NYSE:CURO CURO Group (CURO) Stock Forecast, Price & News $1.09 +0.07 (+6.86%) (As of 05/26/2023 ET) Add Compare Share Share Today's Range$1.04▼$1.1450-Day Range$1.02▼$2.0252-Week Range$1.00▼$8.83Volume179,816 shsAverage Volume149,055 shsMarket Capitalization$44.66 millionP/E RatioN/ADividend YieldN/APrice Target$3.50 ProfileProfileAnalyst RatingsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial MediaSustainabilityProfileAnalyst RatingsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial MediaSustainability CURO Group MarketRank™ ForecastAnalyst RatingHold2.00 Rating ScoreUpside/Downside221.1% Upside$3.50 Price TargetShort InterestHealthy6.58% of Float Sold ShortDividend StrengthN/ASustainability-0.15Upright™ Environmental ScoreNews Sentiment0.76Based on 7 Articles This WeekInsider TradingAcquiring Shares$320,944 Bought Last QuarterProj. Earnings GrowthGrowingFrom ($1.85) to $0.54 Per ShareSee Full Details Hide Full Details Overall MarketRank™MarketRank is calculated as an average of available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.1.98 out of 5 starsFinance Sector735th out of 911 stocksNondepository Credit Institutions Industry27th out of 43 stocks 3.0 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingCURO Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $3.50, CURO Group has a forecasted upside of 221.1% from its current price of $1.09.Amount of Analyst CoverageCURO Group has received no research coverage in the past 90 days. Previous Next 3.0 Short Interest Percentage of Shares Shorted6.58% of the float of CURO Group has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverCURO Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.6.Change versus previous monthShort interest in CURO Group has recently decreased by 8.21%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly. Previous Next 0.0 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldCURO Group does not currently pay a dividend.Dividend GrowthCURO Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth. Previous Next 0.0 Sustainability and ESG Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) ScoreCURO Group has received a -458.23% net impact score from Upright. The largest negative impact of Curo in category "Societal stability & understanding among people" seems to be driven mostly by its "Payday loans", "Installment plans", and "Wire transfer services" products. See details.Environmental SustainabilityThe Environmental Impact score for CURO Group is -0.15. Previous Next 3.2 News and Social Media Coverage News SentimentCURO Group has a news sentiment score of 0.76. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.66 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for CURO Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.MarketBeat Follows2 people have added CURO Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days. Previous Next 3.3 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, CURO Group insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $320,944.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by Insiders46.50% of the stock of CURO Group is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.Percentage Held by InstitutionsOnly 34.85% of the stock of CURO Group is held by institutions. Previous Next 0.6 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for CURO Group are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($1.85) to $0.54 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of CURO Group is -0.18, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of CURO Group is -0.18, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings. Previous Next See Top Rated MarketRank™ Stocks Here About CURO Group (NYSE:CURO) StockCURO Group Holdings Corp. is a consumer finance company, which engages in the provision of services and lending products for under banked consumers. It operates through the following segments: U.S. Direct Lending Canada Direct Lending, and Canada POS Lending. The company was founded by Douglas Rippel, Chadwick Faulkner, and Michael McKnight in 1997 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.Read More Receive CURO Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for CURO Group and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address CURO Stock News HeadlinesMay 26, 2023 | finance.yahoo.comIsmail Dawood Bought 120% More Shares In CURO Group HoldingsMay 26, 2023 | finance.yahoo.comCURO Group Holdings Insider Ups Holding By 120% During YearMay 28, 2023 | Legacy Research (Affiliate) (Ad)The One Ticker Retirement Plan Over the Shoulder Demo Now AvailableMarket Wizard Larry Benedict crushed the market in 2022. But he hasn’t done it with a “traditional” method… For a limited time, he’s sharing a free over-the-shoulder “demo” of his strategy in action.May 26, 2023 | finance.yahoo.comIsmail Dawood Bought 120% More Shares In CURO Group Holdings \May 26, 2023 | finance.yahoo.comCURO Group Holdings Insider Ups Holding By 120% During Year \May 24, 2023 | fool.comCURO