Company: ATLCL
Filing Date: 2025-05-08
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001437749-25-015559
Chunk: 187

Company: Atlanticus Holdings Corp
Filing Date: 2025-05-08
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 1
Chunk 187
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 to $231.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. These charge-offs increased period over period primarily due to overall increases in our acquisition and relative mix of receivables and not due to specific changes in the underlying performance of the receivables (see additional discussion related to delinquencies and charge-offs below). 

For all periods presented, we included asset performance degradation in our forecasts to reflect both changes in assumed asset level economics and the possibility of delinquency rates increasing in the near term (and the corresponding increase in charge-offs and decrease in payments) above the level that current trends would suggest. In recent periods we have removed some of this expected degradation based on observed asset stabilization, implementation of product, policy, and pricing changes and an improved inflation environment. See Note 6 "Fair Values of Assets and Liabilities" to our condensed consolidated financial statements included herein for further discussion of this calculation. We may, however, adjust our forecasts to reflect observed macroeconomic events. Thus, the fair values are subject to potentially high levels of volatility if we experience changes in the quality of our credit card receivables or if there are significant changes in market valuation factors (e.g., interest rates and spreads) in the future. Tightened underwriting standards shifted new receivable acquisitions to consumers at the higher end of the FICO bands in which our bank partners participate, presumably resulting in improved overall credit performance of our acquired receivables. When coupled with those existing assets negatively impacted by inflation gradually becoming a smaller percentage of the outstanding portfolio, we expect to see overall improvements in the measured fair value of our portfolios of acquired receivables. As part of our analysis to determine the fair value of our receivables, we look at several key factors that influence the overall fair value. Qualitative discussion of these factors is as follows:

Gross yield, net of finance charge charge-offs – We utilize gross yield, net of finance charge charge-offs in our fair value assessments to best reflect the expected net collected yield on fee billings on our receivables. As the size and composition of our portfolio fluctuates, or as we experience periods of growth or decline in our acquisition of new receivables, this rate can fluctuate. We have experienced marginal increases in our weighted-average, Gross yield, net of finance charge charge-offs rate used in our fair value calculations as of March 31, 2025, when compared to rates used as of March 31, 2024 largely due to