Upbound Group, Inc. UPBD R2K
Upbound Group, Inc., a technology and data-driven company, provides financial solutions in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. It operates through four segments: Acima, Rent-A-Center, Brigit, and Mexico. The company also provides furniture, including mattresses, tires, consumer electronics, appliances, tools, handbags, computers, and accessories. In addition, it offers merchandise on an installment sales basis; and the lease-to-own transaction to consumers who do not qualify for traditional financing, the lease-to-own transaction through staffed or unstaffed kiosks located in third-party retailer's locations, and other virtual options. Further, the company provides various financial health products and tools through mobile and web applications. It operates retail installment sales stores under the Get It Now and Home Choice names; lease-to-own and franchising location under the Rent-A-Centre and RimTyme trade names; and company-owned stores, franchise stores, and e-commerce platform through rentacenter.com, getitnowstores.com, and homechoicestores.com. The company was formerly known as Rent-A-Center, Inc. and changed its name to Upbound Group, Inc. in February 2023. Upbound Group, Inc. was incorporated in 1986 and is based in Plano, Texas.
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PROS
- Profit CAGR of 81.0% over 5 years.
- Attractive dividend yield of 8.13%.
- Generates positive free cash flow.
CONS
- Trading 25.4% below its 52-week high.
- In a downtrend (50-DMA below 200-DMA).
* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.
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Fundamental Growth
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Peer comparison
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Quarterly Results
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Jun 2015 | Sep 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jun 2016 | Sep 2016 | Dec 2016 | Mar 2017 | Jun 2017 | Sep 2017 | Dec 2017 | Mar 2018 | Jun 2018 | Sep 2018 | Dec 2018 | Mar 2019 | Jun 2019 | Sep 2019 | Dec 2019 | Mar 2020 | Jun 2020 | Sep 2020 | Dec 2020 | Mar 2021 | Jun 2021 | Sep 2021 | Mar 2022 | Jun 2022 | Sep 2022 | Mar 2023 | Jun 2023 | Sep 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 815.34M | 791.61M | 835.65M | 749.62M | 693.88M | 684.10M | 741.99M | 677.63M | 643.97M | 638.95M | 698.04M | 655.73M | 644.94M | 661.75M | 696.69M | 655.92M | 649.37M | 667.86M | 701.94M | 683.75M | 712.01M | 716.49M | 1.04B | 1.19B | 1.18B | 1.16B | 1.07B | 1.02B | 1.02B | 979.16M | 979.10M | 1.10B | 1.08B | - | - | 1.18B | 1.16B | 1.16B | 1.20B | 1.22B |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 626.23M | 585.71M | 601.64M | 609.77M | 633.27M |
| Gross Profit | 538.53M | 488.61M | 534.94M | 500.16M | 457.23M | 442.72M | 462.66M | 432.53M | 412.46M | 410.88M | 436.98M | 423.89M | 407.74M | 419.56M | 424.87M | 408.07M | 400.00M | 411.14M | 420.18M | 399.53M | 425.03M | 427.41M | 510.52M | 587.47M | 568.76M | 546.10M | 532.54M | 505.54M | 506.26M | 506.23M | 497.17M | 529.07M | 531.96M | - | - | 550.13M | 571.83M | 563.08M | 586.68M | 586.46M |
| Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 487.51M | 521.09M | 510.32M | 529.43M | 509.02M |
| Operating Income | 49.70M | 6.57M | 48.43M | 27.55M | 16.70M | -159.28M | 1.15M | -873.00K | -8.45M | -54.89M | -10.27M | 27.15M | 25.63M | 13.62M | 17.35M | 129.83M | 38.85M | 67.83M | 48.88M | 53.63M | 80.19M | 54.64M | 70.05M | 106.52M | 67.15M | 11.04M | 58.08M | 37.08M | -35.11M | 84.03M | 58.05M | 61.76M | 80.66M | - | - | 62.62M | 50.73M | 52.75M | 57.24M | 77.44M |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 432.67M | 428.25M | 431.35M | 443.58M | 456.93M |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27.80M | 28.52M | 28.66M | 28.00M | 26.88M |
