Encore Capital Group

Name: Encore Capital Group (ECPG) shares outstanding since 2003, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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ECPG

Encore Capital Group has retired 32.3% of its shares since 2020, from 31,345,569 to 21,209,366.

32.3%retired since 2020

27.5%last 5 years

4.9%last 12 months

21Mshares today

At $101.68 a share, a market value of $2.2B. P/E 7.2, trailing twelve months to June 2026.

Shares outstanding, 2003 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

2003, 22,020,0162026-07-29, 21,209,366

A share bought in 2003

1.0× more of Encore Capital Group today, without buying another share. It was one of 22,020,016 shares then. It is one of 21,209,366 now.

Every filing we read23 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
2003	2004-02-10	22,020,016	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-02-14	22,245,174	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-02-20	22,671,314	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-05	22,782,477	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-05	22,991,810	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-01-30	23,060,871	10-K	cover page
2009	2010-01-29	23,359,087	10-K	cover page
2010	2010-12-31	24,011,000	10-K
2011	2012-02-01	24,521,576	10-K
2012	2013-02-01	23,187,962	10-K
2013	2014-02-03	25,482,713	10-K
2014	2015-02-11	25,804,077	10-K
2015	2016-02-09	25,288,136	10-K
2016	2017-02-09	25,598,192	10-K
2017	2018-02-08	25,804,220	10-K
2018	2019-02-20	30,884,393	10-K
2019	2020-02-19	31,097,865	10-K
2020	2021-02-17	31,345,569	10-K
2021	2022-02-17	24,531,157	10-K
2022	2023-02-16	23,322,669	10-K
2023	2024-02-15	23,545,102	10-K
2024	2025-02-20	23,691,291	10-K
2025	2026-02-19	21,410,273	10-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Encore Capital Group on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2021 to 2025cash flow statement against share count

$568Mspent on buybacks

9.9Mfewer shares outstanding

4.2%buyback yield, last fiscal year’s spend on today’s market value

Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $101.68.

Encore Capital Group buybacks, answered

Is Encore Capital Group buying back its stock?

Yes. Encore Capital Group has 4.9% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 21,209,366 as of July 29, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 27.5%.

How many shares has Encore Capital Group bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Encore Capital Group has 10.1 million fewer shares than at its 2020 peak. That is 32.3% of the company.

How many shares does Encore Capital Group have outstanding?

21,209,366 shares, as of July 29, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2020 peak it had 31,345,569.

What do Encore Capital Group's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Encore Capital Group stock in 2020 owns 1.5 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Encore Capital Group compare with other cannibal stocks?

Encore Capital Group ranks No. 247 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Oshkosh (32.6%), Gentex (32.4%), Olin (31.8%), Hilton Worldwide (31.7%).

Every answer is computed from Encore Capital Group's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.