BCS vs CACC vs EZPW Stock Comparison

Barclays, Credit Acceptance and Ezcorp Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BCS Barclays Plc
$22.45 -9.5% 1M +5.5% 1Y
Market cap
$77.83B
P/E
7.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$41.50B
Div. yield
2.76%
Money Center Banks Financial Services
5 wins
CACC Credit Acceptance Corp
$542.52 -2.4% 1M +7.8% 1Y
Market cap
$5.63B
P/E
11.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.33B
Div. yield
–
Consumer Lending Financial Services
1 win
EZPW Ezcorp Inc
$29.55 -5.2% 1M +63.3% 1Y
Market cap
$1.82B
P/E
11.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.58B
Div. yield
–
Consumer Lending Financial Services
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Barclays leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Barclays 5, Ezcorp 5, Credit Acceptance 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBCSCACCEZPWLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $77.83B $5.63B $1.82B BCS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 7.4x 11.3x 11.5x BCS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.7x 11.8x 15.5x BCS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.5% +2.6% +28.6% EZPW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 26.0% 21.5% 10.0% BCS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 10.7% 9.8% CACC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 5.6x 0.8x EZPW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 2.76% — 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +5.5% +7.8% +63.3% EZPW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +14.9%/yr -2.1%/yr +32.1%/yr EZPW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 31.0% 37.6% 42.8% BCS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 50/100 64/100 72/100 EZPW

Percentile Scorecard

BCSCACCEZPW

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBCSCACCEZPW
Valuation 99 #6 of 360 58 #71 of 169 74 #44 of 169
Growth 71 #56 of 191 56 #71 of 160 89 #18 of 160
Profitability 19 #136 of 168 93 #12 of 149 75 #38 of 149
Financial Health 2 #172 of 175 33 #107 of 158 92 #14 of 158
Shareholder Returns 62 #132 of 341 82 #26 of 136 29 #97 of 136
Overall 50 64 72
  • BCS ranked among 368 companies in Banking
  • CACC ranked among 174 companies in Lending and Credit
  • EZPW ranked among 174 companies in Lending and Credit

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBCSCACCEZPWSPY
1 month -9.5%-2.4%-5.2% -0.2%
3 months -16.8%-2.9%-1.6% +3.9%
6 months -2.4%+5.0%-8.4% +8.2%
Year to date -11.8%+22.3%+52.2% +12.9%
1 year +5.5%+7.8%+63.3% +12.3%
3 years +259.8%+34.1%+268.5% +87.4%
3 years, per year +53.3%+10.3%+54.5% +23.3%
5 years +100.4%-10.0%+302.6% +67.9%
5 years, per year +14.9%-2.1%+32.1% +10.9%
10 years +142.2%+196.7%+189.1% +261.1%
10 years, per year +9.2%+11.5%+11.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBCSCACCEZPWSPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.0%37.6%42.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.8%39.8%43.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.601.271.31 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.180.211.48 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -50.0%-45.7%-35.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -21.4%-17.4%-17.0% -1.2%
52-week high $28.56$657.20$35.59 $779.14
52-week low $20.07$411.04$17.41 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBCSCACCEZPW
P/E now vs peer median 7.4xmedian 12.1x 11.3xmedian 11.1x 11.5xmedian 11.1x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 3.4x 2.4xmedian 2.6x 1.1xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 5.0x 10.6xmedian 13.5x 7.8xmedian 13.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 10.9x 4.6xmedian 7.0x 13.1xmedian 7.0x
P/B now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.2x 3.5xmedian 0.7x 1.6xmedian 0.7x
PEG now vs peer median 0.41median 1.34 0.51median 0.32 0.17median 0.32

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBCSCACCEZPW
Revenue $41.50B $2.33B $1.58B
Gross profit – $2.26B $927.76M
Operating income – $1.10B $220.26M
Net income $10.83B $501.90M $159.09M
Free cash flow – $1.22B $138.33M
EPS (diluted) $2.95 $46.76 $1.90
Cash & equivalents $335.17B $1.40M $311.03M
Total debt $302.10B $6.29B $519.49M
Shares (diluted) 3.65B 10.73M 83.36M
Enterprise value -$1.63T $5.56B $219.01M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBCSCACCEZPW
P/E 7.4x 11.3x 11.5x
P/FCF – 4.6x 13.1x
P/Operating cash flow – 4.6x 10.0x
P/S 1.9x 2.4x 1.1x
P/B 0.8x 3.5x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 0.8x 3.5x 1.7x
EV/EBITDA – 10.6x 7.8x
EV/EBIT 16.9x 10.9x 9.2x
EV/Revenue -1.5x 5.1x 1.3x
EV/FCF – 9.8x 14.6x
EV/Operating cash flow – 9.7x 11.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.41 0.51 0.17

