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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

October 23, 2019
(Date of Report - Date of Earliest Event Reported)
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FIRSTCASH, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
001-10960
75-2237318
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 
1600 West 7th Street
 
Fort Worth
 
Texas
 
76126
 
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(817) 335-1100
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

NONE
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
FCFS
The Nasdaq Stock Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company    



If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.    



Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On October 23, 2019, FirstCash, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2019 and the Board of Directors’ declaration of a fourth quarter cash dividend of $0.27 per common share (the “Earnings Release”). The Earnings Release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference in its entirety into this Item 2.02.

The information provided in this Item 2.02, including the Earnings Release, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by the specific reference in such filing.

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(d) Exhibits:
 
 
 
 
 
 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: October 23, 2019
FIRSTCASH, INC.
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
/s/ R. DOUGLAS ORR
 
R. Douglas Orr
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
(As Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


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Exhibit

EXHIBIT 99.1
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FirstCash Reports Record Third Quarter Earnings Results;
Store Count Now at 2,665 Locations with 258 Units Added Year-to-Date;
Increases Quarterly Dividend by 8% to $0.27 per Share
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Fort Worth, Texas (October 23, 2019) -- FirstCash, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: FCFS), the leading international operator of over 2,600 retail pawn stores in the U.S. and Latin America, today announced operating results, including record revenues and earnings per share, for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2019.

Mr. Rick Wessel, chief executive officer, stated, “We had outstanding third quarter results driven by the strength of revenue growth and earnings from core pawn operations. Latin American revenues grew 19% for the quarter and 21% on a constant currency basis, while U.S. results continued to realize growth in retail sales and margins, pawn fees and segment income from pawn operations. The Company continued to add store locations during the third quarter, with year-to-date acquisitions now totaling 183 stores, primarily in Mexico, and 75 additions through de novo store openings in Mexico, Guatemala and Colombia.”

In addition, the Board of Directors declared a $0.27 per share quarterly cash dividend, an increase of 8% compared to the previous quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share. “Utilizing our strong balance sheet and cash flows, year-to-date, FirstCash has opened or acquired 258 locations, repurchased $67 million of common stock and has increased the annualized dividend to $1.08 per share,” Mr. Wessel concluded.

This release contains adjusted earnings measures, which exclude merger and other acquisition expenses, certain non-cash foreign currency exchange gains and losses and non-recurring consumer lending wind-down costs, which are non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to the descriptions and reconciliations to GAAP of these and other non-GAAP financial measures at the end of this release.

 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
 
As Reported (GAAP)
 
Adjusted (Non-GAAP)
In thousands, except per share amounts
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Revenue
 
$
452,459

 
$
429,878

 
$
452,459

 
$
429,878

Net income
 
$
34,761

 
$
33,325

 
$
36,246

 
$
35,587

Diluted earnings per share
 
$
0.81

 
$
0.76

 
$
0.84

 
$
0.81

EBITDA (non-GAAP measure)
 
$
68,131

 
$
62,304

 
$
70,173

 
$
65,526

Weighted-average diluted shares
 
43,167

 
44,116

 
43,167

 
44,116


 
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
As Reported (GAAP)
 
Adjusted (Non-GAAP)
In thousands, except per share amounts
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Revenue
 
$
1,366,077

 
$
1,299,650

 
$
1,366,077

 
$
1,299,650

Net income
 
$
110,464

 
$
105,131

 
$
114,064

 
$
109,089

Diluted earnings per share
 
$
2.55

 
$
2.33

 
$
2.63

 
$
2.41

EBITDA (non-GAAP measure)
 
$
209,203

 
$
193,595

 
$
213,959

 
$
199,169

Weighted-average diluted shares
 
43,358

 
45,204

 
43,358

 
45,204




Earnings Highlights
Diluted earnings per share increased 7% on a GAAP basis and 4% on a non-GAAP adjusted basis in the third quarter of 2019 compared to the prior-year quarter. For the nine month year-to-date period, diluted earnings per share increased 9% on both a GAAP and adjusted non-GAAP basis.
Year-over-year comparative earnings per share growth was negatively impacted by several notable, non-core or non-operational items including:
Expected contraction in non-core consumer lending operations and costs associated with the wind-down of the Company’s consumer lending operations in Ohio reduced third quarter 2019 earnings per share by approximately $0.07 on a GAAP basis and $0.06 on an adjusted non-GAAP basis, compared to the same prior-year period, and on a year-to-date basis reduced GAAP and adjusted non-GAAP earnings per share by approximately $0.19 and $0.13, respectively. See the “Consumer Lending Contraction and Ohio Wind-Down Costs” section below.
The impact of weaker foreign currency translation and a net foreign exchange loss represented an earnings headwind of $0.03 per share in both the third quarter and year-to-date period compared to the respective prior-year periods.
An increase in the consolidated effective income tax rate negatively impacted comparative earnings by approximately $0.05 per share for the third quarter and $0.06 per share for the full year compared to the respective prior-year periods.
The sum of these impacts on earnings per share were approximately $0.15 for the quarter and $0.28 year-to-date on a GAAP basis, and $0.14 for the quarter and $0.22 year-to-date on a non-GAAP adjusted basis.
Segment earnings in Latin America increased 12% on a U.S. dollar basis and 14% on a constant currency basis for the third quarter compared to the prior-year quarter.
U.S. segment earnings increased 2% for the third quarter on a GAAP basis. Excluding the reduction in earnings from non-core consumer lending operations and wind-down costs in Ohio (a non-GAAP measure), U.S. segment earnings increased 8% for the quarter compared to the prior-year quarter.
Consolidated retail sales margins increased to 37% for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to 36% in the respective prior-year periods.
For the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2019, consolidated revenues totaled $1.8 billion, net income was $159 million and adjusted EBITDA totaled $299 million.
Growth in EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA during 2019 outpaced growth in net income and adjusted net income, increasing 9% and 7%, respectively, in the third quarter of 2019 compared to the prior-year quarter. These increases would have been even greater except for the impact from the contraction in non-core consumer lending operations as described above.
Cash flow from operating activities for the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2019 totaled $233 million, while adjusted free cash flow, a non-GAAP financial measure, was $213 million for the twelve months ended September 30, 2019.

Acquisitions and Store Opening Highlights
A total of 16 de novo locations were opened during the third quarter, all in Latin America. Year-to-date, a total of 75 new stores have been opened in Latin America, which compares to 43 new stores opened at the same point a year ago. The 75 store openings this year include 58 in Mexico, 13 in Guatemala and four in Colombia.
The Company acquired a total of five franchised Prendamex locations in Mexico during the third quarter of 2019. Year-to-date, a total of 183 stores have been acquired, including 163 stores in Latin America and 20 stores in the U.S.


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Over the trailing twelve-month period ended September 30, 2019, the Company has added a total of 300 locations, representing a 10% increase in the number of pawn stores. Over 90% of the stores added in the last twelve months are located in Latin America where the number of pawn stores has increased by 20% over the same twelve-month period.
As of September 30, 2019, the Company operated 2,665 stores, with 1,612 stores in Latin America, representing 60% of the total store base, and 1,053 stores in the U.S. The Latin American locations include 1,539 stores in Mexico, 52 stores in Guatemala, 13 stores in El Salvador and eight stores in Colombia, while the U.S. stores are located in 24 states and the District of Columbia.

Note: Certain growth rates in “Latin America Operations” below are calculated on a constant currency basis, a non-GAAP financial measure defined at the end of this release and reconciled to the most comparable GAAP measures in the financial statements in this release. The average Mexican peso to U.S. dollar exchange rate for the three-month period ended September 30, 2019 was 19.4 pesos / dollar, an unfavorable change of 2% versus the comparable prior-year period, and for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019 was 19.3 pesos / dollar, an unfavorable change of 2% versus the prior-year period.

