EZCORP Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2019 Results

By: EZCORP, Inc. via Business Wire News Releases

July 31, 2019 at 16:15 PM EDT

EZCORP, Inc. (NASDAQ: EZPW) today announced results for its third quarter ended June 30, 2019.

All amounts in this release are from EZCORP continuing operations and in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") unless otherwise noted. Comparisons shown in this release are to the same period in the prior year unless otherwise noted.

HIGHLIGHTS FOR THIRD QUARTER OF FISCAL 2019

Total revenues for the quarter were up 1% to $202.5 million. Included in the GAAP results is a discrete $6.1 million adjustment in Latin America to correct the calculation of certain transaction tax liabilities in prior periods ($4.6 million of which reduced merchandise sales and $1.5 million of which increased interest expense). Adjusted1 total revenues increased 4% to $206.9 million, driven by continued growth in key pawn operating metrics including pawn loans outstanding (PLO), pawn service charges (PSC) and merchandise sales, across U.S. and Latin America.

Income before tax was $3.5 million, down 78%, and diluted earnings per share were $0.06, down 76%. These year-over-year comparisons were impacted primarily by a favorable litigation settlement in the prior-year quarter, the inclusion in the current quarter of costs related to certain growth investments, and other discrete items. Excluding those items and adjusting for constant currency2, adjusted income before tax was $15.0 million, up 16%, and adjusted diluted earnings per share were $0.18, up 13%.

Cash and cash equivalents ended the current quarter at $138.9 million, after the retirement of $195.0 million of convertible notes in June 2019 using cash on hand and continued investment in growth initiatives. During the quarter, the company completed the acquisition of seven pawn stores in Nevada for $7.0 million and collected another $7.3 million of principal under the Alpha Credit / Grupo Finmart notes.

CEO COMMENTARY AND OUTLOOK

Chief Executive Officer Stuart Grimshaw commented, "Current quarter activities delivered solid operating results highlighted by ongoing momentum across all geographies. Steady growth in PLO and slightly improving yields, reflecting the health of the loan balance, drove strong growth in our primary net revenue component, PSC. On an adjusted basis, EBITDA and EPS growth accelerated as a result of rising operating leverage during the quarter.

“We remain focused on longer-term strategic initiatives centered on best serving our customers’ need for cash, expanding our footprint both here in the U.S. and across Latin America via de novo store growth and capitalizing on higher-return M&A opportunities, and proactively investing in differentiated digital engagement and data analytics programs. We are doing this while maintaining financial flexibility to fund growth to enhance long-term shareholder value. Focusing on efficient and effective capital deployment, we recently acquired seven pawn stores expanding our presence in Nevada, opened four Latin America de novo stores in the quarter and retired a material tranche of convertible debt with cash on hand.”

CONSOLIDATED RESULTS

Three Months Ended June 30 in thousands, except per share amounts

	As Reported				Adjusted1
	2019		2018		2019		2018

Total Revenues	$	202,465	$	199,612	$	206,917	$	199,612
Net Revenues	$	115,853	$	114,742	$	120,382	$	114,742
Income from Continuing Operations, Before Tax	$	3,459	$	15,506	$	14,979	$	12,924
Net Income from Continuing Operations	$	3,361	$	14,004	$	10,094	$	9,512
Diluted Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations	$	0.06	$	0.25	$	0.18	$	0.16
Adjusted EBITDA1	$	17,373	$	24,666	$	23,334	$	19,588

Net revenues were up 1% to $115.9 million on both a GAAP and constant currency basis. Adjusted net revenues increased 5% to $120.4 million. PLO growth of 4% (based on ending balance) and 7% (based on average balances), combined with a slight improvement in yields drove a 9% increase in PSC to $79.0 million. Consolidated merchandise sales gross profit declined 11% to $33.6 million on a 1% decrease in merchandise sales. Adjusted sales gross profit improved 1% to $38.1 million and sales margins decreased 90 basis points to 35.2%, reflecting the effective liquidation of aged general merchandise in U.S. Pawn from 7% to 6% in the current quarter.

