BFH vs EZPW vs SHG Stock Comparison

Bread Financial Holdings, Ezcorp and Shinhan Financial Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
EZPW Ezcorp Inc
$29.11 -3.5% 1M +67.0% 1Y
Market cap
$1.72B
P/E
10.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.58B
Div. yield
–
Consumer Lending Financial Services
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Bread Financial Holdings leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Bread Financial Holdings 6, Shinhan Financial 3, Ezcorp 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBFHEZPWSHGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.93B $1.72B $31.80B SHG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 7.5x 10.9x 11.6x BFH
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.6x 15.2x 7.5x SHG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.5% +28.6% +23.8% EZPW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 13.2% 10.0% 3.4% BFH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 19.7% 9.8% 4.3% BFH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.0x 0.8x 9.9x BFH
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +69.8% +67.0% +25.2% BFH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.2%/yr +31.3%/yr +15.3%/yr EZPW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 39.5% 42.8% 34.1% SHG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 80/100 73/100 46/100 BFH

Percentile Scorecard

BFHEZPWSHG

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

AxisBFHEZPWSHG
Valuation 96 #8 of 169 76 #41 of 169 86 #52 of 361
Growth 55 #72 of 159 91 #15 of 159 33 #103 of 153
Profitability 86 #21 of 146 75 #38 of 146 24 #98 of 128
Financial Health 74 #40 of 153 91 #14 of 153 4 #135 of 140
Shareholder Returns 89 #16 of 135 32 #92 of 135 85 #51 of 335
Overall 80 73 46
  • BFH ranked among 174 companies in Lending and Credit
  • EZPW ranked among 174 companies in Lending and Credit
  • SHG ranked among 368 companies in Banking

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBFHEZPWSHGSPY
1 month +5.5%-3.5%-19.5% +0.7%
3 months -4.5%-0.2%-8.8% +3.7%
6 months +24.6%-11.2%-4.2% +7.1%
Year to date +42.7%+49.9%+22.9% +12.8%
1 year +69.8%+67.0%+25.2% +11.9%
3 years +289.3%+257.6%+160.7% +85.2%
3 years, per year +57.4%+53.0%+37.7% +22.8%
5 years +55.3%+290.2%+104.0% +67.6%
5 years, per year +9.2%+31.3%+15.3% +10.9%
10 years -35.0%+191.4%+73.4% +262.0%
10 years, per year -4.2%+11.3%+5.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBFHEZPWSHGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 39.5%42.8%34.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 45.5%43.3%32.3% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.181.321.09 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.771.570.74 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -70.4%-35.9%-36.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.8%-18.2%-22.0% -1.2%
52-week high $113.40$35.59$84.56 $779.14
52-week low $59.98$17.41$51.42 $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.

MultipleBFHEZPWSHG
P/E now vs peer median 7.7xmedian 11.7x 11.3xmedian 11.7x 11.7xmedian 12.2x
P/S now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 2.7x 1.1xmedian 2.7x 0.4xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 13.1x 7.7xmedian 13.1x 15.2xmedian 5.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 6.5x 12.9xmedian 6.5x 4.4xmedian 10.8x
P/B now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 0.7x 1.5xmedian 0.7x 0.8xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.02median 0.33 0.17median 0.33 -1.36median 1.34

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 monthsBFHEZPWSHG
Revenue $4.00B $1.58B $81.30B
Gross profit – $927.76M –
Operating income – $220.26M $5.04B
Net income $537.00M $159.09M $3.42B
Free cash flow $2.19B $138.33M $7.15B
EPS (diluted) $13.41 $1.90 $5.62
Cash & equivalents $3.96B $311.03M –
Total debt $2.32B $519.49M $58.93B
Shares (diluted) 39.30M 83.36M 488.92M
Enterprise value -$10.95B $123.57M $31.80B

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
MetricBFHEZPWSHG
P/E 7.7x 11.3x 11.7x
P/FCF 1.8x 12.9x 4.4x
P/Operating cash flow 1.8x 9.9x 4.3x
P/S 1.0x 1.1x 0.4x
P/B 1.2x 1.5x 0.8x
P/Tangible book 1.2x 1.7x 0.9x
EV/EBITDA 1.5x 7.7x 15.2x
EV/EBIT 1.6x 9.1x 17.9x
EV/Revenue 0.6x 1.3x 1.1x
EV/FCF 1.1x 14.4x 12.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 1.1x 11.0x 12.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.02 0.17 -1.36

