BFH vs EZPW vs HBAN Stock Comparison

Bread Financial Holdings, Ezcorp and Huntington Bancshares Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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EZPW Ezcorp Inc
$28.72 -6.9% 1M +59.6% 1Y
Market cap
$1.75B
P/E
11.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.58B
Div. yield
–
Consumer Lending Financial Services
1 win

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Bread Financial Holdings leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Bread Financial Holdings 6, Huntington Bancshares 5, Ezcorp 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBFHEZPWHBANLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.90B $1.75B $31.26B HBAN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 7.4x 11.1x 13.5x BFH
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.3x 15.0x 12.7x BFH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.5% +28.6% +30.6% HBAN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 13.2% 10.0% 22.4% HBAN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 19.7% 9.8% 11.9% BFH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.0x 0.8x 2.5x BFH
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.04% HBAN
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +60.5% +59.6% +2.1% BFH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +7.0%/yr +29.8%/yr -0.3%/yr EZPW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 39.8% 42.9% 26.1% HBAN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 80/100 71/100 36/100 BFH

Percentile Scorecard

BFHEZPWHBAN

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

AxisBFHEZPWHBAN
Valuation 96 #8 of 168 73 #47 of 168 38 #222 of 360
Growth 57 #70 of 163 90 #17 of 163 30 #241 of 344
Profitability 87 #21 of 154 72 #44 of 154 26 #257 of 345
Financial Health 76 #40 of 161 90 #17 of 161 22 #265 of 339
Shareholder Returns 87 #19 of 136 30 #95 of 136 62 #134 of 352
Overall 80 71 36
  • BFH ranked among 173 companies in Lending and Credit
  • EZPW ranked among 173 companies in Lending and Credit
  • HBAN ranked among 368 companies in Banking

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBFHEZPWHBANSPY
1 month +4.9%-6.9%+1.8% -5.9%
3 months -6.6%-1.6%-10.1% -4.6%
6 months +18.7%-12.7%-3.6% +0.2%
Year to date +38.7%+47.9%-10.0% +7.5%
1 year +60.5%+59.6%+2.1% +8.2%
3 years +249.1%+237.9%+48.7% +68.3%
3 years, per year +51.7%+50.1%+14.1% +19.0%
5 years +39.9%+268.2%-1.5% +56.5%
5 years, per year +7.0%+29.8%-0.3% +9.4%
10 years -35.6%+199.2%+53.6% +251.5%
10 years, per year -4.3%+11.6%+4.4% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureBFHEZPWHBANSPY
Volatility, 1Y 39.8%42.9%26.1% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 45.3%43.6%28.8% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.061.270.76 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.521.390.08 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -70.4%-35.9%-47.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -9.5%-19.3%-19.0% -5.9%
52-week high $113.40$35.59$19.27 $779.14
52-week low $59.98$17.41$15.02 $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.

MultipleBFHEZPWHBAN
P/E now vs peer median 7.5xmedian 11.9x 11.2xmedian 11.9x 13.6xmedian 12.3x
P/S now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 2.7x 1.1xmedian 2.7x 3.0xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 12.1x 7.6xmedian 12.1x 6.1xmedian 5.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 5.4x 12.8xmedian 5.4x 10.8xmedian 10.6x
P/B now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 0.7x 1.5xmedian 0.7x 1.0xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.99median 0.34 0.17median 0.34 -1.49median 1.29

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 monthsBFHEZPWHBAN
Revenue $4.00B $1.58B $10.38B
Gross profit – $927.76M –
Operating income – $220.26M –
Net income $537.00M $159.09M $2.51B
Free cash flow $2.19B $138.33M $2.92B
EPS (diluted) $13.41 $1.90 $1.14
Cash & equivalents $3.96B $311.03M –
Total debt $2.32B $519.49M $23.41B
Shares (diluted) 39.30M 83.36M 2.05B
Enterprise value -$10.98B $153.73M $26.17B

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
MetricBFHEZPWHBAN
P/E 7.5x 11.2x 13.6x
P/FCF 1.8x 12.8x 10.8x
P/Operating cash flow 1.8x 9.7x 9.4x
P/S 1.0x 1.1x 3.0x
P/B 1.1x 1.5x 1.0x
P/Tangible book 1.1x 1.7x 1.0x
EV/EBITDA 1.4x 7.6x 6.1x
EV/EBIT 1.5x 9.0x 6.7x
EV/Revenue 0.6x 1.2x 5.2x
EV/FCF 1.0x 14.3x 18.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 1.0x 10.9x 16.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.99 0.17 -1.49

