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FCFS vs. CDW, BURL, CHWY, SFM, BJ, ACI, W, FND, VIPS, and OLLI

Should you be buying FirstCash stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FirstCash include CDW (CDW), Burlington Stores (BURL), Chewy (CHWY), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Albertsons Companies (ACI), Wayfair (W), Floor & Decor (FND), Vipshop (VIPS), and Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.

FirstCash vs. Its Competitors

FirstCash (NASDAQ:FCFS) and CDW (NASDAQ:CDW) are both retail companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

FirstCash pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. FirstCash pays out 25.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CDW pays out 31.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. FirstCash has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years and CDW has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. CDW is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, CDW had 4 more articles in the media than FirstCash. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for CDW and 18 mentions for FirstCash. CDW's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat FirstCash's score of 1.14 indicating that CDW is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
FirstCash
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CDW
19 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

FirstCash has a net margin of 8.61% compared to CDW's net margin of 4.92%. CDW's return on equity of 53.63% beat FirstCash's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FirstCash8.61% 16.63% 7.70%
CDW 4.92%53.63%8.58%

80.3% of FirstCash shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of CDW shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of FirstCash shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of CDW shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

CDW has higher revenue and earnings than FirstCash. CDW is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstCash, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FirstCash$3.39B1.89$258.82M$6.5122.18
CDW$21.00B1.04$1.08B$8.0520.75

FirstCash has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CDW has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

FirstCash currently has a consensus target price of $142.33, indicating a potential downside of 1.42%. CDW has a consensus target price of $202.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.96%. Given CDW's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CDW is more favorable than FirstCash.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
FirstCash
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25
CDW
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Summary

CDW beats FirstCash on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FCFS vs. The Competition

MetricFirstCashFinancial Transaction Services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.15B$33.82B$24.33B$9.58B
Dividend Yield1.21%2.40%2.83%4.10%
P/E Ratio22.1841.8228.3826.05
Price / Sales1.8916.0239.18103.82
Price / Cash7.7018.3725.7858.48
Price / Book2.996.496.026.61
Net Income$258.82M$1.11B$197.30M$265.56M
7 Day Performance5.76%1.80%1.54%1.97%
1 Month Performance8.15%4.26%-2.40%-0.36%
1 Year Performance21.82%22.91%32.84%19.03%

FirstCash Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCFS
FirstCash
4.6309 of 5 stars
$144.38
+4.1%
$142.33
-1.4%
+23.9%$6.15B$3.39B22.1820,000News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
CDW
CDW
4.6604 of 5 stars
$165.84
+1.3%
$202.00
+21.8%
-25.8%$21.46B$21.00B20.6015,100Positive News
Dividend Announcement
BURL
Burlington Stores
4.4921 of 5 stars
$278.06
-0.8%
$317.57
+14.2%
+4.8%$17.68B$10.63B34.1277,532Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CHWY
Chewy
4.1446 of 5 stars
$40.94
+1.1%
$43.78
+6.9%
+50.3%$16.81B$11.86B46.0018,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
SFM
Sprouts Farmers Market
3.8768 of 5 stars
$144.61
-0.7%
$172.20
+19.1%
+52.4%$14.23B$7.72B29.7635,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
BJ
BJ's Wholesale Club
2.8936 of 5 stars
$104.96
+1.7%
$115.33
+9.9%
+18.9%$13.63B$20.50B24.4133,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
ACI
Albertsons Companies
4.1483 of 5 stars
$19.24
+0.3%
$24.06
+25.1%
-6.0%$10.74B$80.39B11.73195,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
W
Wayfair
3.7806 of 5 stars
$79.08
+0.4%
$65.96
-16.6%
+86.1%$10.21B$11.85B-32.9513,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
FND
Floor & Decor
2.5662 of 5 stars
$81.39
-2.4%
$88.56
+8.8%
-17.4%$8.98B$4.46B41.7413,690
VIPS
Vipshop
3.7387 of 5 stars
$16.85
-0.6%
$15.97
-5.2%
+37.9%$8.70B$14.85B9.1614,966
OLLI
Ollie's Bargain Outlet
3.4724 of 5 stars
$133.81
+0.2%
$128.86
-3.7%
+35.8%$8.19B$2.34B41.1712,800News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:FCFS) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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