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$14.19 +0.37 (+2.68%)
Closing price 07/11/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$14.18 0.00 (-0.04%)
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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. Its Competitors

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

EZCORP has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Encore Capital Group has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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$1.16B0.67$83.10M$1.1911.92
Encore Capital Group$1.38B0.66-$139.24M-$4.89-7.98

EZCORP has a net margin of 7.45% compared to Encore Capital Group's net margin of -8.38%. Encore Capital Group's return on equity of 16.18% beat EZCORP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
EZCORP7.45% 11.53% 5.97%
Encore Capital Group -8.38%16.18%2.99%

In the previous week, EZCORP had 3 more articles in the media than Encore Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for EZCORP and 4 mentions for Encore Capital Group. EZCORP's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Encore Capital Group's score of 0.97 indicating that EZCORP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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

EZCORP currently has a consensus price target of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.37%. Encore Capital Group has a consensus price target of $62.67, indicating a potential upside of 60.52%. 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

Summary

EZCORP beats Encore Capital Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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EZPW vs. The Competition

MetricEZCORPFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$760.29M$8.33B$12.05B$9.09B
Dividend YieldN/A3.39%5.52%4.00%
P/E Ratio11.9215.6519.2020.27
Price / Sales0.672.4025.4098.57
Price / Cash6.328.5021.6458.16
Price / Book0.961.862.285.49
Net Income$83.10M$486.48M$992.82M$250.45M
7 Day Performance1.10%-1.20%-0.20%4.79%
1 Month Performance5.82%7.14%2.78%7.68%
1 Year Performance40.36%33.94%536.06%16.43%

EZCORP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EZPW
EZCORP
4.3114 of 5 stars
$14.19
+2.7%
$18.50
+30.4%
+40.1%$760.29M$1.16B11.928,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ECPG
Encore Capital Group
4.0938 of 5 stars
$40.17
-2.4%
$62.67
+56.0%
-12.7%$961.29M$1.32B-8.217,350
WRLD
World Acceptance
2.6387 of 5 stars
$173.28
-0.8%
$10.00
-94.2%
+29.1%$927.51M$564.84M10.592,838Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
PRAA
PRA Group
4.5812 of 5 stars
$15.38
-1.5%
$27.00
+75.6%
-24.4%$619.47M$1.11B8.593,115
GDOT
Green Dot
2.6706 of 5 stars
$11.11
-0.2%
$11.50
+3.5%
+10.5%$610.93M$1.72B-85.451,150News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
RM
Regional Management
4.2134 of 5 stars
$33.18
+0.7%
$34.00
+2.5%
+16.9%$326.79M$588.50M10.052,131
AXP
American Express
4.4811 of 5 stars
$322.71
-1.7%
$295.25
-8.5%
+33.9%$229.88B$65.95B22.5475,100Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
COF
Capital One Financial
4.9746 of 5 stars
$218.07
-1.3%
$215.86
-1.0%
+58.3%$84.64B$53.94B18.3152,600Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
DFS
Discover Financial Services
2.9838 of 5 stars
$197.76
-1.4%
$191.64
-3.1%
+50.4%$49.77B$18.00B12.3920,200Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
SLM
SLM
4.6941 of 5 stars
$34.40
+1.6%
$32.30
-6.1%
+53.9%$7.11B$2.62B12.371,710Analyst Upgrade
CACC
Credit Acceptance
2.4039 of 5 stars
$531.95
+0.3%
$440.00
-17.3%
-8.0%$6.16B$2.16B22.692,431News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:EZPW) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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