FirstCash Holdings, Inc logo FCFS - FirstCash Holdings, Inc

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
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BUY 10
HOLD 9
SELL 0
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| PRICE TARGET: $253.50 DETAILS
HIGH: $255.00
LOW: $252.00
MEDIAN: $253.50
CONSENSUS: $253.50
UPSIDE: 17.60%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers 80% confidence

Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 82.8% above fair value
Current Price $215.56
Bear Case $82.54 61.7% downside ($82.54 - $215.56) / $215.56 = -61.7% ROTCE 20.0% → 4.00x TBV
Fair Value $117.92 45.3% downside ($117.92 - $215.56) / $215.56 = -45.3% ROTCE 25.0% → 4.00x TBV
Bull Case $153.30 28.9% downside ($153.30 - $215.56) / $215.56 = -28.9% ROTCE 30.0% → 4.00x TBV

Adjust Assumptions

1488.4%
7.2%

Key Value Driver

ROTCE (1488.4%) vs. cost of equity (7.2%)

Implied Market Multiple 421.21x

Plain-Language Summary

With ROTCE of 1488.4% vs. 7.2% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 4.00x on $0.51 tangible book, implying $117.92 per share. DDM cross-check: $233.92.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above -- shown only as an outside comparison.

Average Target (19 analysts) $253.50
Analyst Range $252.00 – $255.00
Divergence from AlphaVal 53%

Warnings

Traditional cash flow models don't work well for banks — lending activity distorts how much cash the business actually generates.
Common valuation shortcuts don't apply here — for banks, interest payments are a core business cost, not overhead.
Dividend-based valuation: $233.92 (98% above our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.
Wall Street's average price target is $253.50 (from 19 analysts). Our estimate is 53% below the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.

Key Risks

  • Book value quality matters as much as level — check loan loss reserves
  • Interest rate sensitivity creates non-linear earnings surprises
  • Insurance reserving is actuarial, not financial — errors emerge slowly