FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ FirstCash Holdings, Inc (FCFS) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $80.1 million.

On a per-share basis, the Fort Worth, Texas-based company said it had net income of $1.72. Earnings, adjusted for gains related to mergers and acquisitions, came to $1.65 per share.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.56 per share.

The pawn store posted revenue of $749.3 million in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $731.6 million.

For the year, the company reported profit of $253.5 million, or $5.36 per share. Revenue was reported as $2.73 billion.

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