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Ally Financial

ALLY
53
Financial - Credit Services · Financial Services
Price
$45.64
-1.16 (-2.48%)
Market Cap
$13.99B
Winston Score
53
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

13.9% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 365.2M (2021) → 314.3M (2025)

Ally Financial is a digital bank and auto lending company based in the United States. Its main business is giving car loans to people who buy vehicles at dealerships — it works with thousands of car dealers across the country to finance those purchases. Ally also offers everyday banking products like savings accounts, checking accounts, and credit cards directly to consumers online.

Ally makes most of its money from interest — it collects loan payments from car buyers and pays lower rates to depositors, keeping the difference. It operates almost entirely in the U.S. and has grown into one of the largest auto lenders in the country, which gives it scale and deep relationships with dealerships. The biggest risk Ally faces is credit losses — when borrowers can't repay their loans, especially in a weaker economy, profits can fall quickly, and recent years have shown rising delinquency rates in its auto loan portfolio.

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Quality

Gross Margin
49.0%
Healthy — 49.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
10.3%
Modest — 10.3% operating margin
ROCE
1.1%
Weak — 1.1% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
-0.2%
Shrinking sales (-0.2% YoY)
EPS YoY
+200.7%
Earnings growing fast (200.7% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
268%
Turns 268% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
-3.4%
Burning cash (-3.4%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
1.38
Elevated debt (1.38)
Interest Cover
0.28x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.3x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
11.0x
Attractive valuation — P/E 11.0

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward
+2.5
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
2.65%
Moderate income — 2.65% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend Growth
+0.0%
Dividend flat

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