Company: FCFS
Filing Date: 2025-11-03
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000840489-25-000120
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Company: FirstCash Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-11-03
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
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 to 11% during the third quarter of 2025 compared to 14% during the third quarter of 2024.

Segment Pre-Tax Operating Income

The retail POS payment solutions segment pre-tax operating income for the third quarter of 2025 was $46.0 million compared to $30.2 million in the third quarter of 2024. The increase was primarily the result of the increase in segment net revenue and a decrease in operating expenses. 

Corporate Expenses and Taxes

Administrative expenses increased 39% to $58.8 million during the third quarter of 2025 compared to $42.2 million in the third quarter of 2024, primarily due to the addition of administrative expenses of H&T, increased variable compensation, general inflationary impacts and a 2% change in the average value of the Mexican peso resulting in higher U.S. dollar translated administrative expenses in Latin America. As a percentage of revenue, administrative expenses were 6% in the third quarter of 2025 compared to 5% during the third quarter of 2024.

Depreciation and amortization increased 11% to $14.7 million during the third quarter of 2025 compared to $13.2 million in the third quarter of 2024, primarily due to the addition of depreciation and amortization expenses of H&T during the third quarter of 2025.  

Interest expense increased 17% to $32.2 million during the third quarter of 2025 compared to $27.4 million in the third quarter of 2024, primarily due to higher average total long-term debt balances outstanding. See Note 8 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and “Liquidity and Capital Resources.”

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Merger and acquisition expenses were $9.5 million during the third quarter of 2025 compared to $0.2 million in the third quarter of 2024. The increase was due primarily to expenses associated with the H&T Acquisition.

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Operating Results for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 

The following tables present segment information for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024 (in thousands). Operating expenses include salary and benefit expenses of pawn store-level employees and certain of AFF’s operations-focused departments, occupancy costs, bank and other payment processing charges, data analytics and decisioning costs, information technology costs, advertising costs, security