IBD Stock Of The Day FirstCash Flashes Buy Signal, Outperforming Market

2026-03-24 18:12:52

			FirstCash Holdings

				FirstCash Holdings

			FCFS

$ 195.00

			$1.38
			
			
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			0.71%
			
			
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			40%

IBD Stock Analysis

										*   Three-weeks-tight entry of 199.60
										*   Actionable from breaking short downtrend
										*   Relative strength line at highs
								

		

		

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IBD Composite Rating

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94/99

Industry Group Ranking

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139/197

Emerging Pattern

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				Three Weeks Tight

Three Weeks Tight

				After a breakout a stock will sometimes consolidate tightly. A three-weeks tight is when a stock closes within 1% to 1.5% of the prior week's close. A four-weeks-tight pattern also is possible Offers entry for existing holders to add shares.

Not real-time data. All data shown was captured at 1:43PM EDT on 03/23/2026.

FirstCash Holdings is Monday’s IBD Stock Of The Day. Shares of the pawn store operator are actionable from a bounce off a key moving average after trading tightly the past several weeks.

Fort Worth, Texas-based FirstCash Holdings (FCFS) is one of the largest international operators of pawn stores with more than 3,300 locations across the U.S., Latin America and the U.K. FirstCash’s stores buy and sell a variety of jewelry, electronics, tools, appliances, musical instruments, sporting goods and other merchandise.

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FirstCash generates almost 90% of its revenue from pawn operations, and its customer payment solution, AFF, accounts for the remainder.

Canaccord analyst Brian McNamara on Friday lifted its price target on FCFS stock to 240 from 217, following positive discussions with management, according to reports.

McNamara said management was upbeat and confident in the business, which has been strong for awhile now and firing on all cylinders. FirstCash’s U.S. and Latin America core pawn operations are thriving, while the company has benefited from a favorable positioning on gold, he said. Meanwhile, FirstCash’s U.K. integration has gone better than expected.

McNamara added that FirstCash has strong organic and inorganic growth opportunities, while its AFF business has been largely ignored by investors. Canaccord called FirstCash an industry leader in an attractive duopoly, also referring to Ezcorp (EZPW), and maintained a buy rating on shares.

FirstCash Earnings Growth, Sales Accelerate

Meanwhile, FirstCash posted double-digit earnings growth the past four quarters, averaging 31.25% growth during that period. Revenue growth has accelerated over the past two quarters with a 20% increase in Q4, marking the first time crossing $1 billion in quarterly sales.

The company noted strong same-store revenue growth for the quarter, with double-digit growth in pawn receivables and pawn loan fees. Retail sales margins remained strong at 43%. FirstCash continues to see quick turnover for merchandise. Inventories greater than one year as of the end of 2025 represented 1.8% of total inventories.

FirstCash during its February earnings report said the outlook for 2026 is “highly positive” thanks to continued growth in pawn receivables and its 344 new locations in 2025.

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The company noted that U.S. pawn receivables were up 14% at the start of the year, while receivables for Latin America increased 23%. U.K. pawn receivables are up 25%.

FirstCash expects U.S. merchandise sales to grow 8% to 10%, and continues to target a retail margin of 42%.

The company forecasts revenue for its AFF subsidiary to decrease 5% to 10% in 2026 despite an increase in transaction volumes as well as lease and loan originations.

FactSet expects Q1 earnings will increase 13% on about 20% revenue growth. Analysts predict 2026 earnings will grow 18% on a 14% jump in revenue.

FirstCash Stock

FCFS stock rose more than 2% Monday, continuing Friday’s bounce off its 21-day exponential moving average. Shares are actionable after clearing a bulk of a three-weeks-tight pattern. That pattern has an official buy point at 199.60, which matches FirstCash’s record high from March 10.

FCFS stock soared roughly 54% last year, and is already up about 23% in 2026.

FirstCash’s relative strength line is hitting 52-week highs. FCFS stock has a 92 RS Rating out of a best-possible 99, meaning it has outperformed 92% of the stocks in the IBD database over the past 52 weeks.

FirstCash ranks second in the Finance-Consumer Loans Group according to the IBD Stock Checkup, trailing only rival Ezcorp.

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