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EZCORP, Inc
(NASDAQ:EZPW) 

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EZCORP, Inc. provides pawn loans in the United States and Latin America. The company offers pawn loans, which are non-recourse loans collateralized by tangible personal property, including jewelry, consumer electronics, tools, sporting goods, and musical instruments; and sells merchandise, such as c...

Founded: 1974
Full Time Employees: 5,900
Sector: Financial Services
Industry: Credit Services

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      revenues:
                                                                                  
      merchandise sales
    210,147,000 176,565,000 168,624,000 169,467,000 186,343,000 161,506,000 158,140,000 164,687,000 179,403,000 151,172,000 147,980,000 152,507,000 163,787,000 133,276,000 128,334,000 133,556,000 137,720,000 111,982,000 107,808,000 115,225,000 107,783,000 105,118,000 136,537,000 129,830,000 126,728,000 107,189,000 103,902,000 121,260,000 121,024,000 105,102,000 104,737,000 114,945,000 113,588,000 95,166,000 97,921,000 110,238,000 111,513,000 97,166,000 94,014,000 109,343,000 108,584,000 91,490,000 93,137,000 107,852,000 109,639,000 89,120,000 89,170,000 103,454,000 105,587,000 87,504,000 86,576,000 100,906,000 95,582,000                          
      jewelry scrap sales
    39,908,000                                                                              
      pawn service charges
    131,917,000 125,966,000 115,339,000 115,871,000 117,052,000 115,103,000 107,830,000 107,163,000 106,449,000 104,330,000 93,819,000 93,030,000 92,593,000 87,866,000 80,291,000 76,683,000 76,025,000 72,840,000 60,431,000 63,436,000 63,489,000 55,231,000 52,460,000 80,222,000 84,725,000 83,068,000 78,980,000 81,799,000 83,674,000 82,335,000 72,874,000 74,367,000 76,360,000 71,097,000 65,878,000 67,092,000 69,013,000 68,603,000 62,473,000 64,130,000 66,594,000 65,208,000 57,599,000 59,470,000 64,927,000 65,166,000 59,917,000 59,162,000 64,133,000 63,542,000 60,397,000 62,594,000 66,024,000 63,243,000 56,163,000 56,444,000 59,792,000 56,191,000 48,365,000 46,769,000 49,810,000 45,168,000 39,424,000 38,306,000 40,797,000 37,392,000 32,880,000 33,516,000 26,381,000 26,860,000 22,691,000 21,785,000 22,908,000 22,055,000 16,978,000 16,556,000 17,962,000  
      other revenues
    47,000 38,000 48,000 40,000 43,000 51,000 56,000 75,000 57,000 89,000 82,000 61,000 63,000 34,000 49,000 53,000 305,000 104,000 121,000 203,000 104,000 267,000 933,000 1,353,000 1,454,000 1,510,000 1,371,000 1,291,000 1,871,000 2,308,000 1,903,000 1,897,000 2,347,000 2,275,000 2,193,000 2,079,000 2,300,000 8,937,000 232,000 30,000 467,000 72,000 870,000 1,195,000    6,106,000 5,605,000 12,000 2,671,000 2,696,000 4,830,000 2,021,000 1,365,000 1,343,000                       
      total revenues
    382,019,000 336,813,000 310,981,000 306,316,000 320,170,000 294,551,000 281,421,000 285,639,000 299,991,000 270,479,000 255,812,000 258,423,000 264,327,000 233,407,000 215,842,000 215,982,000 220,994,000 192,444,000 174,033,000 184,939,000 178,135,000 166,860,000 210,233,000 223,283,000 222,435,000 214,339,000 202,465,000 214,730,000 215,850,000 206,331,000 199,942,000 202,734,000 204,508,000 182,069,000 183,633,000 189,628,000 192,624,000 184,585,000 170,150,000 201,899,000 198,454,000 81,204,000 212,990,000 241,357,000 252,644,000 218,095,000 241,380,000 259,700,000 269,357,000 234,366,000 235,166,000 272,074,000 277,126,000 258,352,000 228,964,000 256,278,000 248,873,000 234,085,000 203,152,000 213,254,000 218,826,000 198,168,000 173,542,000 176,584,000 184,751,000 164,801,000 147,774,000 156,266,000 128,615,000 123,402,000 108,070,000 113,625,000 112,306,000 103,892,000 86,993,000 89,643,000 91,687,000  
      yoy
    19.32% 14.35% 10.50% 7.24% 6.73% 8.90% 10.01% 10.53% 13.49% 15.88% 18.52% 19.65% 19.61% 21.29% 24.02% 16.79% 24.06% 15.33% -17.22% -17.17% -19.92% -22.15% 3.84% 3.98% 3.05% 3.88% 1.26% 5.92% 5.55% 13.33% 8.88% 6.91% 6.17% -1.36% 7.92% -6.08% -2.94% 127.31% -20.11% -16.35% -21.45% -62.77% -11.76% -7.06% -6.20% -6.94% 2.64% -4.55% -2.80% -9.28% 2.71% 6.16% 11.35% 10.37% 12.71% 20.18% 13.73% 18.12% 17.06% 20.77% 18.44% 20.25% 17.44% 13.00% 43.65% 33.55% 36.74% 37.53% 14.52% 18.78% 24.23% 26.75% 22.49%      
      qoq
    13.42% 8.31% 1.52% -4.33% 8.70% 4.67% -1.48% -4.78% 10.91% 5.73% -1.01% -2.23% 13.25% 8.14% -0.06% -2.27% 14.84% 10.58% -5.90% 3.82% 6.76% -20.63% -5.84% 0.38% 3.78% 5.86% -5.71% -0.52% 4.61% 3.20% -1.38% -0.87% 12.32% -0.85% -3.16% -1.56% 4.36% 8.48% -15.73% 1.74% 144.39% -61.87% -11.75% -4.47% 15.84% -9.65% -7.05% -3.59% 14.93% -0.34% -13.57% -1.82% 7.27% 12.84% -10.66% 2.98% 6.32% 15.23% -4.74% -2.55% 10.42% 14.19% -1.72% -4.42% 12.11% 11.52% -5.43% 21.50% 4.22% 14.19% -4.89% 1.17% 8.10% 19.43% -2.96% -2.23%   
      merchandise cost of goods sold
    132,756,000 114,072,000 108,226,000 111,555,000 121,824,000 104,723,000 101,211,000 106,259,000 115,210,000 97,494,000 95,069,000 97,339,000 104,877,000 83,858,000 80,167,000 82,246,000 83,111,000 66,346,000 60,539,000 65,790,000 64,543,000 72,770,000 91,859,000 85,776,000 84,076,000 72,325,000 70,271,000 77,800,000 77,112,000 66,335,000 66,896,000 72,220,000 71,167,000 61,685,000 62,615,000 70,493,000 71,732,000 63,540,000 60,140,000 68,332,000 66,259,000 61,359,000 61,460,000 72,492,000 72,388,000 64,197,000 55,751,000 63,857,000 63,588,000 53,906,000 51,050,000 59,177,000 55,501,000                          
      jewelry scrap cost of goods sold
    26,297,000                                                                              
      gross profit
    222,966,000 198,570,000 183,639,000 178,452,000 185,404,000 175,381,000 166,727,000 167,592,000 172,573,000 159,374,000 148,785,000 149,182,000 152,497,000 137,600,000 129,508,000                                                                
      yoy
    20.26% 13.22% 10.14% 6.48% 7.44% 10.04% 12.06% 12.34% 13.16% 15.82% 14.88%                                                                    
      qoq
    12.29% 8.13% 2.91% -3.75% 5.71% 5.19% -0.52% -2.89% 8.28% 7.12% -0.27% -2.17% 10.83% 6.25%                                                                 
      gross margin %
    58.37% 58.96% 59.05% 58.26% 57.91% 59.54% 59.24% 58.67% 57.53% 58.92% 58.16% 57.73% 57.69% 58.95% 60.00% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%  
      operating expenses:
                                                                                  
      store expenses
    126,772,000 129,007,000 119,123,000 116,527,000 116,451,000 119,583,000 116,335,000 114,582,000 110,555,000 111,570,000 104,932,000 101,269,000 100,803,000 95,473,000 89,430,000 85,743,000 86,771,000 88,576,000 81,803,000 81,149,000 79,309,000                                                          
      general and administrative
    26,743,000 23,411,000 21,780,000 19,640,000 18,669,000 20,688,000 20,060,000 18,266,000 16,543,000 18,568,000 17,876,000 15,609,000 15,476,000 17,855,000 18,715,000 12,227,000 15,545,000 15,625,000 14,589,000 13,771,000 12,510,000                                                          
      depreciation and amortization
    8,756,000 8,180,000 8,003,000 8,020,000 8,335,000 8,127,000 8,158,000 8,219,000 8,565,000 8,154,000 8,026,000 7,963,000 7,988,000 9,370,000 7,746,000 7,450,000 7,574,000 7,592,000 7,419,000 8,089,000 7,572,000 7,653,000 7,679,000 7,762,000 7,733,000 7,683,000 7,254,000 7,012,000 6,848,000 7,186,000 6,124,000 6,451,000 5,723,000 5,415,000 5,843,000 6,030,000 6,373,000 6,120,000 6,274,000 7,082,000 8,059,000         6,157,250 8,968,000 8,763,000 7,652,000   7,259,000 5,255,000 5,020,000 4,679,000 4,466,000 4,179,000 2,672,000 3,759,000 3,573,000 3,356,000 2,367,750 3,254,000 3,151,000 3,066,000 2,256,750 3,081,000 3,119,000 2,827,000 1,798,500 2,495,000 2,401,000 2,298,000  
      loss on sale or disposal of assets and other
    87,000 110,000  17,000 8,000 133,000 20,000 3,000     -16,000 18,000  -697,000 5,000 -7,000  112,000 -22,000 -459,000 255,000 261,000 744,000 756,000 24,000  4,442,000                                                  
      total operating expenses
    162,358,000 161,585,000 147,644,000 144,204,000 143,463,000 149,374,000 144,573,000 140,305,000 135,491,000 142,815,000 128,173,000 122,449,000 124,251,000 122,716,000 115,891,000 104,723,000 109,895,000 111,518,000 104,308,000 103,121,000 99,369,000 116,493,000 106,460,000 158,075,000 116,591,000 114,131,000 107,058,000 110,919,000 116,315,000 106,769,000 102,738,000 102,052,000 102,690,000 95,996,000 94,201,000 93,844,000 97,869,000 104,553,000 93,886,000 103,852,000 115,373,000 86,384,000 124,594,000 121,558,000 123,119,000 115,691,000 133,207,000 137,952,000 131,630,000 132,580,000 126,020,000 122,926,000 128,614,000 111,519,000 106,095,000 105,908,000 99,266,000 94,101,000 85,980,000 86,066,000 94,828,000 79,910,000 76,021,000 75,617,000 74,045,000 68,105,000 66,628,000 67,036,000 56,687,000 67,721,000 60,026,000 57,101,000 59,473,000 54,776,000 52,265,000 44,389,000 47,241,000  
      operating income
    60,608,000 36,985,000 35,995,000 34,248,000 41,941,000 26,007,000 22,154,000 27,287,000 37,082,000 16,559,000 20,612,000 26,733,000 28,246,000 14,884,000 13,617,000 24,205,000 22,216,000 7,808,000 3,713,000 10,627,000 9,021,000 -26,876,000 -4,276,000 -30,710,000 13,478,000 6,725,000 8,795,000 16,771,000 13,889,000 18,049,000 12,334,000 18,541,000 19,737,000 12,097,000 11,354,000 16,053,000 14,096,000 2,308,000 6,508,000 9,947,000 -3,857,000 -56,747,000 4,692,000 20,847,000 27,211,000 13,527,000 20,045,000 27,358,000 35,687,000 12,363,000 25,201,000 50,999,000 46,738,000 51,799,000 39,165,000 55,714,000 54,762,000 52,658,000 37,017,000 44,884,000 39,404,000 40,129,000 28,783,000 34,088,000 38,886,000 30,317,000 21,459,000 27,690,000 22,012,000 18,011,000 16,584,000 19,793,000 19,292,000 16,727,000 9,307,000 14,880,000 14,623,000  
      yoy
    44.51% 42.21% 62.48% 25.51% 13.10% 57.06% 7.48% 2.07% 31.28% 11.25% 51.37% 10.44% 27.14% 90.63% 266.74% 127.77% 146.27% -129.05% -186.83% -134.60% -33.07% -499.64% -148.62% -283.11% -2.96% -62.74% -28.69% -9.55% -29.63% 49.20% 8.63% 15.50% 40.02% 424.13% 74.46% 61.39% -465.47% -104.07% 38.70% -52.29% -114.17% -519.51% -76.59% -23.80% -23.75% 9.42% -20.46% -46.36% -23.64% -76.13% -35.65% -8.46% -14.65% -1.63% 5.80% 24.13% 38.98% 31.22% 28.61% 31.67% 1.33% 32.36% 34.13% 23.11% 76.66% 68.32% 29.40% 39.90% 14.10% 7.68% 78.19% 33.02% 31.93%      
      qoq
    63.87% 2.75% 5.10% -18.34% 61.27% 17.39% -18.81% -26.41% 123.94% -19.66% -22.90% -5.36% 89.77% 9.30% -43.74% 8.95% 184.53% 110.29% -65.06% 17.80% -133.57% 528.53% -86.08% -327.85% 100.42% -23.54% -47.56% 20.75% -23.05% 46.34% -33.48% -6.06% 63.16% 6.54% -29.27% 13.88% 510.75% -64.54% -34.57% -357.89% -93.20% -1309.44% -77.49% -23.39% 101.16% -32.52% -26.73% -23.34% 188.66% -50.94% -50.59% 9.12% -9.77% 32.26% -29.70% 1.74% 4.00% 42.25% -17.53% 13.91% -1.81% 39.42% -15.56% -12.34% 28.26% 41.28% -22.50% 25.80% 22.21% 8.60% -16.21% 2.60% 15.33% 79.72% -37.45% 1.76%   
      operating margin %
    15.87% 10.98% 11.57% 11.18% 13.10% 8.83% 7.87% 9.55% 12.36% 6.12% 8.06% 10.34% 10.69% 6.38% 6.31% 11.21% 10.05% 4.06% 2.13% 5.75% 5.06% -16.11% -2.03% -13.75% 6.06% 3.14% 4.34% 7.81% 6.43% 8.75% 6.17% 9.15% 9.65% 6.64% 6.18% 8.47% 7.32% 1.25% 3.82% 4.93% -1.94% -69.88% 2.20% 8.64% 10.77% 6.20% 8.30% 10.53% 13.25% 5.28% 10.72% 18.74% 16.87% 20.05% 17.11% 21.74% 22.00% 22.50% 18.22% 21.05% 18.01% 20.25% 16.59% 19.30% 21.05% 18.40% 14.52% 17.72% 17.11% 14.60% 15.35% 17.42% 17.18% 16.10% 10.70% 16.60% 15.95%  
      interest expense
    8,166,000 8,143,000 8,458,000 3,281,000 3,147,000 3,204,000 3,539,000 3,402,000 3,440,000 3,462,000 3,414,000 3,390,000 6,190,000 2,321,000 2,693,000 2,527,000 2,431,000 5,635,000 5,569,000 5,518,000 5,455,000 5,883,000 5,379,000 5,881,000 5,329,000 5,425,000 9,832,000 8,589,000 8,791,000 8,764,000 7,394,000 5,829,000 5,847,000 10,956,000 5,654,000 5,628,000 5,565,000 4,463,000 3,936,000 8,449,000 9,192,000 9,213,000 9,659,000 11,296,000 8,958,000 3,920,000 6,073,000 5,275,000 4,332,000 2,953,500 4,108,000 3,891,000 3,815,000 1,045,000 1,030,000 2,560,000 590,000 504,000 586,000 300,000 300,000 314,000 311,000 395,000 365,000 361,000 428,000 471,000 165,000 192,000 72,000 75,000 81,000 67,000 67,000 83,000 64,000  
      interest income
    -4,814,000 -5,313,000 -5,440,000 -1,875,000 -2,093,000 -2,123,000 -2,931,000 -2,882,000 -2,639,000 -2,324,000 -2,584,000 -1,898,000 -664,000 -68,000 -190,000 -255,000 -304,000 -559,000 -512,000 -585,000 -821,000 -761,000 -628,000 -941,000 -843,000 -1,449,000 -3,172,000 -3,126,000 -3,339,000 -4,145,000 -4,358,000 -4,268,000 -4,270,000 -5,194,000 -2,053,000 -2,240,000 -2,616,000 -15,000 -50,000 -127,000 -140,000 -215,000 -347,000 -514,000 -525,000     15,953,000 -471,000 -138,000 -178,000 -1,064,000 -133,000 -314,000 -39,000 -2,000 -21,000 -11,000 -3,000 -35,000 -135,000 -8,000 -8,000 -24,000 -59,000 -72,000 -126,000 -118,000 -165,000 -137,000 -57,000 -155,000 -618,000 -567,000 -314,000  
      equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates
    -1,823,000 -1,045,000 -1,200,000 -1,505,000 -1,475,000    -1,153,000    -1,584,000 -364,250 -1,758,000  -1,138,000         -158,000 -1,320,000               -84,500 -1,822,000  -2,194,000 -2,068,000 -2,117,000 -492,000 -1,271,000 1,613,000 -4,328,000 -4,125,000 -5,038,000 -4,465,000 -4,197,000 -4,577,000 -4,161,000 -4,080,000 -4,099,000 -4,691,000 -3,367,000 -3,231,000 -2,930,000 -3,306,000 -1,283,000              
      other expense
    -92,000 -139,000 -536,000 -65,000 978,000   -165,000  -4,938,000 -5,000 80,000  10,250 -210,000 371,000  -401,000 65,000 145,000 -599,000 265,000 8,000 -361,000 71,000                 842,000 750,000   196,500 -370,000                                
      income before income taxes
    59,171,000 36,264,000 34,713,000 34,412,000 41,384,000 26,252,000 23,000,000 28,651,000 37,705,000 13,125,000 21,310,000 -7,340,000 24,538,000 13,161,000 13,082,000 20,123,000 21,347,000 2,883,750 -766,000 6,799,000 5,502,000                               50,966,000 48,640,000 62,561,000 42,305,000 57,243,000 59,491,000 56,240,000 40,654,000 49,282,000 42,535,000 43,071,000 31,637,000 36,995,000 39,827,000 31,833,000 21,930,000 28,660,000 22,889,000 19,647,000 17,379,000 20,892,000 20,153,000 17,516,000 10,733,000 16,184,000 15,494,000  
      income tax expense
    14,867,000 9,560,000 8,210,000 9,022,000 10,368,000 11,056,000 5,050,000 7,172,000 9,235,000 2,872,000 3,088,000  7,760,000 5,824,000 867,000 5,236,000 5,626,000 2,974,000 1,804,000 1,469,000 1,203,000 -5,389,000 -4,751,000 6,749,000 1,759,000 1,029,000 98,000 2,360,000  3,238,000 1,553,000 5,921,000 7,437,000 3,415,750 3,432,000 5,449,000 4,782,000   6,189,000  193,500 -4,131,000 1,327,000 6,365,000 2,419,000 4,302,000 4,204,000 9,881,000 -12,509,000 9,139,000 16,086,000 16,485,000 18,420,000 12,594,000 19,870,000 20,139,000 19,875,000 14,127,000 17,444,000 15,106,000 15,219,000 11,675,000 13,222,000 14,120,000 10,894,000 7,545,000 10,340,000 8,061,000 3,616,000 6,552,000 7,876,000 7,598,000 6,361,000 3,971,000 5,988,000 5,733,000  
      net income
    44,304,000 26,704,000 26,503,000 25,390,000 31,016,000 15,196,000 17,950,000 21,479,000 28,470,000 10,253,000 18,222,000 -6,790,000 16,778,000 7,337,000 12,215,000 14,887,000 15,721,000 1,553,000 -2,570,000 5,330,000 4,299,000 -23,340,000 -5,487,000 -40,874,000 1,238,000 -645,000 3,158,000 2,641,000 -4,721,000 225,000 14,274,000 11,439,000 12,133,000 10,112,000 5,202,000 7,856,000 7,038,000 3,982,000 -6,355,000 -77,791,000 -8,266,000 -91,342,000 -10,237,000 437,000 15,113,000 -87,337,000 12,343,000 9,067,000 24,395,000 -23,770,000 -4,840,000 34,880,000 32,155,000 44,141,000 29,711,000 37,373,000 39,352,000 36,365,000 26,527,000 31,838,000 27,429,000 27,852,000 19,962,000 23,773,000 25,707,000 20,939,000 14,385,000 18,320,000 14,828,000 16,031,000 10,827,000 13,016,000 12,555,000 11,155,000 6,762,000 10,196,000 9,761,000  
      yoy
    42.84% 75.73% 47.65% 18.21% 8.94% 48.21% -1.49% -416.33% 69.69% 39.74% 49.18% -145.61% 6.72% 372.44% -575.29% 179.31% 265.69% -106.65% -53.16% -113.04% 247.25% 3518.60% -273.75% -1647.67% -126.22% -386.67% -77.88% -76.91% -138.91% -97.77% 174.39% 45.61% 72.39% 153.94% -181.86% -110.10% -185.14% -104.36% -37.92% -17901.14% -154.69% 4.59% -182.94% -95.18% -38.05% 267.43% -355.02% -74.01% -24.13% -153.85% -116.29% -6.67% -18.29% 21.38% 12.00% 17.38% 43.47% 30.57% 32.89% 33.93% 6.70% 33.01% 38.77% 29.77% 73.37% 30.62% 32.86% 40.75% 18.10% 43.71% 60.12% 27.66% 28.62%      
      qoq
    65.91% 0.76% 4.38% -18.14% 104.11% -15.34% -16.43% -24.56% 177.67% -43.73% -368.37% -140.47% 128.68% -39.93% -17.95% -5.31% 912.30% -160.43% -148.22% 23.98% -118.42% 325.37% -86.58% -3401.62% -291.94% -120.42% 19.58% -155.94% -2198.22% -98.42% 24.78% -5.72% 19.99% 94.39% -33.78% 11.62% 76.75% -162.66% -91.83% 841.10% -90.95% 792.27% -2442.56% -97.11% -117.30% -807.58% 36.13% -62.83% -202.63% 391.12% -113.88% 8.47% -27.15% 48.57% -20.50% -5.03% 8.21% 37.09% -16.68% 16.07% -1.52% 39.53% -16.03% -7.52% 22.77% 45.56% -21.48% 23.55% -7.50% 48.07% -16.82% 3.67% 12.55% 64.97% -33.68% 4.46%   
      net income margin %
    11.60% 7.93% 8.52% 8.29% 9.69% 5.16% 6.38% 7.52% 9.49% 3.79% 7.12% -2.63% 6.35% 3.14% 5.66% 6.89% 7.11% 0.81% -1.48% 2.88% 2.41% -13.99% -2.61% -18.31% 0.56% -0.30% 1.56% 1.23% -2.19% 0.11% 7.14% 5.64% 5.93% 5.55% 2.83% 4.14% 3.65% 2.16% -3.73% -38.53% -4.17% -112.48% -4.81% 0.18% 5.98% -40.05% 5.11% 3.49% 9.06% -10.14% -2.06% 12.82% 11.60% 17.09% 12.98% 14.58% 15.81% 15.53% 13.06% 14.93% 12.53% 14.05% 11.50% 13.46% 13.91% 12.71% 9.73% 11.72% 11.53% 12.99% 10.02% 11.46% 11.18% 10.74% 7.77% 11.37% 10.65%  
      basic earnings per share
    0.72 0.44 0.45 0.46 0.57 0.28 0.33 0.39 0.52 0.18 0.33 -0.12 0.3 0.13 0.22 0.26 0.28 0.033 -0.05 0.1 0.08                   -1.35 -0.13 -1.64 -0.17 0.03 0.28 -1.61 0.21 0.15 0.42 -0.46 -0.11                            
      diluted earnings per share
    0.55 0.34 0.34 0.33 0.4 0.21 0.25 0.29 0.36 0.15 0.24 -0.12 0.25 0.11 0.17 0.2 0.21 0.033 -0.05 0.1 0.08                   -1.35 -0.13 -1.64 -0.17 0.03 0.28 -1.61 0.21 0.15 0.42 -0.47 -0.11                            
      weighted-average basic shares outstanding
    61,243 57,466 59,134 54,965 54,827 54,935 54,898 55,093 55,076 55,586 55,367 55,648 56,308 56,498 56,656 56,561 56,183 55,744 55,898 55,661 55,361 55,313 55,068 55,448 55,666 55,341 55,445 55,445 55,032 54,456 54,464 54,464 54,464 54,260 54,295 54,291 54,158 54,427 53,980                                        
      weighted-average diluted shares outstanding
    83,282 83,383 82,918 83,140 83,347 84,448 83,008 83,045 86,812 80,865 86,825 55,648 83,779 82,400 82,504 82,407 81,948 55,949 55,898 55,665 55,428 55,313 55,231 55,522 55,687 55,984 55,487 55,463 55,032 57,896 57,954 57,624 55,682 54,368 54,367 54,346 54,214                                          
      jewelry scrapping sales
     16,160,000 26,970,000 20,938,000 16,732,000 17,891,000 15,395,000 13,714,000 14,082,000 14,888,000 13,931,000 12,825,000 7,884,000 12,231,000 7,168,000 5,690,000 6,944,000 7,518,000 5,673,000 6,075,000 6,759,000 6,244,000 20,303,000 11,878,000 9,528,000 22,572,000 18,212,000 10,380,000 9,281,000 16,586,000 20,428,000 11,525,000 12,213,000 13,531,000 17,641,000 10,219,000 9,798,000 16,482,000 11,230,000 12,780,000 9,621,000 10,452,000 10,588,000 18,399,000 18,534,000 22,074,000 20,273,000 26,193,000 27,703,000 18,123,000 26,288,000 43,568,000 45,925,000                          
      jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold
     12,091,750 19,116,000 16,309,000 12,942,000 14,447,000 13,483,000 11,788,000 12,208,000 13,611,000 11,958,000 11,902,000 6,953,000 11,949,000 6,167,000 4,808,000 5,772,000 6,772,000 5,473,000 5,401,000 5,202,000 4,512,000 16,158,000 9,617,000 7,754,000 20,287,000 15,765,000 8,833,000 8,050,000 14,754,000 17,625,000 9,574,000 10,337,000 11,736,000 15,010,000 8,841,000 8,344,000 13,768,000 9,110,000 11,085,000 8,076,000 8,457,000 8,580,000 14,354,000 14,675,000 17,574,000 15,131,000 20,111,000 20,020,000 15,140,000 20,377,000 30,092,000 32,199,000                          
      other operating income
      -1,262,000                                                                            
      other income
         -191,250  -765,000 -271,000    -234,000    -120,000         -30,250 -4,000 269,000 -386,000 82,000 -5,287,000 -4,000 -182,000 -129,000 -99,000 228,000 -423,000 387,000 500,000 89,000 870,000   1,859,000 537,000   1,324,000 -168,000  96,000 405,000 -501,000    -1,119,000                      
      equity in net loss of unconsolidated affiliates
         -576,000 -1,263,000 -1,719,000  -935,000 -1,523,000 32,501,000    1,439,000  -1,394,000 -643,000 -1,250,000 -516,000 -3,467,000 1,183,000 -1,184,000 5,897,000                                                      
      gain on sale or disposal of assets and other
            -172,000                                                                      
      loss on sale or disposal of assets
             7,000 -29,000 73,000                  10,000 314,000         649,000 33,000 219,750 -6,000   -1,493,500 -26,000   55,000 178,000                            
      other
             -1,274,250 -2,632,000 -2,465,000                                          -39,250 160,000 802,000 696,000 691,000 572,000 245,000 4,311,000 3,672,000 3,500,000 3,369,000 2,256,000 1,857,000 1,740,000 1,728,000 1,433,000 893,000 521,000 344,000 363,000 323,000 315,000 342,000 350,000  
      income (benefit) tax expense
               -550,000                                                                   
      other charges
                     -268,000 497,000                                                            
      net revenues
                   128,928,000 132,111,000 119,326,000 108,021,000 113,748,000 108,390,000 89,617,000 102,184,000 127,365,000 130,069,000 120,856,000 115,853,000 127,690,000 130,204,000 124,818,000 115,072,000 120,593,000 122,427,000 108,093,000 105,555,000 109,897,000 111,965,000 106,861,000 100,394,000 113,799,000 111,516,000 29,637,000 129,286,000 142,405,000 150,330,000 129,218,000 153,252,000 165,310,000 167,317,000 144,943,000 151,221,000 173,925,000 175,352,000 163,318,000 145,260,000 161,622,000 154,028,000 146,759,000 122,997,000 130,950,000 134,232,000 120,039,000 104,804,000 109,705,000 112,931,000 98,422,000 88,087,000 94,726,000 78,699,000 85,732,000 76,610,000 76,894,000 78,765,000 71,503,000 61,572,000 59,269,000 61,864,000  
      other cost of revenues
                         -39,000 32,000 525,000 536,000 871,000 576,000 407,000 484,000 424,000 349,000 347,000 577,000 555,000 453,000 397,000 583,000                                          
      impairment of goodwill, intangible and other assets
                                                                                  
      operations
                         78,205,000 83,838,000 88,372,000 90,625,000 88,822,000 84,727,000 88,243,000 89,546,000 85,847,000 83,032,000 82,160,000 83,610,000 78,284,000 74,246,000 74,460,000 77,646,000 79,941,000 73,172,000 80,282,000 85,606,000 20,589,000 103,030,000 100,290,000 103,656,000 89,942,000 109,575,000 108,064,000 112,769,000 104,879,000 104,230,000 105,547,000 107,262,000 76,007,000 75,709,000 77,269,000 74,501,000 69,750,000 66,753,000 66,045,000 64,504,000 62,326,000 57,952,000 58,205,000 58,181,000 54,282,000 53,833,000 54,628,000 43,494,000 40,235,000 38,593,000 37,521,000 37,071,000 34,515,000 31,595,000 31,104,000 31,388,000  
      administrative
                         3,100,000 14,688,000 14,620,000 17,489,000 16,870,000 15,053,000 16,487,000 15,479,000 13,726,000 13,268,000 13,341,000 13,318,000 11,949,000 14,095,000 13,283,000 13,927,000 18,016,000 14,481,000 15,621,000 19,983,000 41,183,000 12,602,000 10,849,000 10,174,000 11,575,000 14,467,000 20,032,000 15,745,000 17,556,000 12,644,000 8,603,000 13,671,000 30,274,000 22,697,000 21,353,000 19,711,000 19,020,000 14,379,000 15,733,000 26,138,000 13,384,000 13,576,000 13,483,000 12,297,000 10,605,000 9,687,000 9,794,000 10,411,000 10,917,000 9,807,000 9,829,000 9,905,000 8,221,000 8,033,000 7,968,000 7,527,000  
      impairment of goodwill and intangible assets
                         11,765,000  47,060,000                                                       
      impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates
                               6,451,000                                                   
      income from continuing operations before income taxes
                         -28,796,000 -10,218,000 -34,105,000 3,024,000 437,000 3,459,000 5,019,000 -5,570,000 3,688,000 15,736,000 17,860,000 19,792,000 7,612,000 8,899,000 13,680,000 13,048,000 -19,365,000 3,816,000 -70,508,000 -11,724,000 -93,486,000 -14,098,000 4,528,000 20,435,000 10,136,000 16,459,000 13,311,000 32,794,000 -37,782,000 25,796,000                            
      income from continuing operations, net of tax
                         -23,407,000 -5,467,000 -40,854,000 1,265,000 -592,000 3,361,000 2,659,000 -4,538,000 450,000 14,183,000 11,939,000 12,355,000 10,069,000 5,467,000 8,231,000 8,266,000 -17,502,000 2,778,000 -76,697,000 -8,028,000 -66,017,000 -9,967,000 3,201,000 14,070,000 7,717,000 12,157,000 9,107,000 22,913,000 -25,273,000 16,657,000                            
      loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
                         -16,750 -20,000 -20,000 -27,000                 -497,750 -270,000                                    
      net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                                                                  
      net income attributable to ezcorp, inc.
                         -11,280,750 -5,487,000 -40,874,000 1,238,000 -645,000 3,158,000 3,394,000 -4,244,000 -135,000 14,633,000 11,813,000 12,748,000 11,410,000 5,260,000 8,023,000 7,165,000 6,544,000 -5,689,000 -74,125,000 -7,474,000 -89,557,000 -9,847,000 1,343,000 15,260,000 -87,807,000 11,506,000 7,992,000 22,569,000 -24,740,000 -5,881,000 33,981,000 30,717,000 38,572,000 28,523,000 37,261,000                       
      basic earnings per share attributable to ezcorp, inc. — continuing operations
                         -0.43 -0.1 -0.74 0.02 -0.01 0.06 0.06 -0.07  0.27 0.23 0.24 0.21 0.1 0.15 0.15 0.04 0.05                                        
      diluted earnings per share attributable to ezcorp, inc. — continuing operations
                         -0.43 -0.1 -0.74 0.02 -0.01 0.06 0.06 -0.07 -0.01 0.25 0.21 0.23 0.21 0.1 0.15 0.15 0.04 0.05                                        
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax
                             -101,000 -203,000 -18,000 -183,000 -225,000 91,000 -500,000 -222,000 43,000 -265,000 -375,000 -1,228,000 21,484,000 -9,133,000 -1,094,000 -238,000   -2,764,000 1,043,000 -95,054,000 186,000 -40,000 1,482,000 1,503,000 -21,497,000                            
      (gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets and other
                               -823,000                                                   
      equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates
                               -431,000                                                   
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
                               -753,000 -477,000 360,000 -359,000 -374,000 -615,000 -1,298,000 -58,000 -167,000 -127,000 -2,562,000 -666,000                                        
      equity in net income (income) of unconsolidated affiliate
                                1,119,000                                                  
      impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliate
                                13,274,000                                                  
      income tax (benefit) expense
                                -1,032,000            -3,696,000                                      
      equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate
                                 -869,250 -1,151,000 -876,000 -1,450,000 -942,000 -1,047,000 -1,243,000 -1,478,000 -1,406,500 -1,694,000  -2,055,000                         -1,853,000 -851,000 -1,371,000 -941,000 -1,180,000 -997,000 -1,118,000 -1,047,000 -760,000 -720,000 -820,000 -645,000  
      gain on sale or disposal of assets
                                   100,000 39,000 2,750 17,000 71,000        626,000 259,000   342,000                               
      restructuring
                                         11,000  218,000 1,692,000 16,317,000 37,000 726,000                                   
      (gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets
                                        -77,000 160,250 -41,000          -6,290,000   13,000 29,000 34,500 312,000 27,000                       
      consumer loan fees and interest
                                         1,650,750 2,201,000 15,616,000 13,188,000 -86,018,000 50,796,000 54,441,000 52,232,000 27,277,000 61,144,000 64,785,000 66,329,000                              
      consumer loan bad debt
                                         387,250 506,000 8,683,000 12,603,000 -18,249,000 13,664,000 12,106,000 15,251,000 7,106,000 17,246,000 10,422,000 18,432,000 20,377,000 12,518,000 8,880,000 14,074,000 12,635,000 11,251,000 6,466,000                       
      income tax benefit
                                         -1,863,000 1,038,000                                        
      net income from continuing operations attributable to ezcorp, inc.
                                         -16,927 2,904 -73,031 -7,236 -64,232 -9,577 4,107 14,217    21,087 -26,243 15,616                            
      net income from discontinued operations attributable to ezcorp, inc.
                                         -24,060.5 -8,593 -1,094                                       
      equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliate
                                           -1,877,000                                       
      impairment of goodwill
                                           73,921,000  2,637,500 10,550,000                                    
      net income from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                           -3,666,000                                       
      basic earnings per share attributable to ezcorp, inc.:
                                                                                  
