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PRA Group (PRAA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$20.52 -0.53 (-2.52%)
Closing price 03/28/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$20.49 -0.03 (-0.15%)
As of 03/28/2025 04:20 PM Eastern
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About PRA Group Stock (NASDAQ:PRAA)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$20.44
$21.09
50-Day Range
$18.82
$23.95
52-Week Range
$18.09
$28.64
Volume
254,956 shs
Average Volume
232,362 shs
Market Capitalization
$810.75 million
P/E Ratio
11.46
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$32.00
Consensus Rating
Buy

Company Overview

PRA Group, Inc., a financial and business services company, engages in the purchase, collection, and management of portfolios of nonperforming loans worldwide. 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 card accounts, private label and other credit card accounts, personal loans, automobile loans, and small business loans 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. 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 founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia.

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PRA Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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85th Percentile Overall Score

PRAA MarketRank™: 

PRA Group scored higher than 85% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 250th out of 950 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    PRA Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    PRA Group has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about PRA Group's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for PRA Group are expected to grow by 19.05% in the coming year, from $2.10 to $2.50 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of PRA Group is 11.46, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 22.55.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of PRA Group is 11.46, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 22.65.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    PRA Group has a P/B Ratio of 0.68. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about PRA Group's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.51% of the float of PRA Group has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    PRA Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in PRA Group has recently increased by 0.37%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • Dividend Yield

    PRA Group does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    PRA Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.51% of the float of PRA Group has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    PRA Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in PRA Group has recently increased by 0.37%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • News Sentiment

    PRA Group has a news sentiment score of 1.38. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.96 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for PRA Group this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    1 people have added PRA Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, PRA Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 2.00% of the stock of PRA Group is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    97.22% of the stock of PRA Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about PRA Group's insider trading history.
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PRAA Stock News Headlines

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PRAA Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

PRA Group's stock was trading at $20.89 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, PRAA stock has decreased by 1.8% and is now trading at $20.52.
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PRA Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:PRAA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 19th. The business services provider reported $0.47 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.45 by $0.02. The business services provider earned $293.23 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $275.81 million. PRA Group had a net margin of 6.33% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.16%.

Top institutional investors of PRA Group include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.91%), Wellington Management Group LLP (9.54%), Wellington Management Group LLP (9.52%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.91%). Insiders that own company stock include Kevin P Stevenson, Vikram A Atal, Steven D Fredrickson, Marjorie Mary Connelly, Brett Lee Paschke and Geir Olsen.
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Shares of PRAA stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that PRA Group investors own include Tesla (TSLA), Meta Platforms (META), Alphabet (GOOG), NVIDIA (NVDA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Netflix (NFLX) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
2/19/2025
Today
3/28/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
5/05/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Sector
Finance
Industry
Short - term business credit
Sub-Industry
Consumer Finance
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:PRAA
Employees
3,280
Year Founded
1996

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$32.00
High Stock Price Target
$33.00
Low Stock Price Target
$31.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+55.9%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.00
Research Coverage
2 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
11.46
Forward P/E Ratio
9.77
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$-83,480,000.00
Pretax Margin
9.83%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$1.12 billion
Cash Flow
$1.69 per share
Price / Cash Flow
12.13
Book Value
$30.27 per share
Price / Book
0.68

Miscellaneous

Free Float
38,638,000
Market Cap
$810.75 million
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.64

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This page (NASDAQ:PRAA) was last updated on 3/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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