$ECPG
ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC Stock $ecpg

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2019 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000108496121000017 Filed on February 24, 2021

Income Statement

Concept	2019 Q4	2018	2017 Q4
Revenue	$347.8M	$1.321B	$317.5M
YoY Change	-0.27%	15.25%	16.99%
Cost Of Revenue	$70.20M	$253.2M	$60.60M
YoY Change	11.43%	3.86%	19.53%
Gross Profit	$277.6M	$1.109B	$256.9M
YoY Change	-2.84%	17.56%	16.4%
Gross Profit Margin	79.82%	83.97%	80.92%
Selling, General & Admin	$129.6M	$527.4M	$149.8M
YoY Change	0.93%	11.31%	51.01%
% of Gross Profit	46.69%	47.56%	58.31%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$11.30M	$41.23M	$14.20M
YoY Change	13.0%	3.13%	61.36%
% of Gross Profit	4.07%	3.72%	5.53%
Operating Expenses	$234.6M	$956.7M	$253.2M
YoY Change	0.75%	10.93%	37.68%
Operating Profit	$43.02M	$405.3M	$3.654M
YoY Change	-18.63%	24.88%	-90.06%
Interest Expense	-$56.20M	$237.4M	-$51.70M
YoY Change	-1.4%	16.26%	1.57%
% of Operating Profit	-130.65%	58.56%	-1414.89%
Other Income/Expense, Net	$100.0K	-$248.8M	-$1.100M
YoY Change	-102.63%	28.71%	-147.83%
Pretax Income	$57.10M	$156.5M	$11.40M
YoY Change	3.63%	19.25%	-70.69%
Income Tax	$13.90M	$46.75M	$7.400M
% Of Pretax Income	24.34%	29.88%	64.91%
Net Earnings	$43.09M	$115.9M	$12.68M
YoY Change	-8.4%	39.24%	-44.41%
Net Earnings / Revenue	12.39%	8.78%	3.99%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$1.38	$4.09	$0.49
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$1.36	$4.06	$0.48
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	31.06M shares	28.31M shares	25.75M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		28.57M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2019 Q4	2018	2017 Q4
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$192.3M	$157.4M	$212.1M
YoY Change	22.17%	-25.79%	41.59%
Cash & Equivalents	$192.3M	$157.4M	$212.1M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$22.30M	$25.00M	$27.60M
YoY Change	-10.8%	-9.42%	53.33%
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables
Other Receivables
Total Short-Term Assets	$259.6M	$257.8M	$284.3M
YoY Change	0.7%	-9.32%	37.28%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$120.1M	$115.5M	$76.28M
YoY Change	3.92%	51.38%	5.56%
Goodwill	$884.2M		$929.0M
YoY Change	1.85%		18.34%
Intangibles	$51.37M		$75.74M
YoY Change	-15.2%		168.16%
Long-Term Investments	$3.284B	$3.138B	$2.891B
YoY Change	4.66%	8.56%	21.31%
Other Assets	$171.0M	$147.5M	$117.5M
YoY Change	15.93%	25.53%	1.03%
Total Long-Term Assets	$4.650B	$4.374B	$4.206B
YoY Change	6.32%	3.99%	21.45%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$259.6M	$257.8M	$284.3M
Total Long-Term Assets	$4.650B	$4.374B	$4.206B
Total Assets	$4.910B	$4.632B	$4.491B
YoY Change	6.0%	3.14%	22.35%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$223.9M	$287.9M	$284.8M
YoY Change	-22.23%	1.09%	21.5%
Accrued Expenses	$93.80M
YoY Change
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$317.7M	$287.9M	$284.8M
YoY Change	10.35%	1.09%	21.5%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$3.513B	$3.491B	$3.447B
YoY Change	0.65%	1.27%	22.71%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$53.60M	$33.60M	$35.20M
YoY Change	59.52%	-4.55%	18.92%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$3.567B	$3.524B	$3.482B
YoY Change	1.21%	1.21%	22.67%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$317.7M	$287.9M	$284.8M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$3.567B	$3.524B	$3.482B
Total Liabilities	$3.885B	$3.814B	$3.767B
YoY Change	1.9%	-2.43%	22.7%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$888.1M		$616.3M
YoY Change	23.31%		9.94%
Common Stock	$311.0K		$258.0K
YoY Change	0.65%		0.78%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$1.022B	$818.0M	$581.9M
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$4.910B	$4.632B	$4.491B
YoY Change	6.0%	3.14%	22.35%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2019 Q4	2018	2017 Q4
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$43.09M	$115.9M	$12.68M
YoY Change	-8.4%	39.24%	-44.41%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$11.30M	$41.23M	$14.20M
YoY Change	13.0%	3.13%	61.36%
Cash From Operating Activities	$47.80M	$186.8M	$42.10M
YoY Change	-28.44%	50.86%	-6.44%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$8.900M	$67.48M	-$7.600M
YoY Change	-70.43%	139.9%	-50.0%
Acquisitions		$0.00
YoY Change		-100.0%
Other Investing Activities	$4.500M	$8.634M	-$236.7M
YoY Change	-110.87%	-198.18%	281.77%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$4.300M	-$397.5M	-$244.3M
YoY Change	-93.98%	-12.08%	216.45%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-51.10M	$166.4M	222.9M
YoY Change	32.73%	-56.01%	653.04%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	47.80M	$186.8M	42.10M
Cash From Investing Activities	-4.300M	-$397.5M	-244.3M
Cash From Financing Activities	-51.10M	$166.4M	222.9M
Net Change In Cash	-7.600M	-$44.35M	20.70M
YoY Change	-82.37%	-188.87%	-896.15%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$47.80M	$186.8M	$42.10M
