ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP, INC.
ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP, INC. (ECPG) has a dated report snapshot, but its current priced-in claim is temporarily suppressed because the live engine record is unavailable or has changed.
Encore trades around $82.97, roughly 6.5x trailing EPS of $12.84 and about 3x company-wide operating income, a multiple so low the price sits below what even a 5% annual profit decline would warrant; nearly every valuation model marks it far higher, from a Graham floor near $116 to relative and asset frames near $191 to $258. The business is posting records, not declines: first-quarter 2026 EPS doubled to $3.86, net income rose 84%, collections hit a record $718 million, and management raised t
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234 institutional managers reported holding ECPG in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. 39 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, Dimensional Fund Advisors, among others. On the short side, 1.3M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 6% of shares outstanding (4.5 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
ECPG has cut its share count 29.7% over the past five years, spending $455.79M on repurchases. It pays no dividend.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at ECPG over the trailing three years: 2025: 3 buys totaling $3.11M. 14 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
ECPG's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-03 | -5.5% | -2.1% |
| 2023-11-02 | +9.9% | +19.7% |
| 2024-02-22 | -10.0% | -13.2% |
| 2024-05-09 | +12.0% | -7.1% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
ECPG's latest 8-K filings: 2026-06-16 (items 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 9.01); 2026-05-29 (items 1.01, 2.03, 9.01); 2026-05-26 (items 1.01, 2.03, 9.01); 2026-05-14 (items 8.01, 9.01); 2026-05-12 (items 8.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Nothing here is investment advice.
Last analyzed: June 27, 2026
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