The Austin company operates 295 EZPawn shops and 380 EZMoney cash-advance stores in 13 states and Mexico . The company plans to add up to nine more pawnshops in Mexico (plus 100 EZMoney stores in the United States) in the fiscal year that ends in September. EZCorp’s profit has grown at a 38 percent annual clip over the past three years, and analysts anticipate earnings to rise 11 percent annually over the next few years. Revenue last year was $185 million (a sixfold increase over the 2006 figure), or 20 percent of Cash America’s total 2007 revenue. read more