EZPW vs SHG vs BFH Stock Comparison

Ezcorp, Shinhan Financial and Bread Financial Holdings 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
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.

QuestionEZPWSHGBFHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.75B $30.87B $3.90B SHG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 11.1x 11.2x 7.4x BFH
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.0x 7.0x 8.3x SHG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +28.6% +23.8% +5.5% EZPW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 10.0% 3.4% 13.2% BFH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.8% 4.3% 19.7% BFH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.8x 9.9x -1.0x BFH
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +59.6% +19.3% +60.5% BFH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +29.8%/yr +14.9%/yr +7.0%/yr EZPW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 42.9% 34.3% 39.8% SHG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 71/100 42/100 80/100 BFH

Percentile Scorecard

EZPWSHGBFH

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

AxisEZPWSHGBFH
Valuation 73 #47 of 168 84 #59 of 360 96 #8 of 168
Growth 90 #17 of 163 28 #249 of 344 57 #70 of 163
Profitability 72 #44 of 154 14 #296 of 345 87 #21 of 154
Financial Health 90 #17 of 161 2 #332 of 339 76 #40 of 161
Shareholder Returns 30 #95 of 136 82 #64 of 352 87 #19 of 136
Overall 71 42 80
  • EZPW ranked among 173 companies in Lending and Credit
  • SHG ranked among 368 companies in Banking
  • BFH ranked among 173 companies in Lending and Credit

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodEZPWSHGBFHSPY
1 month -6.9%-19.0%+4.9% -5.9%
3 months -1.6%-15.0%-6.6% -4.6%
6 months -12.7%-6.8%+18.7% +0.2%
Year to date +47.9%+17.8%+38.7% +7.5%
1 year +59.6%+19.3%+60.5% +8.2%
3 years +237.9%+131.1%+249.1% +68.3%
3 years, per year +50.1%+32.2%+51.7% +19.0%
5 years +268.2%+100.3%+39.9% +56.5%
5 years, per year +29.8%+14.9%+7.0% +9.4%
10 years +199.2%+67.2%-35.6% +251.5%
10 years, per year +11.6%+5.3%-4.3% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureEZPWSHGBFHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 42.9%34.3%39.8% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.6%32.4%45.3% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.271.051.06 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.390.561.52 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -35.9%-36.5%-70.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -19.3%-25.3%-9.5% -5.9%
52-week high $35.59$84.56$113.40 $779.14
52-week low $17.41$51.70$59.98 $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.

MultipleEZPWSHGBFH
P/E now vs peer median 11.2xmedian 11.9x 11.2xmedian 12.3x 7.5xmedian 11.9x
P/S now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 2.7x 0.4xmedian 3.4x 1.0xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.6xmedian 12.1x 15.0xmedian 5.0x 1.4xmedian 12.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 12.8xmedian 5.4x 4.2xmedian 10.6x 1.8xmedian 5.4x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 0.7x 0.7xmedian 1.2x 1.1xmedian 0.7x
PEG now vs peer median 0.17median 0.34 -1.30median 1.29 0.99median 0.34

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 monthsEZPWSHGBFH
Revenue $1.58B $81.30B $4.00B
Gross profit $927.76M – –
Operating income $220.26M $5.04B –
Net income $159.09M $3.42B $537.00M
Free cash flow $138.33M $7.15B $2.19B
EPS (diluted) $1.90 $5.62 $13.41
Cash & equivalents $311.03M – $3.96B
Total debt $519.49M $58.93B $2.32B
Shares (diluted) 83.36M 488.92M 39.30M
Enterprise value $153.73M $30.87B -$10.98B

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
MetricEZPWSHGBFH
P/E 11.2x 11.2x 7.5x
P/FCF 12.8x 4.2x 1.8x
P/Operating cash flow 9.7x 4.1x 1.8x
P/S 1.1x 0.4x 1.0x
P/B 1.5x 0.7x 1.1x
P/Tangible book 1.7x 0.8x 1.1x
EV/EBITDA 7.6x 15.0x 1.4x
EV/EBIT 9.0x 17.7x 1.5x
EV/Revenue 1.2x 1.1x 0.6x
EV/FCF 14.3x 12.5x 1.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.9x 12.2x 1.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.17 -1.30 0.99

Growth

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

Profitability

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

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEZPWSHGBFH
Debt / assets 24.0% 10.8% 10.0%
Debt / equity 0.4x 1.5x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.8x 9.9x -1.0x
Debt / FCF 3.8x 8.2x 1.1x
Liabilities / assets 46.1% 92.6% 85.2%
Equity / assets 53.9% 7.4% 14.8%
Interest coverage 6.7x 0.6x 1.9x
Current ratio 4.8x – –
Quick ratio 1.6x – –
Cash ratio 1.3x – –
Altman Z-score 3.10 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEZPWSHGBFH
Dividend yield – 2.5% 0.9%
Net buyback yield 0.5% 2.8% 13.4%
Shareholder yield 0.5% 5.3% 14.3%
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.

ConsensusEZPWSHGBFH
Forward P/E 15.0xFY2026 7.0xFY2026 8.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.91FY2026 $9.03FY2026 $12.31FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +33.6%FY2026 +35.2%FY2026 +1.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +22.0% +8.6% +7.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.57BFY2026 $13.16BFY2026 $3.94BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +24.0%FY2026 +25.2%FY2026 +2.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +19.1% -1.5% +11.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEZPWSHGBFH
Held by institutions 100.0% 5.1% 98.3%
Institutions holding 315 301 424
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.4% +10.6% -14.5%
Institutions buying 140 206 205
Institutions selling 116 59 157
Buyers to sellers 1.21 3.49 1.31

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.

EZPWSHGBFH
EZPW 1.00 0.27 0.30
SHG 0.27 1.00 0.25
BFH 0.30 0.25 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EZPW, SHG and BFH?

Shinhan Financial (SHG) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ezcorp (EZPW) $1.75B, Shinhan Financial (SHG) $30.87B, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) $3.90B.

Which stock is cheaper, EZPW, SHG and BFH?

Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ezcorp (EZPW) 11.1x, Shinhan Financial (SHG) 11.2x, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 7.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Shinhan Financial (SHG) is cheapest (Ezcorp (EZPW) 15.0x, Shinhan Financial (SHG) 7.0x, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 8.3x). 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%, Shinhan Financial (SHG) +23.8%, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) +5.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

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

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) returned the most: Ezcorp (EZPW) +59.6%, Shinhan Financial (SHG) +19.3%, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) +60.5%. Over five years, Ezcorp (EZPW) compounded fastest (Ezcorp (EZPW) +29.8%/yr, Shinhan Financial (SHG) +14.9%/yr, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) +7.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Ezcorp (EZPW) 0.00%, Shinhan Financial (SHG) 0.00%, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 0.01%. 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 (Ezcorp (EZPW) 42.9%, Shinhan Financial (SHG) 34.3%, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 39.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.