Short-Term Business Credit Institutions · SIC 6153

ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC

ECPG

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Latest revenue

$20.6M

as of 2026-03-31

Latest net income

as of 2026-03-31

Net margin

as of 2026-03-31

Price · 5Y

+11.7% / yr 2.1 pts / yr vs S&P 500 73.3% total
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delayed ≤15 min
$80.20
1.68%
Market cap
$1.72B
Enterprise value
$1.72B
P/E (trailing)
Forward P/E
P/B
Dividend yield
0.0%
52-wk high
$92.64
52-wk low
$35.67
Beta
Shares out
21.4M

5-year trend

What this company does

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Item 1—Business Our Business We are an international specialty finance company providing debt recovery solutions and other related services for consumers across a broad range of financial assets. We primarily purchase portfolios of defaulted consumer receivables at deep discounts to face value and manage them by working with individuals as they repay their obligations and work toward financial recovery. Defaulted receivables are consumers’ unpaid financial obligations to credit originators, including banks, credit unions, consumer finance companies and commercial retailers. Defaulted receivables may also include receivables subject to bankruptcy proceedings. We also provide debt servicing…

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Generated from ECPG's filing dated 2026-02-25

Key risks

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Table of Contents Item 1A—Risk Factors There are risks and uncertainties in our business that could cause our actual results to differ from those anticipated. We urge you to read these risk factors carefully in connection with evaluating our business and in connection with the forward-looking statements and other information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Any of the risks described herein could affect our business, financial condition, or future results and the actual outcome of matters as to which forward-looking statements are made. The list of risks is not intended to be exhaustive, and the order in which the risks appear is not intended as an indication of their relative…

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Generated from ECPG's filing dated 2026-02-25

Profitability

Operating margin

35.4%

196.4%

Net margin

-16.9%

221.4%

Return on equity

29.6%

Return on assets

-4.5%

203.3%

Leverage

Debt / equity

2.89×

Debt / assets

74.3%

Earnings tracker

QuarterRevenueYoYNet incomeYoYNet margin

Q1 2026

2026-03-31

$20.6M-8.5%

Q4 2025

2025-12-31

$1.70B+35.9%

Q3 2025

2025-09-30

$22.2M-2.6%

Q2 2025

2025-06-30

$22.3M+5.7%

Q1 2025

2025-03-31

$22.5M+10.6%

Q4 2024

2024-12-31

$1.25B

Q3 2024

2024-09-30

$22.8M+14.5%

Q2 2024

2024-06-30

$21.1M+0.5%

Year-over-year change vs the same fiscal quarter one year prior. Revenue + net income sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K filings — no analyst-consensus dependency.

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Insider activity

Insider buying

$0

Insider selling

$1.3M

Net activity

−$1.3M

Distinct insiders

3

Open-market trades over the last 365 days.

Recent transactions

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-03-03

Ryan B Bell

President, MCM

Sale260$68.62$17.8K
2026-03-02

Ryan B Bell

President, MCM

Sale1,466$70.07$102.7K
2026-03-02

Ryan B Bell

President, MCM

Sale3,603$69.44$250.2K
2026-03-02

Ryan B Bell

President, MCM

Sale1,500$68.12$102.2K
2026-03-02

Ryan B Bell

President, MCM

Sale671$66.69$44.7K
2025-12-10

Ryan B Bell

President, MCM

Sale2,500$55.00$137.5K
2025-12-03

Laura Olle

Director

Sale1,423$52.79$75.1K
2025-11-26

John Yung

President, Intl. and Cabot

Sale1,000$52.00$52.0K
2025-11-06

Ryan B Bell

President, MCM

Sale5,000$50.00$250.0K
2025-11-06

John Yung

President, Intl. and Cabot

Sale5,000$50.00$250.0K

Source: SEC Form 4 filings. Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners must disclose share transactions within two business days. RSU grants and tax-withholding rows are excluded by default — compensation activity is not a trading signal.

Who owns ECPG

Institutional value

$948.1M

Total shares held

13.8M

Distinct holders

151

-72 vs prior

As of

2026-03-31

Prior: 2025-12-31

Filers with $100M+ AUM disclose holdings 45 days after quarter end.

Top institutional holders

#ManagerSharesValueQoQ changeAction
1BlackRock, Inc.3.9M$273.0M-59.6K (-1.5%)Trimmed
2Stephens Investment Management Group LLC1.3M$91.2M-4.6K (-0.4%)Trimmed
3VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC1.2M$87.1MNew
4DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP1.0M$70.6M-81.2K (-7.5%)Trimmed
5VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC936.1K$65.6MNew
6UBS Group AG458.6K$32.2M+28 (+0.0%)Added
7JPMORGAN CHASE & CO449.4K$30.8M+367.4K (+447.6%)Added
8HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC388.4K$27.2M+2.6K (+0.7%)Added
9Allianz Asset Management GmbH373.6K$26.2M+62.9K (+20.2%)Added
10Nuveen, LLC330.9K$23.2M+90.2K (+37.5%)Added
11ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP209.6K$14.7M+11.7K (+5.9%)Added
12JANE STREET GROUP, LLC195.9K$13.7M+41.8K (+27.1%)Added
13VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO143.0K$10.0MNew
14Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.142.8K$10.0M+5.7K (+4.2%)Added
15THIRD AVENUE MANAGEMENT LLC142.5K$10.0M-28.5K (-16.7%)Trimmed
16Bank of New York Mellon Corp130.2K$9.1M-8.8K (-6.3%)Trimmed
17Clearbridge Investments, LLC124.0K$8.7M-26.9K (-17.8%)Trimmed
18WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN123.1K$8.6M+29.8K (+31.9%)Added
19BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/123.0K$8.6M-16.4K (-11.8%)Trimmed
20FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC118.5K$8.3M+37.3K (+45.9%)Added

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR. Positions aggregated across sub-managers within each firm. Options (puts/calls) excluded — common stock only.

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