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Encore Capital Group ECPG

US equityMarket cap rank #2748
$97.92 +$2.00 (+2.09%)
Pre-market · Oct 6, 7:30 am ET · After hours $97.92 0.00%
Open$96.63
Prev close$95.92
Day range$95.42 – $98.94
Volume198.1K
Market cap$2.08B
P/E (TTM)7.4
Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership108.2%-0.23 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding346-1 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)31 buys / 19 sellsNet buying
Short interest6.04% of floatDays to cover 3.2 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share24.4%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

16%25%34%43%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$3.31M (6 inflow days, 14 outflow days).

The five largest holders on file together own 37.5% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock17.35%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC6.18%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.96%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors4.94%
  • State Street Global Advisors4.04%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC3.02%
  • American Century Investment Management2.98%
  • Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership2.49%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund91.07%
  • Hedge Fund8.05%
  • Public Company4.14%
  • Individual/Insider2.30%
  • Private Company1.37%
  • Government Pension Fund1.32%
  • Insurance Company0.93%
  • Family Office/Trust0.75%

Reported short interest has fallen from 6.59% to 6.04% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 1,281,330 6.0% 3.2
31 Aug 2026 1,172,035 5.5% 3.4
14 Aug 2026 1,116,737 5.3% 3.1
31 Jul 2026 1,025,394 4.8% 2.7
15 Jul 2026 1,209,090 5.6% 3.6
30 Jun 2026 1,413,612 6.6% 4.0

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