Seasonality
ECPG seasonality — Encore Capital Group, Inc.
Over the last 11 years, ECPG's strongest month on average has been November (+9.3%) and its weakest March (-5.8%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +2.84% | +2.59% | 60% | +25.7% | -23.8% | 10 |
| Feb | +3.94% | +5.42% | 70% | +23.7% | -23.8% | 10 |
| Mar | -5.77% | -4.96% | 30% | +20.4% | -37.1% | 10 |
| Apr | +2.21% | +1.10% | 60% | +18.0% | -9.9% | 10 |
| May | +6.24% | +8.11% | 70% | +22.3% | -16.2% | 10 |
| Jun | +3.29% | +2.26% | 60% | +16.7% | -7.2% | 10 |
| Jul | +6.42% | +3.54% | 60% | +25.4% | -4.7% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.89% | +2.84% | 70% | +25.8% | -24.5% | 10 |
| Sep | -4.67% | -4.13% | 30% | +9.8% | -16.8% | 10 |
| Oct | -3.93% | -0.40% | 40% | +12.0% | -29.1% | 10 |
| Nov | +9.32% | +8.00% | 78% | +24.8% | -1.4% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.80% | +0.74% | 50% | +14.1% | -16.0% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — ECPG
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.6 | 23.7 | 2.7 | 18.0 | -3.4 | 16.7 | 0.8 | 3.1 | -2.6 | 5.9 | 12.0 | +106.0% | |
| 2025 | 3.6 | -23.8 | -9.1 | 0.3 | 10.2 | 2.1 | -4.7 | 13.4 | -0.2 | -0.4 | 24.8 | 4.7 | +13.8% |
| 2024 | -1.3 | -4.2 | -5.0 | -9.9 | 7.7 | -5.7 | 21.1 | -0.9 | -5.6 | -3.4 | 7.7 | -2.9 | -5.9% |
| 2023 | 16.2 | -7.2 | -2.4 | 1.8 | -16.2 | 12.9 | 10.0 | -12.4 | 1.9 | -21.1 | 18.9 | 13.3 | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 3.9 | 2.3 | -4.9 | -7.8 | 5.7 | -5.5 | 25.4 | -24.5 | -16.8 | 12.0 | -1.0 | -4.9 | -22.8% |
| 2021 | -23.8 | 12.5 | 20.4 | -2.2 | 17.7 | 2.4 | -0.1 | 4.0 | 0.1 | 9.6 | 8.0 | 6.5 | +59.5% |
| 2020 | -4.0 | 9.5 | -37.1 | 11.1 | 22.3 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 25.8 | -16.0 | -17.3 | 6.9 | 14.1 | +10.2% |
| 2019 | 25.7 | 15.8 | -20.4 | 3.8 | 21.5 | -1.4 | 6.2 | 2.6 | -9.7 | -0.4 | 9.9 | -3.0 | +50.5% |
| 2018 | -1.5 | 3.3 | 5.6 | -1.3 | -11.6 | -7.2 | -1.4 | 7.3 | -7.5 | -29.1 | 10.1 | -16.0 | -44.2% |
| 2017 | 8.0 | 7.6 | -7.5 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 10.9 | -0.1 | 0.6 | 9.8 | 4.8 | -1.4 | -8.1 | +47.0% |
| 2016 | 4.4 |