Group (NYSE: CURO)May 18, 2023 | finance.yahoo.comFlexiti Expands its Partnership with The Dufresne GroupMay 12, 2023 | msn.comStephens & Co. Maintains CURO Group Holdings (CURO) Equal-Weight RecommendationMay 28, 2023 | Legacy Research (Affiliate) (Ad)The One Ticker Retirement Plan Over the Shoulder Demo Now AvailableMarket Wizard Larry Benedict crushed the market in 2022. But he hasn’t done it with a “traditional” method… For a limited time, he’s sharing a free over-the-shoulder “demo” of his strategy in action.May 12, 2023 | americanbankingnews.comCURO Group (NYSE:CURO) Price Target Cut to $3.00 by Analysts at StephensMay 12, 2023 | marketwatch.com8-K: CURO Group Holdings Corp.May 11, 2023 | marketwatch.com10-Q: CURO GROUP HOLDINGS CORP.May 11, 2023 | msn.comCredit Suisse Maintains CURO Group Holdings (CURO) Neutral RecommendationMay 11, 2023 | businesswire.com5.5May 11, 2023 | markets.businessinsider.comCuro Group Holdings (CURO) Receives a Rating Update from a Top AnalystMay 10, 2023 | finance.yahoo.comCURO Group Holdings Corp. Reports First Quarter 2023 Financial ResultsMay 10, 2023 | finance.yahoo.comCuro Group (CURO) Reports Q1 Loss, Tops Revenue EstimatesMay 5, 2023 | americanbankingnews.comDouglas D. Clark Purchases 8,340 Shares of CURO Group Holdings Corp. (NYSE:CURO) StockMay 3, 2023 | americanbankingnews.comCURO Group (CURO) Set to Announce Earnings on WednesdayApril 25, 2023 | msn.comCURO Group Holdings (FRA:CGE) Price Target Decreased by 20.64% to 4.25April 24, 2023 | finance.yahoo.comCURO to Announce First Quarter 2023 Financial Results on Wednesday, May 10, 2023April 6, 2023 | americanbankingnews.comDouglas D. Clark Acquires 20,000 Shares of CURO Group Holdings Corp. (NYSE:CURO) StockApril 5, 2023 | markets.businessinsider.comMeta Platforms To Rally Over 16%? Here Are 10 Other Analyst Forecasts For WednesdayApril 5, 2023 | msn.comCURO Group And 2 Other Stocks Under $2 Insiders Are Aggressively BuyingMarch 30, 2023 | finance.yahoo.comCURO Responds to Federal Government of Canada's Proposed 2023 BudgetMarch 21, 2023 | finance.yahoo.comStrength Seen in Ally Financial (ALLY): Can Its 5.4% Jump Turn into More Strength?March 2, 2023 | bizjournals.comCoolest office in Wichita submission: Curo Group Holdings [PHOTOS]See More Headlines View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart Receive CURO Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for CURO Group and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address CURO Company Calendar Last Earnings11/01/2021Today5/28/2023Next Earnings (Estimated)8/14/2023Fiscal Year End12/31/2023Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNYSE Industry Nondepository credit institutions Sub-IndustryN/A SectorFinance Current SymbolNYSE:CURO CUSIPN/A CIK1711291 Webwww.curo.com Phone(316) 772-3801FaxN/AEmployees4,000Year FoundedN/APrice Target and Rating Average Stock Price Forecast$3.50 High Stock Price Forecast$4.00 Low Stock Price Forecast$3.00 Forecasted Upside/Downside+221.1%Consensus RatingHold Rating Score (0-4)2.00 Research Coverage3 Analysts Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)($6.08) Trailing P/E RatioN/A Forward P/E RatioN/A P/E GrowthN/ANet Income$-185,480,000.00 Net Margins-26.06% Pretax Margin-24.90% Return on Equity-71.92% Return on Assets-4.55% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio19.68 Current Ratio9.63 Quick Ratio9.63 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$1.03 billion Price / Sales0.04 Cash Flow$3.41 per share Price / Cash Flow0.32 Book Value($5.58) per share Price / Book-0.20Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares40,970,000Free Float21,922,000Market Cap$44.66 million OptionableOptionable Beta2.62 Key ExecutivesDouglas ClarkChief Executive Officer & DirectorIzzy DawoodChief Financial OfficerDaniel KirscheChief Technology OfficerKerry PalomboChief Compliance OfficerJillian SlagterVP, Chief Human Resources & Administrative OfficerKey CompetitorsMagic Empire GlobalNASDAQ:MEGLArgo BlockchainNASDAQ:ARBK9FNASDAQ:JFUGreenidge GenerationNASDAQ:GREESHFNASDAQ:SHFSView All CompetitorsInsiders & InstitutionsIsmail DawoodBought 200,000 shares on 5/23/2023Total: $218,000.00 ($1.09/share)JPMorgan Chase & Co.Sold 19,070 shares on 5/18/2023Ownership: 0.044%Long Focus Capital Management LLCBought 295,017 shares on 5/17/2023Ownership: 3.987%State Street CorpSold 15,500 shares on 5/16/2023Ownership: 0.881%Squarepoint Ops LLCSold 13,694 shares on 5/16/2023Ownership: 0.072%View All Insider TransactionsView All Institutional Transactions CURO Stock - Frequently Asked Questions Should I buy or sell CURO Group stock right now? 3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CURO Group in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" CURO shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CURO, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares. View CURO analyst ratings or view top-rated stocks. What is CURO Group's stock price forecast for 2023? 