FirstCash Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:FCFS) Shares Purchased by Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC

Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of FirstCash Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:FCFS) by 12.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 3,311 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 366 shares during the quarter. Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in FirstCash were worth $380,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of FCFS. Penn Davis Mcfarland Inc. acquired a new position in shares of FirstCash in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $852,000. Blue Trust Inc. increased its holdings in shares of FirstCash by 26.4% in the third quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 3,177 shares of the company’s stock valued at $333,000 after buying an additional 664 shares in the last quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of FirstCash by 75.3% in the third quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 3,612 shares of the company’s stock valued at $415,000 after buying an additional 1,552 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning lifted its position in shares of FirstCash by 39.2% during the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 14,093 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,618,000 after acquiring an additional 3,966 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Exchange Traded Concepts LLC boosted its stake in shares of FirstCash by 7.8% during the 3rd quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 6,144 shares of the company’s stock worth $705,000 after acquiring an additional 442 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 80.30% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at FirstCash

In other news, CFO R Douglas Orr sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $107.18, for a total value of $214,360.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 90,715 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,722,833.70. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. In other FirstCash news, Director Douglas Richard Rippel sold 2,864 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $120.01, for a total value of $343,708.64. Following the transaction, the director now owns 4,743,159 shares in the company, valued at approximately $569,226,511.59. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO R Douglas Orr sold 2,000 shares of FirstCash stock in a transaction on Monday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $107.18, for a total transaction of $214,360.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 90,715 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,722,833.70. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 16,154 shares of company stock valued at $1,912,562 in the last three months. 14.77% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

FirstCash Trading Up 3.2 %

Shares of NASDAQ FCFS opened at $105.54 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.04, a current ratio of 4.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85. FirstCash Holdings, Inc. has a 12 month low of $100.39 and a 12 month high of $133.64. The company has a market cap of $4.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.22 and a beta of 0.62. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $115.22 and a 200-day simple moving average of $114.59.

FirstCash (NASDAQ:FCFS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 24th. The company reported $1.67 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.62 by $0.05. FirstCash had a net margin of 7.17% and a return on equity of 14.90%. The company had revenue of $837.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $843.94 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.56 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 6.5% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts predict that FirstCash Holdings, Inc. will post 6.52 EPS for the current year.

FirstCash Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, November 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $0.38 per share. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.44%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 15th. FirstCash’s payout ratio is 29.12%.

About FirstCash

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.