TL;DR: Financial Overview - Revenue, Profits & Key Metrics

Latest Quarterly: Mar 2025

Income Metrics

Revenue 392.8M
Gross Profit 212.0M 53.96%
Operating Income 129.3M 32.93%
Net Income 46.8M 11.91%
EPS (Diluted) $1.93

Balance Sheet Metrics

Total Assets 5.0B
Total Liabilities 4.2B
Shareholders Equity 819.1M
Debt to Equity 5.07

Cash Flow Metrics

Operating Cash Flow 45.3M
Free Cash Flow 38.3M

Revenue & Profitability Trend

Encore Capital Income Statement From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Revenue i1.3B1.2B1.4B1.6B1.5B
Cost of Goods Sold i712.8M651.4M628.6M686.5M667.0M
Gross Profit i603.6M571.2M769.7M928.0M834.4M
Gross Margin % i45.9%46.7%55.0%57.5%55.6%
Operating Expenses
Research & Development i-----
Selling, General & Administrative i163.8M144.9M145.8M137.7M149.1M
Other Operating Expenses i130.8M111.2M111.2M106.9M108.9M
Total Operating Expenses i294.6M256.0M257.0M244.6M258.1M
Operating Income i276.5M273.5M466.2M633.3M533.6M
Operating Margin % i21.0%22.4%33.3%39.2%35.5%
Non-Operating Items
Interest Income i-----
Interest Expense i237.8M201.9M153.3M169.6M209.4M
Other Non-Operating Income-120.1M-251.8M-2.0M-27.1M-41.3M
Pre-tax Income i-96.2M-180.3M311.0M436.5M282.9M
Income Tax i43.0M26.2M116.4M85.3M70.4M
Effective Tax Rate % i0.0%0.0%37.4%19.5%24.9%
Net Income i-139.2M-206.5M194.6M351.2M212.5M
Net Margin % i-10.6%-16.9%13.9%21.8%14.2%
Key Metrics
EBITDA i301.0M320.3M514.8M665.6M576.0M
EPS (Basic) i$-5.83$-8.72$8.06$11.64$6.74
EPS (Diluted) i$-5.83$-8.72$7.46$11.26$6.68
Basic Shares Outstanding i2387300023670000241420003012900031427000
Diluted Shares Outstanding i2387300023670000241420003012900031427000

Income Statement Trend

Encore Capital Balance Sheet From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Assets
Current Assets
Cash & Equivalents i199.9M158.4M143.9M189.6M189.2M
Short-term Investments i-----
Accounts Receivable i-----
Inventory i-----
Other Current Assets-----
Total Current Assets i245.9M209.1M208.6M258.5M278.3M
Non-Current Assets
Property, Plant & Equipment i59.6M69.2M71.7M71.9M75.6M
Goodwill i1.0B1.2B1.7B1.8B1.9B
Intangible Assets i-48.0K22.1M36.3M45.0M
Long-term Investments-17.3M36.8M3.5M-
Other Non-Current Assets82.9M87.6M79.1M113.1M100.7M
Total Non-Current Assets i4.5B4.4B4.3B4.3B4.6B
Total Assets i4.8B4.6B4.5B4.6B4.9B
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable i-----
Short-term Debt i-29.3M68.4M514.1M627.6M
Current Portion of Long-term Debt-----
Other Current Liabilities-----
Total Current Liabilities i233.5M219.2M266.6M743.7M843.5M
Non-Current Liabilities
Long-term Debt i3.7B3.3B2.8B2.5B2.7B
Deferred Tax Liabilities i-----
Other Non-Current Liabilities116.1M186.0M231.7M195.9M146.9M
Total Non-Current Liabilities i3.8B3.5B3.1B2.7B2.8B
Total Liabilities i4.0B3.7B3.3B3.4B3.6B
Equity
Common Stock i237.0K235.0K233.0K245.0K313.0K
Retained Earnings i909.9M1.0B1.3B1.2B1.1B
Treasury Stock i-----
Other Equity-----
Total Shareholders Equity i767.3M936.5M1.2B1.2B1.2B
Key Metrics
Total Debt i3.7B3.3B2.9B3.0B3.3B
Working Capital i12.3M-10.1M-58.0M-485.2M-565.2M

Balance Sheet Composition

Encore Capital Cash Flow Statement From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Operating Activities
Net Income i-139.2M-206.5M194.6M351.2M212.5M
Depreciation & Amortization i32.4M41.7M46.4M50.1M42.8M
Stock-Based Compensation i14.0M13.9M15.4M18.3M16.6M
Working Capital Changes i28.2M5.5M-37.7M10.8M-79.0M
Operating Cash Flow i37.0M-103.9M206.6M310.8M285.2M
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures i27.2M928.0K-48.8M-19.3M-34.6M
Acquisitions i-----
Investment Purchases i-1.3B-1.1B-790.6M-657.3M-644.0M
Investment Sales i859.9M658.1M709.2M1.0B737.1M
Investing Cash Flow i-440.4M-401.9M-141.9M339.9M82.8M
Financing Activities
Share Repurchases i00-87.0M-390.6M0
Dividends Paid i-----
Debt Issuance i3.0B1.5B779.5M1.2B3.1B
Debt Repayment i-2.7B-1.3B-777.6M-1.4B-3.4B
Financing Cash Flow i317.8M474.7M156.4M-730.2M-873.4M
Free Cash Flow i126.9M101.3M134.1M252.6M278.3M
Net Change in Cash i-85.6M-31.2M221.1M-79.5M-505.4M

Cash Flow Trend

Encore Capital Key Financial Ratios

Valuation Ratios

P/E Ratio (TTM) 119.64
Forward P/E 5.94
Price to Book 1.14
Price to Sales 0.69
PEG Ratio 1.40

Profitability Ratios

Profit Margin -6.07%
Operating Margin 34.09%
Return on Equity -9.46%
Return on Assets 4.64%

Financial Health

Current Ratio 18.68
Debt to Equity 445.12
Beta 1.53

Per Share Data

EPS (TTM) $-3.71
Book Value per Share $38.80
Revenue per Share $61.66

Peer Financial Comparison

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Visa 658.8B33.1217.3351.76%52.16%65.02
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Navient 1.3B40.220.501.24%5.65%1,839.94
Atlanticus Holdings 1.1B11.941.8220.77%26.89%467.04
EzCorp 1.0B13.211.0510.95%7.96%77.11

Financial data is updated regularly. All figures are in the company's reporting currency.