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$13.43 -0.28 (-2.04%)
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EZPW vs. ECPG, WRLD, PRAA, GDOT, RM, AXP, COF, DFS, SLM, and CACC

Should you be buying EZCORP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EZCORP include Encore Capital Group (ECPG), World Acceptance (WRLD), 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.

EZCORP vs.

EZCORP (NASDAQ:EZPW) and Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

EZCORP currently has a consensus price target of $18.25, suggesting a potential upside of 35.89%. Encore Capital Group has a consensus price target of $62.67, suggesting a potential upside of 63.36%. Given Encore Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Encore Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25

EZCORP has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Encore Capital Group has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

EZCORP has a net margin of 7.25% compared to Encore Capital Group's net margin of -13.91%. Encore Capital Group's return on equity of 12.70% beat EZCORP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
EZCORP7.25% 11.04% 5.93%
Encore Capital Group -13.91%12.70%2.61%

Encore Capital Group received 1 more outperform votes than EZCORP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.52% of users gave Encore Capital Group an outperform vote while only 56.12% of users gave EZCORP an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
EZCORPOutperform Votes
330
56.12%
Underperform Votes
258
43.88%
Encore Capital GroupOutperform Votes
331
61.52%
Underperform Votes
207
38.48%

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$1.20B0.61$83.10M$1.1911.29
Encore Capital Group$1.38B0.65-$206.49M-$4.89-7.84

In the previous week, EZCORP had 2 more articles in the media than Encore Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for EZCORP and 7 mentions for Encore Capital Group. EZCORP's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Encore Capital Group's score of 1.19 indicating that EZCORP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Encore Capital Group beats EZCORP on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EZPW vs. The Competition

MetricEZCORPretail IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$738.84M$1.31B$11.50B$8.38B
Dividend YieldN/A2.60%5.46%4.10%
P/E Ratio11.6816.4822.5019.71
Price / Sales0.612.7627.34116.98
Price / Cash6.3230.1017.6234.62
Price / Book0.905.182.794.50
Net Income$83.10M$70.00M$1.04B$248.18M
7 Day Performance-3.93%1.05%0.37%1.14%
1 Month Performance-14.78%13.04%8.77%15.19%
1 Year Performance33.63%129.13%537.80%6.55%

EZCORP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EZPW
EZCORP
4.5686 of 5 stars
$13.43
-2.0%
$18.25
+35.9%
+37.0%$738.84M$1.20B11.687,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ECPG
Encore Capital Group
4.4022 of 5 stars
$40.50
0.0%
$62.67
+54.7%
-11.2%$945.63M$1.32B-5.166,900Positive News
WRLD
World Acceptance
2.1493 of 5 stars
$147.38
+4.9%
$10.00
-93.2%
+13.9%$846.99M$522.13M10.293,120Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
PRAA
PRA Group
4.1788 of 5 stars
$14.86
+10.6%
$27.00
+81.7%
-33.6%$589.33M$1.14B8.303,280Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
GDOT
Green Dot
4.1209 of 5 stars
$10.75
-1.7%
$11.50
+6.9%
-4.6%$583.14M$1.72B-10.241,200High Trading Volume
RM
Regional Management
4.7123 of 5 stars
$29.68
+2.7%
$34.00
+14.6%
-1.9%$294.41M$520.37M7.131,990Gap Down
AXP
American Express
4.5133 of 5 stars
$298.96
+5.1%
$295.05
-1.3%
+22.0%$209.45B$67.12B21.3477,300Positive News
COF
Capital One Financial
4.7192 of 5 stars
$200.03
+6.5%
$207.73
+3.8%
+39.3%$76.31B$39.71B17.2655,900Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
DFS
Discover Financial Services
4.7094 of 5 stars
$202.65
+6.6%
$191.64
-5.4%
+58.7%$51.00B$18.00B12.7020,200Positive News
SLM
SLM
4.6638 of 5 stars
$33.31
+3.5%
$30.73
-7.8%
+62.6%$6.99B$1.87B12.571,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CACC
Credit Acceptance
2.0879 of 5 stars
$499.08
+1.5%
$440.00
-11.8%
+0.5%$5.79B$2.19B25.132,250Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:EZPW) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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