R Douglas Orr Sells 2,000 Shares of FirstCash Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:FCFS) Stock

FirstCash Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:FCFS) CFO R Douglas Orr sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $113.35, for a total value of $226,700.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 100,567 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,399,269.45. This represents a 1.95 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website.

FirstCash Stock Performance

NASDAQ:FCFS opened at $113.20 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $5.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.76 and a beta of 0.67. FirstCash Holdings, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $100.24 and a fifty-two week high of $133.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.84, a quick ratio of 3.15 and a current ratio of 4.14. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $107.63 and a 200-day moving average price of $110.85.

FirstCash (NASDAQ:FCFS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 30th. The company reported $2.12 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.02 by $0.10. FirstCash had a net margin of 7.64% and a return on equity of 14.99%. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that FirstCash Holdings, Inc. will post 7.7 EPS for the current fiscal year.

FirstCash Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 28th. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a $0.38 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 14th. This represents a $1.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.34%. FirstCash’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 26.53%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently commented on the stock. TD Cowen decreased their price target on shares of FirstCash from $134.00 to $130.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, October 28th. Stephens started coverage on shares of FirstCash in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $137.00 price objective for the company.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust boosted its holdings in shares of FirstCash by 7.4% in the 4th quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 1,370 shares of the company’s stock valued at $142,000 after purchasing an additional 94 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Investment Consultants LLC boosted its stake in FirstCash by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. Integrated Investment Consultants LLC now owns 4,595 shares of the company’s stock valued at $476,000 after buying an additional 105 shares in the last quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC grew its position in FirstCash by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 7,347 shares of the company’s stock valued at $826,000 after acquiring an additional 127 shares during the last quarter. J.Safra Asset Management Corp grew its position in FirstCash by 38.8% in the fourth quarter. J.Safra Asset Management Corp now owns 454 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,000 after acquiring an additional 127 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its stake in FirstCash by 1.5% during the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 9,147 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,050,000 after acquiring an additional 138 shares in the last quarter. 80.30% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

FirstCash Company Profile

FirstCash Holdings, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates retail pawn stores in the United States, Mexico, and rest of Latin America. The company operates in three segments: U.S. Pawn, Latin America Pawn, and Retail POS Payment Solutions segments. Its pawn stores lend money on the collateral of pledged personal property, including jewelry, electronics, tools, appliances, sporting goods, and musical instruments; and retails merchandise acquired through collateral forfeitures on forfeited pawn loans and over-the-counter purchases of merchandise directly from customers.