Latin America Operations
LatAm segment pre-tax operating income for the quarter increased 12%, or 14% on a constant currency basis, compared to the third quarter of 2018. The year-to-date segment pre-tax operating income increased 18%, or 19% on a constant currency basis.
Driven by store additions and same-store revenue growth, total Latin America revenues for the third quarter of 2019 were a record $168 million, an increase of 19% on a U.S. dollar basis and 21% on a constant currency basis, as compared to the third quarter of 2018. Year-to-date, total Latin America revenues increased 23% on a U.S. dollar basis and 24% on a constant currency basis, as compared to the prior-year period.
The strong revenue growth included a 20% increase in retail sales and a 16% increase in pawn fees compared to the prior-year quarter. On a constant currency basis, retail sales and pawn fees increased 23% and 18%, respectively, as compared to the prior-year quarter.
Same-store core pawn revenues increased 4% on a U.S. dollar translated basis and 6% on a constant currency basis, which represented the third sequential quarterly increase in this number. By component, same-store retail sales increased 5% on a U.S. dollar basis and 8% on a constant currency basis compared to the prior-year quarter. While same-store pawn fees were flat on a U.S. dollar basis, they were up 2% on a constant currency basis.
Pawn loans outstanding totaled a record $115 million at September 30, 2019, increasing 6% on a U.S. dollar translated basis and 10% on a constant currency basis versus the prior year. Same-store pawn loans at quarter end decreased 2% on a U.S. dollar translated basis, while they increased 2% on a constant currency basis, compared to the prior year.
Segment retail margins were 34% in the third quarter and 35% year-to-date compared to 35% in both prior-year periods. The slight third quarter margin compression was experienced primarily in the first half of the quarter with margins improving in September and thus far in October.
Inventory turns in Latin America for the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2019 remained strong at 3.7 times, while inventories aged greater than one year as of September 30, 2019 remained low at 1%.
Store operating expenses increased 20% for the quarter, or 23% on a constant currency basis, driven primarily by the 20% increase in the number of stores in Latin America over the past twelve months. Same-store operating expenses increased 1% in the third quarter of 2019, or 3% on a constant currency basis.

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U.S. Operations
U.S. segment pre-tax operating income for the quarter increased 2% compared to the third quarter of 2018, which included the significant impact of the accelerated contraction in non-core consumer lending operations in 2019 (see the “Consumer Lending Contraction and Ohio Wind-Down Costs” section below). Excluding the contribution from non-core consumer lending and Ohio wind-down costs, the adjusted U.S. segment pre-tax operating income (a non-GAAP measure) for the quarter increased 8% compared to the prior-year quarter, primarily due to improved retail margins and pawn loan yields. Year-to-date, the segment pre-tax operating income increased 1% while increasing 7% on an adjusted non-GAAP basis.
Total revenues for the third quarter were $284 million, a decrease of 1% compared to the third quarter of 2018, which reflected an anticipated 82% decline, or $12 million, in non-core consumer loan and credit services fees. Core revenues from pawn fees and retail sales increased 3% for the quarter and 2% year-to-date.
Net revenue (or gross profit), which was also impacted by the declines in non-core consumer lending operations in 2019, increased 1% for the third quarter of 2019. More importantly, net revenue from core pawn operations increased 4% compared to the prior-year quarter as a result of the continued improvements in both retail sales margins and pawn yields as highlighted below.
Despite continued growth of online retailing in general, the Company’s retail sales, which are almost exclusively generated from brick and mortar locations, increased 4% in total and 3% on a same-store basis compared to the prior-year quarter. In addition to the top-line retail sales growth, the Company was able to increase retail sales margins to 38% for both the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2019 compared to 37% and 36% in the respective prior-year periods.
Total pawn fees increased 2% and same-store pawn fees increased 1% in the third quarter compared to the prior-year quarter as pawn yields improved by 5% quarter-over-quarter.
Pawn loans outstanding at September 30, 2019 totaled $271 million, a decrease of 3% in total and on a same-store basis. While same-store pawn balances improved slightly sequentially, the overall decrease was due primarily to the continued focus on increasing the volume of direct purchases of goods from customers in the legacy Cash America stores not interested in a pawn loan, which resulted in a 22% increase in the percentage of such direct purchase transactions for the quarter as compared to the prior-year quarter. Additionally, purchased inventory typically turns faster and has higher margins than forfeited items.
Inventories at September 30, 2019 declined $15 million, or 8%, primarily from further strategic reductions in overall inventory levels. As of September 30, 2019, U.S. inventories aged greater than one year were 3% compared to 4% aged inventories a year ago.
Inventory turns in the U.S. increased to 2.8 times for the trailing twelve month period ended September 30, 2019 compared to 2.7 times for the twelve month period ended September 30, 2018. Inventory turns in the U.S. are slower than in Latin America due to the larger jewelry component in the U.S. compared to a greater general merchandise inventory component in Latin America.
Consumer Lending Contraction and Ohio Wind-Down Costs
As previously disclosed, the Company ceased offering unsecured consumer lending products in all of its Ohio locations, effective April 26, 2019, in response to state-level regulatory changes impacting such products. As a result, 52 of the Company’s Ohio Cashland locations, whose revenue was derived primarily from such unsecured consumer lending products, were closed during the second quarter. Despite the loss of consumer lending revenues, the remaining 67 locations in Ohio are expected to have sufficient pawn revenues to continue operating profitably as full-service pawnshops.
As a result of the wind-down of the Ohio consumer lending business, the Company incurred non-recurring exit costs of approximately $0.6 million and $2.5 million, net of tax, for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended September 30, 2019, respectively, which have been excluded from adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share. These charges include increased loan loss provisions, employee severance costs, lease termination costs and other exit costs.

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In addition, the Company closed two other stand-alone consumer loan stores and ceased offering unsecured consumer loans and/or credit services as ancillary products in 78 of its pawnshops located in Texas, Louisiana and Kentucky during the first nine months of 2019. The Company currently offers unsecured consumer loans and/or credit services in only 81 U.S. locations, of which 75 are full-service pawnshops offering such services as ancillary products. The Company expects to further reduce locations offering such products in the future.
Driven by the Ohio store closings and the Company’s continued de-emphasis on consumer lending operations, U.S. consumer lending revenues declined $12 million in the third quarter, or 82%, and $24 million for the year-to-date period, or 57%, compared to the respective prior-year periods.
Cash Dividend and Stock Repurchases
The Board of Directors declared a $0.27 per share fourth quarter cash dividend on common shares outstanding, which will be paid on November 29, 2019 to stockholders of record as of November 15, 2019. On an annualized basis, the dividend is now $1.08 per share, representing an 8% increase in the annualized payout. Any future dividends are subject to approval by the Company’s Board of Directors.
During the third quarter, the Company repurchased 80,000 shares at an aggregate cost of $8 million and an average per share cost of $93.30. Year-to-date, the Company has repurchased 751,000 shares for an aggregate price of $67 million at an average price of $89.13 per share.
Since the merger with Cash America in September 2016 and through the third quarter of 2019, the Company has repurchased a total of 5,710,000 shares, or 28% of the shares issued as a result of the merger, at an average repurchase price of $76.09 per share, resulting in a 12% reduction in the total number of shares outstanding immediately following the merger.
Subsequent to quarter end and through October 22, 2019, the Company repurchased an additional 203,000 shares at an aggregate cost of $18 million and an average cost of $90.66 per share, leaving $57 million available for future repurchases under the current share repurchase program. Future share repurchases are subject to expected liquidity, debt covenant restrictions and other relevant factors.
Liquidity and Return Metrics
The Company generated $233 million of cash flow from operations and $213 million in adjusted free cash flow during the twelve months ended September 30, 2019 compared to $246 million of cash flow from operations and $244 million of adjusted free cash flow during the same prior-year period. Current period free cash flow includes the impact of accelerated store expansion activities in Latin America, while the prior-year comparative amount included a $21 million cash inflow from a non-recurring tax refund related to the merger and larger than normal cash inflows related to the liquidation of excess inventories in the legacy Cash America stores.
The Company continues to maintain excellent liquidity ratios while funding share repurchases totaling $84 million, dividends of $43 million and acquisitions of $58 million during the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2019. The net debt ratio, which is calculated using a non-GAAP financial measure, for the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2019 was 1.9 to 1.
Return on assets for the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2019 was 7% while return on tangible assets was 15% for the same period, which compared to 8% and 15% returns, respectively, for the comparable prior-year period. The return on assets for the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2019 was negatively impacted by the first-time inclusion of the operating lease right of use asset, arising from the implementation of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s new lease accounting standard, which was not included on the balance sheet prior to January 1, 2019. Return on tangible assets is a non-GAAP financial measure and is calculated by excluding goodwill, intangible assets, net and the operating lease right of use asset from the respective return calculations.
Return on equity was 12% for the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2019 while return on tangible equity was 51%. This compares to returns of 12% and 38%, respectively, for the comparable prior-year period. Return on tangible equity is a non-GAAP financial measure and is calculated by excluding goodwill and intangible assets, net from the respective return calculations.

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2019 Outlook
Adjusted non-GAAP diluted earnings per share for 2019 is expected to remain within the range of $3.85 to $4.00. The full-year 2019 guidance range represents an increase of 9% to 13% over the prior-year adjusted earnings per share of $3.53. As described below, the guidance for 2019 includes the impact of an expected net reduction in U.S. segment earnings from unsecured consumer lending operations of approximately $0.25 to $0.27 per share, negative foreign currency headwinds of approximately $0.04 to $0.06 per share and a $0.07 to $0.11 per share impact from a higher blended effective income tax rate. Excluding these impacts at their midpoint estimates, estimated earnings per share in 2019 would increase in a range of 20% to 25% compared to 2018.
The earnings guidance for full-year 2019 is presented on a non-GAAP basis, as it does not include merger and other acquisition expenses, certain non-cash foreign currency exchange gains and losses and non-recurring consumer lending wind-down costs. Given the difficulty in predicting the amount and timing of these amounts, the Company cannot reasonably provide a full reconciliation of adjusted guidance to GAAP guidance.  However, based on expenses incurred year-to-date, the Company expects estimated GAAP basis full-year 2019 diluted earnings per share to be within the range of $3.77 to $3.92, compared to the prior-year GAAP basis diluted earnings per share of $3.41.
The estimate of expected adjusted non-GAAP diluted earnings per share for 2019 includes the following assumptions:
An anticipated earnings drag of approximately $0.25 to $0.27 per share during 2019, primarily due to the wind-down of unsecured consumer loan products in Ohio and further strategic reductions in consumer lending operations outside of Ohio. The Company is currently modeling total consumer lending revenues for 2019 to be approximately $20 million, which represents an estimated 65% reduction compared to 2018 consumer lending revenues. The Company expects revenues from unsecured consumer lending products in the fourth quarter of 2019 to be less than $2 million, which accounts for less than 0.5% of estimated total fourth quarter revenues.
On a full-year basis, the impact of foreign currency represents an expected earnings headwind of approximately $0.04 to $0.06 per share for 2019 when compared to 2018 results, which includes an estimated net foreign exchange loss of $0.02 per share and expected headwinds from the decrease in the average value of the Mexican peso in 2019 of $0.02 to $0.04 per share. Each full Mexican peso change in the exchange rate to the U.S. dollar represents approximately $0.10 to $0.12 per share of annualized earnings impact. Given continued volatility, the Company continues to use an estimated average foreign currency exchange rate of 20.0 Mexican pesos / U.S. dollar for the fourth quarter of 2019.
The effective income tax rate is expected to range from 27.5% to 28.0% for 2019, which is an increase over the 2018 effective rate of 26.1% (adjusted for the $1.5 million non-recurring tax benefit recognized in 2018 as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) and represents an earnings headwind of approximately $0.07 to $0.11 per share as compared to 2018 results. The increased rate is due in part to the increasing share of earnings from Latin America, where corporate tax rates are higher, an expected reduction in a foreign permanent tax benefit related to an inflation index adjustment allowed under Mexico tax law due to an anticipated lower inflation rate in Mexico compared to the prior year and an increase in certain non-deductible expenses resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Plans to open 85 or more new full-service pawn stores in 2019 in Latin America, which includes targeted openings of 68 stores in Mexico, 13 stores in Guatemala and four stores in Colombia. The increased number of projected store openings in 2019 combined with the first half front-loading of new store openings will cause an expected additional drag to earnings of approximately $0.02 to $0.03 per share compared to last year.


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Additional Commentary and Analysis

Mr. Wessel further commented, “FirstCash had another strong quarter, posting record third quarter revenues, adjusted net income and adjusted EBITDA. We continue to successfully execute on our growth strategy and have added 258 stores during the first nine months of the year. Additionally, we believe there are further revenue and expense synergies to be realized out of the 529 stores that we have acquired in Mexico since 2018 that have started to roll into the same-store comparable base.

“In Latin America, revenue growth for the quarter continued at an impressive rate of 21% on a constant currency basis and stands at 24% growth on a constant currency basis for the year-to-date period. Retail sales growth was especially strong as we continued the integration of the Prendamex acquisitions with a significant emphasis on improving retail operations. There are now 184 Prendamex stores in the same-store comp base, which represents approximately one-third of the total Prendamex stores acquired, and the revenues from these stores increased approximately 30% in the third quarter compared to the same quarter last year, driven largely by 63% growth in same-store retail sales.

“Pawn loan fees in Latin America increased 18% over last year on a local currency basis. Same-store fees grew as well, but at a slower rate, which the Company attributes in part to increased governmental support for social welfare programs for lower income consumers under the new federal administration in Mexico. However, our past experience with these types of programs leads us to believe that it will have a limited long-term impact on pawn demand.

“Our focus on further long-term growth in Latin America continues to be supported by our strategic acquisitions and store opening activities. We have acquired 163 Latin American locations year-to-date and are on pace to open at least 85 new locations. While the record level of store opening activities are a slight drag on current year earnings, these locations are expected to be additive to earnings next year and beyond.

“U.S. pawn results were impressive as well, primarily driven by further improvements in retail margins and increased yields on pawn receivables. As a result, net revenue from pawn fees and retail sales grew 4% and the combined yield on earnings assets (pawn loans and inventories) has improved from 134% to 146% comparing the trailing twelve months of this year to the prior-year period. Combined with continued expense discipline, the segment contribution from pawn operations increased 8%, which is an impressive number for our very mature U.S. store base.

“Our balance sheet and cash flows remain strong, as does our access to favorable long-term credit facilities. Our first priority is to continue deploying capital to support store additions from opening new stores and making strategic acquisitions. We have ample cash flows and capital to also support our dividend and stock buyback programs. Since the merger with Cash America, we have repurchased 5.7 million shares and paid out dividends totaling $119 million through quarter end. Today, we are pleased to announce the increased dividend, which represents the fourth consecutive year that we have increased our dividend.

“Our guidance for full year 2019 earnings remains unchanged from last quarter. While core pawn results in the U.S. are running ahead of our previous forecast, we are slightly more cautious about pawn loan demand in Mexico for the time being and the non-operational impacts of foreign currency headwind and slightly higher effective income tax rates as we enter the fourth quarter.

“We remain committed as always to creating long-term shareholder value through revenue and earnings growth coupled with significant additional returns through dividends and stock repurchases. Our trailing twelve month adjusted EBITDA reached $299 million, another record that we believe will continue to grow as we execute on our objectives,” concluded Mr. Wessel, chief executive officer.


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About FirstCash

FirstCash is the leading international operator of pawn stores with more than 2,600 retail pawn locations and more than 21,000 employees in 24 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and in Latin America. The Company currently operates in Mexico and the countries of Guatemala, El Salvador and Colombia. FirstCash focuses on serving cash and credit constrained consumers through its retail pawn locations, which buy and sell a wide variety of jewelry, consumer electronics, tools, household appliances, sporting goods, musical instruments and other merchandise, and make small consumer pawn loans secured by pledged personal property.

