secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC (ECPG)
CIK:        0001084961
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001084961-25-000008
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Encore Capital reports $139M net loss for 2024; record portfolio purchases $1.35B, up 26%
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- GAAP net loss $139M ($5.83/sh) for 2024; Q4 net loss $225M ($9.42/sh) on $101M Cabot goodwill impairment and ERC adjustments.
- Full-year collections $2.16B (+16% YoY); portfolio purchases record $1.35B (+26% YoY) with U.S. purchases $999M.
- Cabot restructuring included exit from Spanish and Italian NPL markets; expects future performance aligned with rebased ERC.
- 2025 guidance: portfolio purchases exceed $1.35B, collections up 11% to $2.4B, plan to resume share repurchases.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084961/000108496125000008/0001084961-25-000008-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084961/000108496125000008/ecpg-20250226.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001084961-25-000008

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