UPDATE - First Cash Q2 profit tops analysts' view by a cent (at Reuters)
yahoo.com     Jul 22, 2008            

BANGALORE, July 22 (Reuters) - First Cash Financial Services Inc (FCFS.O: ) reported a 25 percent fall in quarterly profit, but beat analysts' estimates by a cent, helped by a rise in pawn store revenue and reiterated its 2008 earnings view. The company's automotive dealership, Auto Master, continued to show some contraction in sales and reported a store-level loss of 3 cents a share, but showed some improvement sequentially. "Overall the company's earnings are not going to be as strong as its competitors, but that's because of auto master. If you take auto master out, they would have earned 26 cents, Stephens Inc analyst Dennis Telzrow told Reuters. First Cash competes with Cash America International Inc (CSH.N: ) and Advance America Cash Advance Centers Inc... [read full story]                    


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[$$] Branching Out to Nonstandard Borrowers (at Barron's Online)

yahoo.com     Aug 21, 2008          

Word Count: 642 | Companies Featured in This Article: First Cash Financial Services, World Acceptance, Cash America International, Dollar Financial Sterne Agee & Leach WE ARE INITIATING COVERAGE OF FOUR OF THE 12 publicly...                    

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Pawn Shops Starting to Hit Wall Street Awareness

istockanalyst.com     Aug 7, 2008          

It looks like the pawn shop thesis we've been advancing is starting to catch the attention of Wall Street. Always a bull market somewhere... There's a small segment of the retail space that's suddenly doing very well, according...                    

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Best Trades Now: Pawnshops, Biotech & More (at CNBC)

yahoo.com     Aug 4, 2008          

STOCK PICKS, INVESTMENT STRATEGY, PAWNSHOPS, BIOTECH To give investors an edge, CNBC asked the experts for their best trades now. It's in the Can “They coat, for instance, cans of preserved foods so that the metal does not get...                    

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Pawnshop Stocks: E-Z $$$ (at CNBC)

yahoo.com     Aug 4, 2008   1 related          

STOCKS, STOCK MARKET, CNBC, CNBC.COM, STOCK BLOG, CNBC STOCK BLOG, INVESTMENT, PORTFOLIO There's a small segment of the retail space that's suddenly doing very well, according to Utendahl Capital Partners analyst Daniel...                    

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