Blue Trust Inc. Acquires 664 Shares of FirstCash Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:FCFS)

Blue Trust Inc. increased its holdings in FirstCash Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:FCFS) by 26.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 3,177 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 664 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc.’s holdings in FirstCash were worth $333,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of FCFS. SG Capital Management LLC bought a new position in FirstCash during the first quarter valued at $3,348,000. Sei Investments Co. increased its position in FirstCash by 6.3% during the first quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 611,435 shares of the company’s stock valued at $77,983,000 after acquiring an additional 36,181 shares during the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. increased its position in FirstCash by 10.2% during the first quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 80,262 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,230,000 after acquiring an additional 7,399 shares during the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. increased its position in FirstCash by 21.7% during the first quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 192,155 shares of the company’s stock valued at $24,508,000 after acquiring an additional 34,217 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Acadian Asset Management LLC increased its position in FirstCash by 753.4% during the first quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 161,291 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,560,000 after acquiring an additional 142,391 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 80.30% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at FirstCash

In other news, Director Douglas Richard Rippel sold 3,374 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $119.94, for a total value of $404,677.56. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 4,731,869 shares in the company, valued at approximately $567,540,367.86. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. In other news, Director Douglas Richard Rippel sold 3,374 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $119.94, for a total value of $404,677.56. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 4,731,869 shares in the company, valued at approximately $567,540,367.86. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO R Douglas Orr sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $107.18, for a total transaction of $214,360.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 90,715 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,722,833.70. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 16,154 shares of company stock worth $1,912,562. Insiders own 14.77% of the company’s stock.

FirstCash Trading Down 0.8 %

FCFS stock opened at $110.14 on Thursday. 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 twelve month low of $100.39 and a twelve month high of $133.64. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.54 and a beta of 0.62. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $115.99 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $115.03.

FirstCash (NASDAQ:FCFS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 25th. The company reported $1.37 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.32 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $831.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $824.87 million. FirstCash had a net margin of 7.17% and a return on equity of 14.90%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.22 earnings per share. As a group, analysts anticipate that FirstCash Holdings, Inc. will post 6.52 earnings per share for the current year.

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.