FCFS vs. CDW, BURL, CHWY, BJ, W, SFM, ACI, VIPS, FND, and GAP
Should you be buying FirstCash stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FirstCash include CDW (CDW), Burlington Stores (BURL), Chewy (CHWY), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Wayfair (W), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), Albertsons Companies (ACI), Vipshop (VIPS), Floor & Decor (FND), and GAP (GAP). 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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.
FirstCash presently has a consensus price target of $154.40, indicating a potential upside of 0.48%. CDW has a consensus price target of $202.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.11%. Given CDW's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CDW is more favorable than FirstCash.
In the previous week, FirstCash had 7 more articles in the media than CDW. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for FirstCash and 4 mentions for CDW. CDW's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat FirstCash's score of 0.47 indicating that CDW is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
FirstCash pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. 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 raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and CDW has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. CDW is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
FirstCash has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CDW has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
80.3% of FirstCash shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of CDW shares are held by institutional investors. 14.8% of FirstCash shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of CDW shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
CDW beats FirstCash on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FCFS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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This page (NASDAQ:FCFS) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
