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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 27, 2021

 

  CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC.  
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)  

 

california   1-11416   33-0459135

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

  

 

  3800 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Suite 1400, Las Vegas, NV 89169  
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)  

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (949) 753-6800

 

  Not Applicable  
  (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)  

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, no par value CPSS The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (Global Market)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On October 27, 2021, the registrant distributed a quarterly earnings release for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021.  A copy of the earnings release is attached as an exhibit to this report. As noted in the release, the registrant will hold a conference call on Thursday, October 28, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. ET to discuss its quarterly operating results. Those wishing to participate by telephone may dial in at 877 312-5502 or 253 237-1131 approximately 10 minutes prior to the scheduled time. The conference identification number is 9262788.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

  

One exhibit is included with this report:

 

99.1 News Release re earnings.
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

  CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC.
   
Dated: October 27, 2021 By: /s/ JEFFREY P. FRITZ                        
 

Jeffrey P. Fritz

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Signing on behalf of the registrant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

  NEWS RELEASE

 

 

CPS ANNOUNCES THIRD QUARTER 2021 EARNINGS

 

§Pretax income of $19.5 million, a 232% increase over the prior year period
§Net income of $13.7 million, or $0.52 per diluted share
§New contract purchases of $327 million, a 14% increase over the second quarter of 2021

 

LAS VEGAS, NV, October 27, 2021 (GlobeNewswire) -- Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPSS) (“CPS” or the “Company”) today announced earnings of $13.7 million, or $0.52 per diluted share, for its third quarter ended September 30, 2021. This compares to net income of $3.8 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2020.

 

Revenues for the third quarter of 2021 were $68.6 million, compared to $70.7 million for the third quarter of 2020. Total operating expenses for the third quarter of 2021 were $49.0 million compared to $64.8 million for the 2020 period for a decrease of $15.8 million, or 24.3%. Pretax income for the third quarter of 2021 was $19.5 million compared to pretax income of $5.9 million in the third quarter of 2020, an increase of $13.7 million.

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 total revenues were $198.4 million compared to $208.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, a decrease of approximately $10.3 million, or 4.9%. Total expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 were $157.1 million, a decrease of $38.0 million, or 19.5%, compared to $195.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Pretax income for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 was $41.4 million, compared to $13.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, an increase of $27.7 million. Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 was $28.6 million compared to $17.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Results for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 include a net tax benefit of $8.8 million related to the revaluation of the Company’s net operating losses and other tax adjustments. Without this tax benefit, net income and net income per diluted share for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 would have been $8.7 million and $0.37 per share, respectively.

 

During the third quarter of 2021, CPS purchased $326.8 million of new contracts compared to $286.0 million during the second quarter of 2021 and $174.0 million during the third quarter of 2020. The Company's receivables totaled $2.161 billion as of September 30, 2021, an increase from $2.116 billion as of June 30, 2021 and a decrease from $2.250 billion as of September 30, 2020.

 

Annualized net charge-offs for the third quarter of 2021 were 2.82% of the average portfolio as compared to 6.39% for the third quarter of 2020. Delinquencies greater than 30 days (including repossession inventory) were 9.44% of the total portfolio as of September 30, 2021, as compared to 10.29% as of September 30, 2020.

 

On October 20, 2021, the Company purchased 1,999,995 shares of its stock for a purchase price of $12.5 million. The shares were acquired by the seller in 2018 upon the exercise of a warrant that the Company issued to its lender upon the 2008 amendment and partial repayment of outstanding debt under a residual interest financing. The shares purchased, which represent approximately 8.7% of the common shares outstanding prior to the transaction, have been cancelled and retired.

 

“We are pleased with our results for the third quarter,” said Charles E. Bradley, President and Chief Executive Officer. “We originated $327 million of new receivables in the quarter, our second highest total ever. Investments in our servicing platform have led to some of the best credit performance metrics in our history. In addition, after the quarter ended, we made a significant commitment to our shareholders by repurchasing approximately two million shares of our stock.”