      continuing operations
                                           -1.33 -0.13 -1.18 -0.17 0.08 0.26 0.14 0.21 0.15 0.39 -0.49 0.29                            
      discontinued operations
                                           -0.02  -0.46  -0.05 0.02 -1.75   0.03 0.03 -0.4                            
      diluted earnings per share attributable to ezcorp, inc.:
                                                                                  
      weighted-average shares outstanding:
                                                                                  
      basic
                                           54,843 54,895 54,369 54,820 54,184 53,650 54,148 54,308 54,374 54,332 53,657 54,196 54,172,000 52,049,000 50,877,000 51,162,000 50,794,000 50,355,000 49,917,000 49,926,000 49,924,000 49,698,000 49,033,000 49,201,000 48,987,000 48,722,000 47,372,000 48,628,000 48,560,000 43,661,000 41,396,000 41,419,000 41,382,000 41,339,000 41,034,000 41,282,000 41,002,000 40,549,000  
      diluted
                                           54,843 54,895 54,369 54,866 54,212 53,698 54,292 54,395 54,586 54,362 53,737 54,255 54,252,000 52,112,000 51,133,000 51,340,000 51,069,000 50,693,000 50,369,000 50,385,000 50,362,000 50,119,000 49,576,000 49,640,000 49,558,000 49,400,000 48,076,000 49,279,000 49,272,000 44,692,000 43,327,000 43,325,000 43,228,000 43,273,000 43,230,000 43,482,000 43,445,000 43,306,000  
      net income from continuing operations attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest
                                            -792,000   -906,000 -147,000 470,000 837,000 1,075,000 1,826,000 970,000 1,041,000                            
      income from discontinued operations attributable to ezcorp, inc.
                                            -238   -2,764 1,043    1,482 1,503 -21,497                            
      operating expenses
                                                                                  
      depreciation
                                             5,705,750 7,551,000 7,699,000 7,573,000 7,245,000 7,551,000 7,539,000 7,466,000     6,484,000 6,215,000                        
      amortization
                                             1,051,250 1,380,000 1,368,000 1,457,000 -80,000 1,640,000 1,975,000 1,940,000     -1,107,000 1,162,000                        
      impairment of investments
                                                   7,940,000                               
      net loss from continuing operations attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest
                                             -807,500 -390,000                                    
      loss from discontinued operations attributable to ezcorp, inc.
                                             -497.75 -270                                    
      equity in net income (income) of unconsolidated affiliates
                                               3,678,000                                   
      consumer loan sales and other revenues
                                                7,312,000                                  
      consumer loan sales and other
                                                 5,646,750 10,876,000                                
      net income from continuing operations attributable to ezcorp, inc., net of tax
                                                 10,109.75 11,320 8,032                               
      income from discontinued operations attributable to ezcorp, inc., net of tax
                                                 407 186 -40                               
      consumer loan fees
                                                     45,779,750 59,234,000 62,310,000 64,765,000 58,760,000 53,504,000 50,319,000                       
      net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest
                                                       899,000 1,438,000 5,569,000 1,188,000 112,000                       
      net income per common share:
                                                                                  
      basic
                                                       630 590 750 560 730 780 730 530 640 550 560 410 490 530 440 300 380 340 390 260 310 300 270 160 250 240  
      diluted
                                                       630 590 750 560 730 780 720 530 630 550 560 400 480 520 420 290 370 330 370 250 300 290 260 160 230 230  
      sales
                                                         102,350,250 117,932,000 148,172,000 143,297,000 130,904,000 115,345,000 125,768,000 118,395,000 106,638,000 93,664,000 99,311,000 99,918,000 88,694,000 81,309,000 89,013,000 64,580,000 62,088,000 53,635,000 61,330,000 55,507,000 51,299,000 42,676,000 50,032,000 48,980,000  
      cost of goods sold
                                                         61,115,750 72,453,000 88,190,000 83,820,000 76,362,000 69,128,000 76,564,000 73,566,000 67,405,000 58,985,000 62,162,000 62,570,000 55,773,000 50,965,000 56,426,000 40,425,000 37,670,000 31,460,000 36,731,000 33,541,000 32,389,000 25,421,000 30,374,000 29,823,000  
      signature loan fees
                                                            39,621,000 40,886,000 34,195,000 35,103,000 40,066,000 36,699,000 32,296,000 31,642,000 38,678,000 34,935,000 30,815,000 31,594,000 36,000,000 33,561,000 31,223,000 30,166,000 33,528,000 30,215,000 27,024,000    
      auto title loan fees
                                                            5,467,000 5,413,000 4,675,000 5,369,000 6,244,000 5,991,000 4,658,000 3,956,000 3,102,000 1,923,000 1,030,000 415,000 221,000          
      signature loan bad debt
                                                            10,101,000 10,353,000 10,491,000 5,438,000 10,046,000 9,605,000 8,917,000 4,397,000 8,790,000 10,379,000 8,618,000 5,072,000 9,484,000 12,303,000 8,545,000 6,632,000 9,670,000 9,422,000 10,142,000    
      auto title loan bad debt
                                                            924,000 611,000 536,000 302,000 982,000 1,119,000 836,000 320,000 460,000 227,000 104,000 42,000 7,000          
      (gain) / loss on sale or disposal of assets
                                                            -201,000 311,000 169,000                    
      loss on sale / disposal of assets
                                                               -178,000 7,000     -241,750 -146,000 -537,000    81,000 162,000    24,000  
      (gain) loss on sale / disposal of assets
                                                                 325,250 734,000 356,000 211,000              
      (gain) loss on sale/disposal of assets
                                                                        -284,000          
      (gain) / loss on sale / disposal of assets
                                                                         131,750 284,000        
      gain on sale / disposal of assets
                                                                             -32,750 -155,000    
      credit service fees
                                                                               20,041,000 22,027,000  
      payday loan fees
                                                                               2,672,000 2,368,000  
      credit service bad debt
                                                                               2,402,000 5,204,000  
      payday loan bad debt
                                                                               514,000 824,000  
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        assets:
                                                                                    
        current assets:
                                                                                    
        cash and cash equivalents
      465,911,000 469,524,000 472,088,000 505,239,000 174,506,000 170,513,000 218,038,000 229,111,000 218,516,000 220,595,000 237,974,000 243,128,000 207,658,000 206,028,000 222,342,000 254,964,000 233,274,000 253,667,000 283,668,000 335,638,000 290,450,000 304,542,000 311,130,000 193,729,000 143,141,000 157,567,000 138,922,000 347,786,000 297,031,000 286,015,000 285,031,000 159,912,000 113,584,000 164,393,000 113,729,000 120,099,000 63,707,000 65,737,000 29,380,000 75,336,000 22,781,000 59,124,000 114,387,000 138,173,000 77,599,000 56,329,000 49,999,000 32,198,000 38,486,000 36,317,000 45,955,000 41,443,000 46,668,000 48,477,000 50,774,000 47,499,000 22,868,000 23,969,000 27,492,000 59,785,000 23,908,000 25,854,000 14,912,000 51,192,000 17,032,000 44,764,000 46,546,000 55,244,000 41,595,000 27,444,000 29,812,000 35,551,000 13,651,000 22,533,000 31,686,000 61,605,000 39,964,000  
        short-term restricted cash
      5,351,000 525,000 9,609,000                                                                            
        pawn loans
      314,353,000 307,496,000 291,634,000 261,830,000 274,824,000 274,084,000 261,720,000 235,773,000 243,252,000 245,766,000 229,379,000 206,096,000 209,855,000 210,009,000 204,155,000 173,618,000 176,586,000 175,901,000 157,155,000 125,268,000 147,852,000 131,323,000 113,290,000 160,179,000 195,586,000 199,058,000 190,299,000 173,138,000 193,984,000 198,463,000 183,054,000 159,410,000 177,001,000 169,242,000 168,262,000 143,267,000 162,696,000 167,329,000 160,269,000 140,195,000 157,905,000 159,964,000 144,377,000 127,929,000 150,930,000 162,444,000 157,491,000 128,683,000 153,421,000 156,637,000 154,095,000 138,380,000 162,095,000 157,648,000 147,503,000 122,305,000 150,060,000 145,318,000 134,633,000 106,525,000 124,388,000 121,201,000 112,807,000 89,040,000 103,446,000 101,684,000 94,648,000 79,359,000 93,789,000 75,936,000 68,022,000 56,701,000 63,270,000 60,742,000 58,053,000 43,109,000 47,793,000  
        pawn service charges receivable
      50,108,000 48,733,000 45,410,000 42,323,000 45,198,000 44,013,000 40,638,000 38,268,000 40,002,000 38,885,000 34,959,000 33,116,000 34,921,000 33,476,000 32,000,000 28,319,000 29,765,000 29,337,000 24,965,000 20,842,000 24,825,000 20,580,000 17,432,000 27,304,000 32,250,000 31,802,000 29,847,000 27,097,000 38,959,000 38,318,000 33,388,000 30,493,000 34,054,000 31,548,000 30,585,000 27,028,000 30,967,000 31,062,000 29,643,000 27,626,000 31,342,000 30,852,000 26,989,000 24,909,000 30,241,000 31,044,000 29,307,000 24,733,000 30,842,000 30,362,000 28,590,000 25,388,000 31,077,000 29,401,000 26,092,000 22,296,000 28,593,000 26,455,000 24,372,000 19,976,000 24,068,000 21,626,000 19,899,000 16,353,000 19,662,000 18,187,000 16,693,000 14,551,000 16,888,000 12,755,000 10,061,000 8,983,000 10,710,000 10,113,000 8,150,000 6,986,000 8,434,000  
        inventory
      253,446,000 248,457,000 225,489,000 207,783,000 199,481,000 191,923,000 171,937,000 163,429,000 164,927,000 166,477,000 154,944,000 150,297,000 156,064,000 151,615,000 132,713,000 119,890,000 119,313,000 110,989,000 92,242,000 86,214,000 94,980,000 95,891,000 123,112,000 173,251,000 187,369,000 179,355,000 175,802,000 173,348,000 175,422,000 166,997,000 151,145,000 158,642,000 163,310,000 154,411,000 135,053,000 137,008,000 143,440,000 140,224,000 130,368,000 126,446,000 132,980,000 124,084,000 115,283,000 116,144,000 133,986,000 139,419,000 132,021,000 129,013,000 142,711,000 145,200,000 122,503,000 116,517,000 120,326,000 109,214,000 94,421,000 87,891,000 100,319,000 90,373,000 79,031,000 70,275,000 77,677,000 71,502,000 61,027,000 56,403,000 63,515,000 64,001,000 57,141,000 56,025,000 64,563,000 43,209,000 39,444,000 35,999,000 41,788,000 37,942,000 33,641,000 28,649,000 35,235,000  
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      56,210,000 51,221,000 43,417,000 40,283,000 36,562,000 39,171,000 40,391,000 47,142,000 44,001,000 39,623,000 44,925,000 45,564,000 45,559,000 34,694,000 29,822,000 27,267,000 31,209,000 31,010,000 28,343,000 30,676,000 32,824,000 32,903,000 25,754,000 23,629,000 36,142,000 30,796,000 37,365,000 32,984,000 31,223,000 33,154,000 43,448,000 29,222,000 26,516,000 28,765,000 31,993,000 31,011,000 34,724,000 33,312,000 20,734,000 32,505,000 25,296,000 21,076,000                                     
        total current assets
      1,145,379,000 1,125,956,000 1,087,647,000 1,066,957,000 739,957,000 728,998,000 741,928,000 722,304,000 719,168,000 719,719,000 710,730,000 686,652,000 662,416,000 644,163,000 629,646,000 612,771,000 598,839,000 610,861,000 600,168,000 606,644,000 598,942,000 593,250,000 598,584,000 585,820,000 601,938,000 605,760,000 588,401,000 777,803,000 763,330,000 757,146,000 733,972,000 575,770,000 551,147,000 580,957,000 501,646,000 488,391,000 473,232,000 482,143,000 531,981,000 456,070,000 472,523,000 555,881,000 608,329,000 632,701,000 622,552,000 676,361,000 646,227,000 537,113,000 556,455,000 537,078,000 498,632,000 454,251,000 502,082,000 481,399,000 442,449,000 383,602,000 382,722,000 356,237,000 328,030,000 319,326,000 317,014,000 302,172,000 268,860,000  257,895,000 277,381,000 259,935,000 246,857,000 260,372,000 191,916,000 174,106,000 163,592,000 159,931,000 157,246,000 154,024,000 160,520,000 152,776,000  
        investments in unconsolidated affiliates
      25,717,000 18,123,000 13,753,000 13,967,000 13,555,000 13,329,000 12,297,000 13,162,000 10,125,000 10,987,000 10,247,000 10,681,000 37,789,000 37,733,000 43,384,000 42,002,000 42,513,000 37,724,000 35,387,000 34,961,000 31,773,000 32,458,000 29,483,000 27,993,000 29,272,000 34,516,000 30,922,000                  99,219,000 91,098,000 90,730,000 88,685,000 97,424,000 97,085,000 146,707,000 147,232,000 144,232,000 126,066,000 125,309,000 120,056,000 117,820,000 120,319,000 114,777,000 112,364,000 108,959,000 101,386,000 99,773,000 90,854,000 90,455,000              
        other investments
      51,883,000 51,903,000 51,903,000 51,903,000 51,903,000 51,900,000 51,220,000 51,220,000 51,220,000 36,220,000 39,220,000 39,220,000 39,220,000 24,220,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 16,500,000                                                              
        property and equipment
      74,871,000 75,331,000 67,439,000 64,150,000 63,231,000 65,973,000 59,926,000 63,306,000 68,998,000 68,096,000 61,849,000 59,775,000 55,612,000 56,725,000 51,505,000 50,874,000 52,201,000 53,811,000 55,630,000 51,836,000 55,204,000 56,986,000 58,098,000 58,787,000 65,246,000 67,357,000 66,214,000 67,518,000 69,770,000 73,649,000 71,587,000 64,833,000 62,098,000 57,959,000 53,022,000 53,630,000 54,881,000 58,455,000 61,201,000 64,962,000 69,963,000 75,594,000 101,135,000 102,252,000 104,353,000 105,900,000 109,458,000 111,419,000 114,539,000 116,281,000 110,312,000 118,979,000 114,676,000 108,131,000 100,196,000 95,046,000 84,513,000 78,498,000 75,049,000 70,105,000 66,641,000 62,293,000 59,045,000 54,044,000 52,378,000 51,154,000 49,752,000 48,206,000 46,674,000 40,079,000 38,661,000 38,413,000 37,308,000 33,806,000 31,895,000 30,967,000 29,881,000 25,369,000 
        right-of-use assets
      237,637,000 236,462,000 236,064,000 229,878,000 227,810,000 226,602,000 235,030,000 243,752,000 231,103,000 234,388,000    221,586,000                                                                 
        long-term restricted cash
      14,859,000 14,664,000 5,380,000                                                                            
        goodwill
      331,083,000 324,889,000 321,907,000 305,239,000 304,722,000 306,478,000 308,847,000 310,658,000 303,799,000 302,372,000 302,120,000 300,078,000 297,361,000 286,828,000 286,798,000 286,214,000 284,619,000 285,758,000 283,619,000 258,199,000 258,453,000 257,582,000 257,326,000 257,222,000 301,282,000 300,527,000 300,700,000 296,881,000 294,881,000 297,448,000 292,544,000 289,438,000 288,773,000 254,760,000 254,469,000 254,217,000 253,585,000 253,976,000 254,273,000 254,782,000 326,201,000 327,460,000 331,849,000 344,931,000 337,498,000 346,577,000 436,765,000 435,048,000 434,835,000 428,508,000 426,148,000 432,124,000 428,011,000 374,663,000 321,423,000 320,692,000 212,475,000 173,206,000 167,017,000 143,404,000 128,181,000 117,305,000 115,570,000 101,456,000 101,134,000 100,719,000 100,742,000 99,008,000 98,300,000 24,376,000 24,779,000 24,422,000 24,591,000 16,211,000 16,211,000    
        intangible assets
      59,581,000 58,832,000 57,960,000 57,079,000 57,093,000 58,451,000 60,164,000 61,714,000 56,977,000 58,216,000 60,009,000 59,620,000 58,029,000 56,819,000 61,017,000 62,145,000 61,458,000 62,104,000 61,922,000 58,125,000 58,794,000 58,638,000 65,003,000 64,043,000 68,995,000 68,044,000 63,646,000 58,503,000 55,956,000 54,923,000 59,678,000 45,728,000 43,974,000 32,420,000 32,551,000 31,768,000 31,708,000 30,681,000 30,569,000 40,197,000 40,443,000 50,434,000 60,575,000 61,107,000 60,739,000 64,624,000 62,915,000 69,016,000 65,178,000 61,872,000 64,533,000 61,487,000 60,662,000 45,185,000 78,666,000 38,904,000 20,568,000 19,790,000                     
        deferred tax asset
      29,548,000 29,455,000 25,841,000 25,090,000 24,990,000 25,362,000 25,245,000 26,247,000 25,984,000 25,702,000 19,610,000 19,127,000 12,428,000 12,145,000 15,773,000 15,908,000 15,623,000 9,746,000 10,292,000 9,693,000 10,000,000 8,931,000 5,505,000 6,251,000 2,123,000 1,998,000 3,956,000 10,119,000 9,283,000 7,165,000 4,269,000 13,842,000 10,997,000 16,856,000 36,506,000 37,134,000 34,667,000 35,303,000 33,386,000 77,125,000 73,655,000 44,134,000 24,428,000 24,428,000 20,858,000 20,858,000 13,825,000 13,825,000 13,825,000 13,825,000 15,716,000 15,716,000 15,716,000 14,984,000 18,226,000 18,228,000 18,169,000 18,125,000 16,150,000 23,319,000 23,248,000 23,208,000 15,857,000 15,673,000 15,671,000 15,670,000 15,809,000 15,826,000 15,773,000 10,926,000 9,007,000 9,006,000 9,005,000 8,964,000 7,344,000 7,150,000 7,150,000  
        other assets
      16,922,000 15,594,000 15,174,000 15,365,000 15,872,000 16,144,000 15,506,000 15,779,000 13,819,000 12,011,000 10,793,000 9,859,000 7,682,000 6,444,000 5,991,000 6,541,000 5,851,000 4,736,000 4,992,000 5,152,000 5,534,000 4,221,000 4,572,000 5,045,000 5,012,000 4,383,000 4,472,000 4,395,000 4,442,000 3,863,000 3,575,000 19,773,000 16,625,000 9,715,000 9,145,000 18,174,000 37,187,000 44,439,000 18,950,000 19,655,000 35,482,000 42,985,000 54,246,000 60,041,000 75,489,000 61,058,000 92,693,000 30,037,000 29,685,000 24,105,000 23,056,000 20,723,000 19,074,000 16,229,000 19,443,000 18,129,000 7,781,000 8,400,000 28,748,000 23,694,000 24,252,000 23,196,000 22,663,000 22,223,000 19,931,000 18,101,000 17,892,000 17,533,000 18,693,000 5,771,000 5,585,000 5,350,000 5,089,000 3,412,000 3,448,000 3,720,000 3,747,000 3,952,000 
        total assets
      1,987,480,000 1,951,209,000 1,883,068,000 1,829,628,000 1,499,133,000 1,493,237,000 1,510,163,000 1,508,142,000 1,481,193,000 1,467,711,000 1,457,678,000 1,420,532,000 1,402,315,000 1,347,878,000 1,330,827,000 1,299,996,000 1,280,321,000 1,266,911,000 1,238,650,000 1,196,253,000 1,197,164,000 1,197,023,000 1,224,302,000 1,213,132,000 1,300,942,000 1,083,702,000 1,069,223,000 1,253,115,000 1,237,772,000 1,246,920,000 1,240,113,000 1,074,553,000 1,042,562,000 1,024,363,000 970,317,000 961,967,000 964,500,000 983,244,000 988,016,000 1,034,449,000 1,145,840,000 1,212,230,000 1,343,258,000 1,389,067,000 1,351,383,000 1,403,471,000 1,522,367,000 1,352,236,000 1,369,129,000 1,345,290,000 1,354,201,000 1,314,407,000 1,337,346,000 1,218,007,000 1,138,073,000 1,029,169,000 825,879,000 756,450,000 713,621,000 668,893,000 645,047,000 606,412,000 571,383,000 546,278,000 526,804,000 492,517,000 472,195,000 454,781,000 469,666,000 308,720,000 285,999,000 274,027,000 269,236,000 251,186,000 231,364,000 220,411,000 210,671,000 153,690,000 
        liabilities and equity:
                                                                                    
