Companies · Retailing

Rent A Center Inc De

Plano · Retailing

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Rent A Center Inc De — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$395.9M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
19.7×
Latest step-up
Top 2%
Sector rank · raised
Series D+
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Feb 17 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Rent A Center Inc De looks over-valued against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the retail sector profile.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Over-valued
  • Modeled value is 1.78× the median modeled value of Series D+ Retailing companies in 2019–2021 (7 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 5.4 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 13 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

Explore how these operators interlock with other companies in the operator network.

Where it sits in Retailing

Rent A Center Inc De is one of 2347 Retailing companies tracked from Plano. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 99% of sector peers), and among the largest by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
$100M+
Issuer revenue
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
21
Investors (latest)
2021-02-17
First sale
Amount raised vs valuation, by round

Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

Amount raised · realModeled valuation · estCumulative funded · real
$0$1.3B$2.5B$3.8B$5.0BSeries B · 2019-08-13 Raised $19M (real) Modeled valuation $108M (est)$19M$108MSeries B2019Series D+ · 2021-02-17 Raised $377M (real) Modeled valuation $2.2B (est)$377M$2.2BSeries D+2021+$377MCumulative $396M

The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps
Series B$19.2M · 2019
Series D+$376.7M · 2021no Series C on file

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series C — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 33%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$2.2B
Base estimate est.
$1.9B
Conservative case
$4.5B
Upside case
$3.1B
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series D+a $100M–$400M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the retail sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series B · modeled $108.1M · 2019-08-132019Series D+ · modeled $2.2B · 2021-02-172021
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
12%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
77%
Survival probability
61% low · 85% high
0.99×/yr
Annual markup
1.10×/yr upside case
5.4 yr
Elapsed time used
5.4 yr actual, capped for stale marks
retail
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
18 mo
Avg between rounds
$261.0M/yr
Capital velocity
6.9 yr
On record since
2019
First round
2
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2347 companies in Retailing. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 251× above median
This company$395.9M
Sector median$1.6M
Latest round — vs other Series D+ rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 2.3× above median
This company$376.7M
Sector median$165.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 386× above median
This company$2.2B
Sector median$5.8M

Raised more than 99% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 100% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series D+) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful. This company ranks #1 of 7.

This companyCohort peer
$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$10.0B$100.0M$1.0BCapital raised (log)Guitar Center, Inc. · Series D+ Raised $361.6M · modeled $1.9B (est)Project Victra, LLC · Series D+ Raised $269.8M · modeled $1.6B (est)PLBY Group, Inc. · Series D+ Raised $211.8M · modeled $1.3B (est)Number Holdings, Inc. · Series D+ Raised $406.6M · modeled $1.2B (est)PetLove Cayman, Ltd. · Series D+ Raised $199.8M · modeled $695.3M (est)MedMen Enterprises, Inc. · Series D+ Raised $172.4M · modeled $102.2M (est)Rent A Center Inc De (this company) Raised $395.9M · modeled $2.2B (est)Rent A Center Inc De
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Rent A Center Inc De this companySeries D+$395.9M$2.2B1.78×
Guitar Center, Inc.Series D+$361.6M$1.9B1.50×
Project Victra, LLCSeries D+$269.8M$1.6B1.29×
PLBY Group, Inc.Series D+$211.8M$1.3B1.00×
Number Holdings, Inc.Series D+$406.6M$1.2B0.99×
PetLove Cayman, Ltd.Series D+$199.8M$695.3M0.56×
MedMen Enterprises, Inc.Series D+$172.4M$102.2M0.08×
Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
Series B$19.2M2019-08-13$106.5M$108.1M90%
Series D+$376.7M2021-02-17$3.1B$2.2B90%
What happened at each round

Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.

  1. Series B$19.2M2019-08-13
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series B.
    • 13 investors on this round.
  2. Series D+$376.7M2021-02-17
    • Raised 18 mo later, in step with the ~13 mo sector norm.
    • Round 19.7× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 21 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2022 ~Q3
Modeled next raise · ~18mo cadence
$1.1B
Modeled next size est.range $734.6M$1.8B
19.7×
Last step-up
$261.0M/yr
Capital velocity

Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Key people & operators

Officers, directors and promoters named in this company's public recordsreported — the people who run it (not its investors). "Also runs" counts come from name-matching across all records, so verify before acting.

PersonRoleAlso runsTied since
Ann L. Davids2019-08
Anthony M. Blasquez2021-02
Brinson C. Silver2021-02
Bryan M. Pechersky2021-02
Carol A. McFate2019-08
Catherine M. Skula2019-08
Christopher B. Hetrick2019-08
Glenn P. Marino2021-02
Harold B. Lewis2019-08
Jason M. Hogg2021-02
Jeffrey J. Brown2019-08
Maureen B. Short2019-08
Michael J. Gade2019-08
Mitchell E. Fadel2019-08
Registry & provenance

Rent A Center Inc De is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

United States
Country of record
US
Jurisdiction
933036
SEC CIK
Similar companies

Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

CompanySectorStageRaised · realValue · estWhy similar
Number Holdings, Inc.RetailingSeries D+$406.6M$1.2Bsame sector · same stage
Velocity Holding Company, Inc.RetailingSeries D+$382.5M$2.2Bsame sector · same stage
Sears Holdings CorpRetailingSeries D+$376.2M$1.2Bsame sector · same stage
Controladora Comercial Mexicana, S.A.B. de C.V.RetailingSeries D+$373.6M$2.2Bsame sector · same stage
Guitar Center, Inc.RetailingSeries D+$361.6M$1.9Bsame sector · same stage
Advent CR Holdings, Inc.RetailingSeries D+$354.3M$2.1Bsame sector · same stage
Nordstrom IncRetailingSeries D+$350.0M$2.2Bsame sector · same stage
Netshoes (Cayman) Ltd.RetailingSeries D+$319.9M$175.7Msame sector · same stage
Semantically similar

Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.

CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
Rent the Runway, Inc.RetailingSeries C$349.2M82%
Center For Goods LLCRetailingSeed$22.1M81%
Guitar Center, Inc.RetailingSeries D+$1.9B77%
Dorm It UpRetailingPre-Seed$2.3M77%
Realster, LLCRetailingSeed$3.2M77%
Bid Club LLCRetailingPre-Seed$2.2M76%
Critts, LLCRetailingSeed$10.8M76%
Salix, L.L.C.RetailingPre-Seed$2.0M76%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Rent A Center Inc De raised?
Rent A Center Inc De has raised approximately $395.9M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Rent A Center Inc De's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Rent A Center Inc De is approximately $2.2B (modeled range $1.9B–$4.5B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Rent A Center Inc De at?
Rent A Center Inc De's latest modeled financing stage is Series D+. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Feb 17.
What does Rent A Center Inc De do and where is it based?
Rent A Center Inc De operates in the Retailing sector, based in Plano.
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