secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC (ECPG)
CIK:        0001084961
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001084961-26-000038
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Encore Capital Q1 EPS $3.86, record collections $718M; raises FY26 guidance
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- EPS of $3.86 (up 100% YoY from $1.93); revenue $475M (+21%).
- Global collections record $718M (+19% YoY); MCM U.S. collections record $556M (+23%).
- Portfolio purchases $363M, including $316M in U.S. (one of strongest quarters ever).
- Raises FY26 collections guidance to ~$2.8B (+8% YoY); EPS guidance raised to $13.00 (+19%).
- Repurchased $20M of common stock in Q1.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084961/000108496126000038/0001084961-26-000038-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084961/000108496126000038/ecpg-20260506.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001084961-26-000038

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