Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
General Market Information
The Company’s common stock is quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “FCFS.”
On January 29, 2025, there were approximately 199 stockholders of record of the Company’s common stock.
In January 2025, the Company’s Board declared a $0.38 per share first quarter cash dividend on common shares outstanding, or an aggregate of $17.0 million based on the December 31, 2024 share count, to be paid on February 28, 2025 to stockholders of record as of February 14, 2025. While the Company currently expects to continue the payment of quarterly cash dividends, the amount, declaration and payment of cash dividends in the future (quarterly or otherwise) will be made by the Board, from time to time, subject to the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, business requirements, compliance with legal requirements, debt covenant restrictions and other relevant factors.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table provides information about purchases made by the Company of shares of its common stock during the three months ended December 31, 2024 (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts):
Total
Number
Of Shares
Purchased Average
Price
Paid
Per Share
Total Number Of
Shares Purchased
As Part Of Publicly
Announced Plans
Approximate Dollar Value Of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under The Plans (1)
October 1 through October 31, 2024 — $ — — $ 115,000
November 1 through November 30, 2024 — — — 115,000
December 1 through December 31, 2024 — — — 115,000
Total — — —
(1) In July 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a common stock repurchase program for up to $200.0 million of the Company’s outstanding common stock, of which $115.0 million is currently remaining.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
None.
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Performance Graph
The graph set forth below compares the cumulative total stockholder return on the common stock of the Company for the period from December 31, 2019 through December 31, 2024, with the cumulative total return on the Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) MidCap 400 Index and the Russell 2000 Index, representing broad-based equity market indexes, and the S&P MidCap 400 Financials Index and the S&P MidCap 400 Consumer Discretionary Index, representing industry-based indexes, over the same period (assuming the investment of $100 on December 31, 2019 and assuming the reinvestment of all dividends on the date paid). Note that historic performance is not necessarily indicative of future performance.
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