Seasonality
FCFS seasonality — FirstCash
Over the last 11 years, FCFS's strongest month on average has been April (+7.3%) and its weakest July (-1.3%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +2.25% | +5.97% | 70% | +13.9% | -15.9% | 10 |
| Feb | +2.18% | +3.11% | 70% | +13.1% | -11.6% | 10 |
| Mar | +3.85% | +5.44% | 60% | +11.4% | -6.7% | 10 |
| Apr | +7.26% | +8.86% | 90% | +16.1% | -11.4% | 10 |
| May | +0.26% | -1.05% | 50% | +10.7% | -6.4% | 10 |
| Jun | -1.33% | -2.46% | 30% | +8.7% | -11.1% | 10 |
| Jul | -1.34% | +0.18% | 50% | +6.4% | -14.6% | 10 |
| Aug | +3.44% | +4.39% | 80% | +10.5% | -6.3% | 10 |
| Sep | +0.73% | -0.32% | 50% | +12.4% | -7.2% | 10 |
| Oct | +0.20% | -0.95% | 50% | +34.2% | -14.2% | 10 |
| Nov | +1.23% | +2.83% | 56% | +23.4% | -27.8% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.52% | -0.09% | 50% | +17.2% | -18.8% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — FCFS
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7.0 | 13.1 | -2.5 | 16.1 | 0.8 | -1.6 | -5.7 | 5.1 | -1.5 | -14.2 | 2.4 | +16.5% | |
| 2025 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 7.2 | 11.3 | -4.5 | 5.7 | -1.4 | 10.5 | 7.6 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0.6 | +53.8% |
| 2024 | 5.9 | -0.2 | 11.4 | -11.4 | 4.4 | -11.1 | 6.4 | 7.6 | -4.4 | -9.9 | 5.2 | -4.8 | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 6.1 | -4.3 | 8.1 | 8.0 | -4.4 | -5.3 | 2.1 | -6.3 | 12.4 | 8.5 | 2.8 | -3.2 | +24.7% |
| 2022 | -6.8 | 3.4 | -2.4 | 13.4 | -6.4 | -6.9 | 5.4 | 6.4 | -5.9 | 34.2 | -4.7 | -7.4 | +16.2% |
| 2021 | -15.9 | 7.5 | 3.7 | 9.7 | 10.7 | -4.1 | 3.6 | 8.2 | 2.1 | 1.1 | -27.8 | 17.2 | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 7.9 | -11.6 | -6.7 | 0.1 | -2.9 | -3.3 | -14.6 | 3.7 | -4.2 | -9.0 | 23.4 | 9.0 | -13.1% |
| 2019 | 13.9 | 6.3 | -1.3 | 12.9 | -3.0 | 5.6 | 0.6 | -1.9 | -7.2 | -7.9 | -4.2 | -0.3 | +11.4% |
| 2018 | 8.4 | 0.8 | 10.2 | 6.7 | 4.7 | -1.0 | -9.6 | 0.1 | 0.9 | -1.9 | 10.8 | -18.8 | +7.3% |
| 2017 | -9.2 | 3.9 | 10.8 | 5.7 | 3.3 | 8.7 | -0.3 | 0.9 | 7.6 | 1.1 | 5.6 | 0.1 | +43.5% |
| 2016 | 2.4 |