The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

UPBD

Concerning the House

Upbound Group, Inc., a technology and data-driven company, provides financial solutions in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. It operates through four segments: Acima, Rent-A-Center, Brigit, and Mexico. The company also provides furniture, including mattresses, tires, consumer electronics, appliances, tools, handbags, computers, and accessories. In addition, it offers merchandise on an installment sales basis; and the lease-to-own transaction to consumers who do not qualify for traditional financing, the lease-to-own transaction through staffed or unstaffed kiosks located in third-party retailer's locations, and other virtual options. Further, the company provides various financial health products and tools through mobile and web applications. It operates retail installment sales stores under the Get It Now and Home Choice names; lease-to-own and franchising location under the Rent-A-Centre and RimTyme trade names; and company-owned stores, franchise stores, and e-commerce platform through rentacenter.com, getitnowstores.com, and homechoicestores.com. The company was formerly known as Rent-A-Center, Inc. and changed its name to Upbound Group, Inc. in February 2023. Upbound Group, Inc. was incorporated in 1986 and is based in Plano, Texas.

United States · www.upbound.com

The Long Run

FY 2010–2025 · 16 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$4.70B+3.6%
Gross profit$2.27B+0.7%
Operating income$223.35M-1.5%
Net income$73.24M-7.5%
Cash from ops$104.72M-7.4%
Quotation

$19.67

+0.63 (+3.3%)

52w hi$25.22
52w lo$15.09
Vol615.82K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.35

Short+0.07
Medium+0.55
Long+0.50

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Upbound Group, Inc.

Technology · Software - Application

Market cap$1.15B
Enterprise value$2.71B
Trailing P/E12.78x
Forward P/E4.29x
EV / EBITDA5.68x
P / S (ttm)0.24x
Profit margin1.9%
Return on equity12.7%
Revenue growth+0.5%
Earnings growth+42.3%
Debt / equity232.93
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX1.26
Corr SPX0.44
Annual vol46.5%
Annual ret-14.2%
Sharpe-0.31
Max DD-54.0%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.24
Sector+0.15
Technical+0.12
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$19.33$19.75$19.20$19.67615.82K
Aug 12$19.15$19.25$18.76$19.04807.20K
Aug 11$19.20$19.45$19.01$19.10791.30K
Aug 10$19.58$19.65$19.16$19.22839.20K
Aug 7$19.46$19.91$19.42$19.831.11M