32MFY2025
+0.6% year over year
Last 12 mo $23.71M
6.24%FY2025
−0.3 percentage points
Last 12 mo 7.31%
Cash & financing
$289.00MFY2025
+23.6% year over year
Last 12 mo $360.26M
$288.29MFY2025
+23.6% year over year
Last 12 mo $358.83M
10.79FY2025
Was 10.36× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 13.02
24.1MFY2025
−1.0% year over year
Last 12 mo 23.4M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. does

In the company’s own words

Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPSS) is a specialty finance company that purchases and services retail automobile contracts, primarily from franchised dealers and also from select independent dealers in the United States. It provides indirect financing for customers with limited credit histories or past credit problems who may not qualify for traditional auto financing. Its contracts finance new and used cars, light trucks and passenger vans, with used vehicles representing about 90% of 2025 originations. The company also services contracts for third parties and began offering direct automobile-refinance loans in December 2025; it continues to service legacy direct loans. The company operates as one specialty-finance business, acquiring contracts, servicing and collecting payments, and generally financing its portfolio through asset-backed securitizations. It received 3.3 million credit applications in 2025 and had an outstanding managed portfolio of approximately $3.9 billion at year-end. Founded in 1991, it has purchased about $24.7 billion of automobile contracts since inception. Its website is www.consumerportfolio.com.

Company details
Sector
Financials
Industry (SIC)
Finance Services
Headquarters
LAS VEGAS, NV
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
889609
SIC
6199

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2011–2025 · USD
$-63.41M$83.44M$230.29M$377.14M$523.99M201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

109
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$28.99M
held by funds, at market
14.2%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc.’s weight in each

U.S. SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO
DFSVX · DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC
—of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.00%of fund net assets
U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio
DFFVX · DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC
—of fund net assets
U.S. CORE EQUITY 2 PORTFOLIO
DFQTX · DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC
—of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Could not be determined for this company: bond issues.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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