NYSE:FCFS - FirstCash Stock Price, Forecast & News

FirstCash's stock was trading at $77.05 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, FCFS stock has decreased by 10.2% and is now trading at $69.19. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for FirstCash in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for FirstCash.

FirstCash is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for FirstCash.

FirstCash Inc (NYSE:FCFS) released its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The credit services provider reported $1.26 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.24 by $0.02. The credit services provider earned $498.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $495.98 million. The business's quarterly revenue was up 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.12 earnings per share. View FirstCash's earnings history.

FirstCash declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 30th. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share on Friday, February 28th. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.56%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. This is a positive change from FirstCash's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. View FirstCash's dividend history.

FirstCash announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Thursday, October 25th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 2.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

FirstCash issued an update on its first quarter 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.85-0.95 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.03.

5 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for FirstCash's shares. Their forecasts range from $78.00 to $115.00. On average, they expect FirstCash's share price to reach $102.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 47.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for FirstCash.

News articles about FCFS stock have been trending somewhat negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. FirstCash earned a media sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the credit services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutFirstCash.

Some companies that are related to FirstCash include American Express (AXP), Capital One Financial (COF), Discover Financial Services (DFS), Credit Acceptance (CACC), SLM (SLM), Nelnet (NNI), Green Dot (GDOT), Pra Group (PRAA), Encore Capital Group (ECPG), World Acceptance (WRLD), EZCORP (EZPW), Regional Management (RM), Nicholas Financial (NICK) and Asta Funding (ASFI).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other FirstCash investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Ford Motor (F), Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP), Anthem (ANTM), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), Centurylink (CTL), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), SandRidge Permian Trust (PER), Pfizer (PFE) and AT&T (T).

FirstCash trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FCFS."

FirstCash's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (7.58%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (4.86%), Earnest Partners LLC (4.84%), State Street Corp (3.11%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (3.05%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.01%). Company insiders that own FirstCash stock include Daniel R Feehan, James H Graves, Mikel D Faulkner and R Douglas Orr. View institutional ownership trends for FirstCash.

FCFS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Eagle Asset Management Inc., State Street Corp, Bank of America Corp DE, and New York State Common Retirement Fund. Company insiders that have sold FirstCash company stock in the last year include James H Graves, and R Douglas Orr. View insider buying and selling activity for FirstCash.

FCFS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., FMR LLC, Earnest Partners LLC, William Blair Investment Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, UBS Group AG, and Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for FirstCash.

Shares of FCFS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of FCFS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $69.19.

FirstCash has a market capitalization of $2.91 billion.  View additional information about FirstCash.

The official website for FirstCash is http://www.firstcash.com/.

FirstCash's mailing address is 1600 WEST 7TH STREET, FORT WORTH TX, 76102. The credit services provider can be reached via phone at 817-335-1100 or via email at [email protected]