Encore Capital Group Inc (ECPG) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026)
Encore Capital (ECPG) recorded FCF Margin of -7.68% in Q2 2026, down 8.40 percentage points from 0.72% a year earlier and down 23.97 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Encore Capital Group Inc (ECPG) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Encore Capital's FCF Margin came in at 6.58% as of Jun 30, 2026, up 0.03 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 7.18%, down 2.48 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual FCF Margin has declined for five straight years, with a five-year change of -11.36 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, FCF Margin came in at 9.66% in FY2024 (-0.82 pp), 10.48% in FY2023 (-1.92 pp), 12.40% in FY2022 (-4.30 pp) and 16.70% in FY2021 (-1.83 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly FCF Margin since Q2 2013.
- On a year-over-year basis, FCF Margin rose in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.45 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for FCF Margin in the last five years was a gain of 9.60 percentage points in Q4 2021, against a drop of 8.40 percentage points in Q2 2026 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 16.30% (Q1 2026), 2.09% (Q4 2025) and 16.41% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | -7.68% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 16.30% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.09% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 16.41% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.72% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 9.75% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.64% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 10.82% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 7.97% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 13.44% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 10.36% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 14.96% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 6.84% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 9.92% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 16.94% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 15.34% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 10.97% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 9.50% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 22.91% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 11.93% |
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Encore Capital Group Inc FCF Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-margin&ticker=ECPG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "fcf-margin", "ticker": "ECPG", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-margin&ticker=ECPG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();