FirstCash
FCFS Nasdaq Consumer Finance Financials FY2016βFY2025
FirstCash's revenue rose 8.0% to $3.7 billion in fiscal 2025. Its net margin was 9.0%, up from 7.6% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $531 million, up 12.6%. It paid out $187 million in dividends and buybacks, 35% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 1.4%.
What FirstCash does
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- Legal name
- FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- β
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0000840489-26-000032
0000840489
Revenue and margins
FirstCash had $3.7B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 8.0% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 17.6% a year. Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $531M in fiscal 2025, 14.5% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
FirstCash returned $187M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 35% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 1.4%.
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Discounted cash flow
Value per share
β
Adds net cash of β$2.1B and divides by 44.5M diluted shares. Ten years of cash flows plus a terminal value, discounted to today.
Earnings multiple
Value per share
β
Reference multiples: today 19.7x Β· peers 11.8x Β· sector 13.7x.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably FirstCash can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $120M | $117M | $127M | $175M | $125M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.6B | $1.7B | $2.2B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.9x | 2.9x | 3.4x | 3.2x | 3.3x |
| Debt / equity | 0.7x | 0.7x | 0.8x | 0.9x | 1.0x |
| Interest coverage | 6.1x | 5.6x | 4.1x | 4.8x | 4.3x |
| Current ratio | 2.9x | 3.8x | 3.9x | 4.1x | 4.6x |
| Quick ratio | 2.2x | 2.9x | 3.0x | 3.2x | 3.4x |
| Total assets | $3.8B | $3.9B | $4.3B | $4.5B | $5.3B |
| Total liabilities | $2.0B | $2.0B | $2.3B | $2.4B | $3.0B |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.8B | $1.9B | $2.0B | $2.1B | $2.3B |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $1.2B | $1.3B | $1.5B | $1.6B | $2.1B |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$11.9M
6 insiders
Of sales under plans
71%
$8.4M
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | James H GravesDirector | Sold | 3,750 | $221.20 | $0.8M | Form 4 |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Howard F HambletonAFF President | Sold plan | 2,000 | $212.98 | $0.4M | Form 4 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Orr R DouglasEVP & Chief Financial Officer | Sold plan | 3,000 | $216.00 | $0.6M | Form 4 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Thomas Brent StuartPresident and COO | Sold plan | 5,348 | $214.63 | $1.1M | Form 4 |
| Jun 5, 2026 | Raul RamosSVP Latin American Operations | Sold | 6,835 | $225.23 | $1.5M | Form 4 |
| May 28, 2026 | Raul RamosSVP Latin American Operations | Sold | 3,165 | $231.13 | $0.7M | Form 4 |
| May 19, 2026 | Howard F HambletonAFF President | Sold plan | 3,000 | $226.41 | $0.7M | Form 4 |
| May 18, 2026 | Orr R DouglasEVP & Chief Financial Officer | Sold plan | 3,000 | $227.30 | $0.7M | Form 4 |
| May 18, 2026 | Thomas Brent StuartPresident and COO | Sold plan | 10,000 | $228.49 | $2.3M | Form 4 |
| May 1, 2026 | Paula K GarrettDirector | Sold | 1,500 | $217.40 | $0.3M | Form 4 |
| Feb 18, 2026 | Howard F HambletonAFF President | Sold plan | 4,000 | $185.12 | $0.7M | Form 4 |
| Feb 17, 2026 | Thomas Brent StuartPresident and COO | Sold plan | 10,000 | $182.53 | $1.8M | Form 4 |
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β |
| F-score | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | β4.8% | β6.4% | β5.2% |
| Altman Z'' | 3.93 | 4.13 | 4.35 |
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| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FirstCash FCFS | $7.6B | 8.0% | β | 14.5% | 10.7% | 19.7x | 8 | |
| Dave DAVE | $4.9B | 59.7% | β | 52.3% | 72.9% | 23.0x | 6 | Compare β |
| Virtu Financial VIRT | $4.9B | 26.3% | β | 13.6% | 37.9% | 9.3x | β | Compare β |
| AGNC Investment AGNC | $10.3B | 19.5% | β | β | β | 4.6x | β | Compare β |
| Evercore EVR | $10.4B | 29.5% | β | 30.5% | β | 14.2x | 5 | Compare β |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $1.1B | $1.8B | $1.8B | $1.9B | $1.6B | $1.7B | $2.7B | $3.2B | $3.4B | $3.7B |
| Gross profit | $605M | $948M | $967M | $1.0B | $911M | $919M | $1.3B | $1.5B | $1.6B | $1.8B |
| Interest expense | $20.3M | $24.0M | $29.2M | $34.0M | $29.3M | $32.4M | $70.7M | $93.2M | $91.2M | $135M |
| Pretax income | $93.4M | $172M | $205M | $225M | $144M | $167M | $324M | $293M | $343M | $448M |
| Income tax | $33.3M | $28.4M | $52.1M | $60.0M | $37.1M | $41.6M | $70.1M | $73.5M | $84.0M | $117M |
| Net income | $60.1M | $144M | $153M | $165M | $107M | $125M | $254M | $219M | $259M | $330M |