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBCSCACCEZPW
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.5% 2.6% 28.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.8% 8.0% 16.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 2.8% 28.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 8.1% 16.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 8.1% 59.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 19.1% 34.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 19.1% 18.3% 62.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 10.5% 14.3% 64.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 29.0% 29.7% 60.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 17.8% 22.2% 66.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 10.4% 28.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 0.9% 25.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 10.2% 39.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 0.9% 39.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBCSCACCEZPW
Gross margin – 97.0% 58.6%
EBITDA margin – 48.1% 16.3%
Operating margin – 47.0% 13.9%
Pretax margin 33.1% 27.9% 13.4%
Net margin 26.0% 21.5% 10.0%
FCF margin – 52.4% 8.7%
Operating cash flow margin – 52.6% 11.5%
Return on equity 10.4% 32.3% 13.8%
Return on assets 0.5% 5.8% 7.4%
Return on invested capital – 10.7% 9.8%
Return on capital employed – – 11.5%
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.3x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 2.4x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.9% 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBCSCACCEZPW
Debt / assets 13.1% 72.9% 24.0%
Debt / equity 2.9x 4.0x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – 5.6x 0.8x
Debt / FCF – 5.1x 3.8x
Liabilities / assets 95.5% 81.6% 46.1%
Equity / assets 4.5% 18.4% 53.9%
Interest coverage – 2.5x 6.7x
Current ratio – – 4.8x
Quick ratio – – 1.6x
Cash ratio – – 1.3x
Altman Z-score – – 3.13

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBCSCACCEZPW
Dividend yield 2.8% – –
Net buyback yield – 9.1% 0.5%
Shareholder yield 2.8% 9.1% 0.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBCSCACCEZPW
Forward P/E 7.7xFY2026 11.8xFY2026 15.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.91FY2026 $45.85FY2026 $1.91FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +26.0%FY2026 +16.0%FY2026 +33.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.7% +20.9% +22.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $42.91BFY2026 $2.32BFY2026 $1.57BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +7.7%FY2026 -0.1%FY2026 +24.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -4.3% +1.3% +19.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBCSCACCEZPW
Held by institutions 8.5% 72.5% 100.0%
Institutions holding 556 298 313
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.9% +11.5% +1.4%
Institutions buying 306 174 138
Institutions selling 161 88 116
Buyers to sellers 1.90 1.98 1.19

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BCSCACCEZPW
BCS 1.00 0.31 0.34
CACC 0.31 1.00 0.23
EZPW 0.34 0.23 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BCS, CACC and EZPW?

Barclays (BCS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Barclays (BCS) $77.83B, Credit Acceptance (CACC) $5.63B, Ezcorp (EZPW) $1.82B.

Which stock is cheaper, BCS, CACC and EZPW?

Barclays (BCS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Barclays (BCS) 7.4x, Credit Acceptance (CACC) 11.3x, Ezcorp (EZPW) 11.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Barclays (BCS) is cheapest (Barclays (BCS) 7.7x, Credit Acceptance (CACC) 11.8x, Ezcorp (EZPW) 15.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ezcorp (EZPW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Barclays (BCS) +9.5%, Credit Acceptance (CACC) +2.6%, Ezcorp (EZPW) +28.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Barclays (BCS) has the highest net margin (Barclays (BCS) 26.0%, Credit Acceptance (CACC) 21.5%, Ezcorp (EZPW) 10.0%). On return on invested capital, Credit Acceptance (CACC) leads (Credit Acceptance (CACC) 10.7%, Ezcorp (EZPW) 9.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ezcorp (EZPW) returned the most: Barclays (BCS) +5.5%, Credit Acceptance (CACC) +7.8%, Ezcorp (EZPW) +63.3%. Over five years, Ezcorp (EZPW) compounded fastest (Barclays (BCS) +14.9%/yr, Credit Acceptance (CACC) -2.1%/yr, Ezcorp (EZPW) +32.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Barclays (BCS) 2.76%, Ezcorp (EZPW) 0.00%. Credit Acceptance (CACC) and Ezcorp (EZPW) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Barclays (BCS) has been the steadiest (Barclays (BCS) 31.0%, Credit Acceptance (CACC) 37.6%, Ezcorp (EZPW) 42.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BCS, CACC and EZPW?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Barclays (BCS) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.