Encore Capital Group Company Profile (NASDAQ:ECPG)

About Encore Capital Group

Encore Capital Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is a specialty finance company providing debt recovery solutions for consumers and property owners across a range of financial assets. The Company operates through two segments: Portfolio Purchasing and Recovery, and Tax Lien Business. Its portfolio purchasing and recovery segment purchases portfolios of defaulted consumer receivables at discounts and manages them by partnering with individuals as they repay their obligations and work toward financial recovery. Defaulted receivables are consumers' unpaid financial commitments to credit originators, including banks, credit unions, consumer finance companies, commercial retailers, and telecommunication companies. Defaulted receivables also include receivables subject to bankruptcy proceedings. In addition, the Company assists property owners delinquenting on their property taxes by structuring monthly payment plans and purchases delinquent tax liens directly from taxing authorities.

Industry, Sector and Symbol:

Sector: Finance
Industry: Asset Management
Sub-Industry: Consumer Finance
Exchange: NASDAQ
Symbol: ECPG
CUSIP: 29255410

Key Metrics:

Previous Close: $21.41
50 Day Moving Average: $21.57
200 Day Moving Average: $24.38
52-Week Range: $16.09 - $41.44
Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.85
Foreward P/E Ratio: 3.95
P/E Growth: 0.28
Market Cap: $546.51M
Outstanding Shares: 25,526,000
Beta: 1.51

Profitability:

Net Margins: 3.72%
Return on Equity: 21.89%
Return on Assets: 3.41%

Debt:

Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 4.53%
Current Ratio: 0.64%
Quick Ratio: 0.64%

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Consensus Ratings for Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) (?)

Ratings Breakdown:	2 Hold Ratings, 3 Buy Ratings
Consensus Rating:	Buy (Score: 2.60)
Consensus Price Target:	$33.25 (55.30% upside)

Analysts' Ratings History for Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG)

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Date	Firm	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/20/2016	Citigroup Inc.	Downgrade	Buy -> Neutral	$31.00 -> $24.00
8/5/2016	Northland Securities	Downgrade	Outperform -> Market Perform	$37.00 -> $21.00
6/8/2016	JMP Securities	Reiterated Rating	Buy
5/6/2016	William Blair	Reiterated Rating	Outperform
11/12/2015	SunTrust Banks Inc.	Lower Price Target	Buy	$63.00 -> $53.00
8/11/2015	Macquarie	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$52.00 -> $54.00
12/15/2014	Piper Jaffray Cos.	Upgrade	Neutral -> Overweight	$51.00

(Data available from 9/24/2014 forward)

Earnings History for Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG)

Date	Quarter	Consensus Estimate	Actual EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Release Link	Conference Call
11/3/2016
8/4/2016	Q2	$1.21	$1.29	$296.97 million	$289.00 million	View	Listen
5/10/2016	Q1	$1.27	$1.31	$303.78 million	$289.00 million	View	Listen
2/24/2016	Q4	$1.35	$1.31	$294.05 million	$298.00 million	View	Listen
11/5/2015	Q3	$1.31	$1.34	$298.21 million	$287.80 million	View	Listen
8/10/2015	Q215	$1.28	$1.27	$288.47 million	$290.30 million	View	Listen
5/7/2015	Q115	$1.19	$1.19	$283.60 million	$285.66 million	View	Listen
2/26/2015	Q414	$1.13	$1.04	$270.06 million	$276.60 million	View	Listen
11/6/2014	Q314	$1.11	$1.17	$275.50 million	$273.30 million	View	Listen
8/7/2014	Q214	$1.08	$1.10	$263.23 million	$269.20 million	View	N/A
5/8/2014	Q114	$1.06	$1.08	$246.99 million	$253.70 million	View	N/A
2/25/2014	Q413	$1.01	$1.05	$243.17 million		View	N/A
11/7/2013	Q313	$0.94	$1.02	$209.12 million	$235.60 million	View	N/A
8/8/2013	Q2 2013	$0.81	$0.85	$147.73 million	$156.10 million	View	N/A
5/9/2013	Q1 2013	$0.79	$0.86	$150.53 million	$144.30 million	View	N/A
2/13/2013	Q4 2012	$0.78	$0.79	$143.60 million	$143.61 million	View	N/A
11/1/2012	Q312	$0.83	$0.82	$144.29 million	$144.79 million	View	N/A
8/2/2012		$0.71	$0.82			View	N/A
5/9/2012		$0.66	$0.44			View	N/A
2/9/2012		$0.65	$0.67			View	N/A
10/26/2011		$0.60	$0.60			View	N/A
8/1/2011		$0.59	$0.58			View	N/A
4/27/2011		$0.53	$0.54			View	N/A
2/14/2011		$0.47	$0.56			View	N/A