FirstCash is a component company in both the Standard & Poor’s MidCap 400 Index® and the Russell 2000 Index®. FirstCash’s common stock (ticker symbol “FCFS”) is traded on the Nasdaq, the creator of the world’s first electronic stock market. For additional information regarding FirstCash and the services it provides, visit FirstCash’s websites located at http://www.firstcash.com and http://www.cashamerica.com.

Forward-Looking Information
 
This release contains forward-looking statements about the business, financial condition and prospects of FirstCash, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (together, the “Company”). Forward-looking statements, as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “outlook,” “believes,” “projects,” “expects,” “may,” “estimates,” “should,” “plans,” “targets,” “intends,” “could,” “would,” “anticipates,” “potential,” “confident,” “optimistic,” or the negative thereof, or other variations thereon, or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, objectives, estimates, guidance, expectations and future plans. Forward-looking statements can also be identified by the fact that these statements do not relate strictly to historical or current matters. Rather, forward-looking statements relate to anticipated or expected events, activities, trends or results. Because forward-looking statements relate to matters that have not yet occurred, these statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties.
 
While the Company believes the expectations reflected in forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurances such expectations will prove to be accurate. Security holders are cautioned such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Certain factors may cause results to differ materially from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements made in this release. Such factors may include, without limitation, the risks, uncertainties and regulatory developments discussed and described in the Company’s 2018 annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 5, 2019, including the risks described in Part 1, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” thereof, and other reports filed subsequently by the Company with the SEC. Many of these risks and uncertainties are beyond the ability of the Company to control, nor can the Company predict, in many cases, all of the risks and uncertainties that could cause its actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this release speak only as of the date of this release, and the Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to report any updates or revisions to any such statement to reflect any change in the Company’s expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based, except as required by law.

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FIRSTCASH, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(unaudited, in thousands, except per share amounts)
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail merchandise sales
 
$
281,358

 
$
256,417

 
$
844,353

 
$
782,000

Pawn loan fees
 
142,879

 
134,613

 
420,994

 
387,418

Wholesale scrap jewelry sales
 
25,661

 
24,650

 
82,352

 
86,850

Consumer loan and credit services fees
 
2,561

 
14,198

 
18,378

 
43,382

Total revenue
 
452,459

 
429,878

 
1,366,077

 
1,299,650

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of retail merchandise sold
 
178,597

 
163,287

 
534,218

 
501,358

Cost of wholesale scrap jewelry sold
 
22,660

 
23,859

 
76,947

 
80,430

Consumer loan and credit services loss provision
 
223

 
5,474

 
3,829

 
13,095

Total cost of revenue
 
201,480

 
192,620

 
614,994

 
594,883

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net revenue
 
250,979

 
237,258

 
751,083

 
704,767

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Expenses and other income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Store operating expenses (1)
 
149,819

 
141,720

 
445,018

 
418,111

Administrative expenses
 
30,576

 
29,977

 
94,426

 
87,699

Depreciation and amortization
 
10,674

 
10,850

 
31,058

 
33,085

Interest expense
 
8,922

 
7,866

 
25,840

 
20,593

Interest income
 
(429
)
 
(495
)
 
(788
)
 
(2,216
)
Merger and other acquisition expenses
 
805

 
3,222

 
1,510

 
5,574

Loss (gain) on foreign exchange (1)
 
1,648

 
35

 
926

 
(212
)
Total expenses and other income
 
202,015

 
193,175

 
597,990

 
562,634

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income before income taxes
 
48,964

 
44,083

 
153,093

 
142,133

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Provision for income taxes
 
14,203

 
10,758

 
42,629

 
37,002

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
 
$
34,761

 
$
33,325

 
$
110,464

 
$
105,131

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings per share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
$
0.81

 
$
0.76

 
$
2.56

 
$
2.33

Diluted
 
$
0.81

 
$
0.76

 
$
2.55

 
$
2.33

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted-average shares outstanding:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
42,957

 
43,981

 
43,183

 
45,107

Diluted
 
43,167

 
44,116

 
43,358

 
45,204

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dividends declared per common share
 
$
0.25

 
$
0.22

 
$
0.75

 
$
0.66


(1) 
The loss on foreign exchange of $35,000 and gain on foreign exchange of $0.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively, was reclassified on the consolidated statements of income in order to conform with the presentation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019. The loss (gain) on foreign exchange was reclassified from store operating expenses and reported separately on the consolidated statements of income.


9


FIRSTCASH, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited, in thousands)
 
 
September 30,
 
December 31,
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2018
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
61,183

 
$
57,025

 
$
71,793

Fees and service charges receivable
 
48,587

 
49,141

 
45,430

Pawn loans
 
385,907

 
387,733

 
362,941

Consumer loans, net
 
895

 
17,804

 
15,902

Inventories
 
281,921

 
277,438

 
275,130

Income taxes receivable
 
1,944

 
1,065

 
1,379

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
9,275

 
18,396

 
17,317

Total current assets
 
789,712

 
808,602

 
789,892

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Property and equipment, net
 
300,087

 
250,088

 
251,645

Operating lease right of use asset (1)
 
288,460

 

 

Goodwill
 
936,562

 
906,322

 
917,419

Intangible assets, net
 
86,468

 
88,900

 
88,140

Other assets
 
10,880

 
50,635

 
49,238

Deferred tax assets
 
10,624

 
11,933

 
11,640

Total assets
 
$
2,422,793

 
$
2,116,480

 
$
2,107,974

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
 
$
81,999

 
$
103,223

 
$
96,928

Customer deposits
 
41,686

 
35,874

 
35,368

Income taxes payable
 
713

 
279

 
749

Lease liability, current (1)
 
83,328

 

 

Total current liabilities
 
207,726

 
139,376

 
133,045

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revolving unsecured credit facility
 
340,000

 
305,000

 
295,000

Senior unsecured notes
 
296,394

 
295,722

 
295,887

Deferred tax liabilities
 
61,240

 
52,149

 
54,854

Lease liability, non-current (1)
 
181,257

 

 

Other liabilities
 

 
12,505

 
11,084

Total liabilities
 
1,086,617

 
804,752

 
789,870

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stockholders’ equity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Preferred stock
 

 

 

Common stock
 
493

 
493

 
493

Additional paid-in capital
 
1,229,793

 
1,222,947

 
1,224,608

Retained earnings
 
684,865

 
569,691

 
606,810

Accumulated other comprehensive loss
 
(113,516
)
 
(97,970
)
 
(113,117
)
Common stock held in treasury, at cost
 
(465,459
)
 
(383,433
)
 
(400,690
)
Total stockholders’ equity
 
1,336,176

 
1,311,728

 
1,318,104

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
 
$
2,422,793

 
$
2,116,480

 
$
2,107,974


(1) 
The Company adopted ASC 842 prospectively as of January 1, 2019, using the transition method that required prospective application from the adoption date. As a result of the transition method used, ASC 842 was not applied to periods prior to adoption and the adoption of ASC 842 had no impact on the Company’s comparative prior periods presented.

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FIRSTCASH, INC.
OPERATING INFORMATION
(UNAUDITED)

The Company’s reportable segments are as follows:

Latin America operations - Includes all pawn and consumer loan operations in Latin America, which includes operations in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Colombia.
U.S. operations - Includes all pawn and consumer loan operations in the U.S.

The Company provides revenues, cost of revenues, store operating expenses, pre-tax operating income and earning assets by segment. Store operating expenses include salary and benefit expense of store-level employees, occupancy costs, bank charges, security, insurance, utilities, supplies and other costs incurred by the stores.

Latin America Operations Segment Results

The Company’s management reviews and analyzes certain operating results in Latin America on a constant currency basis because the Company believes this better represents the Company’s underlying business trends. Constant currency results are non-GAAP financial measures, which exclude the effects of foreign currency translation and are calculated by translating current-year results at prior-year average exchange rates. The scrap jewelry generated in Latin America is sold and settled in U.S. dollars, and therefore wholesale scrap jewelry sales revenue is not affected by foreign currency translation. A small percentage of the operating and administrative expenses in Latin America are also billed and paid in U.S. dollars, which are not affected by foreign currency translation. Amounts presented on a constant currency basis are denoted as such. See the “Constant Currency Results” section below for additional discussion of constant currency results.


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FIRSTCASH, INC.
OPERATING INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
(UNAUDITED)

The following table details earning assets, which consist of pawn loans and inventories as well as other earning asset metrics of the Latin America operations segment as of September 30, 2019 as compared to September 30, 2018 (dollars in thousands, except as otherwise noted):

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Constant Currency Basis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As of
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
September 30,
 
 
 
As of September 30,
 
Increase /
 
2019
 
Increase
 
2019
 
2018
 
(Decrease)
 
(Non-GAAP)
 
(Non-GAAP)
Latin America Operations Segment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earning assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pawn loans
$
115,248

 
$
108,924

 
 
6
 %
 
 
$
120,116

 
 
10
%
 
Inventories
 
96,552

 
 
77,034

 
 
25
 %
 
 
100,655

 
 
31
%
 
 
$
211,800

 
$
185,958

 
 
14
 %
 
 
$
220,771

 
 
19
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average outstanding pawn loan amount (in ones)
$
66

 
$
68

 
 
(3
)%
 
 
$
69

 
 
1
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Composition of pawn collateral:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
General merchandise
72
%
 
77
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jewelry
28
%
 
23
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Composition of inventories:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
General merchandise
73
%
 
73
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jewelry
27
%
 
27
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Percentage of inventory aged greater than one year
1.2
%
 
0.4
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




12


FIRSTCASH, INC.
OPERATING INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
(UNAUDITED)

The following table presents segment pre-tax operating income of the Latin America operations segment for the three months ended September 30, 2019 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2018 (dollars in thousands):

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Constant Currency Basis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
September 30,
 
Increase /
 
 
September 30,
 
Increase /
 
2019
 
(Decrease)
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
(Decrease)
 
(Non-GAAP)
 
(Non-GAAP)
Latin America Operations Segment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail merchandise sales
 
$
113,266

 
$
94,416

 
 
20
 %
 
 
$
115,867

 
 
23
 %
 
Pawn loan fees
 
47,754

 
41,269

 
 
16
 %
 
 
48,847

 
 
18
 %
 
Wholesale scrap jewelry sales
 
7,292

 
5,846

 
 
25
 %
 
 
7,292

 
 
25
 %
 
Consumer loan fees (1)
 

 
116

 
 
(100
)%
 
 

 
 
(100
)%
 
Total revenue
 
168,312

 
141,647

 
 
19
 %
 
 
172,006

 
 
21
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of retail merchandise sold
 
74,869

 
60,917

 
 
23
 %
 
 
76,586

 
 
26
 %
 
Cost of wholesale scrap jewelry sold
 
6,443

 
6,264

 
 
3
 %
 
 
6,590

 
 
5
 %
 
Consumer loan loss provision (1)
 

 
54

 
 
(100
)%
 
 

 
 
(100
)%
 
Total cost of revenue
 
81,312

 
67,235

 
 
21
 %
 
 
83,176

 
 
24
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net revenue
 
87,000

 
74,412

 
 
17
 %
 
 
88,830

 
 
19
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Segment expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Store operating expenses (2)
 
46,504

 
38,765

 
 
20
 %
 
 
47,532

 
 
23
 %
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
3,795

 
2,915

 
 
30
 %
 
 
3,885

 
 
33
 %
 
Total segment expenses
 
50,299

 
41,680

 
 
21
 %
 
 
51,417

 
 
23
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Segment pre-tax operating income
 
$
36,701

 
$
32,732

 
 
12
 %
 
 
$
37,413

 
 
14
 %
 

(1) 
The Company discontinued offering an unsecured consumer loan product in Latin America, effective June 30, 2018.

(2) 
The loss on foreign exchange for the Latin America operations segment of $35,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2018 was reclassified on the consolidated statements of income in order to conform with the presentation for the three months ended September 30, 2019. The loss on foreign exchange was reclassified from store operating expenses and reported separately on the consolidated statements of income.







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FIRSTCASH, INC.
OPERATING INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
(UNAUDITED)

The following table presents segment pre-tax operating income of the Latin America operations segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2018 (dollars in thousands):

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Constant Currency Basis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nine Months
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
September 30,
 
Increase /
 
 
September 30,
 
Increase /
 
2019
 
(Decrease)
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
(Decrease)
 
(Non-GAAP)
 
(Non-GAAP)
Latin America Operations Segment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail merchandise sales
 
$
320,528

 
$
267,506

 
 
20
 %
 
 
$
324,425

 
 
21
 %
 
Pawn loan fees
 
137,867

 
110,007

 
 
25
 %
 
 
139,528

 
 
27
 %
 
Wholesale scrap jewelry sales
 
25,410

 
16,456

 
 
54
 %
 
 
25,410

 
 
54
 %
 
Consumer loan fees (1)
 

 
860

 
 
(100
)%
 
 

 
 
(100
)%
 
Total revenue
 
483,805

 
394,829

 
 
23
 %
 
 
489,363

 
 
24
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of retail merchandise sold
 
208,084

 
173,100

 
 
20
 %
 
 
210,625

 
 
22
 %
 
Cost of wholesale scrap jewelry sold
 
24,607

 
16,227

 
 
52
 %
 
 
24,898

 
 
53
 %
 
Consumer loan loss provision (1)
 

 
221

 
 
(100
)%
 
 

 
 
(100
)%
 
Total cost of revenue
 
232,691

 
189,548

 
 
23
 %
 
 
235,523

 
 
24
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net revenue
 
251,114

 
205,281

 
 
22
 %
 
 
253,840

 
 
24
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Segment expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Store operating expenses (2)
 
134,810

 
107,148

 
 
26
 %
 
 
136,457

 
 
27
 %
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
10,679

 
8,364

 
 
28
 %
 
 
10,821

 
 
29
 %
 
Total segment expenses
 
145,489

 
115,512

 
 
26
 %
 
 
147,278

 
 
28
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Segment pre-tax operating income
 
$
105,625

 
$
89,769

 
 
18
 %
 
 
$
106,562

 
 
19
 %
 

(1) 
The Company discontinued offering an unsecured consumer loan product in Latin America, effective June 30, 2018.

(2) 
The gain on foreign exchange for the Latin America operations segment of $0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 was reclassified on the consolidated statements of income in order to conform with the presentation for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The gain on foreign exchange was reclassified from store operating expenses and reported separately on the consolidated statements of income.


14


FIRSTCASH, INC.
OPERATING INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
(UNAUDITED)

U.S. Operations Segment Results

The following table details earning assets, which consist of pawn loans, inventories and consumer loans, net as well as other earning asset metrics of the U.S. operations segment as of September 30, 2019 as compared to September 30, 2018 (dollars in thousands, except as otherwise noted):

 
As of September 30,
 
Increase /
 
2019
 
2018
 
(Decrease)
U.S. Operations Segment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earning assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pawn loans
$
270,659

 
$
278,809

 
 
(3
)%
 
Inventories
 
185,369

 
 
200,404

 
 
(8
)%
 
Consumer loans, net (1)
 
895

 
 
17,804

 
 
(95
)%
 
 
$
456,923

 
$
497,017

 
 
(8
)%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average outstanding pawn loan amount (in ones)
$
167

 
$
163

 
 
2
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Composition of pawn collateral:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
General merchandise
36
%
 
36
%
 
 
 
 
Jewelry
64
%
 
64
%
 
 
 
 
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Composition of inventories:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
General merchandise
47
%
 
42
%
 
 
 
 
Jewelry
53
%
 
58
%
 
 
 
 
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Percentage of inventory aged greater than one year
3
%
 
4
%
 
 
 
 

(1) 
The Company ceased offering unsecured consumer lending and credit services products in all its Ohio locations on April 26, 2019 and closed 52 Ohio locations during the second quarter of 2019. See “Consumer Lending Contraction and Ohio Wind-Down Costs” for further discussion.