| Diluted EPS | $1.72 | $3.00 | $3.41 | $3.81 | $2.56 | $3.04 | $5.36 | $4.80 | $5.73 | $7.42 |
| Diluted shares | 0.04B | 0.05B | 0.04B | 0.04B | 0.04B | 0.04B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.04B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $96.9M | $220M | $243M | $232M | $222M | $223M | $469M | $416M | $540M | $586M |
| Capital expenditure | $20.5M | $26.0M | $35.7M | $44.3M | $37.5M | $42.0M | $35.6M | $60.1M | $68.2M | $54.9M |
| Free cash flow | $76.4M | $194M | $208M | $187M | $185M | $181M | $434M | $356M | $472M | $531M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $26.6M | $44.5M | $36.4M | $39.1M | $39.8M | $42.5M | $46.8M | $52.1M | $54.8M | $58.0M |
| Stock-based compensation | $4.2M | $3.1M | $5.8M | $8.7M | $2.9M | $5.1M | $10.9M | $13.7M | $14.8M | $20.2M |
| Acquisitions | $8.2M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $462M | $25.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $91.7M | $274M | $116M | $107M | $49.6M | $158M | $114M | $85.0M | $116M |
| Dividends paid | $19.8M | $36.8M | $40.9M | $44.0M | $44.8M | $47.5M | $59.6M | $61.9M | $65.8M | $70.9M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $19.8M | $129M | $315M | $160M | $152M | $97.1M | $217M | $176M | $151M | $187M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $90.0M | $114M | $71.8M | $46.5M | $65.8M | $120M | $117M | $127M | $175M | $125M |
| Total debt | $460M | $407M | $595M | $635M | $623M | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.6B | $1.7B | $2.2B |
| Finance lease liabilities | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Current assets | $892M | $842M | $790M | $741M | $625M | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.9B |
| Current liabilities | $144M | $121M | $133M | $203M | $206M | $392M | $296M | $336M | $339M | $408M |
| Inventory | $331M | $277M | $275M | $265M | $190M | $263M | $288M | $312M | $335M | $487M |
| Property and equipment, net | $236M | $230M | $252M | $336M | $374M | $463M | $539M | $633M | $718M | $808M |
| Total assets | $2.1B | $2.1B | $2.1B | $2.4B | $2.4B | $3.8B | $3.9B | $4.3B | $4.5B | $5.3B |
| Total liabilities | $695M | $588M | $790M | $1.1B | $1.1B | $2.0B | $2.0B | $2.3B | $2.4B | $3.0B |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.5B | $1.5B | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.3B | $1.8B | $1.9B | $2.0B | $2.1B | $2.3B |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 55.6% | 53.2% | 54.3% | 54.6% | 55.9% | 54.1% | 46.3% | 47.8% | 48.1% | 50.3% |
| EBITDA margin | 12.9% | 13.5% | 15.2% | 16.0% | 13.1% | 14.2% | 16.2% | 13.9% | 14.4% | 17.5% |
| Net margin | 5.5% | 8.1% | 8.6% | 8.8% | 6.5% | 7.4% | 9.3% | 7.0% | 7.6% | 9.0% |
| FCF margin | 7.0% | 10.9% | 11.7% | 10.1% | 11.3% | 10.7% | 15.9% | 11.3% | 13.9% | 14.5% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | 6.0% | 9.1% | 9.7% | 10.0% | 6.8% | 6.2% | 10.1% | 8.7% | 9.2% | 10.7% |
| Return on capital employed | 8.4% | 10.0% | 12.0% | 12.3% | 7.9% | 7.1% | 11.2% | 10.2% | 10.7% | 12.9% |
| Return on equity | 6.4% | 9.8% | 11.0% | 12.3% | 8.1% | 8.1% | 13.8% | 11.3% | 12.8% | 15.3% |
| Return on assets | 4.2% | 6.8% | 7.4% | 7.2% | 4.4% | 4.0% | 6.6% | 5.4% | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | 54.5% | 63.5% | 0.1% | 4.7% | β12.5% | 4.2% | 60.6% | 15.5% | 7.5% | 8.0% |
| Net income growth | β1.0% | 139.3% | 6.5% | 7.5% | β35.3% | 17.2% | 102.9% | β13.5% | 18.0% | 27.7% |
| EPS growth | β19.6% | 74.4% | 13.7% | 11.7% | β32.8% | 18.8% | 76.3% | β10.5% | 19.4% | 29.5% |
| FCF growth | 6.6% | 154.4% | 6.9% | β9.9% | β1.4% | β1.9% | 139.3% | β17.9% | 32.5% | 12.6% |
| Share count change | 23.6% | 36.8% | β6.3% | β3.7% | β3.7% | β1.4% | 15.4% | β3.5% | β1.2% | β1.4% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.6x | 1.2x | 1.9x | 2.0x | 2.6x | 4.9x | 2.9x | 3.4x | 3.2x | 3.3x |
| Debt / equity | 0.3x | 0.3x | 0.5x | 0.5x | 0.5x | 0.7x | 0.7x | 0.8x | 0.9x | 1.0x |
| Interest coverage | 5.6x | 8.2x | 8.0x | 7.6x | 5.9x | 6.1x | 5.6x | 4.1x | 4.8x | 4.3x |
| Current ratio | 6.2x | 7.0x | 5.9x | 3.7x | 3.0x | 2.9x | 3.8x | 3.9x | 4.1x | 4.6x |
| Quick ratio | 3.9x | 4.7x | 3.9x | 2.3x | 2.1x | 2.2x | 2.9x | 3.0x | 3.2x | 3.4x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 1.9% | 1.5% | 2.0% | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 1.3% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 1.5% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.6% |
| Payouts / FCF | 25.9% | 66.1% | 151.4% | 85.5% | 82.1% | 53.6% | 50.1% | 49.5% | 32.0% | 35.2% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | 6.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 5.4 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| Accruals ratio | β2.5% | β3.6% | β4.3% | β3.0% | β4.8% | β3.2% | β5.6% | β4.8% | β6.4% | β5.2% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000840489). Data updated October 18, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.