        current liabilities:
                                                                                    
        current maturities of long-term debt
         103,325,000 103,205,000 103,072,000 137,326,000 34,347,000 34,307,000 34,265,000           213,000 213,000 268,000 267,000 215,000 214,000 215,000 192,901,000 190,238,000 190,181,000 195,796,000 103,287,000        82,174,000 75,586,000 74,345,000 69,054,000 71,471,000 24,789,000 10,673,000 21,029,000 14,228,000 16,737,000 30,436,000 33,525,000 34,912,000 27,562,000 21,085,000 31,126,000 23,258,000    10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000          
        accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities
      95,526,000 105,443,000 78,756,000 70,843,000 68,682,000 85,737,000 69,742,000 62,838,000 69,386,000 81,605,000 74,458,000 72,695,000 69,930,000 84,509,000 76,566,000 69,695,000 75,531,000 90,268,000 84,966,000 69,019,000 67,777,000 71,504,000 58,358,000 53,152,000 51,621,000 77,957,000 59,981,000 58,696,000 57,628,000 57,800,000 61,813,000 60,689,000 60,207,000 61,543,000 64,830,000 62,339,000 68,694,000 84,285,000 59,239,000                                        
        customer layaway deposits
      33,064,000 33,901,000 33,336,000 31,016,000 24,216,000 21,570,000 20,067,000 20,352,000 18,324,000 18,920,000 18,595,000 18,761,000 16,276,000 16,023,000 14,927,000 15,046,000 13,142,000 12,557,000 11,884,000 11,401,000 9,904,000 11,008,000 11,902,000 13,060,000 12,548,000 12,915,000 12,750,000 13,564,000 11,747,000 11,824,000 11,938,000 12,225,000 10,686,000 11,032,000 11,091,000 10,992,000 9,729,000 10,693,000 11,201,000 11,370,000 10,138,000 10,470,000 9,635,000 10,484,000 5,133,000 8,097,000 8,206,000 8,986,000 5,782,000 8,628,000 7,912,000 8,191,000 6,254,000 7,238,000 6,740,000 7,193,000 6,152,000 6,176,000 6,131,000 6,844,000 5,950,000 6,109,000 5,404,000 4,487,000 2,697,000 4,175,000 3,603,000 4,345,000 2,879,000 2,327,000 2,254,000 2,456,000 2,144,000 1,988,000 1,888,000 2,168,000 2,103,000  
        operating lease liabilities, current
      61,459,000 61,228,000 60,183,000 58,855,000 57,900,000 58,998,000 58,905,000 55,658,000 57,980,000 57,182,000 56,919,000 53,921,000 52,799,000 52,334,000                                                                 
        total current liabilities
      190,049,000 200,572,000 172,275,000 264,039,000 254,003,000 269,377,000 286,040,000 173,195,000 179,997,000 191,972,000 149,972,000 145,377,000 139,005,000 152,866,000 144,851,000 137,187,000 140,516,000 155,088,000 144,091,000 121,480,000 123,245,000 132,467,000 119,368,000 110,555,000 112,436,000 91,086,000 72,946,000 265,161,000 259,613,000 259,805,000 269,547,000 176,201,000 70,893,000 72,575,000 75,921,000 73,331,000 78,423,000 94,978,000 205,909,000 188,607,000 179,413,000 208,070,000 168,849,000 177,989,000 116,494,000 124,996,000 128,705,000 106,680,000 111,777,000 141,901,000 133,570,000 143,030,000 130,123,000 107,842,000 108,957,000 106,317,000 76,275,000 64,269,000 59,373,000 61,598,000 70,203,000 69,459,000 59,598,000  58,869,000 48,585,000 49,549,000 44,802,000 64,599,000 31,998,000 26,374,000 27,021,000 36,371,000 32,375,000 24,801,000 21,866,000 26,097,000  
        long-term debt
      518,555,000 518,076,000 517,601,000 517,188,000 224,505,000 224,256,000 223,998,000 326,573,000 326,223,000 325,847,000 359,686,000 359,287,000 358,984,000 312,903,000 312,521,000 312,168,000 311,844,000 264,186,000 260,632,000 257,143,000 254,322,000 251,016,000 247,618,000 244,288,000 241,209,000 238,380,000 235,449,000 232,733,000 229,928,000 226,702,000 222,897,000 198,338,000 294,761,000 284,807,000 260,414,000 266,724,000 278,936,000 283,611,000 211,421,000                                        
        deferred tax liability
      2,571,000 2,571,000 2,017,000 1,818,000 2,186,000 2,080,000 416,000 465,000 372,000 435,000 349,000 368,000  373,000 307,000 179,000 221,000 3,684,000 1,309,000 167,000 172,000 524,000 2,165,000 2,540,000 2,119,000 1,985,000 7,522,000 9,012,000 9,617,000 8,817,000                     8,948,000 10,104,000 10,815,000 7,922,000 7,788,000 9,507,000 8,724,000 8,331,000 1,237,000 1,192,000 1,619,000                  
        operating lease liabilities
      185,507,000 184,736,000 184,295,000 182,873,000 182,228,000 180,616,000 188,996,000 197,285,000 188,475,000 193,187,000 197,499,000 191,874,000 188,730,000 180,756,000                                                                 
        other long-term liabilities
      20,099,000 19,769,000 16,822,000 12,135,000 12,317,000 12,337,000 9,258,000 10,228,000 11,243,000 10,502,000 11,130,000 11,038,000 10,261,000 8,749,000 11,905,000 11,940,000 11,398,000 10,385,000 10,058,000 9,597,000 11,303,000 10,849,000 7,523,000 7,190,000 7,226,000 7,302,000 5,990,000 6,450,000 6,150,000 6,890,000 11,111,000 11,884,000 8,845,000 7,055,000 9,680,000 8,448,000 8,259,000                                          
        total liabilities
      916,781,000 925,724,000 893,010,000 978,053,000 675,239,000 688,666,000 708,708,000 707,746,000 706,310,000 721,943,000 718,636,000 707,944,000 696,980,000 655,647,000 645,073,000 624,980,000 625,820,000 594,673,000 565,432,000 527,009,000 532,662,000 547,896,000 544,390,000 535,579,000 549,342,000 338,753,000 321,907,000 513,356,000 505,308,000 502,214,000 503,555,000 386,423,000 374,499,000 364,437,000 346,015,000 348,503,000 365,618,000 389,039,000 420,651,000 444,166,000 466,875,000 520,564,000 517,339,000 542,055,000 451,326,000 492,785,000 507,796,000 339,653,000 370,257,000 375,371,000 357,864,000 306,238,000 375,914,000 329,498,000 307,436,000 239,343,000 127,496,000 92,202,000 89,319,000 75,104,000 86,741,000 86,984,000 79,728,000 75,814,000 84,209,000 76,832,000             
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                    
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                    
        class a non-voting common stock, par value 0.01 per share...
      587,000 579,000 580,000 520,000 520,000 516,000 518,000 521,000 523,000 519,000 522,000 526,000 529,000 534,000 537,000 537,000 533,000 530,000 530,000 528,000 526,000 521,000                                                         
        class b voting common stock, convertible, par value 0.01 per share...
      30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000                                                         
        additional paid-in capital
      447,935,000 450,892,000 448,073,000 347,796,000 345,783,000 348,366,000 347,082,000 345,174,000 343,870,000 346,181,000 344,857,000 343,088,000 343,012,000 345,330,000 343,763,000 341,913,000 339,955,000 403,312,000 402,522,000 399,439,000 398,269,000 398,475,000 408,601,000 406,171,000 407,440,000 407,628,000 404,880,000 402,505,000 400,081,000 397,927,000 395,428,000 353,698,000 351,110,000 348,532,000 322,559,000 321,531,000 319,825,000 318,723,000 313,607,000 312,569,000 309,562,000 307,080,000 327,018,000 329,973,000 338,667,000 339,666,000 347,216,000 327,385,000 321,623,000 320,777,000 317,258,000 315,092,000 313,068,000 268,626,000 266,653,000 258,343,000 243,919,000 242,398,000 233,056,000 231,263,000 229,789,000 225,374,000 224,243,000 222,423,000 218,284,000 217,176,000 215,961,000 216,404,000 224,914,000 135,895,000 134,598,000 133,430,000 132,103,000 131,098,000 130,236,000 128,916,000 125,687,000  
        retained earnings
      656,991,000 612,687,000 586,549,000 561,211,000 536,427,000 507,206,000 493,830,000 477,683,000 457,929,000 431,140,000 422,549,000 405,961,000 414,929,000 402,006,000 396,461,000 384,246,000 369,359,000 326,781,000 325,228,000 327,798,000 322,468,000 318,169,000 341,517,000 347,004,000 389,928,000 389,163,000 389,808,000 386,650,000 387,936,000 392,180,000 392,315,000 377,682,000 364,414,000 351,666,000 340,256,000 334,996,000 326,973,000 319,808,000 320,537,000 341,538,000 415,663,000 423,137,000 512,694,000 522,541,000 562,437,000 547,177,000 641,947,000 630,441,000 622,449,000 599,880,000 624,620,000 630,501,000 596,520,000 565,803,000 527,231,000 498,708,000 461,447,000 422,095,000 385,730,000 359,203,000 327,365,000 299,936,000 272,084,000 252,122,000 228,349,000 202,642,000 181,703,000 167,318,000 148,998,000 134,170,000 118,245,000 107,418,000 94,402,000 81,847,000 70,692,000 63,930,000 53,734,000  
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -34,844,000 -38,703,000 -45,174,000 -57,982,000 -58,866,000 -51,547,000 -40,005,000 -23,012,000 -27,469,000 -32,102,000 -28,916,000 -37,017,000 -53,165,000 -55,669,000 -55,037,000 -51,710,000 -55,376,000 -58,415,000 -55,092,000 -58,551,000 -56,791,000 -68,068,000 -70,757,000 -76,173,000 -46,327,000 -52,398,000 -47,926,000 -49,950,000 -49,104,000 -42,616,000 -48,040,000 -40,463,000 -44,902,000 -38,367,000 -37,921,000 -42,544,000 -47,577,000 -44,089,000 -64,703,000 -62,805,000 -60,873,000 -54,019,000  -34,561,000 -33,451,000 -12,191,000    -6,674,000 -2,920,000   -113,000       653,000 -6,375,000 -5,164,000 -4,573,000 -4,526,000              
        total equity
      1,070,699,000 1,025,485,000 990,058,000 851,575,000 823,894,000 804,571,000 801,455,000 800,396,000 774,883,000 745,768,000 739,042,000 712,588,000 705,335,000 692,231,000   654,501,000 672,238,000 673,218,000 669,244,000 664,502,000 649,127,000 679,912,000 677,553,000 751,600,000 744,949,000 747,316,000 739,759,000 732,464,000 744,706,000 736,558,000 688,130,000 668,063,000 659,926,000 624,302,000 613,464,000 598,882,000 594,205,000 569,775,000 591,512,000                                       
        total liabilities and equity
      1,987,480,000 1,951,209,000 1,883,068,000 1,829,628,000 1,499,133,000 1,493,237,000 1,510,163,000 1,508,142,000 1,481,193,000 1,467,711,000 1,457,678,000 1,420,532,000 1,402,315,000 1,347,878,000   1,280,321,000 1,266,911,000 1,238,650,000 1,196,253,000 1,197,164,000 1,197,023,000 1,224,302,000 1,213,132,000 1,300,942,000 1,083,702,000 1,069,223,000 1,253,115,000 1,237,772,000 1,246,920,000 1,240,113,000 1,074,553,000 1,042,562,000 1,024,363,000  961,967,000 964,500,000                                          
        restricted cash
         9,499,000 9,386,000 9,294,000 9,204,000 8,581,000 8,470,000 8,373,000 8,549,000 8,451,000 8,359,000 8,341,000 8,614,000 8,713,000 8,692,000 9,957,000 13,795,000 8,006,000 8,011,000 8,011,000 4,000,000 4,000,000               5,000,000 13,817,000 16,157,000 15,137,000 28,015,000 47,909,000 60,218,000 62,406,000 13,248,000 21,104,000 4,019,000 3,312,000 3,132,000 1,204,000 1,133,000 1,145,000                         
        notes receivable
                 1,233,000 1,224,000 1,215,000 1,207,000 1,198,000 1,190,000 1,181,000     3,866,000 3,728,000 7,450,000 7,182,000 16,166,000 23,450,000 26,711,000 34,199,000 37,906,000 38,091,000 36,682,000 32,598,000 22,024,000 29,978,000 36,180,000 41,946,000                                         
        right-of-use asset
                243,100,000 234,287,000 230,554,000  217,506,000 204,343,000 201,527,000 200,990,000                                                             
        liabilities and stockholders' equity:
                                                                                    
        lease liability
                    53,358,000 52,446,000 51,843,000 52,263,000 47,241,000 41,060,000 45,351,000 49,742,000 48,840,000 44,076,000 48,052,000                                                      
        total stockholders' equity
                    685,754,000 675,016,000                                                               
        total liabilities and stockholders' equity
                    1,330,827,000 1,299,996,000                                                               
        lease right-of-use asset
                        185,467,000 170,479,000 177,308,000 183,809,000 204,591,000 206,839,000 225,950,000                                                      
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million; issued and outstanding: 52,097,590 as of june 30, 2020; 52,475,070 as of june 30, 2019; and 52,565,064 as of september 30, 2019
                            521,000                                                        
        class b voting common stock, convertible, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 3 million; issued and outstanding: 2,970,171
                            30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000                                            
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million; issued and outstanding: 52,097,590 as of march 31, 2020; 52,475,070 as of march 31, 2019; and 52,565,064 as of september 30, 2019
                             521,000                                                       
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million; issued and outstanding: 52,886,122 as of december 31, 2019; 52,475,070 as of december 31, 2018; and 52,565,064 as of september 30, 2019
                              529,000                                                      
        ezcorp, inc. stockholders’ equity
                              751,600,000 744,949,000 747,316,000 739,759,000 739,467,000 748,037,000 740,248,000 691,462,000 671,167,000 662,375,000 625,437,000 614,526,000 599,764,000 594,983,000 569,981,000 591,842,000 664,890,000 676,735,000 797,862,000 818,489,000 868,189,000 875,188,000 977,926,000 954,476,000 941,294,000 914,526,000 939,500,000 955,187,000 912,109,000 834,828,000 785,773,000 755,718,000                       
        noncontrolling interest
                                  -7,003,000 -3,331,000 -3,690,000 -3,332,000 -3,104,000 -2,449,000 -1,135,000 -1,062,000 -882,000 -778,000 -206,000 -330,000                                       
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million; issued and outstanding: 52,565,064 as of september 30, 2019 and 51,614,746 as of september 30, 2018
                               526,000                                                     
        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
                                524,000                                                    
        investment in unconsolidated affiliates
                                 29,387,000                                                  14,700,000 
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million; issued and outstanding: 52,475,070 as of march 31, 2019; 51,494,246 as of march 31, 2018; and 51,614,746 as of september 30, 2018
                                 524,000                                                   
        investment in unconsolidated affiliate
                                  35,511,000 49,500,000 61,056,000 46,509,000 45,605,000 43,319,000 41,725,000 38,334,000 39,875,000 37,128,000 57,656,000 56,677,000 53,404,000 56,182,000 90,423,000 94,510,000                      38,851,000 34,784,000 34,725,000 37,873,000 38,439,000 37,248,000 36,904,000 37,294,000 35,746,000 21,250,000 20,955,000 20,317,000  
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million; issued and outstanding: 52,475,070 as of december 31, 2018; 51,494,246 as of december 31, 2017; and 51,614,746 as of september 30, 2018
                                  524,000                                                  
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million; issued and outstanding: 51,614,746 as of september 30, 2018 and 51,427,832 as of september 30, 2017
                                   516,000                                                 
        non-current notes receivable
                                    13,432,000 18,660,000 23,343,000  41,253,000 40,319,000 39,365,000 41,119,000                                         
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million; issued and outstanding: 51,494,246 as of june 30, 2018; 51,326,582 as of june 30, 2017; and 51,427,832 as of september 30, 2017
                                    515,000                                                
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million; issued and outstanding: 51,494,246 as of march 31, 2018; 51,321,915 as of march 31, 2017; and 51,427,832 as of september 30, 2017
                                     515,000                                               
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million; issued and outstanding: 51,494,246 as of december 31, 2017; 51,306,608 as of december 31, 2016; and 51,427,832 as of september 30, 2017
                                      515,000                                              
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million; issued and outstanding: 51,427,832 as of september 30, 2017 and 51,129,144 as of september 30, 2016
                                       514,000                                             
        current assets held for sale
                                            156,587,000                                        
        liabilities, temporary equity and equity:
                                                                                    
