Company overview
What does ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC do?
ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC (ECPG) is a U.S. SEC registrant. The Commission classifies the issuer under SIC 6153 (Short-Term Business Credit Institutions).
What does ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC do?
ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC (ECPG) is a U.S. SEC registrant. The Commission classifies the issuer under SIC 6153 (Short-Term Business Credit Institutions).
What industry is ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC in?
Financial Services · Short-Term Business Credit Institutions
What was ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC's latest reported revenue?
$18.2M for Q2 2026, from 10-Q filed Aug 5, 2026.
What changed in the latest comparable period?
Revenue declined -18.3% ($22.3M to $18.2M; Q2 2025 vs Q2 2026).
Business model (from the public record)
Belvedere describes the business using the issuer’s SEC classification and the company description extracted from public filings. Segment mix, customer identity, and recurring-versus-transactional revenue are shown only when those facts are identified in the filing extract—not inferred.
Financial Services · Short-Term Business Credit Institutions · United States
Financial profile
- Revenue
- $18.2M 10-Q · Q2 2026 · Filed Aug 5, 2026
- Revenue growth YoY
- -18.3% Belvedere calculation · 10-Q · Q2 2026 · Filed Aug 5, 2026
- Gross margin
- — Not identified in latest matched XBRL period
- Operating margin
- +1025.4% Belvedere calculation · 10-Q · Q2 2026 · Filed Aug 5, 2026
- Net income
- $64M 10-Q · Q2 2026 · Filed Aug 5, 2026
- Operating cash flow
- — Not identified in latest matched XBRL period
- Capex
- — Not identified in latest matched XBRL period
- Belvedere FCF
- — Not identified in latest matched XBRL period
- FCF margin
- — Not identified in latest matched XBRL period
- Cash
- $182.9M 10-Q · Jun 30, 2026 · Filed Aug 5, 2026
- Debt
- — Not identified in latest matched XBRL period
- Net debt
- -$182.9M Belvedere calculation · 10-Q · Jun 30, 2026 · Filed Aug 5, 2026
- Shares
- 21,209,000 10-Q · Jun 30, 2026 · Filed Aug 5, 2026
Balance sheet snapshot
Cash $182.9M. Identified debt —. Net debt -$182.9M. Missing debt tags are not treated as a zero-debt capital structure.
Financial information is derived from public filings and other identified sources. Belvedere calculations may differ from company-defined non-GAAP measures. See methodology and source notes. Valuation multiples are omitted because a licensed market-data provider is not configured.
Latest filings
| Form | Filed | Period | Accession | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8-K | Aug 19, 2026 | Aug 19, 2026 | 0001084961-26-000062 | SEC |
| 10-Q | Aug 5, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | 0001084961-26-000058 | SEC |
| 8-K | Aug 5, 2026 | Aug 5, 2026 | 0001084961-26-000057 | SEC |
| 8-K | Jul 22, 2026 | Jul 22, 2026 | 0001084961-26-000052 | SEC |
| 8-K | Jun 16, 2026 | Jun 12, 2026 | 0001084961-26-000050 | SEC |
| 8-K | May 29, 2026 | May 28, 2026 | 0001084961-26-000048 | SEC |
| 8-K | May 26, 2026 | May 22, 2026 | 0001084961-26-000046 | SEC |
| 8-K | May 14, 2026 | May 12, 2026 | 0001084961-26-000044 | SEC |
| 8-K | May 12, 2026 | May 11, 2026 | 0001084961-26-000041 | SEC |
| 10-Q | May 6, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | 0001084961-26-000039 | SEC |
| 8-K | May 6, 2026 | May 6, 2026 | 0001084961-26-000038 | SEC |
| DEF 14A | Apr 29, 2026 | Jun 12, 2026 | 0001084961-26-000030 | SEC |
What changed
Each line is an arithmetic comparison of sourced facts. It is not a thesis.
Research view
Belvedere has not published an initiation or update on ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC. Universe inclusion is not a rating, a forecast, or coverage in the sell-side sense.
Research Radar
| Kind | Change | Explanation | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | -18.3% | Revenue declined -18.3% ($22.3M to $18.2M; Q2 2025 vs Q2 2026). | 10-Q · RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | Aug 5, 2026 |
| Revenue acceleration | -9.8 pp | Quarterly revenue YoY growth moved from -8.5% to -18.3% (-9.8 percentage points). | 10-Q · BelvedereRevenueGrowthYoY | Aug 5, 2026 |
| Cash | $182.9M | Cash and cash equivalents were $182.9M as of the latest reported balance-sheet date. | 10-Q · CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | Aug 5, 2026 |
| Share count | $21.2M | Shares outstanding were 21,209,000 as of the latest reported date. | 10-Q · CommonStockSharesOutstanding | Aug 5, 2026 |
Rankings
- Micro-Cap Proxy Companies by Revenue Growth · rank 11 · -18.3%
Industry context
ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC is mapped to Financial Services (Short-Term Business Credit Institutions) from SIC metadata on the SEC submission. Mapping is a classification convenience, not a claim that every peer is economically comparable.
Belvedere Research Profile
This measures researchable information characteristics. It is not investment advice, a credit rating, or a buy/sell/hold recommendation.
Presence of core income-statement, cash-flow and balance-sheet concepts in SEC XBRL.
Comparable-period revenue history and operating-result availability.
Availability of margin, cash-flow and per-share concepts used in screening.
SEC periodic reports, current reports, proxy statement and website identified in submissions.
Distinct filing years in the current archive window plus comparable prior-period revenue.
Risks
Belvedere does not manufacture generic risk language. Material risks are those the issuer discloses in its periodic reports, particularly Item 1A of the latest Form 10-K.
A Form 10-K was not present in the current filing window.
Sources
- Source
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Form
- 10-Q
- Period
- Q2 2026
- Filed
- Aug 5, 2026
- Accession
- 0001084961-26-000058
- Concept
- RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax
- Source
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Form
- 10-Q
- Period
- Q2 2026
- Filed
- Aug 5, 2026
- Accession
- 0001084961-26-000058
- Concept
- BelvedereRevenueGrowthYoY
(RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax 2026-06-30 / RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax 2025-06-30) - 1
View filing- Source
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Form
- 10-Q
- Period
- Jun 30, 2026
- Filed
- Aug 5, 2026
- Accession
- 0001084961-26-000058
- Concept
- CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Disclosure
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Frequently asked questions
- What does ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC do?
- ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC (ECPG) is a U.S. SEC registrant. The Commission classifies the issuer under SIC 6153 (Short-Term Business Credit Institutions).
- What industry is ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC in?
- ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC is classified in Financial Services (Short-Term Business Credit Institutions).
- When did ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC last file a periodic report?
- ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC last filed a 10-Q on Aug 5, 2026 (accession 0001084961-26-000058).
- What was ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC's latest revenue?
- $18.2M for Q2 2026, sourced from 10-Q filed Aug 5, 2026.
- Does Belvedere cover ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC?
- ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC is in the Belvedere universe. Presence in the universe is not the same as active initiation coverage.