Investing in Pawn Shop Stocks (EZPW, CSH, FCFS)

Having a hard time finding stocks to buy that actually go up? How about the Pawn Shops of America, more people are turning to them for help, so how about investing in them?  There are a few companies you can buy, let's review them.

Before you lose interest and start your own research, here are the Pawnshops that you can buy shares in -- Tickers Alone: EZPW, CSH, FCFS

Over the past year, all three have out performed the Dow (.DJI), but the clear winner is EZCORP, Inc. (EZPW):

EZCORP, Inc.  shares are up 32% YTD, they've traded from $10 to $19 in the last 52-weeks and you bet they've gone up and down during that time frame.

Last week, here's what Zacks.com had to say abuot EZCORP:

Ezcorp Inc. (NASDAQ: EZPW) posted a 44% rise in fourth-quarter profit even after being significantly hurt by Hurricane Ike. The company now sees earnings of 35 cents a share in the first quarter and $1.45 per share in 2009, excluding effects of its two pending deals. Ezcorp’s superior execution in every quarter has helped earn the stock a Zacks #1 Rank (“strong buy”).

To start off the year, we are all looking to buy a company/stock we can believe in, something that will actually give us a positive return.  The Pawnshops are a good place to start, they have a credible business model that works during a long term Recession.

Do some research on these three companies, and if you like them after 20 minutes, think about buying them, and if you don't, paper trade them for a few weeks.

Pawn shops have been doing big business these past few months, just take a look at these headlines and read the articles, the trend is going to continue across the U.S.:

Pawnshop business booms
Detroit Free Press, United States - 14 hours ago
The parking lot of Les Gold's pawnshop on Greenfield just south of 8 Mile, is almost filled on a Friday afternoon and the lines of customers inside are long ...