        current liabilities held for sale
                                            130,627,000                                        
        temporary equity:
                                                                                    
        redeemable noncontrolling interest
                                            -2,410,000 -1,229,000 2,379,000 3,235,000 16,361,000 16,827,000 31,868,000 35,498,000 36,645,000 58,107,000 57,578,000 55,393,000 56,837,000 52,982,000 49,323,000 53,681,000 44,864,000 34,108,000                       
        total temporary equity
                                            -2,410,000 -1,229,000 14,075,000 14,931,000 28,057,000 28,523,000                                   
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million; issued and outstanding: 51,326,582 as of june 30, 2017; 51,019,332 as of june 30, 2016; and 51,129,144 as of september 30, 2016
                                        513,000                                            
        total liabilities, temporary equity and equity
                                        970,317,000   983,244,000 988,016,000 1,034,449,000                                       
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million as of march 31, 2017 and september 30, 2016; issued and outstanding: 51,321,915 as of march 31, 2017 and 51,129,144 as of september 30, 2016
                                         513,000                                           
        class b voting common stock, convertible, par value .01 per share; 3 million shares authorized; issued and outstanding: 2,970,171
                                         30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000                  
        income taxes receivable
                                          1,518,000 2,533,000  557,000 35,131,000 37,230,000                 3,099,000                    
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million as of december 31, 2016 and september 30, 2016; issued and outstanding: 51,306,608 as of december 31, 2016 and 51,129,144 as of september 30, 2016
                                          513,000                                          
        non-current assets held for sale
                                                                                    
        non-current liabilities held for sale
                                                                                    
        deferred gains and other long-term liabilities
                                           10,450,000 3,321,000 2,751,000 5,917,000 6,157,000 7,668,000 7,673,000 10,803,000 11,359,000 18,463,000 18,613,000 22,938,000 17,140,000 16,451,000 15,080,000 26,227,000 13,903,000 14,187,000 14,423,000 1,997,000 2,102,000 2,209,000 2,314,000 2,419,000 2,525,000 2,630,000 2,735,000 2,840,000 3,247,000 3,352,000 3,462,000 3,566,000 3,672,000 2,909,000 3,003,000 3,096,000 2,886,000 2,977,000 3,067,000 3,158,000 4,319,000 
        class a non-voting common stock, subject to possible redemption at 10.06 per share; none as of september 30, 2016 and 1,168,456 shares issued and outstanding at redemption value as of september 30, 2015
                                                                                    
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million as of september 30, 2016 and 2015; issued and outstanding: 51,129,144 as of september 30, 2016 and 50,726,289 as of september 30, 2015
                                           511,000                                         
        income taxes payable
                                            4,842,000 6,632,000             659,000    12,672,000 693,000                     
        class a non-voting common stock, subject to possible redemption at 10.06 per share; none as of june 30, 2016 and 1,168,456 shares issued and outstanding at redemption value as of june 30, 2015 and september 30, 2015
                                                                                    
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million as of june 30, 2016 and 2015 and september 30, 2015; issued and outstanding: 51,019,332 as of june 30, 2016; 50,681,477 as of june 30, 2015; and 50,726,289 as of september 30, 2015
                                            510,000                                        
        consumer loans
                                             26,362,000 32,175,000 36,533,000 57,737,000 55,529,000 62,380,000 67,594,000 76,748,000 75,501,000 82,807,000 64,515,000 42,717,000 36,596,000 40,599,000 34,152,000 28,487,000 23,998,000                       
        consumer loan fees and interest receivable
                                             13,226,000 12,827,000 19,802,000 18,180,000 13,063,000 28,355,000 30,653,000 38,351,000 40,033,000 40,181,000 36,588,000                             
        restricted cash, non-current
                                             2,308,000 2,667,000 2,883,000 2,978,000 2,880,000 3,454,000 4,257,000 22,473,000 9,575,000 2,742,000 2,156,000 2,182,000 2,197,000 1,994,000 4,337,000                         
        non-current consumer loans
                                             62,673,000 71,502,000 75,824,000 82,739,000 79,860,000 36,449,000 40,442,000 51,798,000 61,724,000 60,750,000 69,991,000 82,631,000 77,414,000 66,615,000 61,997,000 50,587,000 52,740,000                       
        current capital lease obligations
                                                 93,000 258,000 418,000 520,000 533,000 533,000 533,000 533,000 533,000 533,000 594,000 395,000                        
        accounts payable and other accrued expenses
                                             85,836,000 87,219,000 107,871,000 84,036,000 89,711,000 80,314,000 97,213,000 90,234,000 70,812,000 77,619,000 79,967,000 68,960,000 63,298,000 70,719,000 78,925,000 70,696,000 75,866,000 57,451,000 57,400,000 53,242,000 44,754,000 48,986,000 49,663,000 44,194,000 38,592,000 39,692,000 33,838,000 33,958,000 30,457,000 48,534,000 29,425,000 24,120,000 22,202,000 25,164,000 25,592,000 21,658,000 18,594,000 19,689,000  
        other current liabilities
                                             2,595,000 6,470,000 15,384,000 6,124,000 6,230,000 6,000,000 8,595,000 8,716,000 12,121,000 11,106,000 22,337,000 22,640,000 36,096,000 24,396,000                          
        long-term debt, less current maturities
                                             252,808,000 281,545,000 306,337,000 340,822,000 356,393,000 324,029,000 356,430,000 360,628,000 214,254,000 235,289,000 215,939,000 198,374,000 137,376,000 207,978,000 198,836,000 175,740,000 109,096,000 40,500,000 17,500,000 26,500,000 10,000,000 12,500,000 15,000,000 17,500,000 20,000,000 22,500,000 25,000,000 27,500,000 30,000,000 30,337,000         31,000,000 
        class a non-voting common stock, subject to possible redemption at 10.06 per share; none as of march 31, 2016 and 1,168,456 shares issued and outstanding at redemption value as of march 31, 2015 and september 30, 2015
                                                                                    
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million as of march 31, 2016 and 2015 and september 30, 2015; issued and outstanding: 50,989,430 as of march 31, 2016; 50,681,477 as of march 31, 2015; and 50,726,289 as of september 30, 2015
                                             510,000                                       
        prepaid income taxes
                                              5,929,000 7,945,000 44,986,000 52,234,000 23,790,000 28,655,000 21,779,000                                
        liabilities, temporary equity and stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                    
        class a non-voting common stock, subject to possible redemption at 10.06 per share; 1,168,456 shares issued and outstanding at redemption value as of december 31, 2015 and september 30, 2015; and none as of december 31, 2014
                                              11,696,000                                      
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million as of december 31, 2015 and 2014 and september 30, 2015; issued and outstanding: 50,756,171 as of december 31, 2015; 50,680,358 as of december 31, 2014; and 50,726,289 as of september 30, 2015
                                              508,000                                      
        total liabilities, temporary equity and stockholders’ equity
                                              1,145,840,000 1,212,230,000 1,343,258,000 1,389,067,000                                   
        class a non-voting common stock, subject to possible redemption at 10.06 per share; 1,168,456 shares issued and outstanding at redemption value as of september 30, 2015; and none as of september 30, 2014
                                               11,696,000                                     
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million at september 30, 2015 and 2014; issued and outstanding: 50,726,289 as of september 30, 2015; 50,614,767 as of september 30, 2014
                                               507,000                                     
        receivables, prepaid expenses and other current assets
                                                33,947,000 32,383,000 34,195,000                                  
        class a non-voting common stock, subject to possible redemption at 10.06 per share; 1,168,456 shares issued and outstanding at redemption value as of june 30, 2015; and none as of june 30, 2014 and september 30, 2014
                                                11,696,000                                    
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million as of june 30, 2015 and 2014 and september 30, 2014; issued and outstanding: 50,681,477 as of june 30, 2015; 51,612,246 as of june 30, 2014; and 50,614,767 as of september 30, 2014
                                                506,000                                    
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                                -42,386,000    115,000 -3,893,000 -3,321,000   9,056,000 1,983,000  -8,623,000 -1,843,000 -7,487,000 -746,000 5,017,000 2,824,000      -4,620,000 -6,345,000 -7,679,000 -3,217,000 2,581,000 3,599,000 2,882,000 2,991,000 2,602,000 2,280,000 2,254,000 1,624,000  
        treasury stock
                                                    -11,901,000                    -12,000 -12,000 -12,000 -12,000 -35,000 -35,000 -35,000 -35,000 -35,000 -35,000 -35,000  
        long-term capital lease obligations
                                                     106,000 253,000 391,000 521,000 648,000 771,000  764,000                        
        class a non-voting common stock, subject to possible redemption at 10.06 per share; 1,168,456 shares issued and outstanding at redemption value as of march 31, 2015; and none as of march 31, 2014 and september 30, 2014
                                                 11,696,000                                   
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million as of march 31, 2015 and 2014 and september 30, 2014; issued and outstanding: 50,681,477 as of march 31, 2015; 51,411,973 as of march 31, 2014; and 50,614,767 as of september 30, 2014
                                                 506,000                                   
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                    
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million as of december 31, 2014; 56 million as of december 31, 2013; and 100 million as of september 30, 2014; issued and outstanding: 50,680,358 as of december 31, 2014; 51,389,307 as of december 31, 2013; and 50,614,767 as of september 30, 2014
                                                  506,000                                  
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                  1,351,383,000 1,403,471,000 1,522,367,000 1,352,236,000 1,369,129,000 1,345,290,000 1,354,201,000 1,314,407,000 1,337,346,000 1,218,007,000 1,138,073,000 1,029,169,000 825,879,000 756,450,000 713,621,000 668,893,000 645,047,000 606,412,000 571,383,000 546,278,000 526,804,000 492,517,000 472,195,000 454,781,000 469,666,000 308,720,000 285,999,000 274,027,000 269,236,000 251,186,000 231,364,000 220,411,000 210,671,000 153,690,000 
        prepaid expenses and other assets
                                                   76,959,000 113,458,000 54,321,000 42,895,000 34,217,000 37,377,000 42,421,000 50,394,000 45,451,000 40,268,000 34,443,000 38,914,000 30,611,000 21,932,000 20,045,000 20,724,000 17,427,000 15,179,000 15,625,000 20,654,000 16,927,000 14,866,000 13,574,000 12,284,000 9,116,000 5,622,000 7,281,000 8,121,000 6,146,000 5,197,000 5,373,000 5,786,000  
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million at september 30, 2014; 56 million at september 30, 2013; issued and outstanding: 50,614,767 at september 30, 2014; 51,269,434 at september 30, 2013
                                                   506,000                                 
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million and 54 million at june 30, 2014 and 2013; and 56 million at september 30, 2013; issued: 51,612,246 and 51,230,843 at june 30, 2014 and 2013; and 51,269,434 at september 30, 2013
                                                    519,000                                
        income tax receivable
                                                     17,702,000 7,268,000 16,105,000 12,937,000 3,079,000   9,898,000 2,391,000    1,427,000                   
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; shares authorized: 100 million and 54 million at march 31, 2014 and 2013; and 56 million at september 30, 2013; issued and outstanding: 51,411,973 and 51,208,328 at march 31, 2014 and 2013; and 51,269,434 at september 30, 2013
                                                     513,000                               
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; 56 million shares authorized; issued and outstanding: 51,389,307 and 51,196,870 at december 31, 2013 and 2012; and 51,269,434 at september 30, 2013
                                                      513,000                              
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; 56 million shares authorized; issued and outstanding: 51,269,434 at september 30, 2013; 48,255,536 at september 30, 2012
                                                       513,000                             
        consumer loan fees receivable
                                                        35,610,000 33,507,000 34,074,000 30,416,000 25,729,000 24,551,000                       
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 54 million shares; issued and outstanding: 51,230,843 at june 30, 2013, 48,223,698 at june 30, 2012; and 48,255,536 at september 30, 2012
                                                        512,000                            
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 54 million shares; issued and outstanding: 51,208,328 at march 31, 2013, 48,002,116 at march 31, 2012; and 48,255,536 at september 30, 2012
                                                         508,000                           
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 54 million shares; issued and outstanding: 51,196,870 and 47,409,234 at december 31, 2012 and 2011; and 48,255,536 at september 30, 2012
                                                          508,000                          
        federal income tax receivable
                                                           10,511,000         10,655,000 13,414,000    495,000           
        long-term capital lease obligation
                                                           995,000                         
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 54 million shares; 48,255,536 issued and outstanding in 2012; 47,228,610 issued and outstanding in 2011
                                                           482,000                         
        cash, restricted
                                                            1,051,000                        
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 54 million shares; issued and outstanding: 48,223,698 at june 30, 2012; 46,971,535 at june 30, 2011; and 47,228,610 at september 30, 2011
                                                            482,000                        
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 54 million shares; issued and outstanding: 48,002,116 at march 31, 2012; 46,954,535 at march 31, 2011; and 47,228,610 at september 30, 2011
                                                             480,000                       
        signature loans
                                                              12,676,000 11,389,000 12,089,000 9,926,000 11,953,000 10,775,000 8,915,000 7,287,000 8,934,000 8,357,000             
        auto title loans
                                                              3,512,000 3,222,000 2,348,000 2,022,000 3,307,000 3,145,000 2,802,000 1,939,000 2,110,000 1,663,000 1,126,000 874,000 1,174,000          
        signature loan fees receivable
                                                              6,206,000 5,348,000 5,646,000 4,841,000 6,141,000 5,818,000 5,493,000 4,607,000 6,044,000 5,599,000 5,105,000 4,417,000 5,968,000 5,406,000 5,086,000 4,781,000 7,217,000 5,992,000 5,439,000    
        auto title loan fees receivable
                                                              1,405,000 1,427,000 1,238,000 1,185,000 1,600,000 1,616,000 1,314,000 850,000 827,000 529,000 352,000 72,000 92,000          
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 54 million shares; issued and outstanding: 47,409,234 at december 31, 2011; 46,952,495 at december 31, 2010;and 47,228,610 at september 30, 2011
                                                              474,000                      
        total stockholders’ equity
                                                              698,383,000 664,248,000 624,302,000 593,789,000 558,306,000 519,428,000 491,655,000  442,595,000 415,685,000 391,794,000 376,517,000 371,164,000 273,050,000 256,716,000 244,003,000 229,769,000 215,925,000 203,586,000 195,478,000 181,416,000  
        deferred tax asset, non-current
                                                                   60,000 5,472,000 5,318,000 5,011,000 6,311,000 9,090,000 8,452,000 7,754,000 8,139,000 5,620,000 5,346,000 5,023,000 4,765,000 4,536,000 4,249,000 3,950,000  
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 54 million shares; 47,228,610 issued and outstanding in 2011; 46,256,051 issued and outstanding in 2010
                                                               471,000                     
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 54 million shares; issued and outstanding: 46,971,535 at june 30, 2011; 46,247,951 at june 30, 2010; and 46,256,051 at september 30, 2010
                                                                469,000                    
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 54 million shares; issued and outstanding: 46,954,535 at march 31, 2011; 46,192,698 at march 31, 2010; and 46,256,051 at september 30, 2010
                                                                 469,000                   
        federal income taxes payable
                                                                  5,267,000 3,687,000   6,480,000 572,000 1,988,000  3,186,000 246,000  2,363,000 9,063,000 4,795,000 1,255,000 1,104,000 4,305,000  
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 54 million shares; issued and outstanding: 46,952,495 at december 31, 2010; 45,761,998 at december 31, 2009; and 46,256,051 at september 30, 2010
                                                                  469,000                  
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 54 million shares; 46,256,051 issued and outstanding in 2010; 45,732,998 issued and outstanding in 2009
                                                                   463,000                 
        class b voting common stock, convertible, par value .01 per share; 3 million shares authorized; 2,970,171 issued and outstanding
                                                                   30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000  
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 54 million shares; 46,247,951 issued and outstanding at june 30, 2010; 45,692,294 issued and 45,682,294 outstanding at june 30, 2009; 45,732,998 issued and outstanding at september 30, 2009
                                                                    462,000                
        total current assets 272,383
                                                                     246,857,000               
        total current liabilities 53,079
                                                                     44,802,000               
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 54 million shares; 46,192,698 issued and outstanding at march 31, 2010; 45,636,645 issued and 45,626,645 outstanding at march 31, 2009; 45,732,998 issued and outstanding at september 30, 2009
                                                                     462,000               
        total stockholders’ equity 470,464
                                                                     376,517,000               
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 54 million shares; 45,761,998 issued and outstanding at december 31, 2009; 45,457,188 issued and 45,447,188 outstanding at december 31, 2008; 45,732,998 issued and outstanding at september 30, 2009
                                                                      458,000              
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 54 million shares; 38,564,331 issued and 38,554,331 outstanding in 2008; 45,732,998 issued and outstanding in 2009
                                                                       457,000             
        payday loans
                                                                        7,649,000 6,420,000 8,246,000 7,124,000 6,598,000 5,290,000 6,169,000 4,814,000 4,514,000 3,314,000 3,273,000  
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 54 million shares; 45,692,294 issued and 45,682,294 outstanding at june 30, 2009; 38,497,830 issued and 38,470,731 outstanding at june 30, 2008; 38,564,331 issued and 38,554,331 outstanding at september 30, 2008
                                                                        457,000            
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 54 million shares; 45,636,645 issued and 45,626,645 outstanding at march 31, 2009; 38,454,875 issued and 38,427,776 outstanding at march 31, 2008; 38,564,331 issued and 38,554,331 outstanding at september 30, 2008
                                                                         456,000           
        preferred stock, par value .01 per share; 5 million shares authorized in 2007, none authorized in 2008; none issued and outstanding in 2007 and 2008
                                                                                    
