FirstCash - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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FirstCash M&A Summary

FirstCash has acquired 4 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years.

FirstCash’s largest acquisition to date was in 2016, when it acquired Cash America International for $994M. FirstCash has acquired in 1 US state, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include financial services (75%) and retail (25%).

FirstCash Business Overview

Where is FirstCash headquartered?

FirstCash is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.

What is FirstCash’s revenue?

FirstCash disclosed revenue of 3,386M USD for 2024 and 3,152M USD for 2023.

How many employees does FirstCash have?

FirstCash has 20,000 employees.

What sector is FirstCash in?

FirstCash is a financial services company.

When was FirstCash founded?

FirstCash was founded in 1988.

M&A Summary

M&A Total Activity4
- M&A Buy Activity4
Total Sectors Invested 2
Total Countries Invested 3
M&A Advisors 4

FirstCash

FirstCash, Inc.

1600 West 7th Street,
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
United States,
(817) 335-1100
www.firstcash.com

FirstCash is an international operator of retail pawn stores. First Cash focuses on serving cash and credit-constrained consumers through its retail pawn locations, which buy and sell a wide variety of jewelry, electronics, tools and other merchandise, and make small customer pawn loans secured by pledged personal property. FirstCash was founded in 1988 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year		≤ '20	'21	'22	'23	'24	'25	T
Buy (0.4/yr)	#	2	1	-	-	-	1	4
Buy (0.4/yr)	vol	$994M					$457M	$1.5B
Sell (0.0/yr)	#	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
								4

Most Recent M&A

Company	Date	Value	Type
H&T Group PLC	2025-05-14	457M GBP	Add-on Acquisition
Sutton, United Kingdom · www.handt.co.uk
American First Finance	2021-12-17	-	Add-on Acquisition
Dallas, Texas · www.americanfirstfinance.com
Cash America International, Inc.	2016-04-28	994M USD	Merger
Fort Worth, Texas · www.cashamerica.com
Presta Max	2008-12-11	-	Add-on Acquisition
, Mexico · www.prendamax.com.mx
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector	Buy #	Value	Sell #	Value
Financial Services	3 (75%)	1.5B (100%)	-	-
Retail	1 (25%)	-	-	-
Total	4	$1.5B	-	-

By Geo

State/Country		Buy	Value	Sell	Value
United States		2	994M	-	-
	Texas	2	994M	-	-
Mexico		1	-	-	-
United Kingdom		1	457M	-	-
Domestic		2 (50%)	994M (68%)	-	-
Cross-border		2 (50%)	457M (32%)	-	-
Total		4	$1.5B	-	-

Top M&A Advisors

Financial	Deals
Jefferies	1
Credit Suisse Investment Banking	1

Legal	Deals
Alston & Bird	2
Macfarlanes	1

Deal Values

buy	#	Total
$100M to $1B	2	$1.5B
TOTAL		$1.5B
Largest	Cash America International, Inc. $994M (2016-04-28)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Financial Services

Revenue

3,386 8%	2024
3,152 16%	2023
2,729 61%	2022
1,699 5%	2021
1,631 13%	2020
1,864 5%	2019
1,781 1%	2018
1,780 64%	2017
1,088 55%	2016
705 2%	2015
713 9%	2014
660 12%	2013
592	2012
(millions of USD)	Show More Show Less

Employees

20,000

Established

1988

Public

NASDAQ: FCFS

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