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ECPG

ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC
Nasdaq· Short-Term Business Credit Institutions· Inc. DE· CIK 0001084961 Traditional Finance
$99.46 −0.18 (−0.18%)
Oct 27 4:00 PM ET · prev $99.64
Market cap
$2.1B
Mid cap
Consensus
Buy
80% Buy or better · 10 analysts
Median target
$115.00
+16% · range $112.00–124.00
Next earnings
Nov 4
in 8 days
1 year
+128.3%
from $43.56 · Oct 28
30 days
+3.1%
from $96.49
52-week range
$40.90–105.60
−6% from high · low Oct 30
Avg volume 20D
206.7K
shares / day
Short interest
940.5K
≈4.4% of shares · −11.1%
Days to cover
4.4
at average volume
Insider net
−$1.1M
0 buyers · 2 sellers · 12 mo
New fund stakes
2
Q2 2026 13F · 0 exits
SecBot read MIXED 2 reports · 90 days
Balance 0 bearish · 0 bullish · 2 neutral oldest → newest, height = score
Avg score ·High conf. 1/2 ·Next Earnings date, Nov 4, 2026
Strongest NEUTRAL Three institutional asset managers increased their ECPG positions in Q3 2026, led by Robeco Institutional…
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Price

Daily candles with volume. Pins mark insider trades, rating changes, 13F stakes, reports, catalysts and short-interest jumps.

Signal stack

Where each data set points today.

  • InsidersBEARISH

    2 insiders sold $1.1M.

  • InstitutionsBULLISH

    Q2 2026: 25 added (2 new), 15 trimmed or exited. Largest new: Driehaus Capital Management $38.2M, Qube Research & Technologies $23.5M.

  • AnalystsBULLISH

    8 of 10 rate it Buy or better. Every target is above the price.

  • Short sellersSTEADY

    Short interest −11.1% to 940.5K shares. 4.4 days to cover, ≈4.4% of shares.

  • TrendUPTREND

    0% above its 50-day average.

Who's buying

13F· Q2 2026
2
new positions
0
exits
$61.7M
in new stakes
FundMoveSharesValue
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INCDOUBLED631,819$58.9M
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIPADD527,078$49.2M
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLPTRIM426,069$39.7M
DRIEHAUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLCNEW409,924$38.2M
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCTRIM342,601$32.0M
AmundiDOUBLED304,202$28.4M
UBS Group AGTRIM274,666$25.6M
Qube Research & Technologies LtdNEW251,374$23.5M

Quarterly 13F filings are due 45 days after each quarter ends.

The Street

10 analysts
Buy 80% rate it Buy or better
Strong Buy2Buy6Hold2Sell0Strong Sell0
12-month targets · 3 analysts

Price is below the lowest target. Median implies +16%.Targets as of Oct 27, 2026.

Recent actions
DateFirmActionRating
Aug 6, 2026Truist Securities
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINBuy
Jun 17, 2026Citizens
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINMarket Outperform
May 7, 2026Citizens
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINMarket Outperform
May 7, 2026Truist Securities
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINBuy

Washington

Corporate Lobbying

8 lobbying filings and 0 bills this company lobbies on, with spend, stage and how each bill touches it, are for subscribers.

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Insider ledger

Form 4
$0
bought · 0 insiders
$1.1M
sold · 2 insiders
DateInsiderTypeValue
Sep 1, 2026
Gupta Ashwini
Director
AWARD$27.1K
Aug 26, 2026
Beck Robert William
Director
AWARD$146.4K
Jun 22, 2026
Goings William C.
Director
AWARD$180.0K
Jun 22, 2026
Gupta Ashwini
Director
AWARD$180.0K
Jun 22, 2026
Hilzinger Jeffrey Albert
Director
AWARD$180.0K
Jun 22, 2026
Angela A. Knight
Director
AWARD$180.0K
Jun 22, 2026
Stovsky Richard P
Director
AWARD$180.0K
Jun 22, 2026
MONACO MICHAEL P
Director
AWARD$180.0K

Earnings setup

Estimates
Nov 4
reports in 8 days

Revision history: 🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only

PeriodEPS est.Range30D rev.Revenue
Current Q🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only
Next Q🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only
Current FY$13.52$13.40–$13.65+0.0%$1.9B
Next FY$14.74$14.00–$15.50+0.9%$1.9B

Short side

FINRA· Oct 15, 2026
940,490
shares short
-11.1%
vs prior settlement
4.4
days to cover
≈4.4%
of shares outstanding
Recent activity
The latest filings, insider trades, analyst actions, press and options flow — newest first.
Oct 20, 2026 SEC
Three institutional asset managers increased their ECPG positions in Q3 2026, led by Robeco Institutional Asset…
INST-CLUSTER — Impact 3/10
Oct 8, 2026 SEC
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP disclosed a 5.2% passive stake in Encore Capital Group Inc via a Schedule 13G filed on…
SC 13G — Impact 3/10
Sep 1, 2026 Insider
Gupta Ashwini was granted 291 shares
Director @ $93.01 ($27.1K)
Aug 26, 2026 Insider
Beck Robert William was granted 1,462 shares
Director @ $100.15 ($146.4K)
Aug 19, 2026 Other
Robert W. Beck Appointed to Encore Capital Group Board of Directors
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Encore Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECPG), an internati
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC — DOUBLED
631,819 shares ($58.9M)
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP — ADD
527,078 shares ($49.2M)
Jun 22, 2026 Insider
Goings William C. was granted 2,144 shares
Director @ $83.95 ($180.0K)
Catalysts
Scheduled dates and disclosed events: earnings, FDA and trial readouts, halts, press releases. Colored dot = impact.
Upcoming
Nov 4, 2026
Earnings date
ECPG Q3 2026 Earnings Scheduled — 2026-11-04
Recent
Aug 19, 2026
Press release
Robert W. Beck Appointed to Encore Capital Group Board of Directors
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Encore Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECPG), an international specialty finance company, announced today…
Aug 5, 2026
Earnings date
ECPG Q2 2026 Earnings Scheduled — 2026-08-05
May 13, 2026
Press release
Encore Capital Group, Inc. Announces Pricing of Upsized Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes Offering
SAN DIEGO, May 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Encore Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ECPG) (the “Company”) today announced the pricing of its offering of…
May 12, 2026
Activist
Encore Capital Group, Inc. Announces Proposed Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes Offering
SAN DIEGO, May 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Encore Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ECPG) (the “Company”) today announced its intention to offer…
May 11, 2026
Press release
Encore Capital Group, Inc. Announces Pricing of Upsized Senior Secured Notes Offering
SAN DIEGO, May 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Encore Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ECPG) (the “Company”) today announced the pricing of its offering of…

SecBot reports

5 filings · 1 press release · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 mixed · 2 neutral
All ECPG filing & press-release reports (6)