(Data available from 1/1/2011 forward)

Earnings Estimates for Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG)

Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $5.01 EPS
Next Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $5.42 EPS

Quarter	Number of Estimates	Low Estimate	High Estimate	Average Estimate
Q1 2016	7	$1.28	$1.38	$1.32
Q2 2016	4	$1.22	$1.44	$1.32
Q3 2016	3	$1.09	$1.27	$1.19
Q4 2016	3	$1.20	$1.48	$1.33
Q1 2017	3	$1.26	$1.57	$1.38
Q2 2017	3	$1.34	$1.52	$1.45
Q3 2017	2	$1.42	$1.43	$1.43
Q4 2017	2	$0.99	$1.56	$1.28

(Data provided by Zacks Investment Research)

Dividend History for Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG)
No dividend announcements for this company have been tracked by MarketBeat.com

Insider Trading History for Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG)

Insider Ownership Percentage: 8.69%

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction
8/8/2016	Willem Mesdag	Director	Buy	25,000	$20.85	$521,250.00
3/4/2016	Norman R Sorensen	Director	Buy	2,000	$26.58	$53,160.00
3/2/2016	Wendy Hannam	Director	Buy	2,500	$24.15	$60,375.00
3/1/2016	Ashish Masih	EVP	Buy	2,500	$23.50	$58,750.00
3/1/2016	Kenneth Vecchione	CEO	Buy	10,000	$23.22	$232,200.00
2/29/2016	Gregory L Call	VP	Buy	1,100	$22.90	$25,190.00
2/29/2016	Jonathan C Clark	CFO	Buy	5,000	$22.92	$114,600.00
12/16/2015	Kenneth Vecchione	CEO	Buy	2,125	$29.27	$62,198.75
6/9/2015	Ashish Masih	EVP	Buy	1,500	$39.83	$59,745.00
6/8/2015	Jonathan C Clark	CFO	Buy	2,500	$39.26	$98,150.00
6/8/2015	Kenneth Vecchione	CEO	Buy	4,000	$39.62	$158,480.00
9/8/2014	Paul Grinberg	CFO	Sell	54,000	$45.59	$2,461,860.00
6/17/2014	Ashish Masih	EVP	Sell	9,334	$45.00	$420,030.00
6/9/2014	Ashish Masih	EVP	Sell	12,000	$45.00	$540,000.00
6/9/2014	Paul Grinberg	CFO	Sell	36,000	$45.13	$1,624,680.00
4/17/2014	Ashish Masih	EVP	Sell	11,103	$45.00	$499,635.00
4/11/2014	Gregory Call	VP	Sell	16,000	$44.66	$714,560.00
3/10/2014	Paul Grinberg	CFO	Sell	10,999	$48.60	$534,551.40
1/13/2014	Paul Grinberg	CFO	Sell	11,000	$49.12	$540,320.00
1/8/2014	James Syran	SVP	Sell	5,000	$49.25	$246,250.00
8/21/2013	Ashish Masih	VP	Sell	6,000	$43.36	$260,160.00
8/13/2013	James Syran	SVP	Sell	46,400	$43.57	$2,021,648.00
6/10/2013	Warren Wilcox	Director	Sell	6,131	$36.48	$223,658.88
4/22/2013	Willem Mesdag	Director	Buy	350,000	$28.00	$9,800,000.00
8/13/2012	Willem Mesdag	Director	Sell	1,213,799	$27.93	$33,901,406.07