15


FIRSTCASH, INC.
OPERATING INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
(UNAUDITED)

The following table presents segment pre-tax operating income of the U.S. operations segment for the three months ended September 30, 2019 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2018 (dollars in thousands):

 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
September 30,
 
Increase /
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
(Decrease)
U.S. Operations Segment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail merchandise sales
 
$
168,092

 
$
162,001

 
 
4
 %
 
Pawn loan fees
 
95,125

 
93,344

 
 
2
 %
 
Wholesale scrap jewelry sales
 
18,369

 
18,804

 
 
(2
)%
 
Consumer loan and credit services fees
 
2,561

 
14,082

 
 
(82
)%
 
Total revenue
 
284,147

 
288,231

 
 
(1
)%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of retail merchandise sold
 
103,728

 
102,370

 
 
1
 %
 
Cost of wholesale scrap jewelry sold
 
16,217

 
17,595

 
 
(8
)%
 
Consumer loan and credit services loss provision
 
223

 
5,420

 
 
(96
)%
 
Total cost of revenue
 
120,168

 
125,385

 
 
(4
)%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net revenue
 
163,979

 
162,846

 
 
1
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Segment expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Store operating expenses
 
103,315

 
102,955

 
 
 %
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
5,213

 
5,285

 
 
(1
)%
 
Total segment expenses
 
108,528

 
108,240

 
 
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Segment pre-tax operating income
 
$
55,451

 
$
54,606

 
 
2
 %
 












16


FIRSTCASH, INC.
OPERATING INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
(UNAUDITED)

The following table presents segment pre-tax operating income of the U.S. operations segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2018 (dollars in thousands):

 
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
September 30,
 
Increase /
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
(Decrease)
U.S. Operations Segment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail merchandise sales
 
$
523,825

 
$
514,494

 
 
2
 %
 
Pawn loan fees
 
283,127

 
277,411

 
 
2
 %
 
Wholesale scrap jewelry sales
 
56,942

 
70,394

 
 
(19
)%
 
Consumer loan and credit services fees
 
18,378

 
42,522

 
 
(57
)%
 
Total revenue
 
882,272

 
904,821

 
 
(2
)%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of retail merchandise sold
 
326,134

 
328,258

 
 
(1
)%
 
Cost of wholesale scrap jewelry sold
 
52,340

 
64,203

 
 
(18
)%
 
Consumer loan and credit services loss provision
 
3,829

 
12,874

 
 
(70
)%
 
Total cost of revenue
 
382,303

 
405,335

 
 
(6
)%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net revenue
 
499,969

 
499,486

 
 
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Segment expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Store operating expenses
 
310,208

 
310,963

 
 
 %
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
15,527

 
15,877

 
 
(2
)%
 
Total segment expenses
 
325,735

 
326,840

 
 
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Segment pre-tax operating income
 
$
174,234

 
$
172,646

 
 
1
 %
 


17


FIRSTCASH, INC.
OPERATING INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
(UNAUDITED)

Consolidated Results of Operations

The following table reconciles pre-tax operating income of the Company’s Latin America operations segment and U.S. operations segment discussed above to consolidated net income (in thousands):

 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Consolidated Results of Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Segment pre-tax operating income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Latin America operations segment pre-tax operating income (1)
$
36,701

 
$
32,732

 
$
105,625

 
$
89,769

U.S. operations segment pre-tax operating income
55,451

 
54,606

 
174,234

 
172,646

Consolidated segment pre-tax operating income
92,152

 
87,338

 
279,859

 
262,415

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate expenses and other income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Administrative expenses
30,576

 
29,977

 
94,426

 
87,699

Depreciation and amortization
1,666

 
2,650

 
4,852

 
8,844

Interest expense
8,922

 
7,866

 
25,840

 
20,593

Interest income
(429
)
 
(495
)
 
(788
)
 
(2,216
)
Merger and other acquisition expenses
805

 
3,222

 
1,510

 
5,574

Loss (gain) on foreign exchange (1)
1,648

 
35

 
926

 
(212
)
Total corporate expenses and other income
43,188

 
43,255

 
126,766

 
120,282

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income before income taxes
48,964

 
44,083

 
153,093

 
142,133

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Provision for income taxes
14,203

 
10,758

 
42,629

 
37,002

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
$
34,761

 
$
33,325

 
$
110,464

 
$
105,131


(1) 
The loss on foreign exchange of $35,000 and gain on foreign exchange of $0.2 million for the Latin America operations segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively, was reclassified on the consolidated statements of income in order to conform with the presentation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019. The loss (gain) on foreign exchange was reclassified from store operating expenses and reported separately on the consolidated statements of income.


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FIRSTCASH, INC.
STORE COUNT ACTIVITY

The following table details store count activity for the three months ended September 30, 2019:

 
 
 
 
Consumer
 
 
 
 
Pawn
 
Loan
 
Total
 
 
Locations (1)
 
Locations
 
Locations
Latin America operations segment:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total locations, beginning of period
 
1,592

 

 
1,592

New locations opened
 
16

 

 
16

Locations acquired
 
5

 

 
5

Locations closed or consolidated
 
(1
)
 

 
(1
)
Total locations, end of period
 
1,612

 

 
1,612

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. operations segment:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total locations, beginning of period
 
1,048

 
6

 
1,054

Locations closed or consolidated
 
(1
)
 

 
(1
)
Total locations, end of period
 
1,047

 
6

 
1,053

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total locations, beginning of period
 
2,640

 
6

 
2,646

New locations opened
 
16

 

 
16

Locations acquired
 
5

 

 
5

Locations closed or consolidated
 
(2
)
 

 
(2
)
Total locations, end of period
 
2,659

 
6

 
2,665


(1) 
At September 30, 2019, 75 of the U.S. pawn stores, primarily located in Texas, also offered consumer loans and/or credit services primarily as an ancillary product. This compares to 302 U.S. pawn locations which offered such products as of September 30, 2018.










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FIRSTCASH, INC.
STORE COUNT ACTIVITY (CONTINUED)

The following table details store count activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2019:

 
 
 
 
Consumer
 
 
 
 
Pawn
 
Loan
 
Total
 
 
Locations (1)
 
Locations
 
Locations
Latin America operations segment:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total locations, beginning of period
 
1,379

 

 
1,379

New locations opened
 
75

 

 
75

Locations acquired
 
163

 

 
163

Locations closed or consolidated
 
(5
)
 

 
(5
)
Total locations, end of period
 
1,612

 

 
1,612

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. operations segment:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total locations, beginning of period
 
1,077

 
17

 
1,094

Locations acquired
 
20

 

 
20

Locations closed or consolidated (2)
 
(50
)
 
(11
)
 
(61
)
Total locations, end of period
 
1,047

 
6

 
1,053

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total locations, beginning of period
 
2,456

 
17

 
2,473

New locations opened
 
75

 

 
75

Locations acquired
 
183

 

 
183

Locations closed or consolidated (2)
 
(55
)
 
(11
)
 
(66
)
Total locations, end of period
 
2,659

 
6

 
2,665


(1) 
At September 30, 2019, 75 of the U.S. pawn stores, primarily located in Texas, also offered consumer loans and/or credit services primarily as an ancillary product. This compares to 302 U.S. pawn locations which offered such products as of September 30, 2018.

(2) 
Includes the closing of 52 Ohio locations and two other locations outside of Ohio primarily focused on consumer lending products. See “Consumer Lending Contraction and Ohio Wind-Down Costs” for additional discussion of these store closings.





