| 13.68 Data as of May 17 | -0.02 / -0.15%Today’s Change | 11.71 Today|||52-Week Range 15.29 | +10.32% Year-to-Date |
| SECTOR Finance | INDUSTRY Finance/Rental/Leasing | MARKET CAP $165.9M |
Company Description
Nicholas Financial, Inc. is a consumer finance company, which is engaged in acquiring and servicing contracts for purchases of new and used automobiles and light trucks. It also makes direct loans and sells consumer-finance related products. Nicholas Financial, through its subsidiary, Nicholas Data Services, Inc., designs, develops, supports and sells accounting software to small businesses throughout North America and is the computer automation provider for Nicholas Financial. Nicholas Financial operates a network of sixty branch offices in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Virginia, Alabama and Tennessee. The company was founded by Peter L. Vosotas in 1985 and is headquartered in Clearwater, FL.
Employees

Shareholders
| Other institutional | 25.76% |
| Individual stakeholders | 24.12% |
| Mutual fund holders | 13.25% |
Top Executives
| Peter L. Vosotas | Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer |
| Ralph T. Finkenbrink | CFO, Secretary, Director, CAO & Senior VP |
| Michael J. Marika | Chief Information Officer |
| Sotirios A. Kakalis | Director-Loss Recovery |
| Tim Schneider, MBA | Vice President-Regional Operations |