Capital Expenditures	-$8.900M	$67.48M	-$7.600M
Free Cash Flow	$56.70M	$119.3M	$49.70M
YoY Change	-41.49%	24.69%	-17.44%

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CY2019	ecpg	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Gain Loss Arising During Period Divestiture Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationGainLossArisingDuringPeriodDivestitureNetOfTax	3814000	USD
CY2018	ecpg	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Gain Loss Arising During Period Divestiture Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationGainLossArisingDuringPeriodDivestitureNetOfTax	3663000	USD
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CY2018	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	82255000	USD
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CY2018	us-gaap	Other Operating Activities Cash Flow Statement OtherOperatingActivitiesCashFlowStatement	-7016000	USD
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CY2020	us-gaap	Use Of Estimates UseOfEstimates	<div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:9pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Use of Estimates</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:5pt;text-indent:22.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The preparation of financial statements, in conformity with GAAP, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The inputs into the judgments and estimates consider the economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s critical and significant accounting estimates. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates.</span></div>
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Restricted Cash RestrictedCash	20300000	USD
CY2020	us-gaap	Prior Period Reclassification Adjustment Description PriorPeriodReclassificationAdjustmentDescription	<div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:9pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Reclassifications</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:5pt;text-indent:22.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Certain immaterial reclassifications have been made to the prior years’ consolidated financial statements to conform to current year presentation. The Company presented certain refinancing charges such as make-whole provisions, call premiums, and write-offs of unamortized debt issuance costs and debt discount as interest expense in prior periods, and have reclassed such costs as loss on extinguishment of debt as a single line item in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations rather than presenting them as part of interest expense. These reclassifications have no effect on net income, total assets, accumulated earnings or cash flow statements as previously reported.</span></div>
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Other Deferred Costs Net OtherDeferredCostsNet	100172000	USD
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Restricted Cash RestrictedCash	25000000.0	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	167869000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	115886000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	31210000	shares
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CY2019	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	31474000	shares
CY2018	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	28572000	shares
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Assets Held For Sale Not Part Of Disposal Group Other AssetsHeldForSaleNotPartOfDisposalGroupOther	46700000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Carrying Amount Net CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesCarryingAmountNet	3283984000	USD
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CY2020Q1	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Purchased With Credit Deterioration Amount At Par Value FinancingReceivablePurchasedWithCreditDeteriorationAmountAtParValue	214889335000	USD
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CY2020	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Purchased With Credit Deterioration Allowance For Credit Loss At Acquisition Date FinancingReceivablePurchasedWithCreditDeteriorationAllowanceForCreditLossAtAcquisitionDate	1703420000	USD
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CY2020	ecpg	Financing Receivable Purchased With Credit Deterioration Discount Premium Write Off FinancingReceivablePurchasedWithCreditDeteriorationDiscountPremiumWriteOff	3464670000	USD
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CY2018	ecpg	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Purchases Of Receivable Portfolios CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesPurchasesOfReceivablePortfolios	1131898000	USD
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CY2019	ecpg	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Deconsolidation Of Receivable Portfolios CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesDeconsolidationOfReceivablePortfolios	51935000	USD