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBFHEZPWSHG
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.5% 28.6% 23.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -2.4% 16.1% -8.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 28.3% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 16.4% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 59.4% -51.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 34.5% -10.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 13.8% 62.2% -7.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -0.2% 64.8% -4.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 34.9% 60.5% -22.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 7.6% 66.8% -8.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 9.3% 28.8% 100.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.4% 25.3% 13.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 9.3% 39.6% 106.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.7% 39.6% 14.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBFHEZPWSHG
Gross margin – 58.6% –
EBITDA margin 39.3% 16.3% 7.3%
Operating margin – 13.9% 6.2%
Pretax margin 17.4% 13.4% 13.1%
Net margin 13.2% 10.0% 3.4%
FCF margin 54.7% 8.7% 8.8%
Operating cash flow margin 54.7% 11.5% 9.0%
Return on equity 15.8% 13.8% 11.5%
Return on assets 2.3% 7.4% 0.9%
Return on invested capital 19.7% 9.8% 4.3%
Return on capital employed – 11.5% –
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.7x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 4.1x 1.1x 2.1x
Stock comp / revenue 1.5% 1.0% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBFHEZPWSHG
Debt / assets 10.0% 24.0% 10.8%
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.4x 1.5x
Net debt / EBITDA -1.0x 0.8x 9.9x
Debt / FCF 1.1x 3.8x 8.2x
Liabilities / assets 85.2% 46.1% 92.6%
Equity / assets 14.8% 53.9% 7.4%
Interest coverage 1.9x 6.7x 0.6x
Current ratio – 4.8x –
Quick ratio – 1.6x –
Cash ratio – 1.3x –
Altman Z-score – 3.11 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBFHEZPWSHG
Dividend yield 0.9% – 3.0%
Net buyback yield 13.1% 0.5% 2.6%
Shareholder yield 13.9% 0.5% 5.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) 9.3% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 2.3% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 19.0% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 4.4% – –

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.

ConsensusBFHEZPWSHG
Forward P/E 8.6xFY2026 15.2xFY2026 7.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $12.23FY2026 $1.91FY2026 $8.77FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +0.6%FY2026 +33.6%FY2026 +31.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +7.8% +22.0% +10.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.93BFY2026 $1.57BFY2026 $13.05BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.2%FY2026 +24.0%FY2026 +24.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.2% +19.1% -1.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBFHEZPWSHG
Held by institutions 98.3% 100.0% 5.1%
Institutions holding 422 314 301
Change in shares held, QoQ -14.5% +1.4% +10.6%
Institutions buying 205 139 206
Institutions selling 156 116 59
Buyers to sellers 1.31 1.20 3.49

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.

BFHEZPWSHG
BFH 1.00 0.30 0.26
EZPW 0.30 1.00 0.25
SHG 0.26 0.25 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BFH, EZPW and SHG?

Shinhan Financial (SHG) is the largest by market capitalisation: Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) $3.93B, Ezcorp (EZPW) $1.72B, Shinhan Financial (SHG) $31.80B.

Which stock is cheaper, BFH, EZPW and SHG?

Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 7.5x, Ezcorp (EZPW) 10.9x, Shinhan Financial (SHG) 11.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Shinhan Financial (SHG) is cheapest (Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 8.6x, Ezcorp (EZPW) 15.2x, Shinhan Financial (SHG) 7.5x). 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: Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) +5.5%, Ezcorp (EZPW) +28.6%, Shinhan Financial (SHG) +23.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) has the highest net margin (Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 13.2%, Ezcorp (EZPW) 10.0%, Shinhan Financial (SHG) 3.4%). On return on invested capital, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) leads (Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 19.7%, Ezcorp (EZPW) 9.8%, Shinhan Financial (SHG) 4.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) returned the most: Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) +69.8%, Ezcorp (EZPW) +67.0%, Shinhan Financial (SHG) +25.2%. Over five years, Ezcorp (EZPW) compounded fastest (Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) +9.2%/yr, Ezcorp (EZPW) +31.3%/yr, Shinhan Financial (SHG) +15.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 0.01%, Ezcorp (EZPW) 0.00%, Shinhan Financial (SHG) 0.00%. Ezcorp (EZPW) and Shinhan Financial (SHG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Shinhan Financial (SHG) has been the steadiest (Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 39.5%, Ezcorp (EZPW) 42.8%, Shinhan Financial (SHG) 34.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.