EZPW vs BCS vs CACC Stock Comparison

Ezcorp, Barclays and Credit Acceptance Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
EZPW Ezcorp Inc
$28.74 -7.8% 1M +58.3% 1Y
Market cap
$1.82B
P/E
11.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.58B
Div. yield
–
Consumer Lending Financial Services
5 wins
BCS Barclays Plc
$22.26 -10.3% 1M +7.6% 1Y
Market cap
$79.20B
P/E
7.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$41.50B
Div. yield
–
Money Center Banks Financial Services
5 wins
CACC Credit Acceptance Corp
$537.38 -3.3% 1M +6.1% 1Y
Market cap
$5.69B
P/E
11.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.33B
Div. yield
–
Consumer Lending Financial Services
1 win

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.

QuestionEZPWBCSCACCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.82B $79.20B $5.69B BCS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 11.5x 7.4x 11.3x BCS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.0x 7.6x 11.7x BCS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +28.6% +9.5% +2.6% EZPW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 10.0% 26.0% 21.5% BCS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.8% — 10.7% CACC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.8x — 5.6x EZPW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +58.3% +7.6% +6.1% EZPW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +31.3%/yr +15.0%/yr -1.8%/yr EZPW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 42.8% 31.0% 37.6% BCS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 71/100 51/100 64/100 EZPW

Percentile Scorecard

EZPWBCSCACC

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

AxisEZPWBCSCACC
Valuation 75 #43 of 170 99 #5 of 362 59 #71 of 170
Growth 89 #19 of 160 70 #67 of 221 56 #71 of 160
Profitability 74 #40 of 149 20 #161 of 200 93 #12 of 149
Financial Health 92 #14 of 158 1 #201 of 203 32 #108 of 158
Shareholder Returns 28 #98 of 135 63 #127 of 342 80 #28 of 135
Overall 71 51 64
  • EZPW ranked among 175 companies in Lending and Credit
  • BCS ranked among 370 companies in Banking
  • CACC ranked among 175 companies in Lending and Credit

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodEZPWBCSCACCSPY
1 month -7.8%-10.3%-3.3% -0.8%
3 months -5.5%-22.1%-2.8% +3.5%
6 months -10.2%-3.6%+4.3% +7.0%
Year to date +48.0%-12.5%+21.2% +12.2%
1 year +58.3%+7.6%+6.1% +13.0%
3 years +258.4%+256.7%+32.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year +53.1%+52.8%+9.9% +23.1%
5 years +289.4%+100.9%-8.7% +68.6%
5 years, per year +31.3%+15.0%-1.8% +11.0%
10 years +175.6%+151.5%+192.0% +258.0%
10 years, per year +10.7%+9.7%+11.3% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureEZPWBCSCACCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 42.8%31.0%37.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.2%31.8%39.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.311.601.27 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.360.250.16 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -35.9%-50.0%-45.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -19.2%-22.1%-18.2% -1.8%
52-week high $35.59$28.56$657.20 $779.14
52-week low $17.41$20.07$411.04 $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.

MultipleEZPWBCSCACC
P/E now vs peer median 11.2xmedian 11.0x 7.3xmedian 12.1x 11.2xmedian 11.0x
P/S now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 2.6x 1.9xmedian 3.4x 2.4xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.6xmedian 13.1x —median 5.0x 10.6xmedian 13.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 12.8xmedian 6.9x —median 11.0x 4.6xmedian 6.9x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 0.7x 0.8xmedian 1.2x 3.5xmedian 0.7x
PEG now vs peer median 0.17median 0.32 0.41median 1.36 0.51median 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 monthsEZPWBCSCACC
Revenue $1.58B $41.50B $2.33B
Gross profit $927.76M – $2.26B
Operating income $220.26M – $1.10B
Net income $159.09M $10.83B $501.90M
Free cash flow $138.33M – $1.22B
EPS (diluted) $1.90 $2.95 $46.76
Cash & equivalents $311.03M $335.17B $1.40M
Total debt $519.49M $302.10B $6.29B
Shares (diluted) 83.36M 3.65B 10.73M
Enterprise value $217.11M -$1.63T $5.62B

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
MetricEZPWBCSCACC
P/E 11.2x 7.3x 11.2x
P/FCF 12.8x – 4.6x
P/Operating cash flow 9.7x – 4.6x
P/S 1.1x 1.9x 2.4x
P/B 1.5x 0.8x 3.5x
P/Tangible book 1.7x 0.8x 3.5x
EV/EBITDA 7.6x – 10.6x
EV/EBIT 9.0x 17.0x 10.8x
EV/Revenue 1.2x -1.6x 5.1x
EV/FCF 14.3x – 9.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.9x – 9.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.17 0.41 0.51

Growth

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

Profitability

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

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEZPWBCSCACC
Debt / assets 24.0% 13.1% 72.9%
Debt / equity 0.4x 2.9x 4.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.8x – 5.6x
Debt / FCF 3.8x – 5.1x
Liabilities / assets 46.1% 95.5% 81.6%
Equity / assets 53.9% 4.5% 18.4%
Interest coverage 6.7x – 2.5x
Current ratio 4.8x – –
Quick ratio 1.6x – –
Cash ratio 1.3x – –
Altman Z-score 3.10 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEZPWBCSCACC
Dividend yield – 2.8% –
Net buyback yield 0.5% – 9.2%
Shareholder yield 0.5% 2.8% 9.2%
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.

ConsensusEZPWBCSCACC
Forward P/E 15.0xFY2026 7.6xFY2026 11.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.91FY2026 $2.91FY2026 $45.85FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +33.6%FY2026 +26.0%FY2026 +16.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +22.0% +12.7% +20.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.57BFY2026 $42.91BFY2026 $2.32BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +24.0%FY2026 +7.7%FY2026 -0.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +19.1% -4.3% +1.3%

Institutional Ownership

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

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.

EZPWBCSCACC
EZPW 1.00 0.34 0.23
BCS 0.34 1.00 0.31
CACC 0.23 0.31 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EZPW, BCS and CACC?

Barclays (BCS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ezcorp (EZPW) $1.82B, Barclays (BCS) $79.20B, Credit Acceptance (CACC) $5.69B.

Which stock is cheaper, EZPW, BCS and CACC?

Barclays (BCS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ezcorp (EZPW) 11.5x, Barclays (BCS) 7.4x, Credit Acceptance (CACC) 11.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Barclays (BCS) is cheapest (Ezcorp (EZPW) 15.0x, Barclays (BCS) 7.6x, Credit Acceptance (CACC) 11.7x). 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: Ezcorp (EZPW) +28.6%, Barclays (BCS) +9.5%, Credit Acceptance (CACC) +2.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

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

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ezcorp (EZPW) returned the most: Ezcorp (EZPW) +58.3%, Barclays (BCS) +7.6%, Credit Acceptance (CACC) +6.1%. Over five years, Ezcorp (EZPW) compounded fastest (Ezcorp (EZPW) +31.3%/yr, Barclays (BCS) +15.0%/yr, Credit Acceptance (CACC) -1.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

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

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

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.