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Latest Headlines for Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG)

Date	Headline
	Noteworthy Tuesday Option Activity: ECPG, SGMS, BGC (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.thestreet.com - September 21 at 9:02 AM
	Encore Capital downgraded by Citigroup (NASDAQ:ECPG) finance.yahoo.com - September 21 at 9:02 AM
	Governor Signs Encore-Supported Legislation to Help Victims of Identity Theft and Fraud (NASDAQ:ECPG) finance.yahoo.com - September 19 at 3:37 PM
	Encore Capital : pledges $55,000 and an estimated 350 volunteers to support local communities through 4th Annual Global Volunteer Day (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.4-traders.com - September 17 at 9:28 AM
	Encore Capital Group Represented at Consero 2016 Corporate Compliance & Ethics Forum (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.publicnow.com - September 16 at 4:38 PM
	Encore Capital Group pledges $55,000 and an estimated 350 volunteers to support local communities through 4th Annual Global Volunteer Day (NASDAQ:ECPG) finance.yahoo.com - September 16 at 4:38 PM
	ETF’s with exposure to Encore Capital Group, Inc. : August 30, 2016 (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.capitalcube.com - August 30 at 12:21 PM
	ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC Financials (NASDAQ:ECPG) finance.yahoo.com - August 12 at 4:47 PM
	ETF’s with exposure to Encore Capital Group, Inc. : August 12, 2016 (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.capitalcube.com - August 12 at 4:47 PM
	Encore Capital Group, Inc. :ECPG-US: Earnings Analysis: Q2, 2016 By the Numbers : August 10, 2016 (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.capitalcube.com - August 10 at 4:57 PM
	Director of Encore Capital Group Inc (NASDAQ:ECPG), Mesdag Willem, buys 25,000 shares worth $521,150 (NASDAQ:ECPG) empowerednews.net - August 9 at 3:25 PM
	Encore Capital Group Announces Financial Results for Q2 2016 (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.insidearm.com - August 8 at 10:05 PM
	Encore Capital Group Reports Q2 Results (NASDAQ:ECPG) sdbj.com - August 7 at 4:36 PM
	Encore Capital Group Reports Second Quarter Results (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.sdbj.com - August 6 at 7:58 AM
	Edited Transcript of ECPG earnings conference call or presentation 4-Aug-16 9:00pm GMT (NASDAQ:ECPG) finance.yahoo.com - August 5 at 4:48 PM
	Encore Capital Group tops 2Q profit forecasts (NASDAQ:ECPG) sg.finance.yahoo.com - August 4 at 10:29 PM
	Encore Capital Group Inc Earnings Call (Q2 2016) (NASDAQ:ECPG) biz.yahoo.com - August 4 at 4:58 PM
	Encore Capital Group Announces Second Quarter 2016 Financial Results (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.publicnow.com - August 4 at 4:58 PM
	Encore Capital Group Inc Earnings Call scheduled for 5:00 pm ET today (NASDAQ:ECPG) biz.yahoo.com - August 4 at 4:58 PM
	Q2 2016 Encore Capital Group Inc Earnings Release - After Market Close (NASDAQ:ECPG) biz.yahoo.com - August 4 at 7:52 AM
	ICICI Bank in asset reconstruction JV with Apollo Global (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.vccircle.com - August 2 at 9:35 AM
	Encore Capital Group Inc.: Encore Capital Group to Announce Second Quarter 2016 Financial Results on August 4 (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.twst.com - July 29 at 4:51 PM
	Encore Capital Group to Announce Second Quarter 2016 Financial Results on August 4 (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.publicnow.com - July 28 at 6:28 PM
	5 Jeremy Grantham Holdings Attracting Short Sellers (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.marketnewsvideo.com - July 27 at 10:27 PM
	Encore Capital Group, Inc. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bearish Manner : ECPG-US : July 20, 2016 (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.capitalcube.com - July 20 at 8:14 AM