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBFHEZPWHBAN
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.5% 28.6% 30.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -2.4% 16.1% 10.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 28.3% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 16.4% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 59.4% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 34.5% –
Net income growth (1Y) 13.8% 62.2% 11.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -0.2% 64.8% 1.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 34.9% 60.5% -20.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 7.6% 66.8% -9.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 9.3% 28.8% 25.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.4% 25.3% 2.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 9.3% 39.6% 17.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.7% 39.6% -0.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBFHEZPWHBAN
Gross margin – 58.6% –
EBITDA margin 39.3% 16.3% 84.1%
Operating margin – 13.9% –
Pretax margin 17.4% 13.4% 29.5%
Net margin 13.2% 10.0% 22.4%
FCF margin 54.7% 8.7% 28.1%
Operating cash flow margin 54.7% 11.5% 32.3%
Return on equity 15.8% 13.8% 7.7%
Return on assets 2.3% 7.4% 0.9%
Return on invested capital 19.7% 9.8% 11.9%
Return on capital employed – 11.5% –
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.7x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 4.1x 1.1x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 1.5% 1.0% 1.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBFHEZPWHBAN
Debt / assets 10.0% 24.0% 8.1%
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.4x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA -1.0x 0.8x 2.5x
Debt / FCF 1.1x 3.8x 8.0x
Liabilities / assets 85.2% 46.1% 88.8%
Equity / assets 14.8% 53.9% 11.2%
Interest coverage 1.9x 6.7x 1.6x
Current ratio – 4.8x –
Quick ratio – 1.6x –
Cash ratio – 1.3x –
Altman Z-score – 3.10 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBFHEZPWHBAN
Dividend yield 0.9% – 3.9%
Net buyback yield 13.4% 0.5% 1.3%
Shareholder yield 14.3% 0.5% 5.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) 9.3% – 44.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) 2.3% – 37.8%
Dividend growth (1Y) 19.0% – 22.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 4.4% – 7.2%

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.

ConsensusBFHEZPWHBAN
Forward P/E 8.3xFY2026 15.0xFY2026 12.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $12.31FY2026 $1.91FY2026 $1.23FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +1.2%FY2026 +33.6%FY2026 -11.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +7.1% +22.0% +50.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.94BFY2026 $1.57BFY2026 $10.35BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.4%FY2026 +24.0%FY2026 +25.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.0% +19.1% +12.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBFHEZPWHBAN
Held by institutions 98.3% 100.0% 86.7%
Institutions holding 424 315 1,154
Change in shares held, QoQ -14.5% +1.4% +1.4%
Institutions buying 205 140 576
Institutions selling 157 116 381
Buyers to sellers 1.31 1.21 1.51

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.

BFHEZPWHBAN
BFH 1.00 0.30 0.56
EZPW 0.30 1.00 0.31
HBAN 0.56 0.31 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BFH, EZPW and HBAN?

Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) $3.90B, Ezcorp (EZPW) $1.75B, Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) $31.26B.

Which stock is cheaper, BFH, EZPW and HBAN?

Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 7.4x, Ezcorp (EZPW) 11.1x, Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) 13.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) is cheapest (Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 8.3x, Ezcorp (EZPW) 15.0x, Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) 12.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) +5.5%, Ezcorp (EZPW) +28.6%, Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) +30.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) has the highest net margin (Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 13.2%, Ezcorp (EZPW) 10.0%, Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) 22.4%). On return on invested capital, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) leads (Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 19.7%, Ezcorp (EZPW) 9.8%, Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) 11.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) returned the most: Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) +60.5%, Ezcorp (EZPW) +59.6%, Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) +2.1%. Over five years, Ezcorp (EZPW) compounded fastest (Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) +7.0%/yr, Ezcorp (EZPW) +29.8%/yr, Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) -0.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) has the highest dividend yield: Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 0.01%, Ezcorp (EZPW) 0.00%, Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) 0.04%. Ezcorp (EZPW) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) has been the steadiest (Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 39.8%, Ezcorp (EZPW) 42.9%, Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) 26.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BFH, EZPW and HBAN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) leads on 6. 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.