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$18.07 +0.40 (+2.28%)
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EZPW vs. ECPG, WRLD, GDOT, PRAA, RM, AXP, COF, CACC, SLM, and NNI

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

EZCORP vs. Its Competitors

EZCORP (NASDAQ:EZPW) and Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

99.8% of EZCORP shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of EZCORP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Encore Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Encore Capital Group had 3 more articles in the media than EZCORP. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Encore Capital Group and 1 mentions for EZCORP. Encore Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat EZCORP's score of 0.63 indicating that Encore Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
EZCORP
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Encore Capital Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
EZCORP$1.16B0.95$83.10M$1.2814.12
Encore Capital Group$1.32B0.77-$139.24M-$3.74-11.83

EZCORP presently has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.13%. Encore Capital Group has a consensus price target of $62.67, indicating a potential upside of 41.67%. Given Encore Capital Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Encore Capital Group is more favorable than EZCORP.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
EZCORP
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Encore Capital Group
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

EZCORP has a net margin of 7.96% compared to Encore Capital Group's net margin of -6.07%. Encore Capital Group's return on equity of 19.61% beat EZCORP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
EZCORP7.96% 11.85% 6.13%
Encore Capital Group -6.07%19.61%3.47%

EZCORP has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Encore Capital Group has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

EZCORP beats Encore Capital Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EZPW vs. The Competition

MetricEZCORPFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.10B$11.79B$12.60B$10.68B
Dividend YieldN/A3.59%5.57%4.86%
P/E Ratio14.1120.4221.1828.51
Price / Sales0.952.3630.18129.35
Price / Cash8.058.6722.3761.42
Price / Book1.231.812.256.53
Net Income$83.10M$486.48M$1.02B$276.85M
7 Day Performance-3.40%3.47%1.07%0.19%
1 Month Performance0.63%-4.55%-1.02%1.71%
1 Year Performance56.48%22.35%536.36%33.13%

EZCORP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EZPW
EZCORP
2.8583 of 5 stars
$18.07
+2.3%
$19.00
+5.1%
+50.9%$1.10B$1.16B14.118,000
ECPG
Encore Capital Group
4.1 of 5 stars
$44.08
+5.0%
$62.67
+42.2%
-6.2%$966.03M$1.32B-11.797,350
WRLD
World Acceptance
2.7361 of 5 stars
$167.63
+1.6%
$10.00
-94.0%
+51.3%$898.50M$564.84M11.312,838News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
GDOT
Green Dot
2.3987 of 5 stars
$12.26
-1.4%
$13.00
+6.0%
+12.8%$689.09M$1.72B-27.871,150
PRAA
PRA Group
4.486 of 5 stars
$13.61
+1.6%
$27.50
+102.1%
-27.3%$523.20M$1.11B5.843,115Positive News
Short Interest ↓
RM
Regional Management
3.8672 of 5 stars
$39.03
+3.2%
$34.00
-12.9%
+31.0%$370.50M$588.50M11.252,131News Coverage
Positive News
AXP
American Express
4.1854 of 5 stars
$323.17
+2.2%
$323.60
+0.1%
+29.1%$220.08B$65.95B22.6875,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
COF
Capital One Financial
4.9745 of 5 stars
$207.55
+2.5%
$252.78
+21.8%
+41.1%$129.50B$53.94B106.4452,600Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
CACC
Credit Acceptance
2.7467 of 5 stars
$488.14
+2.0%
$440.00
-9.9%
+5.5%$5.38B$2.16B14.072,431News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
SLM
SLM
4.93 of 5 stars
$25.50
-0.6%
$33.89
+32.9%
+17.2%$5.35B$2.62B12.811,710Dividend Announcement
NNI
Nelnet
4.6818 of 5 stars
$128.20
+1.8%
N/A+17.3%$4.56B$2.14B14.206,739News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:EZPW) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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