Cash America International, Inc. ($CSH) Cautious Buy or Hold to $52 Confident Investor Rating: Fair

Company name Cash America International, Inc.
Stock ticker CSH
Live stock price [stckqut]CSH[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $57.49
Target stock price (averages with growth) $68.73
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $54.32
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $54.06

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=csh

Cash America International, Inc. provides specialty financial services to individuals through retail services locations and through electronic distribution platforms known as e-commerce activities. These services include secured non-recourse loans, commonly referred to as pawn loans and unsecured consumer loans. The Company?s consumer loan portfolio includes short-term single payment loans, longer-term multi-payment installment loans, credit services and participation interests purchased from third parties in the micro line of credit (MLOC) services channel. Through the Credit Services Organization program (the CSO program), it provides a third-party lender?s consumer loan product in some markets by acting as a credit services organization on behalf of consumers. As of December 31, 2010, it operated in two segments: retail services and e-commerce. During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company renamed its Internet Services Division as the E-Commerce Division.

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in this stock as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns.

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