3 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for CURO Group's shares. Their CURO share price forecasts range from $3.00 to $4.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $3.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 221.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts price targets for CURO or view top-rated stocks among Wall Street analysts. How have CURO shares performed in 2023? CURO Group's stock was trading at $3.55 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, CURO shares have decreased by 69.3% and is now trading at $1.09. View the best growth stocks for 2023 here. Are investors shorting CURO Group? CURO Group saw a decline in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,230,000 shares, a decline of 8.2% from the April 30th total of 1,340,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 142,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 8.6 days. Approximately 6.6% of the company's stock are sold short. View CURO Group's Short Interest. When is CURO Group's next earnings date? The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 14th 2023. View our CURO earnings forecast. How were CURO Group's earnings last quarter? CURO Group Holdings Corp. (NYSE:CURO) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 1st. The company reported $0.15 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.05. The business earned $209.28 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $206.14 million. CURO Group had a negative net margin of 26.06% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 71.92%. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.21 earnings per share. How often does CURO Group pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for CURO Group? CURO Group declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 9th. Investors of record on Monday, August 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.11 per share on Friday, August 26th. This represents a $0.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 40.37%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 12th. Read our dividend analysis for CURO. What guidance has CURO Group issued on next quarter's earnings? CURO Group updated its second quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Friday, May, 12th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $200.00 million-$210.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $220.37 million. What is Don Gayhardt's approval rating as CURO Group's CEO? 119 employees have rated CURO Group Chief Executive Officer Don Gayhardt on Glassdoor.com. Don Gayhardt has an approval rating of 98% among the company's employees. This puts Don Gayhardt in the top 20% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. What other stocks do shareholders of CURO Group own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other CURO Group investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Boeing (BA), Southwest Airlines (LUV), PayPal (PYPL), Alibaba Group (BABA), Micron Technology (MU), AbbVie (ABBV), Applied Materials (AMAT), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and When did CURO Group IPO? (CURO) raised $100 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, December 7th 2017. The company issued 6,700,000 shares at a price of $14.00-$16.00 per share. Credit Suisse, Jefferies and Stephens served as the underwriters for the IPO and William Blair and Janney Montgomery Scott were co-managers. What is CURO Group's stock symbol? CURO Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CURO." Who are CURO Group's major shareholders? CURO Group's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Long Focus Capital Management LLC (3.99%), BlackRock Inc. (3.19%), HighTower Advisors LLC (1.95%), Long Focus Capital Management LLC (1.88%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.95%) and State Street Corp (0.88%). Insiders that own company stock include Chadwick Heath Faulkner, Donald Gayhardt, Douglas D Clark, Ffl Partners, Llc, Fleischer & Lowe Gp I Friedman, Ismail Dawood, Michael Mcknight and William C Baker. View institutional ownership trends. How do I buy shares of CURO Group? Shares of CURO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab. Compare Top Brokerages Here. What is CURO Group's stock price today? One share of CURO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1.09. How much money does CURO Group make? CURO Group (NYSE:CURO) has a market capitalization of $44.66 million and generates $1.03 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $-185,480,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($6.08) on an earnings per share basis. How many employees does CURO Group have? The company employs 4,000 workers across the globe. How can I contact CURO Group? CURO Group's mailing address is 3527 NORTH RIDGE ROAD, WICHITA KS, 67205. The official website for the company is www.curo.com. The company can be reached via phone at (316) 772-3801 or via email at ir@curo.com. 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