Source: Encore Capital Group, Inc.'s 10-K / 10-Q XBRL data on SEC EDGAR · fetched Nov 05, 2026
Revenue, net income & free cash flow
Income statement
fiscal years · USD
Fiscal year
FY2016
FY2017
FY2018
FY2019
FY2020
FY2021
FY2022
FY2023
FY2024
FY2025
Revenue
$82.64M
$90.09M
$148.04M
$126.53M
$115.12M
$120.78M
$94.92M
$83.14M
$84.78M
$88.39M
Operating income
$241.51M
$324.54M
$405.30M
$446.35M
$533.56M
$633.27M
$462.17M
$16.54M
$157.33M
$626.65M
Interest expense
$198.37M
$204.16M
$237.35M
$217.77M
$209.36M
$169.65M
$153.31M
$201.88M
$252.54M
$293.91M
Pre-tax income
$57.38M
$131.23M
$156.49M
$201.24M
$282.90M
$436.54M
$310.99M
-$180.26M
-$96.22M
$336.16M
Income tax
$38.20M
$52.05M
$46.75M
$32.33M
$70.37M
$85.34M
$116.42M
$26.23M
$43.03M
$79.33M
Net income
$76.57M
$83.23M
$115.89M
$167.87M
$211.85M
$350.78M
$194.56M
-$206.49M
-$139.24M
$256.83M
EBITDA
$276.38M
$364.52M
$446.53M
$487.37M
$576.34M
$683.35M
$508.59M
$58.27M
$189.76M
$655.41M
EPS (basic)
$2.98
$3.20
$4.09
$5.38
$6.74
$11.64
$8.06
$-8.72
$-5.83
$11.05
EPS (diluted)
$2.96
$3.15
$4.06
$5.33
$6.68
$11.26
$7.46
$-8.72
$-5.83
$10.91
Diluted shares
25.91M
26.41M
28.57M
31.47M
31.71M
31.15M
26.09M
23.67M
23.87M
23.53M
Operating margin
292.2%
360.3%
273.8%
352.8%
463.5%
524.3%
486.9%
19.9%
185.6%
709.0%
Net margin
92.7%
92.4%
78.3%
132.7%
184.0%
290.4%
205.0%
-248.4%
-164.2%
290.6%
Balance sheet
fiscal years · USD
Fiscal year
FY2016
FY2017
FY2018
FY2019
FY2020
FY2021
FY2022
FY2023
FY2024
FY2025
Cash & equivalents
$149.76M
$212.14M
$157.42M
$192.34M
$189.18M
$189.65M
$143.91M
$158.36M
$199.87M
$156.78M
Goodwill
$785.03M
$928.99M
$868.13M
$884.18M
$906.96M
$897.79M
$821.21M
$606.48M
$507.81M
$536.29M
Total assets
$3.67B
$4.49B
$4.63B
$4.91B
$4.86B
$4.61B
$4.51B
$4.63B
$4.79B
$5.34B
Long-term debt
$2.86B
$3.53B
$3.58B
$3.59B
$3.37B
$3.06B
$2.94B
$3.36B
$3.71B
$4.03B
Total debt
$2.86B
$3.53B
$3.58B
$3.59B
$3.37B
$3.06B
$2.94B
$3.36B
$3.71B
$4.03B
Total liabilities
$3.07B
$3.77B
$3.81B
$3.88B
$3.64B
$3.42B
$3.33B
$3.69B
$4.02B
$4.36B
Shareholders' equity
$559.30M
$581.86M
$818.01M
$1.02B
$1.22B
$1.19B
$1.18B
$936.54M
$767.33M
$976.75M
Cash flow
fiscal years · USD
Fiscal year
FY2016
FY2017
FY2018
FY2019
FY2020
FY2021
FY2022
FY2023
FY2024
FY2025
Operating cash flow
$130.33M
$123.82M
$186.79M
$244.73M
$312.86M
$303.05M
$210.68M
$152.99M
$156.17M
$153.20M
Capital expenditures
$31.67M
$28.13M
$67.47M
$39.60M
$34.60M
$33.37M
$37.22M
$24.81M
$29.01M
$26.27M
Free cash flow
$98.66M
$95.69M
$119.32M
$205.13M
$278.26M
$269.68M
$173.46M
$128.18M
$127.16M
$126.93M
Investing cash flow
-$168.79M
-$452.13M
-$397.52M
-$202.33M
$82.83M
$339.90M
-$130.24M
-$401.94M
-$440.43M
-$242.59M
Financing cash flow
$43.25M
$378.22M
$166.38M
-$19.77M
-$403.20M
-$655.69M
-$107.44M
$268.30M
$317.77M
$44.85M
Share buybacks
$0
$0
—
$0
$0
$390.61M
$87.01M
$0
$0
$90.40M
Stock-based compensation
$12.63M
$10.40M
$12.98M
$12.56M
$16.56M
$18.33M
$15.40M
$13.85M
$14.01M
$18.27M
Depreciation & amortization
$34.87M
$39.98M
$41.23M
$41.03M
$42.78M
$50.08M
$46.42M
$41.74M
$32.43M
$28.76M
Income statement
quarters · USD
Quarter ended
Dec 2023
Mar 2024
Jun 2024
Sep 2024
Dec 2024
Mar 2025
Jun 2025
Sep 2025
Dec 2025
Mar 2026
Jun 2026
Sep 2026
Revenue
$19.65M
$20.38M
$21.11M
$22.77M
$20.52M
$22.55M
$22.30M
$22.18M
