FirstCash vs Upbound
FCFS and UPBD side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How FCFS and UPBD compare
FirstCash is the larger company, worth 6.5 times as much as Upbound ($7.9B against $1.2B).
On earnings, Upbound is cheaper: it trades at 13.4× trailing earnings, against 20.7× for FirstCash.
FirstCash grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (21.6% versus 5.9% for Upbound).
FirstCash keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 9.4% compared with 1.9% at Upbound.
Both pay dividends: FirstCash yields 0.93% and Upbound 7.5%.
FirstCash scores higher on the StockData Score (20 against 15 for Upbound), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | FCFS | UPBD |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $7.9B | $1.2B |
| Share price | $181.25 | $20.70 |
| Change, 1 year | 22.4% | −10.4% |
| Change, 5 years | 110% | −52.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.46 | 1.37 |
| Employees | 22K | 15K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 20 (better) | 15 |
| Valuation score | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Growth score | 6 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Health score | 6 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 20.7× | 13.4× (better) |
| P/S | 1.9× | 0.3× (better) |
| P/B | 3.4× | 1.6× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 4.6× |
| P/FCF | – | 3.4× |
| PEG | 1.81 | 0.17 (better) |
| FCF yield | – | 29.5% |
| Fair value | $161.93 | $29.19 |
| Margin of safety | −11.9% | 29.1% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 21.6% (better) | 5.9% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 17.5% (better) | 10.8% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 33.0% (better) | −11.5% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 34.6% (better) | −13.5% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 23.7% (better) | −19.6% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 50.5% (better) | 49.1% |
| Operating margin | – | 5.1% |
| Net margin | 9.4% (better) | 1.9% |
| FCF margin | – | 7.5% |
| Return on equity | 17.4% (better) | 12.7% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 27.8% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | – |
| Interest coverage | – | 2.2× |
| Current ratio | 4.89 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 3.06 (better) | 2.56 |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.93% | 7.5% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 19.0% | 100% |
| Years of dividend growth | 10 (better) | 7 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 8.2% (better) | 5.7% |
| Buyback yield | 2.2% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 3.1% | 7.5% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 98.5% | 99.3% |
| Held by insiders | 26.1% | 3.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$20.6M | −$53.0K (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.6% | 16.0% |
Go deeper
- FCFS stock overview
- FCFS income statement
- FCFS valuation and score
- UPBD stock overview
- UPBD income statement
- UPBD valuation and score
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