NASDAQ:EZPW - EZCORP Stock Price, Forecast & News

EZCORP trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "EZPW."

EZCORP Inc (NASDAQ:EZPW) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December, 5th. The credit services provider reported $0.19 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.19. The credit services provider earned $214.34 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $214.99 million. EZCORP had a net margin of 0.20% and a return on equity of 6.59%. EZCORP's revenue for the quarter was up 4.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.28 earnings per share. View EZCORP's Earnings History.

EZCORP is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for EZCORP.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for EZCORP's stock. Their forecasts range from $12.00 to $12.00. On average, they anticipate EZCORP's stock price to reach $12.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 85.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for EZCORP.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for EZCORP in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for EZCORP.

News coverage about EZPW stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. EZCORP earned a news sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the credit services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for EZCORP.

EZCORP saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 8,030,000 shares, a decline of 5.5% from the December 15th total of 8,500,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 682,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 11.8 days. Approximately 16.1% of the company's stock are short sold. View EZCORP's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to EZCORP include American Express (AXP), Capital One Financial (COF), Discover Financial Services (DFS), Credit Acceptance (CACC), SLM (SLM), FirstCash (FCFS), Nelnet (NNI), Pra Group (PRAA), Green Dot (GDOT), Encore Capital Group (ECPG), World Acceptance (WRLD), Regional Management (RM), Nicholas Financial (NICK) and Asta Funding (ASFI).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other EZCORP investors own include Hologic (HOLX), Anavex Life Sciences (AVXL), Rigel Pharmaceuticals (RIGL), Twitter (TWTR), Bel Fuse (BELFB), Momo (MOMO), Opko Health (OPK), SINA (SINA), Chesapeake Energy (CHK) and Freeport-McMoRan (FCX).

EZCORP's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedbush Securities Inc. (0.04%) and Ingalls & Snyder LLC (0.04%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for EZCORP.

EZPW stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedbush Securities Inc. and Ingalls & Snyder LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for EZCORP.

Shares of EZPW can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EZPW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $6.48.

EZCORP has a market capitalization of $359.87 million and generates $847.23 million in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $2.54 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.90 on an earnings per share basis. EZCORP employs 6,200 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About EZCORP.

The official website for EZCORP is http://www.ezcorp.com/.

EZCORP's mailing address is 2500 BEE CAVE ROAD, Rollingwood TX, 78746. The credit services provider can be reached via phone at 512-314-3400 or via email at [email protected]