In the past week, FCFS stock has gone up by 1.73%, with a monthly gain of 2.78% and a quarterly surge of 8.61%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.16%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 3.34% for FirstCash Holdings Inc The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 0.83% for FCFS stock, with a simple moving average of 8.34% for the last 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in FirstCash Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: FCFS) Right Now?
FirstCash Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: FCFS) has a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.19x that is above its average ratio. Additionally, the 36-month beta value for FCFS is 0.63. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 4 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 rating it as “overweight,” 2 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for FCFS is 38.80M and currently, short sellers hold a 1.30% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of FCFS on April 18, 2025 was 290.95K shares.
FCFS) stock’s latest price update
The stock of FirstCash Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: FCFS) has increased by 1.15 when compared to last closing price of 120.06. Despite this, the company has experienced a 1.73% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-04-17 that FirstCash (FCFS) possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
Analysts’ Opinion of FCFS
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for FCFS stocks, with Stephens repeating the rating for FCFS by listing it as a “Overweight.” The predicted price for FCFS in the upcoming period, according to Stephens is $137 based on the research report published on November 13, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Loop Capital gave a rating of “Buy” to FCFS, setting the target price at $140 in the report published on April 29th of the previous year.
FCFS Trading at 3.79% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought FCFS to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -9.13% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.34%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.16%, as shares surge +3.39% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +6.69% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, FCFS rose by +1.73%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +16.75% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $120.44. In addition, FirstCash Holdings Inc saw 17.22% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at FCFS starting from Rippel Douglas Richard, who sale 300,000 shares at the price of $113.43 back on Feb 11 ’25. After this action, Rippel Douglas Richard now owns 4,431,869 shares of FirstCash Holdings Inc, valued at $34,029,000 using the latest closing price.
ORR R DOUGLAS, the EVP & Chief Financial Officer of FirstCash Holdings Inc, sale 4,000 shares at $113.36 during a trade that took place back on Feb 05 ’25, which means that ORR R DOUGLAS is holding 43,234 shares at $453,420 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for FCFS
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.15 for the present operating margin
- 0.47 for the gross margin
The net margin for FirstCash Holdings Inc stands at 0.08. The total capital return value is set at 0.13. Equity return is now at value 12.78, with 5.90 for asset returns.
Based on FirstCash Holdings Inc (FCFS), the company’s capital structure generated 0.46 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.31. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.86. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 4.92.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 986.25 million with net debt to EBITDA at 1.8. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.07. The receivables turnover for the company is 46.21for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.76. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 4.14.
Conclusion
In conclusion, FirstCash Holdings Inc (FCFS) has seen better performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
