First Cash Financial Services (FCFS) Declares $0.125 Quarterly Dividend; 1% Yield

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First Cash Financial Services (FCFS) Tops Q1 EPS by 3c; Boosts FY16 Outlook

April 28, 2016 6:38 AM EDT

First Cash Financial Services (NASDAQ: FCFS) reported Q1 EPS of $0.47, $0.03 better than the analyst estimate of $0.44.

GUIDANCE:

First Cash Financial Services sees FY2016 EPS of $2.25-$2.45, versus prior guidance of $2.20-$2.40 and the consensus of $2.30.

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First Cash Financial Services (FCFS), Cash America (CSH) Enter $2.4B Merger Agreement

April 28, 2016 6:13 AM EDT

First Cash Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCFS) and Cash America International, Inc. (NYSE: CSH) announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which the two companies will combine in a tax free, all-stock transaction. The pro-forma market value of equity of the transaction is valued at approximately $2.4 billion, based on the current shares outstanding and the closing stock price on April 27, 2016 for both companies.

The combined company, to be named FirstCash, will have one of the largest retail pawn store footprints in Latin America... More