EZCORP, Inc. (EZPW) Stock Analysis
Financial Services · Credit Services
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $32.38, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Single-region cliff: 62% exposure to Texas and Florida (≥60% threshold). Regional macroeconomic shock = idiosyncratic terminal risk.; Concentration risk — Geographic: Texas and Florida (62.0%).
EZCORP operates 1,360 pawn stores in the US (545) and Latin America (815, primarily Mexico). Revenue comes from pawn service charges on pawn loans, merchandise sales, and jewelry scrapping. Also holds a 43.7% stake in Cash Converters International.
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $32.38, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Single-region cliff: 62% exposure to Texas and Florida (≥60% threshold). Regional macroeconomic shock = idiosyncratic terminal risk.; Concentration risk — Geographic: Texas and Florida (62.0%). Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Downgraded from BUY WAIT — price $32.38 has reached target $32.00. No upside to wait for. Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 5/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, semi cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio and earnings proximity 0d<=7d and finsvc regional cliff hard block. Suitability: aggressive.
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- HIGHGeographicTexas and Florida62%10-K Item 1A: 'more than 62% of our U.S. pawn stores were located in Texas (45%) and Florida (17%)'
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Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $32.38, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Single-region cliff: 62% exposure to Texas and Florida (≥60% threshold). Regional macroeconomic shock = idiosyncratic terminal risk.; Concentration risk — Geographic: Texas and Florida (62.0%). Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Downgraded from BUY WAIT — price $32.38 has reached target $32.00. No upside to wait for. Target $32.00 (-1.2%), stop $25.00 (−29.5%), A.R:R -0.6:1. Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $32.00 (+22.1% upside). Target $32.00 (-1.2%), stop $25.00 (−29.5%), A.R:R -0.6:1. Stop-loss: $25.00.
Single-region cliff: 62% exposure to Texas and Florida (≥60% threshold). Regional macroeconomic shock = idiosyncratic terminal risk.; Concentration risk — Geographic: Texas and Florida (62.0%); Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining.
EZCORP, Inc. trades at a P/E of 20.6 (forward 15.8). TrendMatrix value score: 7.1/10. Verdict: Hold.
13 analysts cover EZPW with a consensus score of 4.0/5. Average price target: $34.
What does EZCORP, Inc. do?EZCORP operates 1,360 pawn stores in the US (545) and Latin America (815, primarily Mexico). Revenue comes from pawn...
EZCORP operates 1,360 pawn stores in the US (545) and Latin America (815, primarily Mexico). Revenue comes from pawn service charges on pawn loans, merchandise sales, and jewelry scrapping. Also holds a 43.7% stake in Cash Converters International.