CY2018	ecpg	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Deconsolidation Of Receivable Portfolios CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesDeconsolidationOfReceivablePortfolios	0	USD
CY2020	ecpg	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Put Backs And Recalls CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesPutBacksAndRecalls	15824000	USD
CY2019	ecpg	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Put Backs And Recalls CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesPutBacksAndRecalls	11591000	USD
CY2018	ecpg	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Put Backs And Recalls CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesPutBacksAndRecalls	14429000	USD
CY2020	ecpg	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Disposals Or Transfers To Held For Sale Net CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesDisposalsOrTransfersToHeldForSaleNet	9459000	USD
CY2019	ecpg	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Disposals Or Transfers To Held For Sale Net CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesDisposalsOrTransfersToHeldForSaleNet	11495000	USD
CY2018	ecpg	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Disposals Or Transfers To Held For Sale Net CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesDisposalsOrTransfersToHeldForSaleNet	12456000	USD
CY2020	ecpg	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Sale Of Receivable Portfolios CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesSaleOfReceivablePortfolios	0	USD
CY2019	ecpg	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Sale Of Receivable Portfolios CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesSaleOfReceivablePortfolios	98636000	USD
CY2018	ecpg	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Sale Of Receivable Portfolios CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesSaleOfReceivablePortfolios	0	USD
CY2020	ecpg	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Gross Collections CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesGrossCollections	2111848000	USD
CY2019	ecpg	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Gross Collections CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesGrossCollections	2026928000	USD
CY2018	ecpg	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Gross Collections CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesGrossCollections	1967620000	USD
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CY2019	ecpg	Certain Loans Acquiredin Transfer Not Accountedforas Debt Securities Accretable Yield Accretion Prior Period CertainLoansAcquiredinTransferNotAccountedforasDebtSecuritiesAccretableYieldAccretionPriorPeriod	1269288000	USD
CY2018	ecpg	Certain Loans Acquiredin Transfer Not Accountedforas Debt Securities Accretable Yield Accretion Prior Period CertainLoansAcquiredinTransferNotAccountedforasDebtSecuritiesAccretableYieldAccretionPriorPeriod	1167132000	USD
CY2020	ecpg	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Changes To Expected Current Period Recoveries CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesChangesToExpectedCurrentPeriodRecoveries	228075000	USD
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CY2018	ecpg	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Changes To Expected Future Period Recoveries CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesChangesToExpectedFuturePeriodRecoveries	0	USD
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CY2019	ecpg	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment Gain Loss CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustmentGainLoss	38800000	USD
CY2018	ecpg	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment Gain Loss CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustmentGainLoss	-98718000	USD
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CY2018	ecpg	Write Off Of Reserve WriteOffOfReserve	53383000	USD
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CY2019Q4	ecpg	Deferred Court Costs Reserve DeferredCourtCostsReserve	421992000	USD
CY2018Q4	ecpg	Deferred Court Costs Reserve DeferredCourtCostsReserve	396460000	USD
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	120051000	USD
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets OtherAssets	329223000	USD
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CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Income Tax Receivable IncomeTaxReceivable	35853000	USD
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Other Receivables OtherReceivables	17308000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Miscellaneous OtherAssetsMiscellaneous	55264000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Miscellaneous OtherAssetsMiscellaneous	58640000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets OtherAssets	349162000	USD
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Finance Lease Liability FinanceLeaseLiability	8288000	USD
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