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 54 million shares; 45,457,188 issued and 45,447,188 outstanding at december 31, 2008; 38,399,709 issued and 38,372,610 outstanding at december 31, 2007; 38,564,331 issued and 38,554,331 outstanding at september 30, 2008
                                                                          451,000          
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 54 million shares; 38,363,176 issued and 38,336,077 outstanding in 2007; 38,564,331 issued and 38,554,331 outstanding in 2008;
                                                                           386,000         
        federal income taxes receivable
                                                                            454,000        
        preferred stock, par value .01 per share; 5 million shares authorized; none issued and outstanding
                                                                                    
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; 50 million shares authorized; 38,497,830 issued and 38,470,731 outstanding at june 30, 2008; 38,356,436 issued and 38,329,337 outstanding at june 30, 2007; 38,363,176 issued and 38,336,077 outstanding at september 30, 2007
                                                                            385,000        
        cumulative effect of adopting a new accounting principle
                                                                            -106,000 -106,000 -106,000      
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; 50 million shares authorized; 38,454,875 issued and 38,427,776 outstanding at march 31, 2008; 38,304,741 issued and 38,277,642 outstanding at march 31, 2007; 38,363,176 issued and 38,336,077 outstanding at september 30, 2007
                                                                             384,000       
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; 50 million shares authorized; 38,399,709 issued and 38,372,610 outstanding at december 31, 2007; 37,636,788 issued and 37,609,689 outstanding at december 31, 2006; 38,363,176 issued and 38,336,077 outstanding at september 30, 2007
                                                                              384,000      
        total long-term liabilities
                                                                               2,886,000     
        preferred stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 5 million shares; none issued and outstanding
                                                                                    
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 50 million shares; 37,542,240 issued and 37,515,141 outstanding in 2006; 38,363,176 issued and 38,336,077 outstanding in 2007
                                                                               383,000     
        stockholders’ equity: - sum
                                                                               213,358,000     
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 50 million shares; 38,356,436 issued and 38,329,337 outstanding at june 30, 2007; 36,735,471 issued and 36,708,372 outstanding at june 30, 2006; 37,542,240 issued and 37,515,141 outstanding at september 30, 2006
                                                                                383,000    
        credit service fees receivable
                                                                                 3,718,000 4,550,000  
        payday loan fees receivable
                                                                                 616,000 591,000  
        commitments and contingencies stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                    
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 50 million shares; 38,304,741 issued and 38,277,642 outstanding at march 31, 2007; 36,626,154 issued and 36,599,055 outstanding at march 31, 2006; 37,542,240 issued and 37,515,141 outstanding at september 30, 2006
                                                                                 383,000   
        class a non-voting common stock, par value .01 per share; authorized 50 million shares; 37,636,788 issued and 37,609,689 outstanding at december 31, 2006; 35,681,724 issued and 35,654,625 outstanding at december 31, 2005; 37,542,240 issued and 37,515,141 outstanding at september 30, 2006
                                                                                  376,000  
        notes receivable from related parties
                                                                                   1,500,000 
        deferred tax asset — non-current
                                                                                   4,391,000 
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                    
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 
                                                                                     
          operating activities:
                                                                                     
          net income
        44,304,000 26,704,000 26,503,000 25,390,000 31,016,000 15,196,000 17,950,000 21,479,000 28,470,000 10,253,000 18,222,000 -6,790,000 16,778,000 7,337,000 12,215,000 14,887,000 15,721,000 1,553,000 -2,570,000 5,330,000 4,299,000 -23,340,000   1,238,000 -645,000 3,158,000 3,519,000 -4,721,000 225,000 14,274,000 11,439,000 12,133,000 10,112,000 5,202,000 7,856,000 7,038,000 3,982,000 -6,355,000 -77,791,000 -8,266,000 -91,342,000 -10,237,000 -4,998,000 15,113,000 -87,337,000 12,343,000 9,067,000 24,395,000 -23,770,000 -4,840,000 34,880,000 32,155,000 44,141,000 29,711,000 37,373,000 39,352,000 36,365,000 26,527,000 31,838,000 27,429,000 27,852,000 19,962,000 23,773,000 25,707,000 20,939,000 14,385,000 18,320,000 14,828,000 16,031,000 10,827,000 13,016,000 12,555,000 11,155,000 6,762,000 10,196,000 9,761,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                     
          depreciation and amortization
        8,756,000 8,180,000 8,003,000 8,020,000 8,335,000 8,127,000 8,158,000 8,219,000 8,565,000 8,154,000 8,026,000 7,963,000 7,988,000 9,370,000 7,746,000 7,450,000 7,574,000 7,592,000 7,419,000 8,089,000 7,572,000 7,653,000 7,679,000 7,762,000 7,733,000 7,683,000 7,254,000 7,012,000 6,848,000 7,186,000 6,124,000 6,451,000 5,723,000 5,415,000 5,843,000 6,030,000 6,373,000 8,229,000 5,281,000 7,051,000 8,090,000 10,010,000 8,927,000 9,067,000 9,030,000 10,544,000 9,197,000 9,523,000 9,363,000 9,186,000 9,317,000 8,763,000 7,652,000 5,377,000 7,377,000 7,259,000 5,255,000 5,020,000 4,679,000 4,466,000 4,179,000 3,973,000 3,759,000 3,573,000 3,356,000 3,275,000 3,254,000 3,151,000 3,066,000 3,327,000 3,081,000 3,119,000 2,827,000 2,618,000 2,495,000 2,401,000 2,298,000 
          amortization of deferred financing costs
        479,000  513,000                                   1,583,000 -257,000 742,000 833,000 727,000 798,000 992,000 1,633,000                                 
          non-cash lease expense
        15,666,000 15,376,000 14,946,000 14,522,000 14,421,000 14,394,000 14,485,000 14,770,000 14,744,000 15,185,000 14,206,000 13,950,000 13,596,000                                                                 
          deferred income taxes
        93,000 -2,542,000 -552,000 -468,000 478,000 916,000 -77,000 170,000 345,000 -5,313,000 -502,000 -7,643,000 656,000 4,470,000 263,000 -375,000 587,000 3,859,000 543,000 302,000 -1,421,000 -5,066,000 371,000 -3,708,000 10,000 -3,387,000 4,645,000 6,000 352,000 4,843,000 334,000 -328,000 3,129,000 6,917,000 -207,000 -1,414,000 750,000 2,995,000 7,683,000 -3,470,000 -4,534,000 -33,665,000 -206,000 -7,033,000 1,497,000 -10,693,000 344,000 -2,317,000 693,000  -1,155,000 -814,000 2,214,000 3,405,000 -572,000                       
          other adjustments
        -874,000 -65,000 -636,000 -624,000 -617,000 720,000 1,498,000 -572,000 -857,000 2,004,000 -2,508,000 -2,295,000 -91,000 3,245,000 -26,000 -678,000 -30,000 146,000 -81,000 -83,000 -167,000 -476,000 318,000 512,000 1,298,000 3,901,000 610,000 -3,787,000 5,052,000  867,000 480,000 601,000 65,000 15,000 -358,000 295,000 6,328,000 3,110,000 -183,000 -1,966,000 12,710,000 835,000 556,000 -176,000 -6,705,000 1,701,000 2,207,000 344,000 3,640,000                            
          provision for inventory reserve
        429,000 819,000 -20,000 59,000 -516,000 406,000 339,000 -156,000 763,000 -440,000 -252,000 532,000 -157,000 -316,000 -960,000 -820,000 -1,191,000 -1,547,000 -3,755,000 -1,510,000                                                         
          stock compensation expense
        3,397,000 3,252,000 4,212,000 2,404,000 2,597,000 2,461,000 3,101,000 2,580,000 2,264,000 2,663,000 3,135,000 1,855,000 1,886,000 1,045,000 1,850,000 460,000 1,698,000 790,000 1,538,000 1,094,000 524,000 -10,187,000 2,371,000 1,027,000 1,695,000 2,715,000 2,339,000 2,459,000 2,238,000 2,568,000 2,682,000 2,615,000 2,919,000      1,057,000 1,316,000 833,000    -636,000                                 
          equity in net income from investment in unconsolidated affiliates
        -1,823,000  -1,200,000 -1,505,000 -1,475,000    -1,153,000                                                                     
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of business acquisitions:
                                                                                     
          pawn service charges receivable
        -1,020,000  -1,911,000 2,915,000 -1,368,000  -2,664,000 2,071,000 -1,000,000                                                       1,231,000             
          inventory
        -1,816,000 -8,974,000 -3,815,000 -3,006,000 -2,384,000 -5,713,000 -4,392,000 -449,000 2,066,000 691,000 -3,195,000 -425,000 -1,881,000 -7,504,000 -5,058,000 -465,000 -2,314,000 -5,011,000 -1,099,000 5,158,000 1,323,000 9,053,000 9,271,000 311,000 -1,592,000 -1,870,000 956,000 -264,000 685,000 -2,062,000 1,616,000 459,000 -1,087,000 -749,000 762,000 1,323,000 -615,000 -2,386,000 -356,000 1,114,000 -2,107,000 -493,000 -1,573,000 2,078,000 421,000 -1,959,000 -716,000 2,162,000 -385,000 -9,671,000 2,983,000 8,874,000 -11,908,000 -3,143,000 -2,320,000 3,055,000 -1,609,000 -4,173,000 -2,079,000 2,584,000 -1,754,000 -3,338,000 -959,000 1,956,000 197,000 -1,688,000 172,000 1,552,000 -819,000 -754,000 -738,000 1,085,000 -467,000 -818,000 -646,000 1,052,000 1,000 
          prepaid expenses, other current assets and other assets
        -1,352,000 -5,645,000 -518,000 -931,000 1,375,000 -5,013,000 5,074,000 -2,876,000 -5,823,000 936,000 889,000 -1,359,000 -2,280,000 1,213,000 1,937,000 2,418,000 -2,330,000 -535,000 4,034,000 4,587,000 -713,000 2,473,000 -557,000 6,858,000 -9,649,000 9,926,000 -604,000 -2,026,000 -1,564,000 3,831,000 -372,000 -861,000 -2,384,000 3,905,000 -1,910,000 7,027,000 -3,856,000 -14,359,000 4,897,000 -196,000 -5,739,000                                     
          accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities
        -39,357,000 16,603,000 -12,533,000 -6,753,000 -38,737,000 8,238,000 -7,865,000 -23,540,000 -33,991,000 -8,504,000 -9,049,000 -9,208,000 -34,761,000 -11,932,000 -2,951,000 -20,727,000 -29,531,000 -2,644,000 -8,129,000 -19,976,000 -23,460,000 3,049,000 -2,651,000 -7,833,000 -29,966,000 23,723,000 -1,068,000 52,000 -461,000 411,000 693,000 277,000 -5,283,000 -1,577,000 656,000                                           
          customer layaway deposits
        -1,065,000 436,000 1,636,000 6,731,000 2,909,000 1,895,000 169,000 1,605,000 -719,000 340,000 -390,000 2,178,000 -752,000 1,094,000 -77,000 1,791,000 551,000 745,000 273,000 1,549,000 -1,311,000 -938,000 -1,247,000 1,005,000 -467,000 227,000 -861,000 1,792,000 18,000 -226,000 -193,000 1,411,000 -283,000 -47,000 48,000 1,121,000 -881,000 -452,000 -70,000 1,161,000 -310,000 870,000 -820,000 4,842,000 -2,895,000 -66,000 -786,000 3,206,000 -2,853,000 828,000 -224,000 1,889,000 -1,077,000 400,000 -388,000 2,071,000 -1,865,000 87,000 -786,000 863,000 -234,000 704,000 818,000 1,784,000 -1,482,000 575,000 -749,000 1,470,000 -435,000 77,000 -205,000 312,000 91,000 100,000 -357,000 65,000 213,000 
          income taxes
        13,329,000 1,185,000 154,000 -10,081,000 9,000,000 5,595,000 -1,269,000 -7,400,000 8,309,000 3,996,000 71,000 2,278,000 6,574,000 -1,717,000 -7,644,000 1,835,000 4,741,000 -2,243,000 1,850,000 2,505,000 68,000  -898,000 2,600,000 -1,188,000                                12,284,000 3,361,000 -1,546,000                   
          net cash from operating activities
        39,146,000 51,255,000 34,802,000 36,937,000 25,991,000 43,336,000 33,716,000 15,067,000 21,481,000 27,525,000 27,482,000 35,159,000 11,668,000 18,041,000 17,919,000 21,557,000 9,018,000 13,316,000 14,401,000 23,234,000 -4,513,000 -7,287,000 35,094,000 32,189,000 -10,918,000 38,540,000 14,354,000 27,863,000 22,760,000 19,674,000 23,509,000 28,173,000 17,368,000 21,862,000 12,009,000 23,255,000 -5,290,000   60,207,000 -4,468,000 28,890,000 12,522,000 27,051,000 10,935,000 28,465,000 7,162,000 36,163,000 17,454,000 27,058,000 5,247,000 63,660,000 30,508,000 46,316,000 12,424,000 47,966,000 43,742,000 41,451,000 37,106,000 34,733,000 35,151,000 44,201,000 29,445,000 15,752,000 35,327,000 21,767,000 18,774,000 18,216,000 21,860,000 17,101,000 14,166,000 14,051,000 17,026,000 17,183,000 11,874,000 12,914,000 11,438,000 
          investing activities:
                                                                                     
