Credit Acceptance Corporation (NASDAQ:CACC) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call January 31, 2024 5:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Jay Martin - Chief Financial Officer

Ken Booth - Chief Executive Officer

Douglas Busk - Chief Treasury Officer

Conference Call Participants

Moshe Orenbuch - TD Cowen

Robert Wildhack - Autonomous Research

Vincent Caintic - Stephens

Operator

Good day everyone and welcome to the Credit Acceptance Corporation Fourth Quarter 2023 Earnings Call. Today's call is being recorded. A webcast and transcript of today's earnings call will be made available on Credit Acceptance's website.

At this time, I would like to turn the call over to Credit Acceptance's Chief Financial Officer, Jay Martin.

Jay Martin

Thank you. Good afternoon and welcome to the Credit Acceptance Corporation fourth quarter 2023 earnings call.

As you read our news release posted on the Investor Relations section of our website at ir.creditacceptance.com, as you listen to this conference call, please recognize that both contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities law. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control and which could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. These risks and uncertainties include those spelled out in the cautionary statement regarding forward-looking information included in the news release. Consider all forward-looking statements in light of those and other risks and uncertainties. Additionally, I should mention that to comply with the SEC's Regulation G, please refer to the financial results section of our news release which provides tables showing how non-GAAP measures reconcile to GAAP measures.

At this time, I will turn the call over to our Chief Executive Officer, Ken Booth, to discuss our fourth quarter results.

Ken Booth

Thanks, Jay. Our GAAP and adjusted results for the quarter include: adjusted net income of $129 million which is a 17% decrease from the fourth quarter of 2022. Adjusted earnings per share of $10.06 which is a 14% decrease from the fourth quarter of 2022.

In terms of collections, we had a decrease in forecasted collection rates that decreased forecasted net cash flows from our loan portfolio by $57 million or 0.6% compared to a decrease in forecasted collection rates during the fourth quarter of 2022 that decreased forecasted net cash flows from our loan portfolio by $41 million or 0.5%. We also had forecasted profitability for consumer loans assigned in 2020 through 2022 that was lower than our estimates at December 31, 2022, due to a decline in forecasted collection rates since the fourth quarter of 2022.