Encore Capital Group (ECPG)

• Market cap: $782M
• 1 day: -2.13%
• 5 days: 4.31%
• 1 month: 0.35%
• 3 months: -30.78%
• 6 months: -25.88%
• Year to date: -26.81%
• 1 year: -16.28%
• 5 years: 32.41%
• 10 years: -14.94%
• Sector: Financials
• Industry: Credit Services

About: Encore Capital Group Inc is an international specialty finance company. It provides debt recovery solutions for consumers and property owners across a broad range of financial assets. The company purchases portfolios of defaulted consumer receivables at deep discounts to face value and manages them by working with individuals as the consumers repay their obligations and work toward financial recovery. Encore has only a reportable segment portfolio purchasing and recovery.

Employees: 7,350

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

4,409% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $84.5M | Put options by funds: $1.87M

133% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 28 | Existing positions closed: 12

9% more funds holding

Funds holding: 176 [Q3] → 192 (+16) [Q4]

2.78% more ownership

Funds ownership: 108.73% [Q3] → 111.51% (+2.78%) [Q4]

5% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 66 | Existing positions reduced: 63

4% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $1.22B [Q3] → $1.26B (+$44.8M) [Q4]

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q3] → 2 (+0) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $57 66% upside
• Avg. target: $57 66% upside
• High target: $57 66% upside

1 analyst rating

• positive: 1 100%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 0 0%

Truist Securities Mark Hughes 58% 1-year accuracy 35 / 60 met price target

66% upside $57

Buy Maintained

27 Feb 2025