Consolidated operations expenses rose 2% to $84.7 million on both a GAAP and constant currency basis. Total store count also increased 2%, consisting of a net 18 stores acquired or opened since the prior year quarter (19 new and acquired stores in Latin America and seven acquired stores in the U.S., net of eight store closures in Canada and the U.S.). Same store operations expense increased 1% primarily due to labor and benefit cost increases, including reduced vacancies and increased staffing for expanded stores, an increase in robbery losses in Mexico, and other smaller items.
Administrative expense increased 13%, or $1.8 million to $15.1 million principally as a result of a $1.3 million strategic investment in the development of the Evergreen customer-centric digital platform. Another $2.9 million related to this project was capitalized in the quarter, based on the nature of the specific work performed.
The company’s global pawn businesses (consisting of U.S. Pawn and Latin America Pawn) generated consolidated segment contribution of $25.7 million, down 14% from the prior year quarter. On an adjusted basis, global pawn generated consolidated segment contribution of $31.7 million, up 6%.

Contribution from the Other International segment improved $1.2 million to $0.9 million.

Net interest expense increased $3.6 million. Excluding the $1.5 million of interest related to the transaction tax adjustment, net interest expense increased $2.1 million driven by additional debt issued in May 2018 and lower interest income on the declining balance of notes receivable from Alpha Credit as principal collections are received monthly, offset by the June 2019 repayment of our $195.0 million cash convertible senior notes.

SEGMENT RESULTS

U.S. Pawn

Same store PSC rose 6%, with ending PLO per store of $289,000, up 3% on a year-over-year basis. The growth reflected disciplined lending practices and a focus on meeting customers' need for cash.
Merchandise margins remained strong at 37%. The 60 basis point margin reduction from the prior-year quarter reflects effective liquidation of aged general merchandise inventory, reduced during the quarter from 7% to 6%. Jewelry scrapping net revenues decreased $0.2 million on $3.9 million lower scrap proceeds, reflecting lower current market prices for scrap diamonds and an effort to sell more jewelry in store rather than to refiners at lower margins. Scrap margins improved 250 basis points to 16%.
U.S. Pawn's net revenues rose 3% to $92.0 million, with flat combined operating expenses and depreciation, resulting in an 11% increase in segment contribution to $23.6 million.

Latin America Pawn

Net revenues declined 3% to $23.2 million ($23.3 million on a constant currency basis). Adjusted net revenues increased 16% to $27.7 million reflecting growth in new, acquired and same stores.
PSC rose 20% to $20.3 million on both a GAAP and a constant currency basis, reflecting an 18% increase in average PLO for the quarter. Ending PLO grew 6% to $41.7 million (up 4% to $41.0 million on a constant currency basis), with ending PLO per store of $89,000, up 2%.
Merchandise sales decreased 4%, or $0.8 million (4% or $1.0 million constant currency). On an adjusted basis, merchandise sales increased 17%, or $3.6 million and gross margin on merchandise sales declined 100 basis points to 29%.

Operations expense increased 22% to $18.3 million, including stores acquired or opened since the prior-year quarter and stores expanded or relocated, for which the revenue improvement is expected to lag the incremental costs. Same store operations expense increased 12%, primarily as a result of store licensing requirements recently enacted in Mexico, an increase in robbery losses and related security costs, and labor costs that increased at a rate slightly lower than the total revenue growth.
The company added four de novo stores in the quarter. New stores drive attractive long-term profit enhancement but create a short-term drag on earnings as they ramp. Acquired stores are generally less efficient than our same stores until fully integrated, but typically are accretive in their first full quarter of ownership.

Segment contribution decreased 76% to $2.1 million (72% on a constant currency basis). Adjusted segment contribution decreased 4% to $8.0 million as a result of new and acquired stores, recently expanded and relocated stores, and the operations expense increase previously described combined with administrative costs to support the growth.

CONFERENCE CALL

EZCORP will host a conference call on Thursday, August 1, 2019, at 7:30am Central Time to discuss first quarter results. Analysts and institutional investors may participate on the conference call by dialing (877) 201-0168, Conference ID: 3967714, or internationally by dialing (647) 788-4901. The conference call will be webcast simultaneously to the public through this link: http://investors.ezcorp.com/. A replay of the conference call will be available online at http://investors.ezcorp.com/ shortly after the end of the call.

