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FirstCash (FCFS) Competitors

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$133.92 -1.98 (-1.46%)
As of 07/8/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

FCFS vs. CDW, CHWY, SFM, BJ, BURL, ACI, GAP, OLLI, FND, and MUSA

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

FirstCash vs. Its Competitors

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

93.2% of CDW shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of FirstCash shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of CDW shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of FirstCash shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, CDW had 7 more articles in the media than FirstCash. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for CDW and 3 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 media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CDW
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
FirstCash
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CDW$21.00B1.13$1.08B$8.0722.39
FirstCash$3.39B1.75$258.82M$6.2521.43

CDW has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstCash has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. FirstCash pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. CDW pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstCash pays out 24.3% 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. CDW has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and FirstCash has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. CDW is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

FirstCash has a net margin of 8.29% compared to CDW's net margin of 5.10%. CDW's return on equity of 54.90% beat FirstCash's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CDW5.10% 54.90% 8.75%
FirstCash 8.29%16.08%7.38%

CDW presently has a consensus price target of $208.71, indicating a potential upside of 15.54%. FirstCash has a consensus price target of $133.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.31%. Given CDW's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe CDW is more favorable than FirstCash.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CDW
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
FirstCash
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

CDW beats FirstCash on 14 of the 19 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.
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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$6.03B$34.80B$13.06B$8.95B
Dividend Yield1.12%2.40%2.71%4.06%
P/E Ratio21.4329.5428.6620.10
Price / Sales1.7510.5039.76120.24
Price / Cash7.5419.9026.6257.86
Price / Book2.927.806.235.56
Net Income$258.82M$1.11B$188.58M$248.40M
7 Day Performance-2.08%-0.92%2.47%4.67%
1 Month Performance2.17%1.77%3.21%6.64%
1 Year Performance31.17%46.19%39.11%21.31%

FirstCash Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCFS
FirstCash
4.5146 of 5 stars
$133.92
-1.5%
$133.50
-0.3%
+30.9%$6.03B$3.39B21.4320,000Positive News
CDW
CDW
4.5767 of 5 stars
$178.59
+0.7%
$208.71
+16.9%
-16.7%$23.36B$21.00B22.1315,100Positive News
CHWY
Chewy
2.8252 of 5 stars
$42.62
-0.5%
$43.39
+1.8%
+61.4%$17.78B$11.86B47.8921,300
SFM
Sprouts Farmers Market
3.1398 of 5 stars
$164.64
+1.5%
$167.79
+1.9%
+92.5%$15.87B$7.72B37.0035,000Positive News
BJ
BJ's Wholesale Club
2.9753 of 5 stars
$107.73
-5.7%
$116.12
+7.8%
+22.5%$15.09B$20.50B25.0533,000Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
BURL
Burlington Stores
4.4901 of 5 stars
$232.52
+0.8%
$317.43
+36.5%
+4.8%$14.55B$10.63B28.5377,532
ACI
Albertsons Companies
3.1113 of 5 stars
$21.54
+1.7%
$24.36
+13.1%
+12.8%$12.20B$80.39B13.13195,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
GAP
GAP
4.4813 of 5 stars
$21.83
-0.3%
$28.47
+30.4%
N/A$8.25B$15.09B9.4882,000Trending News
Options Volume
OLLI
Ollie's Bargain Outlet
3.4142 of 5 stars
$131.78
-0.8%
$125.21
-5.0%
+27.3%$8.15B$2.27B40.5512,800
FND
Floor & Decor
3.6216 of 5 stars
$76.22
+1.2%
$93.00
+22.0%
-11.0%$8.10B$4.46B40.3313,690Options Volume
MUSA
Murphy USA
4.8341 of 5 stars
$406.17
-0.4%
$526.29
+29.6%
-10.0%$8.06B$20.24B17.1317,200

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This page (NASDAQ:FCFS) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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