	Encore Capita; Group Incorporated (NASDAQ:ECPG) Sellers Covered 4.03% of Their Shorts - Press Telegraph (NASDAQ:ECPG) presstelegraph.com - July 5 at 4:41 PM
	This Weeks Broker Price Targets For Encore Capital Group Inc (NASDAQ:ECPG) - Fiscal Standard - Financial Market ... - Fiscal Standard (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.fiscalstandard.com - July 5 at 4:41 PM
	ETF’s with exposure to Encore Capital Group, Inc. : July 5, 2016 (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.capitalcube.com - July 5 at 12:51 PM
	Share Performance Recap for: Encore Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECPG) - Press Telegraph (NASDAQ:ECPG) presstelegraph.com - July 4 at 9:37 AM
	Short Data Recap for: Encore Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECPG) - Engelwood Daily (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.engelwooddaily.com - July 1 at 4:44 PM
	High Court Allows Class-Action Collection Suit (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.collectionscreditrisk.com - June 28 at 9:47 PM
	Supreme Court rejects debt collection dispute (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.channelnewsasia.com - June 28 at 9:37 AM
	Loan Cap Appeal Rejected by US Supreme Court (NASDAQ:ECPG) 247wallst.com - June 27 at 4:42 PM
	U.S. Supreme Court rejects debt collection dispute (NASDAQ:ECPG) feeds.reuters.com - June 27 at 10:42 AM
	UPDATE 1-U.S. top court lets debt collection class-action suit proceed (NASDAQ:ECPG) feeds.reuters.com - June 27 at 10:42 AM
	Supreme Court lets debt collection class-action suit proceed (NASDAQ:ECPG) finance.yahoo.com - June 27 at 9:52 AM
	U.S. top court lets debt collection class-action suit proceed (NASDAQ:ECPG) finance.yahoo.com - June 27 at 9:50 AM
	New Strong Sell Stocks for June 21st (NASDAQ:ECPG) finance.yahoo.com - June 21 at 9:53 AM
	Encore Capital Group to Present and Meet with Investors at the William Blair Growth Stock Conference (NASDAQ:ECPG) finance.yahoo.com - June 13 at 9:00 AM
	John Oliver Makes TV History After Buying $15 Million Of Your Medical Debt (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.huffingtonpost.com - June 9 at 12:06 PM
	John Oliver Makes TV History After Buying $16M Of Your Medical Debt (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.huffingtonpost.com - June 7 at 4:53 PM
	ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC Files SEC form 8-K, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders (NASDAQ:ECPG) biz.yahoo.com - June 6 at 4:10 PM
	Encore Capital Group, Inc. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bearish Manner : ECPG-US : June 6, 2016 (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.capitalcube.com - June 6 at 8:20 AM
	Research Analysts Set Encore Capital Group Inc (NASDAQ:ECPG) Price Target at $39.5 - RealistInvestor.com (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.realistinvestor.com - June 1 at 4:58 PM
	Research Analysts Set Encore Capital Group Inc (NASDAQ:ECPG) Price Target at $39.5 - RealistInvestor.com (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.realistinvestor.com - June 1 at 4:58 PM
	Encore Capital Group Inc (NASDAQ:ECPG) Stock Update & Estimates - Stock Tick Tock (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.stockticktock.com - May 31 at 4:50 PM
	Smith Graham & Co Investment Advisors LP Increased Encore Capital Group INC (NASDAQ:ECPG) by $3.96 Million as ... - CCH Daily News (NASDAQ:ECPG) cchdailynews.com - May 28 at 12:02 AM
	Insiders Are Gradually Buying Encore Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECPG) - Wall Street Hints and News (NASDAQ:ECPG) hintsnewsnetwork.com - May 25 at 11:45 PM
	Encore Capital Group, Inc. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bullish Manner : ECPG-US : May 23, 2016 (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.capitalcube.com - May 23 at 8:09 AM
	Encore Capital Group Announces Second Year of Community College Scholarship Program - InsideARM (NASDAQ:ECPG) www.insidearm.com - May 21 at 10:04 AM