XML 63 R47.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT
v3.6.0.2

Merger and Other Acquisitions Narrative (Details) |  | 12 Months Ended |
--- | --- | --- | ---
Jan. 06, 2016 USD ($) store | Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) store $ / shares shares | Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) store state shares | Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) | Sep. 01, 2016 USD ($) shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of Shares | shares |  | 2,000 |  |  |
Common stock, issued | shares |  | 49,276,000 | 40,288,000 |  |
Net debt assumed |  | $ 6,630,000 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
Acquisitions of pawn stores, net of cash acquired |  | 8,250,000 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
Revenue of acquiree since acquisition date |  | 384,123,000 |  |  |
Earnings or loss of acquiree since acquisition date |  | 21,165,000 |  |  |
Transaction costs |  | $ 36,670,000 |  |  |
Ownership percentage |  | 100.00% |  |  |
Enova International, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Average price of equity method investment disposed | $ / shares |  | $ 10.40 |  |  |
Net gain on sale of Enova |  | $ 1,299,000 |  |  |
Net proceeds on sale of Enova |  | 62,084,000 |  |  |
First Cash |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Ownership percentage |  |  |  |  | 58.00%
Cash America Merger |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Ownership percentage |  |  |  |  | 42.00%
Cash America Merger |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of Shares | shares |  |  |  |  | 0.84
Common stock, issued | shares |  |  |  |  | 20,181,000
Goodwill expected to be tax deductible |  |  |  |  | $ 223,000,000
Latin America Operations |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of stores acquired | store |  |  | 32 |  |
Purchase price | $ 30,123,000 | 29,894,000 | $ 10,445,000 |  |
Post closing adjustments to consideration transferred | 229,000 |  |  |  |
Cash paid |  | 27,357,000 |  |  |
Liabilities incurred |  | 2,537,000 |  |  |
Net debt assumed | $ 6,630,000 | $ 6,630,000 |  |  |
Latin America Operations | Mexico Acquisition |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of stores acquired | store | 166 |  |  |  |
Latin America Operations | El Salvador Acquisition |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of stores acquired | store | 13 |  |  |  |
U.S. Acquisitions |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of stores acquired | store |  | 3 | 33 |  |
Purchase price |  |  | $ 35,592,000 |  |
Cash paid |  | $ 575,000 | $ 35,017,000 |  |
Liabilities incurred |  | 17,000 |  |  |
Net debt assumed |  | 0 |  |  |
Acquisitions of pawn stores, net of cash acquired |  | $ 1,951,000 |  |  |
Number of states in which entity operates | state |  |  | 6 |  |
Number of acquisitions |  |  | 7 |  |
Accounts payable to sellers |  |  | $ 575,000 |  |
Other U.S. Acquisitions |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Cash paid |  |  | $ 1,425,000 |  |

X
- Definition Accounts payable to sellers arising from business acquisition. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | fcfs_BusinessAcquisitionAccountsPayableToSellers
Namespace Prefix: | fcfs_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Business Acquisition, net debt assumed + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | fcfs_BusinessAcquisitionnetdebtassumed
Namespace Prefix: | fcfs_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Number of acquisitions grouped together for disclosure. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | fcfs_NumberOfAcquisitions
Namespace Prefix: | fcfs_
Data Type: | xbrli:decimalItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Number of stores acquired. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | fcfs_NumberOfStoresAcquired
Namespace Prefix: | fcfs_
Data Type: | xbrli:decimalItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Number of Shares + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | fcfs_NumberofShares
Namespace Prefix: | fcfs_
Data Type: | xbrli:sharesItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Amount of direct costs of the business combination including legal, accounting, and other costs incurred to consummate the business acquisition. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityTransactionCosts
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionLineItems
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition The amount of goodwill arising from a business combination that is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (d) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35744584&loc=d3e6927-128479 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Amount of liabilities incurred by the acquirer as part of consideration transferred in a business combination. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 30 -Section 25 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6911189&loc=d3e6405-128476 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 30 -Section 30 -Paragraph 7 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6911251&loc=d3e6578-128477 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 30 -Section 30 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6911251&loc=d3e6613-128477 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredLiabilitiesIncurred
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition This element represents the amount of earnings or loss of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (h)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65885119&loc=d3e1392-128463 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationEarningsOrLossOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition This element represents the amount of revenue of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (h)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65885119&loc=d3e1392-128463 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationRevenueOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition This element represents the amount of any measurement period adjustment (as defined) realized during the reporting period to items of consideration transferred in connection with a business combination for which the initial accounting was incomplete. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4A -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=73530397&loc=SL65897772-128472 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProvisionalInformationInitialAccountingIncompleteAdjustmentConsiderationTransferred
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Amount recognized as of the acquisition date for the identifiable assets acquired in excess of (less than) the aggregate liabilities assumed. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 10 -Section 55 -Paragraph 37 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=73531372&loc=d3e2207-128464 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=73530397&loc=d3e4845-128472 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Total number of common shares of an entity that have been sold or granted to shareholders (includes common shares that were issued, repurchased and remain in the treasury). These shares represent capital invested by the firm's shareholders and owners, and may be all or only a portion of the number of shares authorized. Shares issued include shares outstanding and shares held in the treasury. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(29)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:sharesItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph (a)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66011266&loc=d3e33918-111571 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | num:percentItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of an equity method investment. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentRealizedGainLossOnDisposal
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition The number of states the entity operates in as of the balance sheet date. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_NumberOfStatesInWhichEntityOperates
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Investing Activities -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6516133 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 13 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3213-108585 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of a business, net of the cash acquired from the purchase. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 13 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3213-108585 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Investing Activities -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6516133 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition The cash inflow associated with the sale of equity method investments, which are investments in joint ventures and entities in which the entity has an equity ownership interest normally of 20 to 50 percent and exercises significant influence. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Investing Activities -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6516133 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 12 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3179-108585 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfEquityMethodInvestments
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_SharePrice
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | num:perShareItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis=fcfs_EnovaMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis=fcfs_FirstCashMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis=fcfs_CashAmericaMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis=fcfs_CashAmericaMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis=us-gaap_LatinAmericaMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis=fcfs_MexicoAcquisitionMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis=fcfs_ElSalvadorAcquisitionMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis=fcfs_U.S.AcquisitionsMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis=fcfs_OtherAcquisitionsMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |