Encore Capital Group Inc

ECPG Financial Credit Services

Encore Capital Group Inc’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.8 billion, up 34.4% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+18.3%
EPS
+80.1%
Free cash flow
+41.2%
Total debt
+7.73%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

115.54 10.63 −8.43%
Market cap
$2.7B
P/E
7.8×
Fwd P/E
7.4×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Encore Capital Group Inc (ECPG) Free cash flow margin

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Encore Capital Group Inc's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 8.89%, down 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.30%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7.75% (fiscal 2015) to 22.4% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is in line with the Credit Services industry median of 8.73% and below the Financial sector median of 11.4%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 9.30% (4.63)
FY2024 13.9% 1.34
FY2023 12.6% 1.02
FY2022 11.6% (7.06)
FY2021 18.6% 0.10
FY2020 18.5% (3.87)
FY2019 22.4% 13.64
FY2018 8.76% 0.70
FY2017 8.06% (1.53)
FY2016 9.59% 1.84

Against its own ten years

Low 7.75% High 22.4%
Ten-year median 11.6%
Current reading's percentile 36

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
BFH Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. compare 45.4%
ATLC Atlanticus Holdings Corporation compare 36.9%
JCAP Jefferson Capital, Inc. compare 33.3%
AGM Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation compare 18.1%
ECPG Encore Capital Group Inc 8.89%
EZPW EZCORP, Inc. compare 8.73%
WU The Western Union Company compare 6.88%
UPST Upstart Holdings, Inc. compare −11.2%
SLM SLM Corporation compare −13.2%
Credit Services industry median 8.73%
Financial sector median 11.4%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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