 

 

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Conference Call

 

CPS announced that it will hold a conference call on Thursday, October 28, at 1:00 p.m. ET to discuss its quarterly operating results. Those wishing to participate by telephone may dial-in at 877 312-5502 or 253 237-1131 approximately 10 minutes prior to the scheduled time. The conference identification number is 9262788.

 

A replay of the conference call will be available between October 28th and November 4th, beginning two hours after conclusion of the call, by dialing 855 859-2056 or 404 537-3406 for international participants, with conference identification number 9262788. A broadcast of the conference call will also be available live and for 90 days after the call via the Company’s web site at www.consumerportfolio.com.

 

About Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc.

 

Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. is an independent specialty finance company that provides indirect automobile financing to individuals with past credit problems, low incomes or limited credit histories. We purchase retail installment sales contracts primarily from franchised automobile dealerships secured by late model used vehicles and, to a lesser extent, new vehicles. We fund these contract purchases on a long-term basis primarily through the securitization markets and service the contracts over their lives.

 

Forward-looking statements in this news release include the Company's recorded figures representing allowances for remaining expected lifetime credit losses, its pandemic-related markdown of carrying value for the portion of its portfolio accounted for at fair value, its pandemic-related charge to the provision for credit losses for the its legacy portfolio, its estimates of fair value (most significantly for its receivables accounted for at fair value), its provision for credit losses, its entries offsetting the preceding, and figures derived from any of the preceding.  In each case, such figures are forward-looking statements because they are dependent on the Company’s estimates of losses to be incurred in the future. The accuracy of such estimates may be adversely affected by various factors, which include (in addition to risks relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and to the economy generally) the following: possible increased delinquencies; repossessions and losses on retail installment contracts; incorrect prepayment speed and/or discount rate assumptions; possible unavailability of qualified personnel, which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to service its portfolio; possible increases in the rate of consumer bankruptcy filings, which could adversely affect the Company’s rights to collect payments from its portfolio; other changes in government regulations affecting consumer credit; possible declines in the market price for used vehicles, which could adversely affect the Company’s realization upon repossessed vehicles; and economic conditions in geographic areas in which the Company's business is concentrated. The accuracy of such estimates may also be affected by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and of governmental responses to said pandemic, which have included prohibitions on certain means of enforcement of receivables, and may include additional restrictions, as yet unknown, in the future. Any or all of such factors also may affect the Company’s future financial results, as to which there can be no assurance. Any implication that the results of the most recently completed quarter are indicative of future results is disclaimed, and the reader should draw no such inference. Factors such as those identified above in relation to losses to be incurred in the future may affect future performance.

 

Investor Relations Contact

 

Jeffrey P. Fritz, Chief Financial Officer

844 878-2777

 

  

 

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Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

   Three months ended   Nine months ended 
   September 30,   September 30, 
   2021   2020   2021   2020 
Revenues:                    
Interest income  $67,018   $72,582   $198,551   $227,271 
Mark to finance receivables measured at fair value       (3,152)   (4,417)   (23,051)
Other income   1,547    1,239    4,312    4,508 
    68,565    70,669    198,446    208,728 
Expenses:                    
Employee costs   18,170    19,155    57,777    60,826 
General and administrative   7,455    7,846    23,034    24,352 
Interest   18,334    24,901    58,260    78,377 
Provision for credit losses   (1,590)   7,400    (1,590)   14,113 
Other expenses   6,649    5,478    19,599    17,416 
    49,018    64,780    157,080    195,084 
Income before income taxes   19,547    5,889    41,366    13,644 
Income tax expense   5,864    2,121    12,807    (3,888)
Net income  $13,683   $3,768   $28,559   $17,532 
                     
Earnings per share:                    
Basic  $0.59   $0.17   $1.25   $0.77 
Diluted  $0.52   $0.16   $1.12   $0.74 
                     
                     
Number of shares used in computing earnings per share:                    
Basic   23,011    22,666    22,866    22,630 
Diluted   26,218    23,908    25,439    23,825 

