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Credit Acceptance Corporation (CACC) vs FirstCash Holdings, Inc. (FCFS)

Credit Acceptance Corporation and FirstCash Holdings, Inc. are both Credit Services companies. FirstCash Holdings, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $9.4B against $5.7B — 1.6× the size. Credit Acceptance Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 11.7× against 24.6×. FirstCash Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 21.6% against 2.58%. Credit Acceptance Corporation has the higher net margin (21.5% vs 9.42%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.0% vs 8.97%). Across the 20 metrics below, Credit Acceptance Corporation leads on 13 and FirstCash Holdings, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric CACC FCFS Credit Services median
P/E 11.75 24.58 9.39
P/S 2.45 2.29 0.86
P/B 3.60 4.06 1.16
Price to free cash flow 4.68 17.73 2.78
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 8.51% 4.07% 6.55%
Free cash flow yield 21.37% 5.64% 12.26%

Profitability

Metric CACC FCFS Credit Services median
Gross margin 100.00% 50.47% 77.13%
Operating margin 50.01% 15.66% 0.34%
Net margin 21.54% 9.42% 9.25%
Free cash flow margin 52.41% 12.91% 12.91%
Return on equity 31.93% 17.40% 8.49%
Return on assets 5.79% 7.76% 2.16%
Return on invested capital 10.02% 8.97% 4.09%

Growth

Metric CACC FCFS Credit Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.58% 21.61% 4.62%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 83.60% 29.49% 21.94%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.78% 17.55% 9.13%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.14% 25.39% 0.00%

Health

Metric CACC FCFS Credit Services median
Debt to equity 3.96 1.01 0.68
Current ratio 14.89 4.89 1.55
Net debt to EBITDA 5.10 2.28 0.13

Dividend

Metric CACC FCFS Credit Services median
Dividend yield — 0.78% 1.64%
Payout ratio — 0.19 0.22

Size

Metric CACC FCFS Credit Services median
Market cap 5.71b 9.40b 751.08m

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