ACV Auctions (ACVA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

ACV Auctions Inc. (NYSE: ACVA) operates a digital marketplace for wholesale vehicle transactions. Its platform connects automotive dealers with sellers, including franchised and independent dealerships, commercial partners and other participants in the wholesale vehicle market, enabling vehicles to be bought and sold through online auctions.

The company provides services designed to support the wholesale transaction process, including vehicle inspections and condition reports, digital auction tools, transportation and logistics coordination, and post-sale protection and arbitration services. ACV also offers dealer-focused financing and related data and workflow tools intended to help customers source, evaluate and manage wholesale inventory.

Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Buffalo, New York, ACV Auctions primarily serves the U.S. automotive market. The company became a publicly traded business in 2021. George Chamoun is the company’s co-founder and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $10.43 to $10.47
• 50-Day Range: $6.70 to $10.47
• 52-Week Range: $4.07 to $10.50
• Volume: 6.82 million shs
• Average Volume: 13.71 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.78 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $9.70
• Consensus Rating: Hold

ACV Auctions Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

ACV Auctions scored higher than 27% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 572nd out of 669 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

ACV Auctions has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.06, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and 4 sell ratings.

Downside Risk

ACV Auctions has a consensus price target of $9.70, representing about 7.3% downside from its current price of $10.47.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

ACV Auctions has been the subject of 10 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for ACV Auctions are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.15) to ($0.05) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of ACV Auctions is -29.07, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of ACV Auctions is -29.07, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

ACV Auctions has a P/B Ratio of 4.22. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

9.43% of the float of ACV Auctions has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

ACV Auctions has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.83, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in ACV Auctions has recently decreased by 2.10%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

ACV Auctions does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

ACV Auctions does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.12

News Sentiment

ACV Auctions has a news sentiment score of -0.12. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for ACV Auctions this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

6 people have searched for ACVA on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 500% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added ACV Auctions to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, ACV Auctions insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

4.40% of the stock of ACV Auctions is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

88.55% of the stock of ACV Auctions is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/23/2026
• Today: 9/28/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Commercial Services & Supplies
• Sub-Industry: Diversified Support Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ACVA
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:ACVA
• CIK: 1637873
• Web: acvauctions.com
• Phone: (585) 317-0406
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,200
• Year Founded: 2014

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for ACV Auctions: $9.70
• High Price Target: $16.00
• Low Price Target: $6.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -7.3%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.06
• Research Coverage: 16 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.36)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$66.14 million
• Net Margins: -7.88%
• Pretax Margin: -7.62%
• Return on Equity: -6.01%
• Return on Assets: -2.22%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.53
• Current Ratio: 1.52
• Quick Ratio: 1.52

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $759.61 million
• Price / Sales: 2.34
• Cash Flow: $0.10 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 108.29
• Book Value: $2.48 per share
• Price / Book: 4.22

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 169,810,000
• Free Float: 162,336,000
• Market Cap: $1.78 billion
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: 1.84