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ENCORE CAPITA; GROUP INC (NASD)
ECPG 17.13 N/A (N/A%) Vol.  0 N/A ET

Day Low - High N/A - N/A
52wk Low - High 2.62 - 19.89
Avg Volume 118,651
Industry OUTSOURCING
Market Cap 339.51 M
Div - Yield 0.00 - 0.00
PE (forward) 9
PEG Ratio .9
Current Year Est. 1.63
EPS Last Year 0.96
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# 2Strong Sell50.23%
# 3Hold14%
# 4Sell3.97%
# 5Hold1.85%
S&P50012.22%
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EXLSERVICE HLDG EXLS PREMIUM
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 2.20
ABR (Last Week) 2.20
# of Recs in ABR 5
Average Target Price 21.38
Industry Rank by ABR 96 out of 217
Rank in Industry 9 out of 17
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ZACKS COMMENTARY FOR ECPG
Zacks Equity Research: Report for ECPG
Feb 03, 2010
Zacks Blog: Zacks Releases Four Powerful ''Buy'' Stocks: Encore Capital Group, Inc., Harris Corp., Micrus Endovascular Corp. and Whirlpool Corporation
Jan 14, 2010
Aggressive Growth: Encore Capital Group, Inc.
Jan 14, 2010
Zacks Blog: Encore Capital Enters Oversold Territory
Dec 30, 2009
Zacks Blog: Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Wednesday
Dec 23, 2009
Zacks Blog: Zacks Releases Four Powerful ''Buy'' Stocks: Encore Capital Group, Inc., American Express Company, Arena Resources Inc. and Avnet, Inc.
Nov 24, 2009
Aggressive Growth: Encore Capital Group, Inc.
Nov 24, 2009
Zacks Blog: Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Monday
Aug 10, 2009
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NEWS
Encore Capital Climbs On Better-Than-Expected Q4 Results
Feb 09, 2010
Encore Capital Group Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Results and New Revolving Credit Facility
Feb 08, 2010
Downtrend Spotted in Shares of Encore Capital Group (ECPG)
Feb 07, 2010
Encore Capital Group, Inc. to Announce Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Results on February 8
Feb 01, 2010
Encore Capital Group: The Trend Continues Down (ECPG)
Jan 28, 2010
SmarTrend's Trend Spotter Sees Continued Downward Momentum on Shares of Encore Capital Group (ECPG)
Jan 22, 2010
ValuEngine Upgrades Energen, Encore Capital, Ramco-Gershenson Properties, Vodafone, Royal Dutch Shell
Jan 21, 2010
Zacks Releases Four Powerful ''Buy'' Stocks: Encore Capital Group, Inc., Harris Corp., Micrus Endovascular Corp. and Whirlpool Corporation
Jan 14, 2010
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
12/2009
Next Quarter
03/2010
This Year
12/2009
Next Year
12/2010
Average Estimate 0.32 0.41 1.33 1.63
Number of Estimates 5 4 1 5
Low Estimates 0.22 0.39 1.33 1.54
High Estimate 0.40 0.44 1.33 1.72
Year Ago EPS 0.01 0.30 0.80 1.33
EPS Growth 3140.00% 38.33% 66.25% 22.41%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Encore Capital Group, Inc., formerly MCM Capital Group, Inc., is a holding company whose principal assets are its investments in its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Midland Credit Management, Inc., Midland Funding 98-A Corporation, Midland Receivables 99-1 Corporation, Midland Acquisition Corporation, and MRC Receivables Corporation.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM .96
Sales 255.89
Net Income 24.87
Price/Earnings 15.27
Price/Book 1.46
Price/Cash Flow 14.67
Price/Sales 1.18


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