          loans made
        -272,746,000 -267,835,000 -254,059,000 -237,386,000 -247,225,000 -253,893,000 -249,927,000 -216,216,000 -216,978,000 -229,036,000 -213,972,000 -189,643,000 -189,074,000 -215,092,000 -195,506,000 -162,979,000 -166,480,000 -178,188,000 -153,982,000 -126,532,000 -142,936,000 -125,616,000 -91,702,000 -163,688,000 -187,362,000 -195,073,000 -188,975,000 -166,949,000 -186,588,000 -194,306,000 -182,182,000 -161,066,000 -169,666,000 -173,949,000 -172,072,000 -144,147,000 -156,457,000 -207,242,000 -145,153,000 -150,818,000 -173,162,000 -201,796,000 -223,264,000 -193,266,000 -223,748,000 -254,359,000 -257,022,000 -215,865,000 -232,294,000 -240,919,000 -241,267,000 -209,850,000 -231,067,000 -231,213,000 -211,329,000 -177,597,000 -182,757,000 -185,938,000 -173,921,000 -139,684,000 -152,860,000 -156,031,000 -145,985,000 -115,248,000 -128,315,000 -128,959,000 -122,606,000           
          loans repaid
        152,230,000 140,027,000 133,639,000 148,905,000 135,190,000 131,200,000 128,327,000 139,949,000 123,021,000 114,968,000 113,282,000 121,479,000 109,125,000 114,700,000 95,987,000 104,294,000 95,542,000 90,556,000 82,648,000 100,772,000 77,116,000 72,751,000 92,664,000 119,431,000 109,623,000 106,063,000 102,384,000 119,052,000 106,643,000 102,695,000 98,369,000 117,226,000 103,041,000 97,550,000 89,753,000 107,797,000 91,283,000 136,492,000 66,566,000 118,766,000 106,372,000 100,279,000 139,186,000 186,907,000 147,981,000 152,514,000 151,025,000 174,965,000 150,206,000 146,346,000 143,252,000 165,680,000 142,250,000 137,339,000 122,565,000 149,301,000 110,988,000 108,605,000 93,317,000 112,292,000 91,380,000 88,108,000 78,221,000 91,654,000 77,849,000 71,449,000 66,076,000           
          recovery of pawn loan principal through sale of forfeited collateral
        115,522,000 101,300,000 93,516,000 96,537,000 101,850,000 90,615,000 84,430,000 90,142,000 98,209,000 84,741,000 80,104,000 83,474,000 88,030,000 83,341,000 61,771,000 64,014,000 65,297,000 52,956,000 46,576,000 55,038,000 53,981,000 56,033,000 89,498,000 82,277,000 76,515,000 76,523,000 69,323,000 72,062,000 70,594,000 64,884,000 67,208,000 67,726,000 67,144,000 56,813,000 59,581,000 63,808,000 64,430,000 61,458,000 51,880,000 63,264,000 58,566,000 52,522,000 52,285,000 68,999,000 69,886,000 64,049,000 51,645,000 65,583,000 64,776,000 56,256,000 51,496,000 56,701,000 73,264,000 60,700,000 50,163,000 67,817,000 61,701,000 54,820,000 46,295,000 53,714,000 50,833,000 47,044,000 38,167,000 43,757,000 45,256,000 41,195,000 36,724,000 43,584,000 32,732,000 29,460,000 23,591,000 29,718,000 27,442,000 26,383,000 19,821,000 24,958,000 25,045,000 
          capital expenditures
        -7,455,000 -15,510,000 -9,085,000 -8,357,000 -5,609,000 -18,894,000 -3,216,000 -6,470,000 -7,184,000 -12,695,000 -9,312,000 -11,257,000 -7,182,000 -13,795,000 -7,602,000 -5,513,000 -4,985,000 -8,966,000 -6,276,000 -5,136,000 -3,223,000 -8,707,000 -6,586,000 -5,574,000 -10,705,000 -7,983,000 -5,880,000 -14,666,000 -7,917,000 -4,047,000 -2,967,000 -2,326,000   -1,810,000 -1,166,000 -1,437,000 -6,915,000 -6,980,000 -8,954,000 -7,034,000 -5,287,000 -5,028,000 -5,615,000 -13,347,000 -9,845,000 -14,600,000 -8,906,000 -12,603,000 -10,947,000 -12,298,000 -9,948,000 -10,355,000 -9,173,000 -7,314,000 -7,934,000 -7,022,000 -9,100,000 -5,149,000 -4,470,000 -4,914,000 -5,124,000 -5,029,000 -4,197,000 -5,065,000 -3,469,000 -4,125,000 -5,500,000 -4,508,000 -2,986,000 -3,510,000 -2,738,000 
          free cash flows
        31,691,000 35,745,000 25,717,000 28,580,000 20,382,000 24,442,000 30,500,000 8,597,000 14,297,000 14,830,000 18,170,000 23,902,000 4,486,000 4,246,000 10,317,000 16,044,000 4,033,000 4,350,000 8,125,000 18,098,000 -7,736,000 -7,287,000 26,387,000 25,603,000 -16,492,000 38,540,000 3,649,000 19,880,000 16,880,000 19,674,000 8,843,000 28,173,000 9,451,000 21,862,000 7,962,000 20,288,000 -7,616,000   58,397,000 -5,634,000 27,453,000 5,607,000 20,071,000 1,981,000 21,431,000 1,875,000 31,135,000 11,839,000 13,711,000 -4,598,000 49,060,000 21,602,000 33,713,000 1,477,000 35,668,000 33,794,000 31,096,000 27,933,000 27,419,000 27,217,000 37,179,000 20,345,000 10,603,000 30,857,000 16,853,000 13,650,000 13,187,000 17,663,000 12,036,000 10,697,000 9,926,000 11,526,000 12,675,000 8,888,000 9,404,000 8,700,000 
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired
        -9,147,000 -3,600,000 -17,014,000   -150,000 -3,353,000 -7,933,000 -677,000 -1,906,000 -84,000 -12,884,000    -3,883,000        -7,489,000 -295,000 -332,000 -29,385,000 -1,617,000 -62,163,000       -3,682,000 630,000   -236,000 -2,708,000 113,000 -10,395,000 130,000 -2,661,000 -1,000 -12,278,000 -3,398,000 -42,089,000 -33,761,000 -49,399,000 -3,096,000 -33,362,000 -17,761,000 -13,700,000 -2,829,000 -18,977,000 -31,000 80,000 -1,785,000 -22,153,000 -17,064,000 -28,000 -95,000 -15,344,000    
          issuance of notes receivable
        -4,000,000          -15,500,000                                                                 
          investment in unconsolidated affiliate
        -7,172,000 -68,000 -209,000   -138,000 -143,000                                                                 -15,000     
          dividends from unconsolidated affiliates
        1,810,000 1,712,000 1,902,000      1,814,000 1,775,000 1,706,000 1,660,000                         2,435,000 2,407,000 2,532,000 2,597,000 2,214,000 3,590,000 3,233,000 1,595,000 772,000 2,566,000 2,222,000 3,056,000 2,407,000 1,811,000                 
          other
            -148,000                                                                         
          net cash from investing activities
        -30,958,000 -51,822,000 -51,259,000 -741,000 -14,040,000 -52,619,000 -40,992,000 -1,378,000 -16,864,000 -40,339,000 -29,898,000 3,969,000 -44,618,000 -31,694,000 -49,702,000 -1,284,000 -30,603,000 -47,525,000 -46,166,000 24,142,000 -15,062,000 -491,000 81,753,000 35,434,000 -6,798,000 -14,591,000 -28,153,000 23,194,000 -8,279,000 -17,098,000 -67,634,000 17,238,000 -66,712,000 -25,227,000 -18,500,000 31,711,000 4,761,000   23,401,000 -9,363,000 -53,550,000 -38,078,000 -14,939,000 38,874,000 -3,648,000 -47,276,000 20,428,000 -4,342,000 -51,534,000 -59,025,000 -2,070,000 -47,755,000 -49,175,000 -90,865,000 -3,972,000 -67,193,000 -35,964,000 -73,788,000 3,654,000 -30,470,000 -30,836,000 -63,672,000 18,050,000 -60,643,000 -21,149,000 -25,071,000 -4,254,000 -22,549,000 -19,897,000 -20,038,000 7,591,000 -26,058,000 -26,366,000 -42,024,000 6,981,000 -1,501,000 
          financing activities:
                                                                                     
          taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards
        -6,346,000 -1,000 -3,971,000 -41,000 -3,253,000 1,000 -11,000 -1,138,000 -792,000 -109,000 -730,000 -1,000 -63,000 -1,395,000 -3,288,000 -311,000 -61,000 -706,000     -14,000 -196,000 8,000 -1,361,000   -44,000 -165,000 -3,431,000 -31,000 -82,000 -83,000 -988,000 -75,000 -13,000 -7,396,000                 
          purchase and retirement of treasury stock
         -999,000 -2,003,000 -997,000 -3,000,000 -2,999,000 -2,999,000 -3,003,000 -3,007,000                                                                     
          payments of finance leases
        -174,000 -156,000 -184,000 -135,000 -131,000 -106,000 -110,000 -144,000 -132,000                                                                     
          net cash from financing activities
        -6,520,000 -1,186,000 -10,850,000 293,558,000 -7,102,000 -37,535,000 -3,109,000 -3,147,000 -6,392,000 -3,280,000 -3,004,000 -4,017,000 33,993,000 -2,040,000 -792,000 -51,000 -14,492,000 -927,000 -783,000 1,135,000 -132,000 -4,322,000 -2,934,000 -216,000 -195,370,000 -119,000 -2,612,000 -2,569,000 170,468,000 -311,000 54,118,000 -61,000 -706,000   -28,270,000 -21,675,000 -25,986,000 3,088,000 51,386,000 -26,086,000 -17,674,000 57,622,000 -62,764,000 -11,046,000         -9,010,000 4,389,000 -2,510,000 -6,627,000 -2,423,000 -2,053,000 358,000 -2,416,000 -2,400,000 -2,401,000 -313,000 14,840,000 428,000 133,000 258,000 150,000 30,000 231,000 1,746,000 88,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash
        -260,000 -611,000 -354,000 1,092,000 -764,000 -617,000 -65,000 164,000 -207,000 -1,461,000 364,000 451,000 605,000 -894,000 -938,000 1,438,000 719,000 421,000 76,000 -1,266,000 6,266,000 4,066,000 686,000 -8,713,000 1,349,000 -213,000 305,000 266,000 -865,000                                                 
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        1,408,000  -27,661,000 330,846,000 4,085,000  -10,450,000 10,706,000 -1,982,000  -5,056,000 35,562,000 1,648,000      -46,181,000    117,401,000 54,588,000 -19,301,000  -208,864,000 51,204,000 11,004,000                                                 
          cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
        484,713,000 179,807,000 228,968,000                                                                     
          cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
        486,121,000 -2,364,000 -27,661,000 330,846,000 183,892,000 -47,435,000 -10,450,000 10,706,000 226,986,000                                                                     
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                     
          amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs
            382,000 393,000 405,000 390,000 417,000 426,000 399,000 358,000 378,000 382,000 353,000 324,000 374,000 3,554,000 3,489,000 3,425,000 3,329,000 3,386,000 3,321,000 3,264,000 3,229,000 3,146,000 5,388,000 5,640,000 5,585,000 5,469,000 4,687,000 3,757,000 3,682,000 3,708,000 2,840,000 2,929,000 2,826,000                                         
          impairment of other assets
                                                                                     
          equity in net loss from investment in unconsolidated affiliates
             -576,000 -1,263,000               -3,467,000                                                        
          net loss on extinguishment of debt
                                                                                   
          service charges and fees receivable
                 -3,888,000 -1,673,000 2,048,000 -691,000 -1,623,000 -3,636,000 1,106,000 -419,000 -4,500,000 -2,726,000 3,928,000 -4,034,000  10,049,000 4,382,000 -355,000 -2,033,000 -2,496,000 4,674,000 -877,000 -4,754,000 -2,363,000 4,014,000 -50,000 -828,000 -3,547,000 4,234,000 -83,000 5,839,000 -8,302,000 3,759,000 6,381,000 -4,627,000 -7,902,000 3,348,000 -806,000 1,440,000 -7,032,000 4,917,000 -2,292,000 -2,940,000 -6,569,000 7,558,000 -5,192,000 -6,509,000 -5,401,000 8,943,000 -2,392,000 -2,014,000 -4,631,000 6,064,000 -2,417,000 -2,293,000 -4,578,000 4,757,000 -2,198,000 -2,176,000 -3,083,000 3,935,000 -84,000 -3,031,000 -1,372,000 4,166,000 -1,598,000 -2,516,000 -1,726,000 2,255,000 -961,000 
          (issuance of) proceeds from note receivable
                                                                                     
          investment in other investments
             -680,000 -15,000,000 -15,000,000 -16,500,000                                                             
          proceeds from borrowings
                                                  -88,000                                   
          debt issuance cost
         -30,000 -2,253,000       -55,000 -7,403,000                                                                 
          cash paid on extinguishment of debt
                 -1,951,000                                                                 
          payments on debt
                 -178,488,000                                                                 
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash
                                                                                     
          proceeds from notes receivable
                                                                                     
          proceeds from issuance of debt
                 230,000,000                                                                 
          proceeds from (issuance of) note receivable
                                                                                     
          payments on assumed debt
                                                                                     
          proceeds from (issuance of) notes receivable
                                                                                     
          issuance of note receivable
                     -1,000,000                                                             
          payments on assumed debt and other borrowings
                         -51,000                                                            
          equity in net loss of unconsolidated affiliates
                  -1,523,000        -643,000 -1,250,000 -516,000                                                         
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
                                                                                     
          investment in unconsolidated affiliates
                  -2,133,000  -2,502,000 -1,100,000 -2,477,000                                                             
          repurchase of common stock
                  -3,004,000 -3,951,000 -7,027,000         1,000 -4,196,000 -963,000                     -2,000                                
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
                  214,369,000  263,624,000  312,553,000  162,442,000  -704,000 286,282,000                                                 
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
                  -5,056,000 35,562,000 216,017,000  -32,721,000 21,711,000 241,966,000  -46,181,000 45,183,000 298,461,000  117,401,000 54,588,000 143,141,000  -208,864,000 50,500,000 297,286,000                                                 
          equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates
                    -1,584,000    -1,138,000                                                             
          loss on extinguishment of debt
                    3,545,000                                                                 
          changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                                     
          amortization of right-of-use asset
                                                                                     
          accretion of notes receivable discount and deferred compensation fee
                             -133,000 -142,000 -271,000 -275,000 -736,000 -1,296,000 -1,116,000 -1,376,000 -1,928,000 -2,190,000 -2,455,000 -2,577,000                                             
          impairment of goodwill, intangibles and other assets
                                                                                     
          principal collections on notes receivable
                             4,000,000   12,167,000 7,309,000 7,307,000 7,284,000 16,186,000 7,058,000 6,303,000 2,849,000 6,122,000 8,285,000 7,220,000 7,831,000                                         
          payout of deferred consideration
                             -175,000 -175,000             -125,000                                       
          proceeds from borrowings, net of issuance costs
                             1,018,000 3,000 -109,000 -2,000 323,000 743,000                                                 
          amortization of lease right-of-use asset
                      13,315,000 13,052,000 12,694,000  12,050,000 12,331,000 11,504,000 11,384,000 11,513,000 11,278,000 11,474,000                                                     
          net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
                        -21,658,000    -14,092,000                                                         
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
                                                                                     
          cash and cash equivalents
                      -32,622,000 21,690,000 233,274,000 -30,001,000 -51,970,000 45,188,000 290,450,000                                                         
          restricted cash
                      -99,000 21,000 8,692,000 -3,838,000 5,789,000 -5,000 8,011,000                  -1,000 -5,007,000 147,000 67,000 621,000                                   
          total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash
                      -32,721,000 21,711,000 241,966,000 -33,839,000 -46,181,000 45,183,000 298,461,000                                                         
          non-cash investing and financing activities:
                                                                                     
          pawn loans forfeited and transferred to inventory
                      70,100,000 63,596,000 70,966,000 66,917,000 46,554,000 48,364,000 50,921,000 41,092,000 43,692,000 73,590,000 82,878,000 79,417,000 70,729,000 70,910,000 80,301,000  62,211,000 62,303,000 72,649,000 74,706,000 57,517,000 57,094,000 68,071,000    65,629,000 60,813,000 51,157,000 52,329,000 66,699,000  53,238,000 54,794,000 63,256,000 69,687,000 61,475,000 61,305,000 69,370,000 70,600,000 53,903,000 57,519,000 66,068,000 62,773,000 50,270,000 47,740,000 54,405,000 53,925,000 40,557,000 38,467,000 44,872,000 46,432,000 37,774,000 36,206,000 35,278,000 32,603,000 26,235,000 24,993,000 29,887,000 29,866,000 22,432,000 19,424,000 24,665,000 
          transfer of consideration for other investment
                                                                                    
          transfer of consideration for acquisition
                                                                                     
          acquisition earn-out contingency
                                                                                    
          accrued acquisition consideration held as restricted cash
                         -3,838,000                                                            
          reserve on jewelry scrap receivable
                                                                                   
          impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates
                                                                                     
          cash paid during the period for interest
                                                                                     
          cash paid during the period for income taxes
                                                                                     
          transfer of consideration for current period acquisition
                         -2,000                                                            
          impairment of goodwill and intangible assets
                                                                                    
          payments on borrowings
                           -818,000 -53,000 118,000 39,000 -63,000 -292,000 -216,000 -195,368,000 -442,000 -67,000                                                 
          income taxes, net of excess tax benefit from stock compensation
                                 -4,877,000 -2,351,000 236,000 -3,412,000 -6,208,000 -1,499,000 1,790,000 2,295,000                                             
          impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliate
                                  6,451,000 13,274,000                                                 
          additions to property and equipment
                              -8,707,000 -6,586,000 -5,574,000  -10,705,000 -7,983,000 -5,880,000    -7,917,000  -4,047,000 -2,967,000 -2,326,000 -3,142,000 -3,432,000 -1,810,000 -1,166,000 -1,437,000 -6,915,000 -6,980,000 -8,954,000 -7,034,000 -5,287,000 -5,028,000 -5,615,000 -13,347,000 -9,845,000 -14,600,000 -8,906,000 -12,603,000 -10,947,000 -12,298,000 -9,948,000 -10,355,000 -9,173,000 -7,314,000 -7,934,000 -7,022,000 -9,100,000 -5,149,000 -4,470,000 -4,914,000 -5,124,000 -5,029,000 -4,197,000 -5,065,000 -3,469,000 -4,125,000 -5,500,000 -4,508,000 -2,986,000 -3,510,000 -2,738,000 
          net loss
                                                                                     
          adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                     
          loss from investment in unconsolidated affiliates
                                                                                     
          loss from investments in unconsolidated affiliates
                                5,897,000                                                     
          cash paid during the period for:
                                                                                     
          interest
                                                                                     
          dividend reinvestment acquisition of additional ownership in unconsolidated affiliate
                                         1,153,000                                         
          income from investment in unconsolidated affiliates
                                                                                     
          loss (income) from investment in unconsolidated affiliates
                                                                                     
          loss (income) from investment in unconsolidated affiliate
                                    1,119,000                                                 
          deferred and contingent consideration
                                        1,920,000                                             
          impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets
                                                                                     
          other adjustments*
                                                                                     
          gain on restructured notes receivable
                                                                                     
          gain on disposition of grupo finmart, net of loss on extinguishment
                                                                                     
          loss on extinguishment of debt and other
                                                                                     
          (income) income from investments in unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                     
          dividends from unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                        582,000   15,000 642,000   448,000   
          proceeds from disposition of grupo finmart, net of cash disposed
                                                                                     
          proceeds from settlement of forward currency contracts
                                               3,557,000 2,313,000                                 
          change in restricted cash
                                               7,780,000 -1,261,000 10,614,000 18,859,000 12,409,000 -933,000 -33,215,000 -4,893,000 -23,836,000 -1,263,000 -206,000 -2,207,000 5,000 2,298,000 -4,397,000                        
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
                                     977,000 -1,224,000 917,000 -1,154,000 -89,000 121,000 1,487,000 -795,000 5,156,000 -2,886,000 -2,783,000 -837,000 -4,617,000 -1,318,000 -1,920,000 -2,453,000 -813,000 293,000 -115,000 103,000 294,000 -1,121,000 549,000 -184,000 791,000 730,000 -309,000 -122,000                     
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                     984,000 125,119,000   50,664,000 -6,370,000   34,629,000 -44,228,000 52,555,000 -36,343,000 -55,263,000 -23,786,000 61,578,000 21,270,000 6,330,000   2,169,000 -9,638,000 4,512,000    3,275,000 24,631,000 -1,101,000                     
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
                                     164,393,000 65,737,000   59,124,000 -1,004,000 56,329,000  36,317,000     23,969,000  25,854,000                 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
                                     984,000 125,119,000 46,328,000 113,584,000 50,664,000 -6,370,000 56,392,000 63,707,000  -44,228,000 52,555,000 22,781,000 -55,263,000 -23,786,000 60,574,000 77,599,000  17,801,000 -6,288,000 38,486,000 -9,638,000     3,275,000 24,631,000 22,868,000  -32,293,000 35,877,000 23,908,000                 
          income from investment in unconsolidated affiliate
                                      -1,151,000 -876,000 -1,450,000  -1,047,000 -1,243,000 -1,478,000    -2,055,000                         -1,853,000 -851,000 -1,371,000 -941,000 -1,180,000 -997,000 -1,118,000 -1,047,000 -760,000 -720,000 -820,000 -645,000 
          additions to property and equipment and capitalized labor
                                      -14,666,000                                               
          proceeds from borrowings, net of issuance costs and other
                                                                                     
