Company Information

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Address: 135 NORTH CHURCH STREET  
City: SPARTANBURG 
State: SC 
Zip Code: 29306 
Telephone: 864-342-5600 


Description of Business


Primary SIC Code: 6141
(As filed with the SEC)  

We are the largest provider of payday cash advance services in the United States, as measured by the number of centers operated. As of December 31, 2006, we operated 2,853 centers in 36 states. We do not franchise any of our centers. Payday cash advances are small-denomination, short-term, unsecured advances that are typically due on the customer's next payday. We focus primarily on providing payday advance services to middle-income working individuals and do not provide pawn lending, title lending or similar services. During 2006, we began offering customers in Pennsylvania the Advance America Choice-Line of Credit product. We previously marketed, processed and serviced installment loans made by lending banks under our former agency business model, and during 2006 we began offering installment loans directly to customers in Illinois. In the fall of 2006, we introduced a prepaid debit card as an additional product in our centers.  ... More ...  

Per Share Overview

Date 12-mos Rolling EPS Dividend P/E Ratio
03/20090.640.0622.64
12/20080.600.0623.15
09/20080.660.1254.53
06/20080.590.1258.61
03/20080.630.12511.98
12/20070.700.12514.51
09/20070.780.12513.68
06/20070.930.12519.08

Key Financial Ratios and Statistics

FYE: 12/31

Profitability 2008 Leverage 2008
Net Inc/Comm Equity1.29Total Liab/Total Assets0.62
Net Inc/Total Assets0.09Total Liab/Inv Cap0.70
Net Inc/Inv Cap0.10Total Liab/Comm Equity9.23
Pretax Inc/Net Sales0.11Interest Coverage Ratio7.44
Net Inc/Net Sales0.06Curr Debt/Equity0.00
Cash Flow/Net Sales0.28LTD/Equity1.14
SG&A/NetSales0.10Total Debt/Equity1.14
Asset Utilization   Liquidity  
Net Receivables Turnover2.89Quick Ratio4.90
Inventory TurnoverNACurrent Ratio4.90
Inventory Day SalesNANet Rec/Curr Assets0.88
Net Sales/Work Cap3.21Inv/Curr AssetsNA
Net Sales/PP&E14.68  

Income Statement (Millions)

  3/31/2009 12/31/2008 9/30/2008 6/30/2008
Total Revenues(Net Sales) 156.39 174.98 173.86 162.14
Cost of Goods Sold 111.99 136.46 136.43 126.25
Selling & Admin Exps 14.07 19.82 18.31 16.01
Operating Income 27.40 17.62 18.14 19.00
Interest Exp 1.70 2.94 3.03 2.53
Pretax Income 25.72 14.70 15.14 16.50
Other Income 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.03
Net Income Bef Extraordinary ... NA NA NA NA
Net Income 15.14 5.94 8.46 9.27

Balance Sheet (Millions)

Assets 3/31/2009 12/31/2008 9/30/2008 6/30/2008
Cash & Short Term Investments 13.76 16.02 16.00 22.04
Receivables - Total 185.82 233.12 224.18 208.64
Inventories - Total NA NA NA NA
Total Current Assets 217.31 264.86 262.44 258.74
Net Property, Plant & Equipment 40.48 46.09 49.64 52.99
Total Assets 396.89 447.01 449.79 450.15
Liabilities        
Accounts Payable 44.40 51.65 43.41 49.82
Debt in Current Liabilities 0.52 0.55 0.57 0.56
Total Current Liabilities 44.92 54.02 43.98 50.38
Long-Term Debt 142.25 194.41 207.71 192.78
Total Liabilities 213.99 275.75 279.50 271.44
Stockholder's Equity        
Minority Interest NA NA NA NA
Preferred Stock NA NA NA NA
Common Stock 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97
Retained Earnings 155.26 143.96 141.84 141.02
Treasury Stock -259.56 -259.72 -260.15 -251.18
Total Stockholders' Equity 182.90 171.26 170.29 178.72
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity 396.89 447.01 449.79 450.15

Cash Flow Summary (Millions)

Categories 3/31/2009 12/31/2008 9/30/2008 6/30/2008
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities 30.73 62.36 49.09 38.93
Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities 25.86 -47.27 -50.87 -43.21
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities -58.79 -14.64 -4.10 9.80

Annual Summary Data (Millions)

Year Sales Net Income EPS
12/2004570.1983.061.20
12/2005515.0162.990.76
12/2006672.2970.150.87
12/2007709.5654.380.70
12/2008676.4438.470.60
Growth Rates4.36-17.50-15.91

Stock Ownership

Type Date(Q,M) No. Owners Shares Held (000s) % Own
Institutional03/31/099325,58341.50




Report Date : 6/23/2009

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