Upbound Group, Inc. (UPBD) Stock Analysis
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Technology · Software - Application
Sell if holding. Multiple concerning factors at $18.94: Leverage penalty (D/E 2.4): -1.5; Elevated risk factors.
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,... Read more
Sell if holding. Multiple concerning factors at $18.94: Leverage penalty (D/E 2.4): -1.5; Elevated risk factors. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 60. Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 8/9 gates (positive momentum, favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 47d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Suitability: aggressive.
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updated 2026-06-13Recent Developments — Upbound Group, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS Upbound Group Q1 2026 earnings preview - MSN — MSN neutral
- NEWS Upbound (UPBD) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript - The Motley Fool — The Motley Fool neutral
- NEWS Upbound Group (NASDAQ:UPBD) Raised to Hold at Zacks Research - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- NEWS Upbound teams with Amazon for in-store pickup, return services - MSN — MSN positive
- NEWS UPBOUND GROUP, INC. ($UPBD) Former CEO 2025 Pay Revealed - Quiver Quantitative — Quiver Quantitative neutral
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2 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Multiple concerning factors at $18.94: Leverage penalty (D/E 2.4): -1.5; Elevated risk factors. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 60. Prior stop was $17.61. Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $24.79 (+30.9% upside). Prior stop was $17.61. Stop-loss: $17.61.
Leverage penalty (D/E 2.4): -1.5; Elevated risk factors; Below 200-MA, MA slope -2.9%/30d (confirmed downtrend).
Upbound Group, Inc. trades at a P/E of 13.2 (forward 4.0). TrendMatrix value score: 9.4/10. Verdict: Sell.
13 analysts cover UPBD with a consensus score of 4.2/5. Average price target: $29.
What does Upbound Group, Inc. do?Upbound Group, Inc., a technology and data-driven company, provides financial solutions in the United States, Puerto...
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.