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FirstCity Financial Corporation Company Profile
FirstCity Financial is all about loans. Operating through subsidiaries, the company buys, manages, and sells portfolios of loans and other assets. FirstCity Financial mostly purchases nonperforming loans from banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions at a discount to their face value; its portfolio is worth some $10 billion. The company services all the loans it acquires. FirstCity Financial has an acquisition partnership with Cargill Financial, a unit of agricultural giant Cargill, to purchase distressed assets. In 2007, the company with Crestone Capital established the FirstCity Crestone platform which invests in special investments including restructurings, turnarounds, and executive buyouts.
Headlines for FirstCity Financial Corporation
Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania, Koss and Bridge Capital Holdings lead small-cap percentage gainers
SmallCapInvestor.com - Tue Sep 23
Merrill Lynch, FirstCity Financial: Biggest Price Gainers (MER, FCFC)
at The Wall Street Journal Online - Tue Sep 16
FirstCity Financial, Naugatuck Valley Financial and West Bancorp lead small-cap percentage gainers
SmallCapInvestor.com - Tue Sep 16
FIRSTCITY FINANCIAL CORP Financials
EDGAR Online Financials - Wed Aug 20
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Contact Information
Address: 6400 Imperial Dr.
Waco, TX 76712
Phone:254-761-2800
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Financial Highlights
Fiscal Year End:December
Revenue (2007):43.70 M
Revenue Growth (1 yr):53.80%
Key People
Chairman: Richard E. Bean
President, CEO, and Director: James T. Sartain
SVP and CFO: J. Bryan Baker
Industry Information
Sector: Financial
Industry: Asset Management
Top Competitors
Asta Funding, Inc. (asfi)
Encore Capital Group, Inc. (ecpg)
Rampart Capital Corporation
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