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FIRSTCASH, INC.
RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
TO GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(UNAUDITED)

The Company uses certain financial calculations such as adjusted net income, adjusted diluted earnings per share, EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow, adjusted free cash flow, constant currency results, return on tangible assets, return on tangible equity and adjusted segment pre-tax operating income as factors in the measurement and evaluation of the Company’s operating performance and period-over-period growth. The Company derives these financial calculations on the basis of methodologies other than generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), primarily by excluding from a comparable GAAP measure certain items the Company does not consider to be representative of its actual operating performance. These financial calculations are “non-GAAP financial measures” as defined in SEC rules. The Company uses these non-GAAP financial measures in operating its business because management believes they are less susceptible to variances in actual operating performance that can result from the excluded items, other infrequent charges and currency fluctuations. The Company presents these financial measures to investors because management believes they are useful to investors in evaluating the primary factors that drive the Company’s core operating performance and because management believes they provide greater transparency into the Company’s results of operations. However, items that are excluded and other adjustments and assumptions that are made in calculating these non-GAAP financial measures are significant components in understanding and assessing the Company’s financial performance. These non-GAAP financial measures should be evaluated in conjunction with, and are not a substitute for, the Company’s GAAP financial measures. Further, because these non-GAAP financial measures are not determined in accordance with GAAP and are thus susceptible to varying calculations, the non-GAAP financial measures, as presented, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies.

While acquisitions are an important part of the Company’s overall strategy, the Company has adjusted the applicable financial calculations to exclude merger and other acquisition expenses to allow more accurate comparisons of the financial results to prior periods and because the Company does not consider these merger and other acquisition expenses to be related to the organic operations of the acquired businesses or its continuing operations and such expenses are generally not relevant to assessing or estimating the long-term performance of the acquired businesses. The Company believes that providing adjusted non-GAAP measures, which exclude these and other items, allows management and investors to consider the ongoing operations of the business both with, and without, such expenses. Merger and other acquisition expenses include incremental costs directly associated with merger and acquisition activities, including professional fees, legal expenses, severance, retention and other employee-related costs, contract breakage costs and costs related to the consolidation of technology systems and corporate facilities, among others.

The Company has certain leases in Mexico which are denominated in U.S. dollars. The lease liability of these U.S. dollar denominated leases, which is considered a monetary liability, is remeasured into Mexican pesos using current period exchange rates which results in the recognition of foreign currency exchange gains or losses. The Company has adjusted the applicable financial measures to exclude these unrealized remeasurement gains or losses because they are non-cash, non-operating items that could create volatility in the Company’s consolidated results of operations due to the magnitude of the end of period lease liability being remeasured and to improve comparability of current periods presented with prior periods due to the adoption of ASC 842 on January 1, 2019.




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FIRSTCASH, INC.
RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
TO GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES (CONTINUED)
(UNAUDITED)

Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share, Return on Tangible Assets, Return on Tangible Equity and Adjusted Segment Pre-Tax Operating Income

Management believes the presentation of adjusted net income, adjusted diluted earnings per share, return on tangible assets, return on tangible equity and adjusted segment pre-tax operating income provides investors with greater transparency and provides a more complete understanding of the Company’s financial performance and prospects for the future by excluding items that management believes are non-operating in nature and not representative of the Company’s core operating performance of its continuing operations. In addition, management believes the adjustments shown below are useful to investors in order to allow them to compare the Company’s financial results for the current periods presented with the prior periods presented.

The following table provides a reconciliation between net income and diluted earnings per share calculated in accordance with GAAP to adjusted net income and adjusted diluted earnings per share, which are shown net of tax (in thousands, except per share amounts):
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
In Thousands
 
Per Share
 
In Thousands
 
Per Share
 
In Thousands
 
Per Share
 
In Thousands
 
Per Share
Net income and diluted earnings per share, as reported
$
34,761

 
$
0.81

 
$
33,325

 
$
0.76

 
$
110,464

 
$
2.55

 
$
105,131

 
$
2.33

Adjustments, net of tax:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Merger and other acquisition expenses
567

 
0.01

 
2,262

 
0.05

 
1,097

 
0.02

 
3,958

 
0.08

Non-cash foreign currency (gain) loss related to lease liability
340

 
0.01

 

 

 
(34
)
 

 

 

Ohio consumer lending wind-down costs
578

 
0.01

 

 

 
2,537

 
0.06

 

 

Adjusted net income and diluted earnings per share
$
36,246

 
$
0.84

 
$
35,587

 
$
0.81

 
$
114,064

 
$
2.63

 
$
109,089

 
$
2.41



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FIRSTCASH, INC.
RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
TO GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES (CONTINUED)
(UNAUDITED)

The following tables provide a reconciliation of the gross amounts, the impact of income taxes and the net amounts for the adjustments included in the table above (in thousands):

 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
2019
 
2018
 
Pre-tax
 
Tax
 
After-tax
 
Pre-tax
 
Tax
 
After-tax
Merger and other acquisition expenses
$
805

 
$
238

 
$
567

 
$
3,222

 
$
960

 
$
2,262

Non-cash foreign currency loss related to lease liability
486

 
146

 
340

 

 

 

Ohio consumer lending wind-down costs
751

 
173

 
578

 

 

 

Total adjustments
$
2,042

 
$
557

 
$
1,485

 
$
3,222

 
$
960

 
$
2,262


 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2019
 
2018
 
Pre-tax
 
Tax
 
After-tax
 
Pre-tax
 
Tax
 
After-tax
Merger and other acquisition expenses
$
1,510

 
$
413

 
$
1,097

 
$
5,574

 
$
1,616

 
$
3,958

Non-cash foreign currency gain related to lease liability
(49
)
 
(15
)
 
(34
)
 

 

 

Ohio consumer lending wind-down costs
3,295

 
758

 
2,537

 

 

 

Total adjustments
$
4,756

 
$
1,156

 
$
3,600

 
$
5,574

 
$
1,616

 
$
3,958



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FIRSTCASH, INC.
RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
TO GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES (CONTINUED)
(UNAUDITED)

The following table provides a calculation of return on tangible assets and return on tangible equity (dollars in thousands):

 
September 30,
 
2019
 
2018
Return on tangible assets calculation:
 
 
 
 
 
Average total assets
$
2,277,503

 
$
2,064,865

Adjustments:
 
 
 
 
 
Average goodwill
 
(926,746
)
 
 
(854,787
)
Average intangible assets, net
 
(87,704
)
 
 
(92,087
)
Average operating lease right of use asset
 
(175,997
)
 
 

Average tangible assets
$
1,087,056

 
$
1,117,991

Net income for the trailing twelve months
$
158,539

 
$
172,865

Return on tangible assets
15
%
 
15
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on tangible equity calculation:
 
 
 
 
 
Average stockholders’ equity
$
1,324,273

 
$
1,397,814

Adjustments:
 
 
 
 
 
Average goodwill
 
(926,746
)
 
 
(854,787
)
Average intangible assets, net
 
(87,704
)
 
 
(92,087
)
Average tangible equity
$
309,823

 
$
450,940

Net income for the trailing twelve months
$
158,539

 
$
172,865

Return on tangible equity
51
%
 
38
%

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FIRSTCASH, INC.
RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
TO GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES (CONTINUED)
(UNAUDITED)

The following table provides a calculation of segment pre-tax operating income excluding the contribution from consumer lending operations and Ohio store closures (“Adjusted Segment Pre-tax Operating Income”) (dollars in thousands):

 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
September 30,
 
Increase /
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
(Decrease)
U.S. Operations Segment:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Segment pre-tax operating income
 
$
55,451

 
$
54,606

 
 
2
 %
 
Contribution from consumer lending operations and Ohio wind-down costs
 
 
(2,059
)
 
 
(5,198
)
 
 
(60
)%
 
Adjusted segment pre-tax operating income
 
$
53,392

 
$
49,408

 
 
8
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
September 30,
 
Increase /
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
(Decrease)
U.S. Operations Segment:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Segment pre-tax operating income
 
$
174,234

 
$
172,646

 
 
1
 %
 
Contribution from consumer lending operations and Ohio wind-down costs
 
 
(8,922
)
 
 
(18,404
)
 
 
(52
)%
 
Adjusted segment pre-tax operating income
 
$
165,312

 
$
154,242

 
 
