secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC (ECPG)
CIK:        0001084961
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001084961-23-000104
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Encore Capital Q3 GAAP EPS $0.79 (-35% YoY); US portfolio purchases $179M at 2.4x multiple
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- Global collections $465M (+2% YoY); GAAP net income $19.3M vs $31.5M, down 39%.
- GAAP EPS $0.79 vs $1.22 in Q3 2022 (-35%); revenue $309.6M (+1% YoY).
- Total portfolio purchases $231M, including $179M US at a 2.4x purchase price multiple.
- ERC grew to $7.88B from $7.31B (+8% YoY); added ~$175M liquidity post-quarter.
- CEO expects record US capital deployment in 2023 and robust supply pipeline for 2024.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084961/000108496123000104/0001084961-23-000104-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084961/000108496123000104/ecpg-20231101.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001084961-23-000104

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