Services-Consumer Credit Reporting, Collection Agencies
PRA Group, Inc., a financial and business services company, engages in the purchase, collection, and management of portfolios of nonperforming loans in the Americas, Europe, and Australia. It is involved in the purchase of accounts that are primarily the unpaid obligations of individuals owed to credit originators, which include banks and other types of consumer, retail, and auto finance companies. The company also acquires nonperforming loans, including Visa and MasterCard credit cards, private label and other credit cards, installment loans, lines of credit, deficiency balances of various types, legal judgments, and trade payables from banks, credit unions, consumer finance companies, retailers, utilities, automobile finance companies, and other credit originators. In addition, it provides fee-based services on class action claims recoveries and by servicing consumer bankruptcy accounts. The company was formerly known as Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. and changed its name to PRA Group, Inc. in October 2014. PRA Group, Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia.
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High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.
Years | 12-2015 | 12-2016 | 12-2017 | 12-2018 | 12-2019 | 12-2020 | 12-2021 | 12-2022 | 12-2023 | TTM |
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Net Margin | 18% | 10% | 20% | 7.2% | 8.5% | 14% | 17% | 12% | -10% | -2.4% |
ROA | 11% | 6.9% | 7.1% | 5.5% | 5.9% | 7.9% | 8.6% | 6.8% | 2.2% | 4.5% |
ROE | 20% | 9.3% | 14% | 5.8% | 7% | 11% | 14% | 9.1% | -6.7% | -1.8% |
The average Net Margin over the past 5 years is +8.02%.
The trend of Net Margin over the past 5 years is -2.13%.
The average ROA over the past 5 years is +6.15%.
The trend of ROA over the past 5 years is -0.36%.
The average ROE over the past 5 years is +6.65%.
The trend of ROE over the past 5 years is -1.53%.
Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.
Years | 12-2015 | 12-2016 | 12-2017 | 12-2018 | 12-2019 | 12-2020 | 12-2021 | 12-2022 | 12-2023 | TTM |
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Debt FCF | 0.99 | 20.42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Debt Equity | 0.20 | 1.98 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Graham Stability | - | - | 100% | 47% | 83% | 100% | 100% | 84% | -56% | -56% |
The Debt/FCF trailing twelve month is -.
The trend of Debt/FCF over the past 5 years is -.
Graham’s Stability measure stands at -0.56.
Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.
Years | 12-2016 | 12-2018 | 12-2020 | 12-2022 | Trend |
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Revenue | -0.49% | -2.4% | -9% | -17% | -1.5% |
Net Income | - | - | - | - | 2.1% |
Stockholders Equity | 4.4% | 2% | -3.4% | -3.7% | -1.1% |
FCF | - | - | - | - | -2.6% |
The Revenue CAGR over the past 5 years is -2.44%.
The trend of Revenue growth rate over the past 5 years is -1.54%.
The Earnings CAGR over the past 5 years is -.
The trend of Earnings growth rate over the past 5 years is +2.15%.
The Equity CAGR over the past 5 years is +1.97%.
The trend of Equity growth rate over the past 5 years is -1.09%.
The FCF CAGR over the past 5 years is -.
The trend of FCF growth rate over the past 5 years is -2.63%.