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First Cash Financial Services, Inc. operates pawn and consumer finance stores that provide consumer financial services and related specialty retail products in the United States and Mexico. Its pawn stores provide consumer finance, such as small consumer loans; advancing money against pledged tangible personal property, including jewelry, consumer electronics, tools, sporting goods, and musical instruments; and offers previously-owned merchandise acquired through collateral forfeitures and over-the-counter purchases from customers, and short-term loans or credit services products. The company also operates stand-alone short-term loan stores that provide a range of consumer financial services products, including short-term loans, credit services, check cashing, money orders, money transfers, and prepaid card products. In addition, it owns and operates kiosks inside convenience stores that offer credit services and check cashing. As of December 31, 2008, the company owned and operated 320 pawn stores and 205 short-term loan stores, as well as 39 financial services kiosks inside convenience stores. The company was founded in 1988 and is based in Arlington, Texas.

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Key Statistics

Closing Price	44.99
Volume	341735
Volume Avg	338529
52 Week High	52.18
52 Week Low	31.42
PE	19.19
PE (group average)	40
EPS Year	2.47
EPS change Q/Q	12.5%
EPS change Q/Q Yr ago	80%
EPS change Q/Q next Q est	30.91%
EPS change Y/Y	-23.87%
REV change Q/Q	-6.79%
REV change Q/Q Yr ago	27.56%
EPS next Q est	0.55
EPS next Y est	3.18
Divident Annual	0.00
Dividend Yield	0%