ARLINGTON, Texas, July 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- First Cash Financial
Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: FCFS) today announced revenues, net income and
earnings per share for the three months ended June 30, 2005. In addition to
reporting record-setting operating results, this marked the Company's 18th
consecutive quarter of achieving double-digit earnings per share growth. The
Company also announced that it is increasing its Fiscal 2005 earnings
estimate.
Earnings
* Second quarter 2005 diluted earnings per share were $0.32, an increase
of 28% compared to $0.25 diluted earnings per share for the second
quarter of 2004.
* For the six months ended June 30, 2005, diluted earnings per share
were $0.68, an increase of 24% over $0.55 earnings per share for the
same period in 2004.
* Net income for the second quarter of 2005 was $5.2 million. This
represents a 23% increase over 2004 second quarter net income of
$4.2 million.
* Year-to-date net income was $11.3 million, compared to $9.4 million
for the first half of 2004, which represents a 20% increase.
* Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations for the trailing
twelve months ended June 30, 2005 were $1.35, an increase of 24% over
$1.09 for the trailing twelve months ended June 30, 2004.
Revenues
* Total revenues for the second quarter of 2005 were $46.3 million, an
increase of 15% compared to $40.3 million for the second quarter of
2004. Year-to-date revenues were $93.3 million, up from $82.2 million
in the comparative period last year, which represents a 14% increase.
* Merchandise sales for the quarter increased by 21%, from $18.6 million
last year to $22.5 million in the current year. A significant
component of merchandise sales is non-retail sales of scrap jewelry,
especially in the Company's newer pawn stores. Such scrap sales
increased from $3.0 million in the second quarter of 2004 to
$4.0 million the second quarter of 2005.
* Same-store revenues for the second quarter of 2005 increased by 9%
over the comparable prior-year period. For the six months ended
June 30, 2005, same-store revenues increased by 7% compared to the
same period last year. Same-store sales increases, which include
merchandise sales, pawn service charges and payday advance service
charges, were realized across all major product lines.
Growth & Expansion
* The Company opened 25 new stores during the first half of 2005,
bringing the total store count to 307 units at June 30, 2005. In
addition, the Company operates 40 financial services kiosks located
inside convenience stores.
* Total pawn receivables increased 17% from $23.1 million at
June 30, 2004, to $26.9 million at June 30, 2005. Pawn receivables in
the Company's Mexico stores increased by 37% over the past twelve
months, while pawn receivables in its U.S. stores increased by 9% over
the same period.
* Payday advance receivables increased from $13.1 million at
June 30, 2004 to $14.1 million at June 30, 2005, an increase of 8%.
Operating Metrics
* The operating margin, calculated as income before taxes as a
percentage of revenues, was 17.8% for the quarter, compared to 16.8%
for the same period last year.
* Return on stockholders' equity for the trailing twelve months ended
June 30, 2005, was 15.8%, compared to 14.8% for the comparable period
last year.
* Inventory turns for the trailing twelve months improved from 2.9 times
at the end of the second quarter of 2004 to 3.3 times as of
June 30, 2005.
* The payday advance loss provision decreased from 23.9% of payday
advance service fees in the second quarter of 2004 to 22.8% in the
second quarter of 2005.
* Gross profit margins on total merchandise sales, both retail and non-
retail, for the second quarter of 2005 were 41%, compared to 43% in
the prior year. Retail merchandise margins, which do not include bulk
jewelry scrap sales, were 45% for the second quarter of 2005, compared
to 46% for the same quarter last year.
Financial Position & Liquidity
* Cash balances as of June 30, 2005, totaled $19 million, of which
$12 million was required for daily store and administrative
operations; the remaining $7 million represented excess cash reserves
currently on-hand.
* During the second quarter of 2005, the Company repurchased 576,000
shares of common stock at an average price of $19.74 per share. An
additional 401,000 shares are authorized under a 1.6 million share
stock repurchase plan as directed by the Board of Directors in
July 2004.
* For the six months ended June 30, 2005, the Company had no interest-
bearing debt outstanding. All store opening expenditures and
receivables growth have been funded from free cash flows. In
addition, the Company has utilized free cash flows to repurchase stock
at a cost of $24 million over the past twelve months.
* With total assets of $161 million and total liabilities of $16 million
as of June 30, 2005, the ratio of total assets to liabilities was
10 to 1. The current ratio, current assets divided by current
liabilities, at quarter end was also 10 to 1.