| Pretax Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35.51M | 22.85M | 19.87M | 29.86M | 51.27M |
| Tax Provision | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.72M | 7.36M | 6.65M | 10.12M | 15.48M |
| Net Income | 23.15M | -4.09M | 25.06M | 9.95M | 6.18M | -146.38M | -6.68M | -8.89M | -12.60M | 34.82M | -19.84M | 13.75M | 12.92M | 1.66M | 49.29M | 94.45M | 31.28M | 40.49M | 49.29M | 38.49M | 64.03M | 56.30M | 42.55M | 61.31M | 21.27M | -4.24M | 19.73M | -5.78M | 47.33M | -45.62M | 4.36M | 27.69M | 33.95M | - | - | 24.79M | 15.48M | 13.22M | 19.74M | 35.79M |
| Diluted EPS | 0.43 | -0.08 | 0.47 | 0.19 | 0.12 | -2.76 | -0.13 | -0.17 | -0.24 | 0.65 | -0.37 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.03 | 0.13 | 1.70 | 0.56 | 0.72 | 0.88 | 0.70 | 1.15 | 1.00 | 0.64 | 0.90 | 0.31 | -0.08 | 0.33 | -0.10 | 0.84 | -0.83 | 0.08 | 0.50 | 0.61 | - | 0.55 | 0.42 | 0.26 | 0.22 | - | 0.61 |
Profit & Loss (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2008 | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.88B | 2.75B | 2.73B | 2.88B | 3.08B | 3.09B | 3.16B | 3.28B | 2.96B | 2.70B | 2.66B | 2.67B | 2.81B | - | 4.25B | 3.99B | 4.32B | 4.70B |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.17B | 1.97B | 2.24B | 2.42B |
| Gross Profit | - | 1.99B | 2.00B | 2.05B | 2.14B | 2.15B | 2.18B | 2.12B | 1.94B | 1.72B | 1.69B | 1.64B | 1.67B | - | 2.08B | 2.02B | 2.08B | 2.27B |
| Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.93B | 1.86B | 1.79B | 2.05B |
| Operating Income | 274.39M | 296.32M | 303.77M | 291.33M | 313.03M | 247.01M | 193.46M | -1.01B | -66.60M | -63.06M | 56.14M | 253.86M | 237.34M | - | 148.54M | 162.87M | 291.63M | 223.35M |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.51B | 1.46B | 1.71B | 1.74B |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 87.71M | 113.42M | 110.58M | 112.98M |
| Pretax Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 61.47M | 52.87M | 177.54M | 108.09M |
| Tax Provision | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 49.11M | 58.05M | 54.06M | 34.85M |
| Net Income | 139.62M | 167.85M | 171.64M | 163.46M | 180.02M | 128.76M | 96.42M | -953.52M | -105.19M | 6.65M | 8.49M | 173.55M | 208.12M | - | 12.36M | -5.18M | 123.48M | 73.24M |
| Diluted EPS | 2.08 | 2.52 | 2.60 | 2.64 | 3.03 | 2.33 | 1.81 | -17.97 | -1.98 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 3.10 | 3.73 | - | 0.21 | -0.09 | 2.21 | 1.25 |
Compounded Sales Growth
| 5 Years: | 3.41% |
| 1 Year: | 3.70% |
Compounded Profit Growth
| 5 Years: | 80.97% |
| 1 Year: | 45.20% |
Stock Price Performance
| 1 Year: | -9.72% |
| 6 Months: | +10.02% |
| 3 Months: | -8.48% |
| 1 Month: | +1.43% |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2007 | Dec 2008 | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Jan 2018 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | - | - | 2.44B | 2.69B | 2.79B | 2.86B | 3.02B | 3.27B | 1.97B | 1.60B | 1.42B | - | 1.40B | 1.58B | 1.75B | - | 2.76B | 2.72B | 2.65B | 3.28B |
| Current Assets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 309.06M | 261.37M | 277.02M | 481.94M |
| Cash & Equivalents | 97.38M | 87.38M | 70.73M | 70.73M | 88.06M | 61.09M | 42.27M | 46.13M | 60.36M | 95.40M | 72.97M | - | 155.39M | 70.49M | 159.45M | - | 144.14M | 93.70M | 60.86M | 120.53M |
| Inventory | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.99M | 6.40M | 5.52M | 5.21M |
| Receivables | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 111.86M | 111.00M | 156.44M | 203.19M |
| Total Liabilities | - | - | 1.20B | 1.33B | 1.44B | 1.40B | 1.68B | 1.88B | 1.59B | 1.34B | 1.15B | 1.15B | 1.11B | 1.12B | 1.16B | - | 2.24B | 2.16B | 2.02B | 2.58B |
| Current Liabilities | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 445.17M | 452.25M | 371.34M | 477.67M |
