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Analysts'
Recommendation: | Buy | | 30 Days Ago: | Buy |
| | Analysts' Target: | $16 | | Analysts' Targets | | Roth Capital Partners | $19 | | Accumulate | Thursday, June 05, 2008
| | Ferris Baker Watts | $17 | | Hold | Wednesday, January 23, 2008
| | Jefferies & Co. | $12 | | Buy | | Wednesday, January 23, 2008 | First Cash Financial Services, Inc. provides consumer financial services and related specialty retail products through pawn stores in the United States and Mexico. Its pawn stores engage in providing small consumer loans; advancing money against pledged tangible personal property, such as jewelry, electronic equipment, tools, sporting goods, and musical equipment; and retail sale of previously-owned merchandise acquired through collateral forfeitures and over-the-counter purchases from customers; and offer cash advances or a credit services products. The company also operates stand-alone cash advance stores that provide a range of consumer financial services products, including cash advances, credit services, check cashing, money orders, money transfers, and prepaid card products. In addition, it operates automobile dealerships focused on the buy-here/pay-here segment of the used-vehicle sales and financing industry. Further, First Cash Financial Services owns and operates kiosks located inside convenience stores. As of December 31, 2007, it owned 278 pawn stores and 182 check cashing stores, as well as 39 staffed kiosks. The company was founded in 1988 and is based in Arlington, Texas.
<thead> <th class="tableLabel"> Analyst Detail </th> <th> BUY </th> <th> OUTPERFORM </th> <th> HOLD </th> <th> UNDERPERFORM </th> <th> SELL </th> <th> NO OPINION </th> </thead> | Latest | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 4 weeks ago | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 2 months ago | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 3 months ago | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Last year | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  On April 22, 2008, First Cash Financial Services Inc reported 1st quarter 2008 earnings of 0.21 per share. This result was in line with the consensus of the 5 analysts following the company and under-performed last year's 1st quarter results by -32.26%.
The next earnings announcement is expected on July 22, 2008.
First Cash Financial Services Inc reported annual 2007 earnings of 1.08 per share on January 22, 2008.
The next earnings announcement from First Cash Financial Services Inc is expected the week of January 27, 2009.
Analyst Consensus 12 month target price
The 4 analysts offering 12 month price targets for First Cash Financial Services Inc (FCFS:NSQ) have a median target of 17.00, with a high estimate of 19.00 and a low estimate of 15.00. The median estimate represents a -4.55% decrease from the last price of 17.81.
FCFS
FCFS breaks through resistance this week, the chart would be better if there was volume supporting the break, but I like the fact that downside to support is $15 and upside to resistance is $25. With the stock closing at $17.81 on Friday, that is a good risk reward trade off.
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FCFS:
This call was made
on 07/14/08
@ $17.94
| Rating: |
$17.94 (07/14/08)
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| Gain/Loss: |
+112.49%
in
1413 days
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| Target: |
$19.00
(+5.91%)
in > one year
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