FirstCash (FCFS) Competitors

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

Does the media favor BURL or FCFS?

In the previous week, Burlington Stores had 12 more articles in the media than FirstCash. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Burlington Stores and 2 mentions for FirstCash. FirstCash's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Burlington Stores' score of 0.18 indicating that FirstCash is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Burlington Stores	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
FirstCash	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BURL or FCFS?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BURL or FCFS?

Burlington Stores received 783 more outperform votes than FirstCash when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.45% of users gave Burlington Stores an outperform vote while only 40.91% of users gave FirstCash an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Burlington Stores	Outperform Votes 801 71.45%	Underperform Votes 320 28.55%
FirstCash	Outperform Votes 18 40.91%	Underperform Votes 26 59.09%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BURL or FCFS?

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
Burlington Stores	$10.48B	1.76	$339.65M	$7.30	39.79
FirstCash	$3.15B	1.59	$219.30M	$5.40	20.77

Is BURL or FCFS more profitable?

FirstCash has a net margin of 7.29% 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
Burlington Stores	4.49%	47.52%	6.37%
FirstCash	7.29%	14.97%	6.96%

Which has more volatility and risk, BURL or FCFS?

Burlington Stores has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstCash has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer BURL or FCFS?

Burlington Stores presently has a consensus target price of $317.87, indicating a potential upside of 9.44%. FirstCash has a consensus target price of $135.67, indicating a potential upside of 20.98%. Given FirstCash's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FirstCash is more favorable than Burlington Stores.

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

Summary

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