7
 %
 


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FIRSTCASH, INC.
RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
TO GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES (CONTINUED)
(UNAUDITED)

Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) and Adjusted EBITDA

The Company defines EBITDA as net income before income taxes, depreciation and amortization, interest expense and interest income and adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA adjusted for certain items as listed below that management considers to be non-operating in nature and not representative of its actual operating performance. The Company believes EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA are commonly used by investors to assess a company’s financial performance, and adjusted EBITDA is used in the calculation of the net debt ratio as defined in the Company’s senior unsecured notes covenants. The following table provides a reconciliation of net income to EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA (dollars in thousands):
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trailing Twelve
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
Months Ended
 
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Net income
 
$
34,761

 
$
33,325

 
$
110,464

 
$
105,131

 
$
158,539

 
$
172,865

Income taxes
 
 
14,203

 
 
10,758

 
 
42,629

 
 
37,002

 
 
57,730

 
 
26,303

Depreciation and amortization
 
 
10,674

 
 
10,850

 
 
31,058

 
 
33,085

 
 
40,934

 
 
45,514

Interest expense
 
 
8,922

 
 
7,866

 
 
25,840

 
 
20,593

 
 
34,420

 
 
26,801

Interest income
 
 
(429
)
 
 
(495
)
 
 
(788
)
 
 
(2,216
)
 
 
(1,016
)
 
 
(2,675
)
EBITDA
 
 
68,131

 
 
62,304

 
 
209,203

 
 
193,595

 
 
290,607

 
 
268,808

Adjustments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Merger and other acquisition expenses
 
 
805

 
 
3,222

 
 
1,510

 
 
5,574

 
 
3,579

 
 
11,472

Non-cash foreign currency (gain) loss related to lease liability
 
 
486

 
 

 
 
(49
)
 
 

 
 
(49
)
 
 

Ohio consumer lending wind-down costs
 
 
751

 
 

 
 
3,295

 
 

 
 
3,295

 
 

Asset impairments related to consumer loan operations
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
1,514

 
 

Adjusted EBITDA
 
$
70,173

 
$
65,526

 
$
213,959

 
$
199,169

 
$
298,946

 
$
280,280

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net debt ratio calculation:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total debt (outstanding principal)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
640,000

 
$
605,000

Less: cash and cash equivalents
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(61,183
)
 
 
(57,025
)
Net debt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
578,817

 
$
547,975

Adjusted EBITDA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
298,946

 
$
280,280

Net debt ratio (net debt divided by adjusted EBITDA)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1.9
:1
 
2.0
:1



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FIRSTCASH, INC.
RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
TO GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES (CONTINUED)
(UNAUDITED)

Free Cash Flow and Adjusted Free Cash Flow

For purposes of its internal liquidity assessments, the Company considers free cash flow and adjusted free cash flow. The Company defines free cash flow as cash flow from operating activities less purchases of furniture, fixtures, equipment and improvements and net fundings/repayments of pawn and consumer loans, which are considered to be operating in nature by the Company but are included in cash flow from investing activities. Adjusted free cash flow is defined as free cash flow adjusted for merger and other acquisition expenses paid that management considers to be non-operating in nature.

The Company previously included store real property purchases as a component of purchases of property and equipment. Management considers the store real property purchases to be discretionary in nature and not required to operate or grow its pawn operations. To further enhance transparency of these distinct items, the Company now reports purchases of store real property and purchases of furniture, fixtures, equipment and improvements separately on the consolidated statements of cash flows. As a result, the current definitions of free cash flow and adjusted free cash flow differ from prior period definitions as they now exclude discretionary purchases of store real property, and the Company has retrospectively applied the current definitions to prior-period results.

Free cash flow and adjusted free cash flow are commonly used by investors as an additional measure of cash generated by business operations that may be used to repay scheduled debt maturities and debt service or, following payment of such debt obligations and other non-discretionary items, may be available to invest in future growth through new business development activities or acquisitions, repurchase stock, pay cash dividends or repay debt obligations prior to their maturities. These metrics can also be used to evaluate the Company’s ability to generate cash flow from business operations and the impact that this cash flow has on the Company’s liquidity. However, free cash flow and adjusted free cash flow have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for cash flow from operating activities or other income statement data prepared in accordance with GAAP. The following table reconciles cash flow from operating activities to free cash flow and adjusted free cash flow (in thousands):

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trailing Twelve
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
Months Ended
 
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Cash flow from operating activities
 
$
57,851

 
$
54,252

 
$
163,824

 
$
174,219

 
$
233,034

 
$
245,730

Cash flow from investing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loan receivables, net of cash repayments
 
(22,572
)
 
(43,968
)
 
(2,998
)
 
(13,055
)
 
20,182

 
22,419

Purchases of furniture, fixtures, equipment and improvements
 
(10,200
)
 
(11,300
)
 
(33,104
)
 
(25,768
)
 
(43,013
)
 
(32,001
)
Free cash flow
 
25,079

 
(1,016
)
 
127,722

 
135,396

 
210,203

 
236,148

Merger and other acquisition expenses paid, net of tax benefit
 
567

 
2,502

 
1,097

 
5,601

 
2,568

 
7,817

Adjusted free cash flow (1)
 
$
25,646

 
$
1,486

 
$
128,819

 
$
140,997

 
$
212,771

 
$
243,965


(1) 
The nine months and trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2019 include the impact of accelerated store expansion activities in Latin America, while the prior-year comparative periods included a $21 million cash inflow from a non-recurring tax refund related to the merger and larger than normal cash inflows related to the liquidation of excess inventories in the legacy Cash America stores.

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FIRSTCASH, INC.
RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
TO GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES (CONTINUED)
(UNAUDITED)

Constant Currency Results

The Company’s reporting currency is the U.S. dollar. However, certain performance metrics discussed in this release are presented on a “constant currency” basis, which is considered a non-GAAP financial measure. The Company’s management uses constant currency results to evaluate operating results of business operations in Latin America, which are primarily transacted in local currencies.

The Company believes constant currency results provide investors with valuable supplemental information regarding the underlying performance of its business operations in Latin America, consistent with how the Company’s management evaluates such performance and operating results. Constant currency results reported herein are calculated by translating certain balance sheet and income statement items denominated in local currencies using the exchange rate from the prior-year comparable period, as opposed to the current comparable period, in order to exclude the effects of foreign currency rate fluctuations for purposes of evaluating period-over-period comparisons. Business operations in Mexico, Guatemala and Colombia are transacted in Mexican pesos, Guatemalan quetzales and Colombian pesos, respectively. The Company also has operations in El Salvador where the reporting and functional currency is the U.S. dollar. See the Latin America operations segment tables elsewhere in this release for an additional reconciliation of certain constant currency amounts to as reported GAAP amounts.

The following table provides exchange rates for the Mexican peso, Guatemalan quetzal and Colombian peso for the current and prior-year periods:  

 
 
September 30,
 
 
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
Unfavorable
Mexican peso / U.S. dollar exchange rate:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
End-of-period
 
19.6
 
18.8
 
 
(4
)%
 
Three months ended
 
19.4
 
19.0
 
 
(2
)%
 
Nine months ended
 
19.3
 
19.0
 
 
(2
)%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Guatemalan quetzal / U.S. dollar exchange rate:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
End-of-period
 
7.7
 
7.7
 
 
 %
 
Three months ended
 
7.7
 
7.5
 
 
(3
)%
 
Nine months ended
 
7.7
 
7.5
 
 
(3
)%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Colombian peso / U.S. dollar exchange rate:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
End-of-period
 
3,462
 
2,972
 
 
(16
)%
 
Three months ended
 
3,339
 
2,959
 
 
(13
)%
 
Nine months ended
 
3,239
 
2,886
 
 
(12
)%
 


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For further information, please contact:
Gar Jackson
Global IR Group
Phone:     (817) 886-6998
Email:     gar@globalirgroup.com

Doug Orr, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Phone:    (817) 258-2650
Email:     investorrelations@firstcash.com
Website:    investors.firstcash.com

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