$21.37M
$20.64M
$18.23M
$17.47M
Operating income
-$217.19M
$83.59M
$101.84M
$106.09M
-$134.19M
$129.34M
$150.73M
$173.18M
$173.39M
$183.99M
$186.90M
$230.60M
Interest expense
$54.50M
$55.77M
$61.38M
$66.91M
$68.50M
$70.53M
$73.94M
$74.24M
$75.19M
$73.05M
$73.91M
$72.30M
Pre-tax income
-$271.70M
$30.49M
$42.51M
$40.76M
-$209.98M
$60.46M
$78.02M
$99.86M
$97.82M
$111.73M
$82.85M
$160.79M
Income tax
-$934.00K
$7.25M
$10.33M
$10.12M
$15.33M
$13.66M
$19.30M
$25.20M
$21.16M
$25.49M
$18.85M
$36.77M
Net income
-$270.76M
$23.24M
$32.18M
$30.64M
-$225.31M
$46.80M
$58.72M
$74.66M
$76.66M
$86.24M
$64.00M
$124.01M
EBITDA
-$208.22M
$91.44M
$109.30M
$114.25M
-$125.22M
$136.69M
$158.04M
$180.35M
$180.33M
$190.85M
$194.01M
$237.72M
EPS (basic)
$-11.44
$0.98
$1.35
$1.28
$-9.44
$1.96
$2.50
$3.22
$3.39
$3.97
$2.97
$5.80
EPS (diluted)
$-11.34
$0.95
$1.34
$1.26
$-9.37
$1.93
$2.49
$3.17
$3.34
$3.86
$2.81
$5.57
Diluted shares
-865.00K
24.47M
24.10M
24.41M
-451.00K
24.27M
23.58M
23.52M
-255.00K
22.32M
22.79M
22.25M
Operating margin
-1105.3%
410.2%
482.5%
465.9%
-653.8%
573.7%
675.9%
781.0%
811.5%
891.5%
1025.4%
1319.7%
Net margin
-1377.9%
114.0%
152.5%
134.6%
-1097.7%
207.5%
263.3%
336.7%
358.8%
417.9%
351.1%
709.7%
Balance sheet
quarters · USD
Quarter ended
Dec 2023
Mar 2024
Jun 2024
Sep 2024
Dec 2024
Mar 2025
Jun 2025
Sep 2025
Dec 2025
Mar 2026
Jun 2026
Sep 2026
Cash & equivalents
$158.36M
$172.99M
$250.62M
$247.35M
$199.87M
$187.12M
$172.90M
$172.49M
$156.78M
$227.20M
$182.93M
$158.43M
Goodwill
$606.48M
$602.40M
$602.81M
$628.13M
$507.81M
$519.41M
$542.91M
$535.63M
$536.29M
$529.49M
$528.74M
$528.41M
Total assets
$4.63B
$4.69B
$4.82B
$4.99B
$4.79B
$4.97B
$5.19B
$5.26B
$5.34B
$5.45B
$5.57B
$5.68B
Long-term debt
$3.36B
—
—
—
$3.71B
—
—
—
$4.03B
—
—
—
Total debt
$3.36B
—
—
—
$3.71B
—
—
—
$4.03B
—
—
—
Total liabilities
$3.69B
$3.73B
$3.83B
$3.95B
$4.02B
$4.15B
$4.30B
$4.31B
$4.36B
$4.42B
$4.49B
$4.60B
Shareholders' equity
$936.54M
$953.86M
$988.13M
$1.05B
$767.33M
$819.06M
$895.97M
$952.91M
$976.75M
$1.03B
$1.08B
$1.08B
Cash flow
quarters · USD
Quarter ended
Dec 2023
Mar 2024
Jun 2024
Sep 2024
Dec 2024
Mar 2025
Jun 2025
Sep 2025
Dec 2025
Mar 2026
Jun 2026
Sep 2026
Operating cash flow
$36.78M
$50.98M
$35.71M
$45.93M
$23.54M
$45.28M
$9.52M
$81.58M
$16.81M
$82.33M
-$29.38M
$106.68M
Capital expenditures
$8.04M
$6.86M
$7.39M
$6.20M
$8.56M
$6.99M
$6.33M
$6.02M
$6.93M
$4.86M
$8.39M
$4.80M
Free cash flow
$28.74M
$44.12M
$28.32M
$39.73M
$14.99M
$38.29M
$3.19M
$75.56M
$9.88M
$77.47M
-$37.77M
$101.88M
Investing cash flow
-$131.22M
-$90.88M
-$41.00M
-$43.82M
-$264.73M
-$100.28M
-$69.37M
-$45.90M
-$27.04M
-$27.41M
-$103.24M
-$44.99M
Financing cash flow
$109.43M
$55.79M
$83.70M
-$9.01M
$187.29M
$40.34M
$46.89M
-$36.67M
-$5.70M
$18.61M
$88.22M
-$86.26M
Stock-based compensation
$2.84M
$3.36M
$4.64M
$3.74M
$2.28M
$3.42M
$5.28M
$4.34M
$5.22M
$4.58M
$6.04M
$4.70M
Depreciation & amortization
$8.97M
$7.85M
$7.46M
$8.16M
$8.97M
$7.34M
$7.31M
$7.17M
$6.93M
$6.86M
$7.11M
$7.11M
Quarterly figures are rebuilt from the year-to-date totals companies report — Q4 is the full year minus the first nine months, since no 10-Q is filed for it. Values are as filed; later restatements replace earlier ones. Fiscal years are labelled by the calendar year in which they end.