NYSE:FCFSFirstCash Stock Price, Forecast & News

FirstCash's stock was trading at $77.05 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, FCFS stock has decreased by 9.4% and is now trading at $69.77. View which stocks have been most 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, July 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for FirstCash.

FirstCash Inc (NYSE:FCFS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 22nd. The credit services provider reported $0.96 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.89 by $0.07. The credit services provider earned $466.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $465.29 million. FirstCash's revenue for the quarter was down .3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.98 earnings per share. View FirstCash's earnings history.

FirstCash announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share on Friday, May 29th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.55%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 14th. View FirstCash's dividend history.

FirstCash declared that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Thursday, October 25th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

5 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for FirstCash's shares. Their forecasts range from $78.00 to $115.00. On average, they anticipate FirstCash's stock price to reach $101.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 44.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for FirstCash.

Media coverage about FCFS stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. FirstCash earned a news sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the credit services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutFirstCash.

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

FirstCash's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.65%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (5.10%), State Street Corp (3.23%), Fiduciary Management Inc. WI (2.59%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.02%) and APG Asset Management N.V. (1.92%). Company insiders that own FirstCash stock include Daniel R Feehan, James H Graves 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 Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Squarepoint Ops LLC, UBS Group AG, Rice Hall James & Associates LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., Eagle Asset Management Inc., and Morgan Stanley. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., BlackRock Inc., Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Fiduciary Management Inc. WI, William Blair Investment Management LLC, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 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 $69.77.

FirstCash has a market capitalization of $2.89 billion.

The official website for FirstCash is 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]