ABOUT EZCORP

Formed in 1989, EZCORP has grown into a leading provider of pawn loans in the United States and Latin America. It also sells merchandise, primarily collateral forfeited from pawn lending operations and used merchandise purchased from customers. We are dedicated to satisfying the short-term cash needs of consumers who are both cash and credit constrained, focusing on an industry-leading customer experience. EZCORP is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol EZPW and is a member of the Russell 2000 Index, S&P SmallCap 600 Index, S&P 1000 Index and Nasdaq Composite Index.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This announcement contains certain forward-looking statements regarding the company’s strategy, initiatives and expected performance. These statements are based on the company’s current expectations as to the outcome and timing of future events. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, including all statements regarding the company's strategy, initiatives and future performance, that address activities or results that the company plans, expects, believes, projects, estimates or anticipates, will, should or may occur in the future, including future financial or operating results, are forward-looking statements. Actual results for future periods may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements due to a number of uncertainties and other factors, including operating risks, liquidity risks, legislative or regulatory developments, market factors or current or future litigation. For a discussion of these and other factors affecting the company’s business and prospects, see the company’s annual, quarterly and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results over time.

“Adjusted basis, which is a nonGAAP measure, excludes certain items. For additional information about these calculations, as well as a reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP financial measures, see “NonGAAP Financial Information” at the end of this release.

“Constant currency” basis, which is a nonGAAP measure, excludes the impact of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. For additional information about these calculations, as well as a reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP financial measures, see “NonGAAP Financial Information” at the end of this release.

EZCORP, Inc. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
	Three Months Ended June 30,						Nine Months Ended June 30,
	2019			2018			2019			2018

	(Unaudited)
	(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	$	103,902		$	104,737		$	346,186		$	333,270
Jewelry scrapping sales		18,212			20,428			37,873			44,166
Pawn service charges		78,980			72,544			244,298			222,597
Other revenues		1,371			1,903			4,533			6,147
Total revenues		202,465			199,612			632,890			606,180
Merchandise cost of goods sold		70,271			66,896			225,183			210,283
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold		15,765			17,625			32,648			37,536
Other cost of revenues		576			349			1,467			1,273
Net revenues		115,853			114,742			373,592			357,088
Operating expenses:
Operations		84,727			82,932			261,756			248,758
Administrative		15,053			13,268			46,795			39,688
Depreciation and amortization		7,254			6,124			21,114			18,298
Loss on sale or disposal of assets and other		24			314			3,643			453
Total operating expenses		107,058			102,638			333,308			307,197
Operating income		8,795			12,104			40,284			49,891
Interest expense		9,832			7,394			27,212			19,070
Interest income		(3,172	)		(4,358	)		(9,637	)		(12,896	)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates		(1,320	)		(1,151	)		(632	)		(3,477	)
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates	—			—				19,725		—
Other income		(4	)		(5,287	)		(121	)		(5,473	)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		3,459			15,506			3,737			52,667
Income tax expense		98			1,502			1,377			14,710
Income from continuing operations, net of tax		3,361			14,004			2,360			37,957
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax		(203	)		91			(404	)		(631	)
Net income		3,158			14,095			1,956			37,326
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	—				(359	)		(1,230	)		(1,348	)
Net income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$	3,158		$	14,454		$	3,186		$	38,674

Basic earnings per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc. — continuing operations	$	0.06		$	0.26		$	0.06		$	0.72
Diluted earnings per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc. — continuing operations	$	0.06		$	0.25		$	0.06		$	0.69

Weighted-average basic shares outstanding		55,445			54,464			55,306			54,453
Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding		55,487			57,954			55,327			57,080

EZCORP, Inc. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
	June 30, 2019			June 30, 2018			September 30, 2018

	(Unaudited)
Assets:
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	138,922		$	284,493		$	285,311
Pawn loans		190,299			183,054			198,463
Pawn service charges receivable, net		29,847			26,439			30,959
Inventory, net		175,802			151,145			166,997
Notes receivable, net		16,166			37,906			34,199
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		37,365			43,708			33,456
Total current assets		588,401			726,745			749,385
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates		30,922			61,056			49,500
Property and equipment, net		66,214			71,587			73,649
Goodwill		300,700			294,335			299,248
Intangible assets, net		63,646			59,678			54,923
Notes receivable, net		10,912			13,432			3,226
Deferred tax asset, net		3,956			6,146			7,986
Other assets		4,472			3,575			3,863
Total assets	$	1,069,223		$	1,236,554		$	1,241,780