2005 Outlook
* The Company previously forecast fiscal 2005 diluted earnings per share
to be in a range of $1.46 to $1.52. Based on first-half results and
projected operating trends for the remainder of the year, the Company
has revised its 2005 earnings estimate upward to $1.49 to $1.53 per
share.
* With 25 new stores opened through June 30, the Company remains on pace
to meet its previously announced target of approximately 60 new stores
during 2005. Costs associated with these new store openings are
treated as an operating expense during the quarter they are incurred.
Commentary & Analysis
Mr. Alan Barron, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer,
commented on the second quarter highlights, "We have many reasons to be
pleased with the second quarter and are excited about the prospect for
continued record revenue and profit growth for the balance of the year. Our
operating results for the quarter were strong due to high quality results in
all key geographic markets, with all major product lines delivering increased
profitability. During the quarter, we continued to add new stores and reached
a significant milestone with the opening of our 300th store. In addition, we
recently announced a new credit services product in our Texas markets, which
we believe will generate incremental revenues and profitability in those
markets."
The Company's most significant growth engine continues to be its pawn
operations. At June 30, 2005, pawn receivables totaled $26.9 million, which
represents 66% of the Company's combined consumer finance receivables. Pawn
service charge revenues for the second quarter of 2005 grew by 19%, while
pawn-related merchandise sales improved by 21% over the same period compared
to the prior year. First Cash has opened a total of 115 new pawn stores over
the past three and a half years, which has resulted in almost a doubling of
the number of pawn stores over that time period.
As previously announced, effective July 1 First Cash began marketing a
fee-based credit services package in all of its Texas locations, which
includes access to a short-term loan funded by an independent consumer finance
lender operating under existing Texas laws. First Cash Credit, Ltd. ("FCC"),
a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, has registered as a "Credit Services
Organization" in order to provide, for a fee, credit services to help
consumers in obtaining credit and improving their credit rating. As part of
these services, FCC will assist customers in applying for loans from an
independent, Texas-based consumer lending company. First Cash anticipates
that its Texas-based subsidiaries will continue to offer pawn loans and bank-
funded payday advances, as well as the new credit services product. By
offering consumers access to credit from multiple lending sources, the Company
believes it can better serve its customers' needs, while at the same time
increasing the Company's transaction and revenue volume per store. The
Company currently has 58 First Cash Pawn stores, 51 First Cash Advance stores
and 40 Cash & Go, Ltd. kiosks located in Texas.
First Cash also continues to provide its payday advance product in six
other markets, including California, Washington, Oregon, Illinois, District of
Columbia and Oklahoma. In each of these jurisdictions, the Company is the
direct issuer of payday or short-term advances under existing state and/or
local regulations.
In summarizing the Company's expectations for the balance of 2005 and
beyond, Mr. Barron said, "First Cash remains committed to meeting or exceeding
its current growth rates, and is well positioned to do so by virtue of its
strong financial position, well-defined expansion strategy and attention to
operational excellence. We measure management success based on results and
our ability to deliver long-term value for our shareholders."
About First Cash
First Cash Financial Services, Inc. and its subsidiaries are engaged in
the operation of pawn and consumer credit stores, which lend money on the
collateral of pledged personal property, retail previously owned merchandise
acquired through loan forfeitures, provide payday advances, and offer other
financial services products. The Company currently owns and operates over
308 stores in eleven states and Mexico. First Cash Financial Services is also
an equal partner in Cash & Go, Ltd., a joint venture, which owns and operates
40 check-cashing and financial services kiosks located inside convenience
stores.
First Cash was recently ranked for the second consecutive year by Fortune
Small Business magazine on the "FSB 100: America's Fastest-Growing Small
Public Companies." First Cash's common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock
Market under the ticker symbol "FCFS," and it is a component Company in the
Russell 2000 Index.
Forward-Looking Information
This release may contain forward-looking statements about the business,
financial condition and prospects of First Cash Financial Services, Inc.
Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking
terminology such as "believes," "projects," "expects," "may," "estimates,"
"should," "plans," "intends," "could," or "anticipates," or the negative
thereof, or other variations thereon, or comparable terminology, or by
discussions of strategy. Forward-looking statements in this release include,
without limitation, the Company's earnings per share forecast for 2005, its
expectations for new store openings in 2005, and its expectations for
transaction and revenue volumes from its credit services and lending products
in Texas. These statements are made to provide the public with management's
assessment of the Company's business. Although the Company believes that the
expectations reflected in forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can
be no assurances that such expectations will prove to be accurate. Security
holders are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties. The forward-looking statements contained in this release speak
only as of the date of this statement, and the Company expressly disclaims any
obligation or undertaking to release 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.
Certain factors may cause results to differ materially from those anticipated
by some of the statements made in this release. Such factors are difficult to
predict and many are beyond the control of the Company. Recently revised
federal regulations and proposed state-level legislation affecting the payday
advance industry, which are described more fully in the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, and updated on the
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005, could negatively affect the
Company's financial results and growth expectations in certain markets;
however, the impact of the revised regulations and legislation cannot be fully
estimated at the current time. Other such factors may include changes in
regional, national or international economic conditions, changes or increases
in competition, the ability to open and integrate new stores, the ability to
maintain favorable banking relationships as it relates to short-term lending
products, the ability to integrate and operate profitably the credit service
product in Texas, changes in legislative and governmental regulations,
unforeseen litigation, changes in interest rates, changes in tax rates or
policies, changes in gold prices, changes in foreign currency exchange rates,
future business decisions, and other uncertainties.
STORE COUNT INFORMATION
The following table details store openings and closings for the three and
six-month periods ended June 30, 2005:
Quarter Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, 2005 June 30, 2005
Payday Payday
Pawn Advance Total Pawn Advance Total
Stores Stores Stores Stores Stores Stores
Beginning of
period count 205 92 297 197 87 284
New stores opened 9 1 10 19 6 25
Stores closed or
consolidated --- --- --- (2) --- (2)
End of period count 214 93 307 214 93 307
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
Quarter Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2005 2004 2005 2004
(unaudited)
(in thousands, except
per share amounts)
Revenues:
Merchandise sales $22,544 $18,626 $46,781 $39,097
Pawn service charges 9,569 8,044 18,523 16,178
Short-term advance
service charges 13,262 12,639 25,931 24,642
Check cashing fees 691 723 1,517 1,633
Other 262 286 575 618
46,328 40,318 93,327 82,168
Cost of revenues:
Cost of goods sold 13,380 10,657 27,970 22,727
Short-term advance
loss provision 3,018 3,017 4,599 4,406
Check cashing returned
items expense 48 56 134 129
16,446 13,730 32,703 27,262
Gross profit 29,882 26,588 60,624 54,906
Expenses:
Store operating
expenses 16,164 14,593 31,925 29,370
Administrative
expenses 4,209 4,250 8,425 8,662
Depreciation 1,370 988 2,662 1,909
Interest expense --- --- --- 43
Interest income (87) (18) (171) (32)
21,656 19,813 42,841 39,952
Income before income
taxes 8,226 6,775 17,783 14,954
Provision for income
taxes 3,003 2,529 6,491 5,530
Net income $5,223 $4,246 $11,292 $9,424
Net income per share:
Basic $0.33 $0.26 $0.71 $0.60
Diluted $0.32 $0.25 $0.68 $0.55
Weighted average common
shares outstanding:
Basic 15,679 16,033 15,871 15,732
Diluted 16,417 17,294 16,715 17,186
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
June 30,
2005 2004
(unaudited)
(in thousands)
ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents $19,092 $20,083
Service charges receivable 4,776 4,208
Pawn receivables 26,924 23,063
Short-term advance receivables 14,068 13,069
Inventories 18,451 16,471
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 1,731 1,114
Income taxes receivable 829 3,044
Total current assets 85,871 81,052
Property and equipment, net 21,367 16,104
Goodwill 53,237 53,237
Other 905 739
$161,380 $151,132
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Accounts payable $1,346 $832
Accrued expenses 6,969 6,692
Total current liabilities 8,315 7,524
Deferred income taxes payable 7,509 6,555
Total liabilities 15,824 14,079
Stockholders' equity 145,556 137,053
$161,380 $151,132
SOURCE First Cash Financial Services, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Rick Wessel, Vice Chairman & President, or
Doug Orr, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer,
both of First Cash Financial Services, Inc., +1-817-505-3199, or
investorrelations@firstcash.com
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