 

 

 

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

   September 30,   December 31, 
   2021   2020 
Assets:          
Cash and cash equivalents  $28,799   $13,466 
Restricted cash and equivalents   144,966    130,686 
Finance receivables measured at fair value   1,667,193    1,523,726 
           
Finance receivables   282,640    492,133 
Allowance for finance credit losses   (68,724)   (80,790)
Finance receivables, net   213,916    411,343 
           
Deferred tax assets, net   24,100    28,512 
Other assets   27,625    38,162 
   $2,106,599   $2,145,895 
           
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity:          
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  $51,921   $43,112 
Warehouse lines of credit   97,768    118,999 
Residual interest financing   64,589    25,426 
Securitization trust debt   1,703,465    1,803,673 
Subordinated renewable notes   27,462    21,323 
    1,945,205    2,012,533 
           
Shareholders' equity   161,394    133,362 
   $2,106,599   $2,145,895 

 

 

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Operating and Performance Data ($ in millions)

 

   At and for the   At and for the 
   Three months ended   Nine months ended 
   September 30,   September 30, 
   2021   2020   2021   2020 
                 
Contracts purchased  $326.85   $174.02   $818.34   $575.88 
Contracts securitized   300.00    260.00    785.00    741.87 
                     
Total portfolio balance  $2,161.50   $2,250.39   $2,161.50   $2,250.39 
Average portfolio balance   2,142.96    2,270.55    2,133.43    2,353.59 
                     
Allowance for finance credit losses as % of fin. receivables   24.32%    16.32%           
                     
Aggregate allowance as % of fin. receivables (1)   24.76%    18.02%           
                     
Delinquencies                    
31+ Days   8.44%    8.85%           
Repossession Inventory   1.00%    1.44%           
Total Delinquencies and Repo. Inventory   9.44%    10.29%           
                     
Annualized Net Charge-offs as % of Average Portfolio                    
Legacy portfolio   3.75%    14.09%    7.06%    12.20% 
Fair Value portfolio   2.67%    3.46%    3.16%    4.54% 
Total portfolio   2.82%    6.39%    3.85%    6.93% 
                     
                     
Recovery rates (2)   56.5%    45.1%    52.2%    37.8% 

 

 

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   For the   For the 
   Three months ended   Nine months ended 
   September 30,   September 30, 
   2021   2020   2021   2020 
   $(3)   %(4)   $(3)   %(4)   $(3)   %(4)   $(3)   %(4) 
Interest income  $67.02    12.5%   $72.58    12.8%   $198.55    12.4%   $227.27    12.9% 
Mark to finance receivables measured at fair value       0.0%    (3.15)   -0.6%    (4.42)   -0.3%    (23.05)   -1.3% 
Other income   1.55    0.3%    1.24    0.2%    4.31    0.3%    4.51    0.3% 
Interest expense   (18.33)   -3.4%    (24.90)   -4.4%    (58.26)   -3.6%    (78.38)   -4.4% 
Net interest margin   50.23    9.4%    45.77    8.1%    140.19    8.8%    130.35    7.4% 
Provision for credit losses   1.59    0.3%    (7.40)   -1.3%    1.59    0.1%    (14.11)   -0.8% 
Risk adjusted margin   51.82    9.7%    38.37    6.8%    141.78    8.9%    116.24    6.6% 
Core operating expenses   (32.27)   -6.0%    (32.48)   -5.7%    (100.41)   -6.3%    (102.59)   -5.8% 
Pre-tax income  $19.55    3.6%   $5.89    1.0%   $41.37    2.6%   $13.64    0.8% 

 

 

(1)  Includes allowance for finance credit losses and allowance for repossession inventory.              
(2)  Wholesale auction liquidation amounts (net of expenses) as a percentage of the account balance at the time of sale.        
(3)  Numbers may not add due to rounding.                          
(4)  Annualized percentage of the average portfolio balance.  Percentages may not add due to rounding.            

 

 

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