Liabilities and equity:
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt, net	$	215		$	195,796		$	190,181
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities		59,981			61,595			57,958
Customer layaway deposits		12,750			11,938			11,824
Total current liabilities		72,946			269,329			259,963
Long-term debt, net		235,449			222,897			226,702
Deferred tax liability, net		7,522			4,285			8,817
Other long-term liabilities		5,990			7,458			6,890
Total liabilities		321,907			503,969			502,372
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity:
Class A Non-voting Common Stock, par value $.01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million; issued and outstanding: 52,475,070 as of June 30, 2019; 51,494,246 as of June 30, 2018; and 51,614,746 as of September 30, 2018		524			515			516
Class B Voting Common Stock, convertible, par value $.01 per share; shares authorized: 3 million; issued and outstanding: 2,970,171		30			30			30
Additional paid-in capital		404,880			395,428			397,927
Retained earnings		389,808			388,014			386,622
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(47,926	)		(47,712	)		(42,356	)
EZCORP, Inc. stockholders’ equity		747,316			736,275			742,739
Noncontrolling interest	—				(3,690	)		(3,331	)
Total equity		747,316			732,585			739,408
Total liabilities and equity	$	1,069,223		$	1,236,554		$	1,241,780

EZCORP, Inc. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
	Nine Months Ended June 30,
	2019			2018

	(Unaudited)
	(in thousands)
Operating activities:
Net income	$	1,956		$	37,326
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		21,114			18,298
Amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs		16,613			12,126
Accretion of notes receivable discount and deferred compensation fee		(3,788	)		(7,222	)
Deferred income taxes		5,003			3,135
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliate		19,725		—
Other adjustments		1,875			1,948
Reserve on jewelry scrap receivable		3,646		—
Stock compensation expense		7,036			8,216
Income from investment in unconsolidated affiliates		(632	)		(3,477	)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of business acquisitions:
Service charges and fees receivable		1,301			2,609
Inventory		1,377			988
Prepaid expenses, other current assets and other assets		(4,194	)		(3,356	)
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities		(1,477	)		(4,624	)
Customer layaway deposits		949			935
Income taxes, net of excess tax benefit from stock compensation		(5,527	)		2,419
Net cash provided by operating activities		64,977			69,321
Investing activities:
Loans made		(542,512	)		(512,914	)
Loans repaid		328,079			318,636
Recovery of pawn loan principal through sale of forfeited collateral		211,979			202,078
Additions to property and equipment, net		(24,568	)		(33,917	)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired		(8,116	)		(93,165	)
Investment in unconsolidated affiliate	—				(14,036	)
Principal collections on notes receivable		21,900			16,210
Net cash used in investing activities		(13,238	)		(117,108	)
Financing activities:
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards		(3,288	)		(311	)
Proceeds from borrowings, net of issuance costs		1,064			170,496
Payments on borrowings		(195,877	)		(28	)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities		(198,101	)		170,157
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash		(294	)		(1,493	)
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(146,656	)		120,877
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period		285,578			163,868
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	$	138,922		$	284,745

Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Pawn loans forfeited and transferred to inventory	$	221,940		$	197,163

EZCORP, Inc. OPERATING SEGMENT RESULTS (Unaudited and in thousands)

	Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
	U.S. Pawn		Latin America Pawn			Other International			Total Segments			Corporate Items			Consolidated

Revenues:
Merchandise sales	$	83,904	$	19,998		$	—		$	103,902		$	—		$	103,902
Jewelry scrapping sales		13,889		4,323		—				18,212		—				18,212
Pawn service charges		58,635		20,345		—				78,980		—				78,980
Other revenues		34		67			1,270			1,371		—				1,371
Total revenues		156,462		44,733			1,270			202,465		—				202,465
Merchandise cost of goods sold		52,855		17,416		—				70,271		—				70,271
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold		11,599		4,166		—				15,765		—				15,765
Other cost of revenues	—		—				576			576		—				576
Net revenues		92,008		23,151			694			115,853		—				115,853
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations		65,449		18,284			994			84,727		—				84,727
Administrative	—		—			—			—				15,053			15,053
Depreciation and amortization		2,934		1,626			72			4,632			2,622			7,254
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other		4		(8	)		6			2			22			24
Interest expense	—			1,491			76			1,567			8,265			9,832
Interest income	—			(376	)	—				(376	)		(2,796	)		(3,172	)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	—		—				(1,320	)		(1,320	)	—				(1,320	)
Other (income) expense	—			34			6			40			(44	)		(4	)
Segment contribution	$	23,621	$	2,100		$	860		$	26,581
Income from continuing operations before income taxes									$	26,581		$	(23,122	)	$	3,459

	Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
	U.S. Pawn		Latin America Pawn			Other International			Total Segments			Corporate Items			Consolidated

Revenues:
Merchandise sales	$	83,898	$	20,839		$	—		$	104,737		$	—		$	104,737
Jewelry scrapping sales	17,813		2,615			—			20,428			—			20,428
Pawn service charges	55,536		17,008			—			72,544			—			72,544
Other revenues	55		245			1,603			1,903			—			1,903
Total revenues	157,302		40,707			1,603			199,612			—			199,612
Merchandise cost of goods sold	52,340		14,556			—			66,896			—			66,896
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	15,329		2,296			—			17,625			—			17,625
Other cost of revenues	—		—			349			349			—			349
Net revenues	89,633		23,855			1,254			114,742			—			114,742
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	65,257		14,997			2,678			82,932			—			82,932
Administrative	—		—			—			—			13,268			13,268
Depreciation and amortization	3,010		951			48			4,009			2,115			6,124
Loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	74		26			—			100			214			314
Interest expense	—		3			—			3			7,391			7,394
Interest income	—		(672		)	—			(672		)	(3,686		)	(4,358		)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	—		—			(1,151		)	(1,151		)	—			(1,151		)
Other income	—		(103		)	—			(103		)	(5,184		)	(5,287		)
Segment contribution (loss)	$	21,292	$	8,653		$	(321	)	$	29,624
Income from continuing operations before income taxes									$	29,624		$	(14,118	)	$	15,506

	Nine Months Ended June 30, 2019
	U.S. Pawn		Latin America Pawn			Other International			Total Segments			Corporate Items			Consolidated

Revenues:
Merchandise sales	$	275,639	$	70,547		$	—		$	346,186		$	—		$	346,186
Jewelry scrapping sales	28,357		9,516			—			37,873			—			37,873
Pawn service charges	184,658		59,640			—			244,298			—			244,298
Other revenues	125		134			4,274			4,533			—			4,533
Total revenues	488,779		139,837			4,274			632,890			—			632,890
Merchandise cost of goods sold	172,931		52,252			—			225,183			—			225,183
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	23,680		8,968			—			32,648			—			32,648
Other cost of revenues	—		—			1,467			1,467			—			1,467
Net revenues	292,168		78,617			2,807			373,592			—			373,592
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	200,884		54,703			6,169			261,756			—			261,756
Administrative	—		—			—			—			46,795			46,795
Depreciation and amortization	8,951		4,543			190			13,684			7,430			21,114
Loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	2,856		743			22			3,621			22			3,643
Interest expense	—		1,570			280			1,850			25,362			27,212
Interest income	—		(1,226		)	—			(1,226		)	(8,411		)	(9,637		)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	—		—			(632		)	(632		)	—			(632		)
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates	—		—			19,725			19,725			—			19,725
Other (income) expense	—		(63		)	290			227			(348		)	(121		)
Segment contribution (loss)	$	79,477	$	18,347		$	(23,237	)	$	74,587
Income from continuing operations before income taxes									$	74,587		$	(70,850	)	$	3,737

	Nine Months Ended June 30, 2018
	U.S. Pawn			Latin America Pawn			Other International			Total Segments			Corporate Items			Consolidated

Revenues:
Merchandise sales	$	270,145		$	63,125		$	—		$	333,270		$	—		$	333,270
Jewelry scrapping sales		34,515			9,651		—				44,166		—				44,166
Pawn service charges		174,180			48,417		—				222,597		—				222,597
Other revenues		205			588			5,354			6,147		—				6,147
Total revenues		479,045			121,781			5,354			606,180		—				606,180
Merchandise cost of goods sold		166,965			43,318		—				210,283		—				210,283
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold		28,683			8,853		—				37,536		—				37,536
Other cost of revenues	—			—				1,273			1,273		—				1,273
Net revenues		283,397			69,610			4,081			357,088		—				357,088
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations		196,635			44,847			7,276			248,758		—				248,758
Administrative	—			—			—			—				39,688			39,688
Depreciation and amortization		9,340			2,712			142			12,194			6,104			18,298
Loss on sale or disposal of assets and other		197			31		—				228			225			453
Interest expense	—				6		—				6			19,064			19,070
Interest income	—				(2,072	)	—				(2,072	)		(10,824	)		(12,896	)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	—			—				(3,477	)		(3,477	)	—				(3,477	)
Other (income) expense		(3	)		11			(118	)		(110	)		(5,363	)		(5,473	)
Segment contribution	$	77,228		$	24,075		$	258		$	101,561
Income from continuing operations before income taxes										$	101,561		$	(48,894	)	$	52,667

