secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     EZCORP INC (EZPW)
CIK:        0000876523
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000876523-23-000034
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

EZCORP Q3 FY2023: Revenue up 19%, EPS $0.24 vs $0.17, PLO record $229.4M
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- Net income $18.2M (from $12.2M); diluted EPS $0.24 (from $0.17); adjusted EPS $0.20 (from $0.16).
- Pawn loans outstanding record $229.4M, up 12% YoY; total revenue $255.8M (+19%).
- U.S. segment revenue +16%; Latin America revenue +26% (+15% constant currency).
- Opened 13 de novo stores (12 Latin America, 1 U.S.); store count now 540 in Mexico, 110 in Guatemala.
- Merchandise sales gross margin 36% within target; aged inventory improved 60 bps QoQ.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876523/000087652323000034/0000876523-23-000034-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876523/000087652323000034/ezpw-20230802.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000876523-23-000034

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