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Profile - Rent-A-Center, Inc (NasdaqNM:RCII)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
5700 Tennyson Parkway, Third Floor
Plano, TX 75024
Phone: (972) 801-1100
Fax: (972) 943-0113
Email: sharit@racenter.com
Employees (last reported count): 12,554
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Rental & Leasing
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 60%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 7 insider sells; 2.58M shares
  (13.9% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 94% (235% of float)
(281 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 4.96M shares (+16.45%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Rent-A-Center, Inc. is an operator in the United States rent-to-own industry. As of December 31, 2000, Rent-A-Center operated 2,158 Company-owned stores in 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Its subsidiary, ColorTyme, Inc., is a national franchisor of rent-to-own stores. As of December 31, 2000, ColorTyme operated 364 stores in 42 states, 352 of which operate under the ColorTyme name and 12 stores that operate under the Rent-A-Center name. The Company's stores offer products such as home electronics, appliances, computers and furniture and accessories under flexible rental purchase agreements that allow the customer to obtain ownership of the merchandise at the conclusion of an agreed-upon rental period.
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Financial Summary
Rent-A-Center operates 2,158 Company-owned stores, as of 12/00, providing home electronics, appliances, furniture and accessories. The Company also is a franchisor of 364 rent-to-own stores though its ColorTyme, Inc. subsidiary. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 12% to $882.5 million. Net income applicable to Common fell 14% to $43.2 million. Results reflect increased number of units for rent, offset by the absence of a litigation settlement.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

J. Ernest Talley, 66
Chairman, CEO
$500K--  
Mitchell Fadel, 43
Pres, Director
392K--  
Mark Speese, 43
Vice Chairman
--  --  
Robert Davis, 29
CFO, Sr. VP-Fin., Treasurer
--  --  
Dana Goble, 35
Exec. VP, COO
250K$380K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:RCIIAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 1-Dec-2000
$22.00 
Recent Price$27.00 
52-Week High
on 29-June-2001
$53.85 
Beta0.50 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)528.0K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)331.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-15.3%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+13.6%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$720.4M
Shares Outstanding26.7M
Float10.7M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 10-Oct-1995
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$15.85 
Earnings (ttm)$2.78 
Earnings (mrq)$0.74 
Sales (ttm)$47.19 
Cash (mrq)$1.03 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.70 
Price/Earnings (ttm)9.72 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.57 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.70B
EBITDA (ttm)$601.3M
Income available to common (ttm)$85.4M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)5.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)14.9%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)6.61%
Return on Equity (ttm)26.44%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.58 
Total Cash (mrq)$27.4M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short1.34M
Percent of Float12.5%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
1.84M
Short Ratio1.58 
Daily Volume846.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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