EZCORP, Inc. STORE COUNT ACTIVITY (Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
	U.S. Pawn		Latin America Pawn	Other International		Consolidated

As of March 31, 2019	508		466	24		998
New locations opened	—		4	—		4
Locations acquired	7		—	—		7
Locations sold, combined or closed	(1	)	—	(2	)	(3	)
As of June 30, 2019	514		470	22		1,006

	Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
	U.S. Pawn	Latin America Pawn		Other International	Consolidated

As of March 31, 2018	510	387		27	924
New locations opened	—	2		—	2
Locations acquired	—	63		—	63
Locations sold, combined or closed	—	(1	)	—	(1	)
As of June 30, 2018	510	451		27	988

	Nine Months Ended June 30, 2019
	U.S. Pawn		Latin America Pawn	Other International		Consolidated

As of September 30, 2018	508		453	27		988
New locations opened	—		12	—		12
Locations acquired	7		5	—		12
Locations sold, combined or closed	(1	)	—	(5	)	(6	)
As of June 30, 2019	514		470	22		1,006

	Nine Months Ended June 30, 2018
	U.S. Pawn		Latin America Pawn		Other International	Consolidated

As of September 30, 2017	513		246		27	786
New locations opened	—		10		—	10
Locations acquired	—		196		—	196
Locations sold, combined or closed	(3	)	(1	)	—	(4	)
As of June 30, 2018	510		451		27	988

Non-GAAP Financial Information (Unaudited)

In addition to the financial information prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP"), we provide certain other non-GAAP financial information on a constant currency basis ("constant currency"). We use constant currency results to evaluate our Latin America Pawn operations, which are denominated primarily in Mexican pesos and other Latin American currencies. We believe that presentation of constant currency results is meaningful and useful in understanding the activities and business metrics of our Latin America Pawn operations and reflect an additional way of viewing aspects of our business that, when viewed with GAAP results, provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting our business. We provide non-GAAP financial information for informational purposes and to enhance understanding of our GAAP consolidated financial statements. We use this non-GAAP financial information to evaluate and compare operating results across accounting periods. Readers should consider the information in addition to, but not instead of or superior to, our financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. This non-GAAP financial information may be determined or calculated differently by other companies, limiting the usefulness of those measures for comparative purposes.

Constant currency results reported herein are calculated by translating consolidated balance sheet and consolidated statement of operations items denominated in Mexican pesos, Guatemalan quetzals, Honduran lempiras and Peruvian sols to U.S. dollars using the exchange rate from the prior-year comparable period, as opposed to the current period, in order to exclude the effects of foreign currency rate fluctuations. We used the end-of-period rate for balance sheet items and the average closing daily exchange rate on a monthly basis during the appropriate period for statement of operations items. The end-of-period and approximate average exchange rates for each currency as compared to U.S. dollars as of and for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 were as follows:

	June 30,		Three Months Ended June 30,		Nine Months Ended June 30,
	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018

Mexican peso	19.2	19.9	19.1	19.4	19.4	19.0
Guatemalan quetzal	7.5	7.4	7.5	7.3	7.6	7.3
Honduran lempira	24.3	23.9	24.2	23.6	24.1	23.5
Peruvian sol	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.3	3.2

The constant currency results of our statement of operations reflect the monthly exchange rate fluctuations and so are not directly calculable from the above rates. Constant currency results, where presented, also exclude the foreign currency gain or loss. We have experienced a prolonged weakening of the Mexican peso to the U.S. dollar and may continue to experience further weakening in future reporting periods, which may adversely impact our future operating results when stated on a GAAP basis.

