Encore Capital Group, Inc. (ECPG)

Encore Capital Group Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 3 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for ECPG stock have an average target of 62.33, with a low estimate of 58 and a high estimate of 65. The average target predicts an increase of 29.75% from the current stock price of 48.04.

Analyst Consensus: Strong Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$58	$62.33	$64	$65
Change	+20.73%	+29.75%	+33.22%	+35.30%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for ECPG stock from 3 stock analysts is "Strong Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform very well in the near future and significantly outperform the market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Jun '24	Jul '24	Aug '24	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24
Strong Buy	1	1	1	1	1	1
Buy	1	1	1	1	2	2
Hold	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	2	2	2	2	3	3

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
David Scharf JMP Securities	JMP Securities	Buy Maintains $60 → $65	Buy	Maintains	$60 → $65	+35.30%	Nov 7, 2024
Mike Grondahl Northland Capital Markets	Northland Capital Markets	Hold → Buy Upgrades $55 → $58	Hold → Buy	Upgrades	$55 → $58	+20.73%	Oct 17, 2024
David Scharf JMP Securities	JMP Securities	Buy Reiterates $60	Buy	Reiterates	$60	+24.90%	Oct 14, 2024
Mark Hughes Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Strong Buy Maintains $70 → $64	Strong Buy	Maintains	$70 → $64	+33.22%	Aug 20, 2024
David Scharf JMP Securities	JMP Securities	Buy Reiterates $60	Buy	Reiterates	$60	+24.90%	May 6, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

1.45B

Increased by 18.76%

from 1.22B

Revenue Next Year

1.65B

Increased by 13.57%

from 1.45B

EPS This Year

5.16

from -8.72

EPS Next Year

7.61

Increased by 47.30%

from 5.16

Fiscal Year	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2019	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025
Revenue	1.41B	1.50B	1.61B	1.40B	1.22B	1.45B	1.65B
Revenue Growth	6.45%	6.80%	7.53%	-13.39%	-12.56%	18.76%	13.57%
EPS	5.33	6.68	11.26	7.46	-8.72	5.16	7.61
EPS Growth	31.28%	25.33%	68.56%	-33.75%	-	-	47.30%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	9.30	6.32
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	7	7

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2024	2025
High	1.5B	1.7B
Avg	1.5B	1.6B
Low	1.4B	1.6B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2024	2025
High	22.6%	18.0%
Avg	18.8%	13.6%
Low	13.3%	8.1%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2024	2025
High	5.72	9.28
Avg	5.16	7.61
Low	4.40	6.38

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2024	2025
High	-	79.8%
Avg	-	47.3%
Low	-	23.6%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.