Yahoo! FinanceFinance Home - My Yahoo - Yahoo! - Help 

Monday, December 7, 2009, 4:05PM ET - U.S. Markets Closed. Dow Up 0.01% Nasdaq Down 0.22%
Rent-A-Center Inc. (RCII)At 3:50PM ET: 18.02  Down 0.22 (1.21%)  
MORE ON RCII
Quotes
Charts
News & Info
Company
HereProfile
Analyst Coverage
Ownership
Financials

ProfileGet Profile for:
Rent-A-Center Inc.
5501 Headquarters Drive
Plano, TX 75024
United States - Map
Phone: 972-801-1100
Fax: 972-943-0113
Web Site: http://www.rentacenter.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 400 MidCap
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Services
Industry:Rental & Leasing Services
Full Time Employees:17,900

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Rent-A-Center, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, offers household durable products under rental purchase agreements that allow the customer to obtain ownership of the merchandise at the conclusion of an agreed upon rental period. The company operates stores under Get It Now, Home Choice, and Rent-A-Centre names to offer household durable goods on an installment sales basis and on a rent-to-own basis. It offers consumer electronics, such as high definition televisions, home theatre systems, video game consoles, and stereos; appliances, including refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, and freezers; personal and laptop computers; furniture products, including dining room, living room, and bedroom furniture; and accessories, such as pictures, lamps, and tables. The company also offers various financial services, such as short term secured and unsecured loans, debit cards, and check cashing and money transfer services under the trade name RAC Financial Services. As of December 31, 2008, it operated 3,037 company-owned stores in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, including 31 retail installment sales stores and 8 rent-to-own stores in Canada. Rent-A-Center, Inc., through its subsidiary, ColorTyme, Inc., also had 222 franchised rent-to-own stores in the United States. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.
Key Statistics

COMPANY WEBSITES 
  • Home Page
  • Search Yahoo! for:
    More on Rent-A-Center Inc.

    HOTJOBS JOB POSTINGS 
     Bilingual preferred Customer Account Representative
     Customer Account Manager
     Customer Account Representative
    More job openings...
    Brought to you by HotJobs

    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Rent-A-Center Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 1-Dec-09 is better than 28.5% of S&P 400 companies and 64.1% of Retailing companies.
    Brought to you by Institutional Shareholder Services.

    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Mark E. Speese , 51
    Chairman and Chief Exec. Officer
    $ 1.21M $ 0
    Mr. Mitchell E. Fadel , 51
    Pres, Chief Operating Officer
    $ 685.00K $ 0
    Mr. Robert D. Davis , 37
    Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, Exec. VP of Fin. and Treasurer
    $ 471.00K $ 0
    Mr. Christopher A. Korst , 49
    Exec. VP of Operations
    $ 398.00K $ 0
    Mr. Robert “Bob” Bloom , 57
    Chief Exec. Officer of ColorTyme Inc and Pres of ColorTyme Inc
    N/A N/A
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
    View Insiders


    Add to My Portfolio Add to Portfolio    Set Alert Set Alert    Email to a Friend Email to a Friend
    Get Profile for Another Symbol: Symbol Lookup
    Annual ReportsSector Analysis