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 28, 2026, there were 197 stockholders of record of the Company’s common stock.
In January 2026, the Board declared a $0.42 per share first quarter cash dividend on common shares outstanding, or an aggregate of $18.5 million based on the December 31, 2025 share count, to be paid on February 27, 2026 to stockholders of record as of February 18, 2026. 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, 2025 (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts):
Total
Number
Of Shares
Purchased Average
Price
Paid
Per Share (1)
Total Number Of
Shares Purchased
As Part Of Publicly
Announced
Plans (2)
Approximate Dollar
Value Of Shares
That May Yet Be
Purchased Under
The Plans (1) (2)
October 1 through October 31, 2025 — $ — — $ 25,391
November 1 through November 30, 2025 157,032 161.69 157,032 150,000
December 1 through December 31, 2025 — — — 150,000
Total 157,032 161.69 157,032
(1) The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which was enacted into law on August 16, 2022, imposed a nondeductible 1% excise tax on the net value of certain stock repurchases made after December 31, 2022. During the three months ended December 31, 2025, the Company reflected the applicable excise tax in treasury stock as part of the cost basis of the stock repurchased and recorded a corresponding liability for the excise taxes payable in accrued expenses and other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet. All dollar amounts presented exclude such excise taxes.
(2) In July 2023, the Board authorized a common stock repurchase program for up to $200.0 million of the Company’s outstanding common stock. During 2025, the Company repurchased a total of 912,000 shares of common stock at an aggregate cost of $115.0 million and an average cost per share of $126.03 which completed the share repurchase program authorized in July 2023. In October 2025, the Board authorized an additional common stock repurchase program for up to $150.0 million of the Company’s outstanding common stock, of which the entire $150.0 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, 2020 through December 31, 2025, 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, 2020 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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