Encore Capital Group Inc (ECPG) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Encore Capital (ECPG) posted Operating Margin of 38.00% for Q2 2026, up 3.91 percentage points from 34.09% a year earlier but down 0.70 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Encore Capital Group Inc (ECPG) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Operating Margin at Encore Capital was 37.74%, up 20.57 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 35.43%, up 23.48 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Operating Margin shows a five-year change of -0.11 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Encore Capital's Operating Margin was 11.95% in FY2024 (+10.60 pp), 1.35% in FY2023 (-31.70 pp), 33.05% in FY2022 (-6.17 pp) and 39.22% in FY2021 (+3.69 pp).
- Quarterly Operating Margin has run from a low of -78.30% in Q4 2023 to a high of 53.04% in Q1 2022 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Margin has increased in each of the last ten quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +18.84 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin in the past five years was Q4 2025, with a gain of 87.14 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2023, with a drop of 77.31 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin for the three prior quarters was 38.70% (Q1 2026), 36.62% (Q4 2025) and 37.62% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 38.00% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 38.70% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 36.62% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 37.62% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 34.09% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 32.93% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -50.52% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 28.90% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 28.66% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 25.46% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -78.30% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 24.39% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 27.26% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 22.43% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -0.99% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 26.16% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 33.33% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 53.04% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 34.71% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 40.39% |
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Encore Capital Group Inc Operating Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=ECPG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
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params = {"slug": "operating-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=operating-margin&ticker=ECPG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();