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$38.81 +0.45 (+1.17%)
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ECPG vs. WRLD, EZPW, PRAA, GDOT, RM, AXP, COF, DFS, SLM, and CACC

Should you be buying Encore Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Encore Capital Group include World Acceptance (WRLD), EZCORP (EZPW), PRA Group (PRAA), Green Dot (GDOT), Regional Management (RM), American Express (AXP), Capital One Financial (COF), Discover Financial Services (DFS), SLM (SLM), and Credit Acceptance (CACC). These companies are all part of the "consumer finance" industry.

Encore Capital Group vs.

World Acceptance (NASDAQ:WRLD) and Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

83.6% of World Acceptance shares are held by institutional investors. 43.2% of World Acceptance shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Encore Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, World Acceptance had 1 more articles in the media than Encore Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for World Acceptance and 5 mentions for Encore Capital Group. World Acceptance's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Encore Capital Group's score of 1.19 indicating that World Acceptance is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
World Acceptance
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Encore Capital Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

World Acceptance has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Encore Capital Group. Encore Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than World Acceptance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
World Acceptance$522.13M1.58$77.35M$16.368.79
Encore Capital Group$1.38B0.66-$206.49M-$4.89-7.92

World Acceptance currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential downside of 93.05%. Encore Capital Group has a consensus price target of $62.67, suggesting a potential upside of 61.78%. Given Encore Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Encore Capital Group is more favorable than World Acceptance.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
World Acceptance
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Encore Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25

World Acceptance has a net margin of 14.41% compared to Encore Capital Group's net margin of -13.91%. World Acceptance's return on equity of 19.03% beat Encore Capital Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
World Acceptance14.41% 19.03% 7.55%
Encore Capital Group -13.91%12.70%2.61%

World Acceptance has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Encore Capital Group has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Encore Capital Group received 42 more outperform votes than World Acceptance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.52% of users gave Encore Capital Group an outperform vote while only 55.79% of users gave World Acceptance an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
World AcceptanceOutperform Votes
289
55.79%
Underperform Votes
229
44.21%
Encore Capital GroupOutperform Votes
331
61.52%
Underperform Votes
207
38.48%

Summary

World Acceptance beats Encore Capital Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ECPG vs. The Competition

MetricEncore Capital GroupShort IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$905.47M$307.22M$11.48B$8.43B
Dividend YieldN/A7.81%5.45%4.11%
P/E Ratio-4.943.0222.4519.75
Price / Sales0.664.7527.52118.67
Price / Cash2.697.8817.6234.62
Price / Book0.970.812.774.50
Net Income-$206.49M-$33.79M$1.04B$248.32M
7 Day Performance-5.22%-2.70%-0.29%0.48%
1 Month Performance21.58%7.82%6.03%13.08%
1 Year Performance-12.94%-20.45%536.56%7.36%

Encore Capital Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ECPG
Encore Capital Group
4.3972 of 5 stars
$38.81
+1.2%
$62.67
+61.5%
-13.1%$906.18M$1.38B-4.946,900Positive News
WRLD
World Acceptance
2.2204 of 5 stars
$147.38
+4.9%
$10.00
-93.2%
+11.4%$846.99M$522.13M10.293,120Positive News
Insider Trade
EZPW
EZCORP
4.4769 of 5 stars
$14.59
-1.7%
$17.38
+19.1%
+33.6%$802.65M$1.20B12.697,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PRAA
PRA Group
4.2997 of 5 stars
$14.86
+10.6%
$27.00
+81.7%
-40.2%$589.33M$1.14B8.303,280Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
GDOT
Green Dot
3.9654 of 5 stars
$10.75
-1.7%
$11.50
+6.9%
-8.3%$583.14M$1.72B-10.241,200High Trading Volume
RM
Regional Management
4.7492 of 5 stars
$29.68
+2.7%
$34.00
+14.6%
-4.4%$294.41M$520.37M7.131,990Positive News
AXP
American Express
4.4952 of 5 stars
$298.96
+5.1%
$295.05
-1.3%
+17.6%$209.45B$67.12B21.3477,300Positive News
COF
Capital One Financial
4.7195 of 5 stars
$200.03
+6.5%
$207.73
+3.8%
+33.2%$76.31B$39.71B17.2655,900Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
DFS
Discover Financial Services
4.6924 of 5 stars
$202.65
+6.6%
$191.64
-5.4%
+57.9%$51.00B$18.00B12.7020,200Positive News
SLM
SLM
4.6565 of 5 stars
$33.31
+3.5%
$30.73
-7.8%
+56.0%$6.99B$1.87B12.571,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CACC
Credit Acceptance
2.0484 of 5 stars
$499.08
+1.5%
$440.00
-11.8%
-2.1%$5.79B$2.19B25.132,250Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:ECPG) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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