CAR's performance over the last year, 3 years, and 5 years shows...

CAR's performance over the last year, 3 years, and 5 years shows that this company has no trouble building its business.

Over the 5 year period, all metrics have been comfortably positive (1st col is 5 yr growth data, second is 1 yr data, third is 2 yr  growth forecast - data from Commsec):

	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
0	Sales	--	14.4%	7.7%
1	Cash Flow	--	10.3%	1.3%
2	Earnings	--	9.6%	7.9%	13.0%
3	Dividends	--	5.7%	7.8%	10.2%
4	Book Value	--	15.4%	5.7%

Shareholder returns have mirrored this growth, being 38.6% in the past year, 17.3%pa over the past 3 years, and 19.4% pa over the past 5 years.

The recent announcement of buying the remaining bit of South Korean Encarsales, which will be EPS accretive in FY19 and beyond, shows its international expansion is on track and not fixated on Sth America where it has businesses I Mexico, Chile, Brazil, and Argentina.

Management has stated that its expected growth rate in revenue - at 13.7% CAGR over the past 5 years - to "remain solid".