*Miscellaneous Non-GAAP Financial Measures*

	2019 Q3			2018 Q3

	(in millions)
Net income	$	3.2		$	14.1
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	0.2			—
Interest expense	9.8			7.4
Interest income	(3.2		)	(4.4		)
Income tax expense	0.1			1.5
Depreciation and amortization	7.3			6.1
Adjusted EBITDA	$	17.4		$	24.7

	Consolidated Revenues			Consolidated Net Revenues			Consolidated Sales Gross Profit			Consolidated Sales Gross Profit Margin

	(in millions)
2019 Q3 reported	$	202.5		$	115.9		$	33.6		32.4	%
Discrete transaction tax adjustment		4.6			4.6			4.6
Currency exchange rate fluctuations		(0.2	)		(0.1	)		(0.1	)
2019 Q3 adjusted	$	206.9		$	120.4		$	38.1		35.2	%

	U.S. Pawn		Latin America Pawn		Total		Percentage Change YOY

	(in millions)
2019 Q3 reported segment contribution	$	23.6	$	2.1	$	25.7	(14.0	)%
Discrete transaction tax adjustment	—			6.0		6.0
2019 Q3 adjusted segment contribution	$	23.6	$	8.1	$	31.7	6.0	%

	Latin America Pawn Net Revenues			Latin America Pawn Merchandise Sales			Latin America Pawn Sales Gross Profit			Consolidated Sales Gross Profit Margin

	(in millions)
2019 Q3 reported	$	23.2		$	20.0		$	2.6		13	%
Discrete transaction tax adjustment	4.6			4.6			4.6
Currency exchange rate fluctuations	(0.1		)	(0.2		)	(0.1		)
2019 Q3 adjusted	$	27.7		$	24.4		$	7.1		29	%

	Income from Continuing Operations, Before Tax			Tax Effect			Net Income from Continuing Operations			Adjusted EBITDA		Continuing Operations Diluted EPS

	(in millions)
2019 Q3 reported	$	3.5		$	(0.1	)	$	3.4		$	17.4	$	0.06
Discrete transaction tax adjustment		6.1			(1.9	)		4.2			4.5		0.08
Non-recurring income tax benefit	—				(1.8	)		(1.8	)	—			(0.03	)
Currency exchange rate fluctuations		(0.1	)	—				(0.1	)	—		—
Non-cash net interest expense		4.1			(0.8	)		3.3		—			0.05
Discretionary strategic investment in digital platform		1.4			(0.3	)		1.1			1.4		0.02
2019 Q3 adjusted	$	15.0		$	(4.9	)	$	10.1		$	23.3	$	0.18

	Income from Continuing Operations, Before Tax			Tax Effect			Net Income from Continuing Operations			Adjusted EBITDA			Continuing Operations Diluted EPS

	(in millions)
2018 Q3 reported	$	15.5		$	(1.5	)	$	14.0		$	24.7		$	0.25
Gain on litigation settlement, net of tax impact		(5.2	)		1.6			(3.6	)		(5.2	)		(0.07	)
Non-recurring income tax benefit	—				(3.3	)		(3.3	)	—				(0.06	)
Acquisition expenses, net of tax impact		0.1		—				0.1			0.1		—
Non-cash net interest expense		2.5			(0.2	)		2.3		—				0.04
2018 Q3 adjusted	$	12.9		$	(3.4	)	$	9.5		$	19.6		$	0.16

2019 Q3:	U.S. Dollar Amount			Percentage Change YOY

	(in millions)
Latin America Pawn PLO	$	41.7		6 %
Currency exchange rate fluctuations		(0.7	)
Constant currency Latin America Pawn PLO	$	41.0		4%

Consolidated operations expenses (three months ended June 30, 2019)	$	84.7		2%
Currency exchange rate fluctuations	—
Constant currency consolidated operations expenses (three months ended June 30, 2019)	$	84.7		2%

Latin America Pawn PSC revenues (three months ended June 30, 2019)	$	20.3		20%
Currency exchange rate fluctuations	—
Constant currency Latin America Pawn PSC revenues (three months ended June 30, 2019)	$	20.3		20%

Latin America Pawn merchandise sales (three months ended June 30, 2019)	$	20.0		(4)%
Currency exchange rate fluctuations (three months ended June 30, 2019)		0.1
Constant currency Latin America Pawn merchandise sales (three months ended June 30, 2019)	$	20.1		(4)%

Latin America Pawn segment profit before tax (three months ended June 30, 2019)	$	2.1		(76)%
Currency exchange rate fluctuations		0.3
Constant currency Latin America Pawn segment profit before tax (three months ended June 30, 2019)	$	2.4		(72)%

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