Firstcash Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

FCFS Stock  USD 104.40  1.43  1.39%   
Given the investment horizon of 90 days and your complete indifference towards market risk, our recommendation regarding FirstCash is 'Strong Hold'. A buy or sell recommendation provided by Macroaxis is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell FirstCash given historical horizon and risk tolerance towards FirstCash. When Macroaxis issues a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for FirstCash, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.
  
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

Execute Advice
Sell FirstCashBuy FirstCash
Strong Hold

Market Performance

Very WeakDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

Over hypedDetails

Current Valuation

UndervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

Very LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Follows the market closelyDetails

Investor Sentiment

AlarmedDetails

Analyst Consensus

Strong BuyDetails

Financial Strenth (F Score)

HealthyDetails

Financial Leverage

Not RatedDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

Possible ManipulatorDetails
For the selected time horizon FirstCash has a Risk Adjusted Performance of (0.07), Jensen Alpha of (0.27), Total Risk Alpha of (0.41) and Treynor Ratio of (0.18)
Macroaxis provides advice on FirstCash to complement and cross-verify current analyst consensus on FirstCash. Our investment recommendation engine determines the company's potential to grow exclusively from the perspective of an investor's current risk tolerance and investing horizon. To make sure FirstCash is not overpriced, please confirm all FirstCash fundamentals, including its cash flow from operations, working capital, and the relationship between the cash per share and number of employees . Given that FirstCash has a price to earning of 35.95 X, we urge you to verify FirstCash market performance and probability of bankruptcy to ensure the company can sustain itself in the current economic cycle given your prevailing risk tolerance and investing horizon.

FirstCash Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

FirstCash generated a negative expected return over the last 90 days
Over 86.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors
Latest headline from news.google.com: FirstCash Shows Growth Amid Regulatory Challenges - TipRanks

FirstCash Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of FirstCash's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of FirstCash's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of FirstCash daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use FirstCash price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of FirstCash returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for FirstCash.
Mean Return
-0.15
Value At Risk
-2.42
Potential Upside
2.31
Standard Deviation
1.58
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of FirstCash historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

FirstCash Stock Institutional Investors

The FirstCash's institutional investors refer to entities that pool money to purchase FirstCash's securities or originate loans. These institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds.
Shares
Sei Investments Co2024-06-30
631.3 K
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts2024-06-30
551.7 K
Nuveen Asset Management, Llc2024-06-30
540.1 K
Northern Trust Corp2024-09-30
535.1 K
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc2024-09-30
498.3 K
Bank Of New York Mellon Corp2024-06-30
418.9 K
Aristotle Capital Management Llc2024-09-30
350.4 K
Victory Capital Management Inc.2024-09-30
313.1 K
Alyeska Investment Group, L.p.2024-09-30
304 K
Fmr Inc2024-09-30
6.7 M
Blackrock Inc2024-06-30
5.1 M
Note, although FirstCash's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

FirstCash Cash Flow Accounts

201920202021202220232024 (projected)
Change To Inventory5.8M29.2M(27.0M)(3.1M)1.8M1.9M
Change In Cash(25.3M)19.3M54.2M(2.7M)9.7M10.2M
Free Cash Flow187.3M184.7M181.3M433.7M356.0M373.8M
Depreciation41.9M42.1M58.7M457.3M520.6M546.6M
Other Non Cash Items3.8M23.1M40.3M197.5M284.2M298.4M
Capital Expenditures44.3M37.5M42.0M35.6M60.1M63.2M
End Period Cash Flow46.5M65.9M120.0M117.3M127.0M133.4M
Net Income164.6M106.6M124.9M253.5M219.3M230.3M
Dividends Paid44.0M44.8M47.5M59.6M61.9M65.0M
Change To Netincome15.7M39.6M54.5M(54.5M)(62.7M)(59.5M)
Net Borrowings38.9M(23.5M)686M78.2M89.9M101.6M
Investments(137.1M)(20.4M)(744.6M)(121.2M)(506.9M)(481.5M)

FirstCash Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to FirstCash or Consumer Finance sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that FirstCash's price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a FirstCash stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
-0.27
β
Beta against Dow Jones0.90
σ
Overall volatility
1.58
Ir
Information ratio -0.18

FirstCash Volatility Alert

FirstCash exhibits very low volatility with skewness of -1.2 and kurtosis of 4.95. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure FirstCash's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact FirstCash's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

FirstCash Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing FirstCash's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze FirstCash's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between FirstCash and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as FirstCash or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of FirstCash's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing FirstCash by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare FirstCash to competition
FundamentalsFirstCashPeer Average
Return On Equity0.13-0.31
Return On Asset0.0655-0.14
Profit Margin0.07 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.13 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation6.62 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding44.75 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders13.33 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions85.90 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted718.6 K4.71 M
Price To Earning35.95 X28.72 X
Price To Book2.34 X9.51 X
Price To Sales1.39 X11.42 X
Revenue3.15 B9.43 B
Gross Profit1.62 B27.38 B
EBITDA906.71 M3.9 B
Net Income219.3 M570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents110.41 M2.7 B
Cash Per Share2.35 X5.01 X
Total Debt1.92 B5.32 B
Debt To Equity0.88 %48.70 %
Current Ratio3.09 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share44.67 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations416.14 M971.22 M
Short Ratio2.64 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share5.41 X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth2.28 X4.89 X
Target Price135.2
Number Of Employees19 K18.84 K
Beta0.64-0.15
Market Capitalization4.67 B19.03 B
Total Asset4.29 B29.47 B
Retained Earnings1.22 B9.33 B
Working Capital971.01 M1.48 B
Note: Disposition of 2000 shares by Orr R Douglas of FirstCash at 105.68 subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]

FirstCash Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as FirstCash . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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