| Long Term Debt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 425.63M | 191.81M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.37B | 1.31B | 1.31B | 1.57B |
| Total Debt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.67B | 1.60B | 1.58B | 1.86B |
| Total Equity | 947.09M | 1.08B | 1.25B | 1.35B | 1.36B | 1.46B | 1.34B | 1.39B | 383.59M | 264.93M | 272.44M | 271.13M | 286.52M | 458.96M | 592.08M | - | 525.15M | 560.37M | 628.98M | 695.74M |
| Shares Outstanding | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 125.03M | 125.42M | 125.80M | 129.41M |
Cash Flows (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2008 | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | 384.34M | 330.12M | 216.49M | 286.63M | 217.90M | 134.34M | 19.11M | 230.99M | 354.07M | 110.53M | 227.50M | 215.42M | 236.50M | 392.30M | 468.46M | 200.29M | 104.72M | 305.57M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -71.49M | -72.94M | -167.18M | -159.25M | -110.73M | -129.63M | -96.67M | -90.08M | -58.98M | -63.35M | -4.69M | 20.76M | -20.61M | -1.34B | -62.33M | -50.96M | -41.51M | -403.73M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -323.23M | -245.06M | -81.33M | -109.84M | -134.46M | -23.12M | 82.85M | -124.39M | -259.71M | -70.54M | -140.31M | -321.63M | -126.68M | 892.85M | -370.71M | -202.12M | -93.52M | 156.47M |
| Capital Expenditure | -61.93M | -68.84M | -93.01M | -132.71M | -102.45M | -108.37M | -83.78M | -80.87M | -61.14M | -65.46M | -27.96M | -21.16M | -34.55M | -62.45M | -61.39M | -53.40M | -56.27M | -66.86M |
| Free Cash Flow | 322.40M | 261.28M | 123.48M | 153.92M | 115.44M | 25.98M | -64.67M | 150.12M | 292.93M | 45.07M | 199.54M | 194.26M | 201.96M | 329.85M | 407.07M | 146.89M | 48.45M | 238.71M |
| Net Change in Cash | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35.42M | -52.79M | -30.30M | 58.31M |
| Share Buybacks | 13.38M | 8.83M | 84.52M | 164.17M | 61.86M | 217.42M | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1.29M | 26.57M | 390.11M | 75.05M | 50.00M | 0 | 0 |
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 0 | 7.80M | 26.89M | 37.87M | 46.81M | 48.66M | 51.01M | 25.55M | 12.81M | 0 | 13.71M | 63.12M | 71.50M | 79.19M | 83.06M | 82.30M | 87.86M |
Ratios (Annual)
Figures in %.
| Metric | Dec 2008 | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin % | - | 72.2% | 73.1% | 71.2% | 69.5% | 69.6% | 69.2% | 64.6% | 65.3% | 63.6% | 63.5% | 61.6% | 59.4% | - | 49.0% | 50.7% | 48.1% | 48.4% |
| Operating Margin % | 9.5% | 10.8% | 11.1% | 10.1% | 10.2% | 8.0% | 6.1% | -30.7% | -2.2% | -2.3% | 2.1% | 9.5% | 8.4% | - | 3.5% | 4.1% | 6.7% | 4.8% |
| Net Margin % | 4.8% | 6.1% | 6.3% | 5.7% | 5.9% | 4.2% | 3.1% | -29.1% | -3.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 6.5% | 7.4% | - | 0.3% | -0.1% | 2.9% | 1.6% |
| ROE % | 12.9% | 13.5% | 12.7% | 12.0% | 12.3% | 9.6% | 6.9% | -248.6% | -39.7% | 2.4% | 3.0% | 37.8% | 35.1% | - | 2.4% | -0.9% | 19.6% | 10.5% |
| ROCE % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.4% | 7.2% | 12.8% | 8.0% |
Shareholding Pattern
Top Institutional Holders
| # | Holder | % Held | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackrock Inc. | 14.08% | 8.21M | $157.68M |
| 2 | FMR, LLC | 9.28% | 5.41M | $103.88M |
| 3 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 6.76% | 3.94M | $75.67M |
| 4 | IEQ Capital, LLC | 6.70% | 3.90M | $74.99M |
| 5 | Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 4.11% | 2.39M | $46.00M |
| 6 | LSV Asset Management | 3.97% | 2.31M | $44.44M |
| 7 | State Street Corporation | 3.94% | 2.30M | $44.12M |
| 8 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 3.90% | 2.28M | $43.72M |
| 9 | Huber Capital Management Llc | 2.92% | 1.70M | $32.71M |
| 10 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 2.36% | 1.38M | $26.45M |
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