          deferred acquisition consideration
                                                                                     
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                        -50,809,000    -2,030,000                -1,809,000                         
          amortization of prepaid commissions
                                               3,731,000 4,023,000 3,824,000 3,678,000 3,233,000 2,967,000                                 
          accretion of notes receivable discount
                                         -890,000 -970,000 -899,000 -1,029,000                                         
          consumer loan loss provision
                                         554,000 454,000 397,000 583,000 27,639,000 -18,384,000 8,971,000 9,691,000 28,501,000 9,442,000 7,782,000 6,241,000 16,166,000 8,970,000 6,015,000 11,350,000 10,758,000 7,082,000 4,910,000 7,990,000  5,375,000                       
          loss on sale or disposal of assets
                                         348,000     -41,000 649,000 33,000                   -178,000 7,000                 
          impairment of investments in unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                     
          additions to property and equipment, net of proceeds from sale of assets
                                                                                     
          investments in unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                     
          purchase of subsidiary shares from noncontrolling interest
                                                 -29,637,000    -8,636,000 -20,057,000                               
          cash paid (refunded) during the period for:
                                                                                     
          issuance of common stock due to acquisitions
                                                         58,000 38,647,000 6,369,000                       
          deferred consideration
                                                 9,376,000 -126,000    -2,639,000 -19,000 5,350,000 1,872,000 24,000,000 22,000 -4,869,000                       
          equity adjustment due to noncontrolling interest purchase
                                                                                     
          impairment of goodwill
                                                 1,703,000                                    
          stock compensation
                                          1,570,000 1,767,000 1,808,000         -2,588,000 1,661,000 7,032,000 1,236,000 2,112,000 2,148,000 2,129,000 925,000 1,523,000 1,953,000 1,725,000 1,513,000 1,672,000 1,508,000 1,480,000 8,548,000                 
          income taxes receivable and payable, current, net of excess tax benefit from stock compensation
                                          2,283,000 2,586,000 5,004,000                                         
          payments of restructuring charges
                                             -111,000 -1,666,000 -1,758,000 -4,943,000 -1,708,000 -706,000 -677,000 -2,285,000                                 
          repurchase of redeemable common stock issued due to acquisitions
                                                                                    
          (gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets
                                           71,000 -77,000           341,000 -6,422,000   13,000 29,000                         
          accounts payable and other, deferred gains and other long-term liabilities
                                            -21,948,000 5,083,000                                        
          amortization of debt discount
                                                                                     
          reversal of contingent consideration
                                                                                     
          impairment of long-lived assets
                                                                                     
          gain on sale or disposal of assets
                                                   626,000 324,000                                 
          loss (income) from investments in unconsolidated affiliates
                                                                                     
          impairment of investments
                                                                                   
          tax provision from stock compensation
                                                    167,000                                 
          income taxes receivable
                                             -8,165,000 -5,751,000                                       
          proceeds from sale of assets
                                               -1,000 27,000    65,849,000 41,561,000 15,022,000 566,000 28,980,000                        59,000    
          tax benefit from stock compensation
                                                       21,000 390,000                             
          debt issuance costs
                                                     -1,331,000 -7,510,000 -2,096,000 -3,080,000              -1,000 -75,000 -45,000 -1,058,000     -5,000 -278,000 
          proceeds from issuance of convertible notes
                                                     30,000,000                                
          purchase of convertible notes hedges
                                                     -6,059,000                                
          proceeds from issuance of warrants
                                                     3,282,000                                
          proceeds from borrowings and line of credit
                                                                                     
          payments on borrowings, line of credit and capital lease obligations
                                                                                     
          income from discontinued operations*
                                                                                     
          amortization of debt discount and consumer loan premium
                                              2,217,000 1,995,000 2,362,000                                     
          net cash from operating activities — continuing operations
                                                                                     
          net cash from operating activities — discontinued operations*
                                                                                     
          net cash from investing activities — continuing operations
                                                                                     
          net cash from investing activities — discontinued operations*
                                                                                     
          payments on capital lease obligations
                                                                                     
          net cash from financing activities — continuing operations
                                                                                     
          net cash from financing activities — discontinued operations*
                                                                                     
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period, excluding held for sale
                                                                                     
          cash and cash equivalents held for sale at beginning of period
                                                                                     
          (income) income from investment in unconsolidated affiliate
                                                                                     
          accounts payable, other accrued expenses, deferred gains and other long-term liabilities
                                                                                     
          proceeds from bank borrowings, net of debt issuance costs
                                               14,302,000                                     
          payments on bank borrowings and capital lease obligations
                                               -18,340,000 -29,358,000    -23,805,000 -2,721,000 -8,081,000 -32,001,000 -17,496,000 37,726,000 -22,831,000 -2,147,000 -3,023,000 -332,000                        
          restructuring
                                                1,692,000 16,317,000 37,000                                   
          accounts payable and other accrued expenses and deferred gains and other long-term liabilities
                                                -12,707,000 -6,350,000 10,593,000                                   
          prepaid income taxes and income taxes receivable
                                                4,074,000                                     
          payout of deferred and contingent consideration
                                                -8,915,000 -6,000,000 -11,500,000 -11,500,000                             
          non-cash investing activities:
                                                                                     
          amortization (accretion) of debt discount (premium) and consumer loan premium (discount)
                                                                                     
          investments in unconsolidated affiliates
                                                 -12,140,000     -11,018,000            -50,932,000             
          proceeds from exercise of stock options
                                                         39,000   2,000 13,000   192,000 1,000 204,000                 
          contributions from noncontrolling interest
                                                                                     
          proceeds from revolving line of credit
                                                     -30,000,000 172,407,000 136,606,000 80,887,000 107,549,000 254,866,000 68,140,000 80,125,000  273,192,000                       
          payments on revolving line of credit
                                                     30,000,000 -257,730,000 -198,162,000 -74,908,000 -84,036,000 -191,159,000 -132,953,000 -61,852,000 -192,502,000 -184,348,000 -224,727,000 -93,500,000                     
          proceeds from bank borrowings
                                                    3,609,000 1,040,000 15,477,000 69,958,000 16,703,000 -37,069,000 20,465,000 13,000 1,159,000 2,118,000            40,000,000         
          ezcorp, inc.consolidated statements of cash flows
                                                                                     
          contingent consideration
                                                        4,792,000    432,000                       
          change in accrued additions to property and equipment
                                                                                     
          issuance of common stock due to purchase of subsidiary shares from noncontrolling interest
                                                                                     
          purchase of shares from noncontrolling interest
                                                                                     
          issuance of common stock to 401(k) plan
                                                                                  
          deferred finance cost payable related to convertible notes
                                                                                     
          amortization of debt discount (premium) and consumer loan premium (discount)
                                                                                     
          income from investments in unconsolidated affiliates
                                                    -2,194,000 -2,068,000 -2,117,000 -492,000 -1,271,000 1,613,000 -4,328,000 -4,125,000 -5,038,000 -4,465,000 -4,197,000 -4,577,000 -4,161,000 -4,080,000 -4,099,000 -4,691,000 -3,367,000 -3,231,000 -2,930,000 -3,306,000 -1,283,000             
          receivables, prepaid expenses, other current assets and other assets
                                                  -22,288,000                                   
          prepaid income taxes
                                                  7,262,000 -146,000 4,769,000 -6,928,000                                
          other investing activities
                                                      49,000                               
          ezcorp, inc.condensed consolidated statements of cash flows
                                                                                     
          payments on borrowings and capital lease obligations
                                                  -12,909,000                                   
          issuance of common stock, subject to possible redemption, due to acquisition
                                                                                    
          receivable from issuance of convertible notes
                                                                                     
          payable to purchase convertible notes hedges
                                                                                     
          warrants receivable related to issuance of convertible notes
                                                                                     
          payable to purchase additional shares of noncontrolling interest
                                                                                     
          stock compensation (benefit) expense
                                                                                     
          note receivable from sale of assets
                                                       14,903,000 1,000,000                             
          amortization
                                                    1,982,000                                 
          gain on sale of loan portfolio
                                                    -6,576,000 -18,688,000 -8,528,000 -1,241,000 -4,543,000                             
          receivables. prepaid expenses, other current assets and other assets
                                                    -7,926,000                                 
          accounts payable and other accrued expenses
                                                    -10,911,000                   -27,000             
          deferred gains and other long-term liabilities
                                                    -278,000 -932,000 -611,000 1,219,000 335,000 -9,337,000 89,000 267,000 83,000 -9,504,000 1,573,000 -735,000 -116,000 -83,000 -106,000 -48,000 -108,000 -106,000 -105,000 -111,000 -414,000 -98,000 -134,000 -88,000 -43,000 777,000 -130,000 -126,000 210,000 -91,000 -90,000 -91,000 -91,000 
          tax deficiency of stock compensation
                                                    -167,000                                 
          impairment of intangibles
                                                                                     
          prepaid expenses, other current assets, and other assets
                                                      -9,624,000 155,000 -15,933,000 2,838,000 -6,047,000 10,655,000 -17,727,000 -7,477,000 -1,564,000 4,906,000 -8,187,000 -8,485,000 -2,100,000 1,601,000 -3,775,000 -2,234,000 221,000 1,395,000 -5,659,000 -2,196,000 -1,252,000 -324,000 -995,000 -4,156,000 1,485,000 875,000 -2,089,000 -978,000 359,000 468,000 -1,987,000 
          accounts payable and accrued expenses
                                                      3,934,000 -3,133,000 -8,022,000 9,436,000 10,073,000 -12,066,000 9,323,000 16,447,000 -11,279,000 2,872,000 -3,693,000 4,580,000 7,949,000 -4,837,000 -811,000 5,360,000 5,763,000 -1,185,000 5,654,000 1,014,000 1,656,000 -5,930,000 -389,000 5,415,000 2,065,000 -2,931,000 -461,000 3,854,000 3,048,000 -1,111,000 -2,888,000 
          accrued additions to property and equipment
                                                       122,000 385,000   2,100,000                         
          receivable from sale of portfolio
                                                                                     
          payable to purchase convertible note hedges
                                                                                     
          income taxes receivable/payable
                                                       -10,459,000 8,472,000 -111,000 -12,984,000 -2,510,000 9,830,000 583,000 -8,095,000                       
          stock issued for additional investment in subsidiary
                                                            7,981,000                         
          amortization of debt premium and consumer loan discount
                                                                                     
          deferred income (benefit) taxes
                                                                                     
          excess tax benefit from stock compensation
                                                         28,000 21,000 4,000 -346,000 -20,000 -61,000 -1,061,000 -460,000 -65,000 -93,000 -7,000 -3,065,000                 
          net cash from used in financing activities
                                                                                     
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of quarter
                                                           48,477,000                         
          cash and cash equivalents at end of quarter
                                                           -5,225,000 46,668,000                         
          net cash from in financing activities
                                                            15,622,000                         
          consumer loan loss provisions
                                                                                     
          (gain) / loss on sale or disposal of assets
                                                                -201,000 311,000                    
          proceeds on disposal of assets
                                                                                    
          proceeds on revolving line of credit
                                                                116,500,000                     
          change in cash and equivalents
                                                                       34,160,000 -27,732,000   13,649,000 14,151,000 -2,368,000 -5,739,000 21,900,000 -8,882,000 -9,153,000 -29,919,000 21,641,000 10,025,000 
          cash and equivalents at beginning of period
                                                                       44,764,000   27,444,000 22,533,000 29,939,000 
          cash and equivalents at end of period
                                                                       34,160,000 17,032,000   13,649,000 41,595,000 -2,368,000 -5,739,000 21,900,000 13,651,000 -9,153,000 -29,919,000 21,641,000 39,964,000 
          issuance of common stock to 401 (k) plan
                                                                                     
          net cash from (used) in financing activities
                                                              80,986,000 -19,054,000 22,472,000                     
          payments on bank borrowings
                                                                 -19,999,000 -2,505,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -337,000 -30,048,000         
          foreign currency translation adjustment
                                                               -6,008,000 6,741,000 5,877,000 -2,193,000 -2,171,000 -6,537,000 1,211,000 591,000 47,000 -94,000 -1,725,000 -1,334,000 4,462,000 5,798,000 1,018,000 -717,000 109,000 -389,000 -322,000 -26,000 -630,000 -399,000 
          signature loan and auto title loan loss provisions
                                                                4,035,000 3,870,000 4,319,000 2,658,000 4,205,000 3,803,000 3,255,000 1,592,000 2,938,000             
          deferred taxes
                                                                257,000 5,085,000 7,395,000 -472,000 1,639,000 -1,940,000 -339,000 -308,000 1,300,000 1,867,000 -320,000 -293,000 1,239,000 -4,435,000 -273,000 -324,000 -259,000 -1,849,000 -287,000 -299,000 -201,000 
          acquisition-related stock issuance
                                                                1,122,000     -31,000 -1,586,000 -9,297,000 82,080,000         
          stock issuance costs related to acquisitions
                                                                         1,000 -170,000 -273,000         
          balances at september 30, 2008
                                                                                     
          stock options and warrants exercised
                                                                                     
          release of restricted stock
                                                                                     
          unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities
                                                                                     
          total comprehensive income
                                                                                     
          balances at september 30, 2009
                                                                                     
          stock options exercised
                                                                                     
          balances at september 30, 2010
                                                                                     
          balances at september 30, 2011
                                                                                     
          net proceeds (payments) on revolving line of credit
                                                                                     
          change in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                  -32,293,000 35,877,000 -1,946,000                 
          federal income taxes
                                                                    4,675,000 14,380,000 2,936,000 -18,190,000 5,967,000 -1,446,000 2,571,000 -3,611,000 4,606,000 900,000 -2,726,000 -6,506,000 4,229,000 3,492,000 222,000 -1,806,000 4,340,000 
          net loss on sale or disposal of assets
                                                                          -146,000     81,000 162,000   24,000 
          proceeds from disposal of assets
                                                                                     
          proceeds from exercise of stock options and warrants
                                                                     66,000 242,000 1,233,000 61,000 36,000 158,000 169,000 4,580,000 228,000 42,000 64,000 83,000 9,000 160,000 1,116,000 177,000 
          cumulative effect of adopting a new accounting principle
                                                                             106,000     
          net (gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets
                                                                      734,000 356,000 211,000             
          share-based compensation
                                                                      1,113,000 1,288,000 1,056,000 948,000 971,000 723,000 1,059,000 893,000 902,000 1,068,000 856,000 901,000 1,062,000 914,000 750,000 
          excess tax benefit from share-based compensation
                                                                      -205,000 -1,622,000 -23,000             
          (investments in)/dividends from unconsolidated affiliates
                                                                      -5,998,000               
          current assets:
                                                                                     
          pawn loans
                                                                       5,442,000             
          payday loans
                                                                       55,000             
          auto title loans
                                                                       1,105,000             
          signature loan fees receivable
                                                                       7,000             
          auto title loan fees receivable
                                                                       84,000             
          deferred tax asset
                                                                       334,000             
          prepaid expenses and other assets
                                                                       79,000             
          total current assets
                                                                       11,197,000             
          property and equipment
                                                                       392,000             
          goodwill
                                                                       16,297,000             
          other assets
                                                                       6,711,000             
          total assets
                                                                       34,597,000             
          liabilities:
                                                                                     
          total liabilities
                                                                       -162,000             
          net assets acquired
                                                                       34,435,000             
          balances at sept. 30, 2006
                                                                                     
          balances at sept. 30, 2007
                                                                                     
          adoption of fin48
                                                                                     
          balances at sept. 30, 2008
                                                                                     
          balances at sept. 30, 2009
                                                                                     
          payday loan and auto title loan loss provisions
                                                                          2,315,000           
          excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation
                                                                          -15,000 -70,000 -1,639,000 -200,000 -91,000 -194,000 -67,000 -21,000 -71,000 -1,013,000 189,000 
          payday loan loss provision
                                                                            2,684,000 3,025,000 2,054,000 1,528,000 2,084,000 2,037,000 1,978,000 514,000 824,000 
          auto title loan loss provision
                                                                            7,000         
          net (gain)/ loss on sale or disposal of assets
                                                                            -284,000         
          pawn loans made
                                                                            -65,680,000 -74,652,000 -70,190,000 -57,390,000 -60,251,000 -61,200,000 -58,298,000 -45,555,000 -46,803,000 
          pawn loans repaid
                                                                            35,488,000 33,912,000 32,778,000 39,014,000 31,049,000 28,645,000 25,066,000 30,815,000 24,649,000 
          payday loans made
                                                                            -26,800,000 -24,518,000 -21,145,000 -17,867,000 -18,437,000 -15,752,000 -13,598,000 -9,642,000 -9,468,000 
          payday loans repaid
                                                                            23,049,000 20,966,000 17,783,000 17,218,000 14,998,000 13,415,000 10,524,000 9,089,000 7,814,000 
          auto title loans made
                                                                            -312,000         
          auto title loans repaid
                                                                            235,000         
          net payments on bank borrowings
                                                                                     
          net (gain)/loss on sale or disposal of assets
                                                                                     
          note receivable from related party
                                                                                     
          net gain on sale or disposal of assets
                                                                                     
          investing activities: - sum
                                                                                     
          cash paid during the periods for:
                                                                                     
          deferred gain on sale-leaseback