• Consumer Portfolio Services posted Q1 2026 net income of $5.5 million, up 18% year over year, with diluted EPS of $0.24.
• Revenue rose 5.1% from a year earlier to $112.3 million, while pretax income climbed 18% to $8 million.
• Total portfolio balance increased to a record $3.94 billion, while new contract purchases grew 18% to $533.2 million.
• Delinquencies over 30 days, including repossession inventory, eased 0.77 percentage points to 11.58%, while annualized net charge-offs widened to 8.57% from 7.54%.
• CEO Charles E. Bradley said the quarter delivered a strong start to the year, citing growth in origination volumes, revenue, and net income.

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