Growth Metrics

Encore Capital (ECPG) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Encore Capital's Return on Invested Capital history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.09% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 5.0% year-over-year to 0.09%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.09%, up 5.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.05%, 5.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.09% at Encore Capital, up from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.15% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 0.1% in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.05% (2022), against an average of 0.05%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital dropped -12bps in 2023 before it grew 14bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.12% in 2021, then tumbled by -63bps to 0.05% in 2022, then crashed by -94bps to 0.0% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 1050bps to 0.03% in 2024, then soared by 155bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ECPG's Return on Invested Capital are 0.09% (Q4 2025), 0.1% (Q3 2025), and 0.15% (Q2 2025).