FirstCash (FCFS) Competitors

FirstCash (NASDAQ:FCFS) and Burlington Stores (NYSE:BURL) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.

Does the media favor FCFS or BURL?

In the previous week, Burlington Stores had 11 more articles in the media than FirstCash. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Burlington Stores and 13 mentions for FirstCash. FirstCash's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Burlington Stores' score of 0.77 indicating that FirstCash is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FirstCash	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Burlington Stores	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FCFS or BURL?

80.3% of FirstCash shares are held by institutional investors. 14.8% of FirstCash shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Burlington Stores shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate FCFS or BURL?

FirstCash currently has a consensus price target of $135.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.38%. Burlington Stores has a consensus price target of $323.20, indicating a potential upside of 30.82%. Given Burlington Stores' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Burlington Stores is more favorable than FirstCash.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FirstCash	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Burlington Stores	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FCFS or BURL?

Burlington Stores received 789 more outperform votes than FirstCash when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.63% of users gave Burlington Stores an outperform vote while only 42.22% of users gave FirstCash an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FirstCash	Outperform Votes 19 42.22%	Underperform Votes 26 57.78%
Burlington Stores	Outperform Votes 808 71.63%	Underperform Votes 320 28.37%

Is FCFS or BURL more profitable?

FirstCash has a net margin of 7.64% compared to Burlington Stores' net margin of 4.49%. Burlington Stores' return on equity of 47.52% beat FirstCash's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FirstCash	7.64%	14.99%	6.94%
Burlington Stores	4.49%	47.52%	6.37%

Which has better earnings & valuation, FCFS or BURL?

Burlington Stores has higher revenue and earnings than FirstCash. FirstCash is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burlington Stores, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FirstCash	$3.39B	1.57	$258.82M	$5.73	20.70
Burlington Stores	$10.63B	1.47	$339.65M	$7.79	31.71

Which has more risk & volatility, FCFS or BURL?

FirstCash has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burlington Stores has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Burlington Stores beats FirstCash on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.