XTX Topco Ltd Sells 25,005 Shares of EZCORP, Inc. (NASDAQ:EZPW)

XTX Topco Ltd lowered its stake in EZCORP, Inc. (NASDAQ:EZPW) by 55.2% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 20,323 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 25,005 shares during the period. XTX Topco Ltd’s holdings in EZCORP were worth $213,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. increased its stake in shares of EZCORP by 44.4% in the 2nd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 1,460,564 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $15,292,000 after buying an additional 449,360 shares during the period. Boston Partners raised its holdings in EZCORP by 59.5% during the 1st quarter. Boston Partners now owns 843,105 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $9,553,000 after purchasing an additional 314,435 shares during the last quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP lifted its position in EZCORP by 9.9% during the 4th quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP now owns 2,532,799 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $22,137,000 after purchasing an additional 228,013 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its stake in shares of EZCORP by 169.8% in the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 261,337 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $2,961,000 after purchasing an additional 164,489 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Stephens Investment Management Group LLC grew its position in shares of EZCORP by 5.0% during the 4th quarter. Stephens Investment Management Group LLC now owns 2,510,414 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $21,941,000 after buying an additional 118,599 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 99.83% of the company’s stock.

EZCORP Trading Up 1.3 %

EZPW opened at $10.82 on Monday. EZCORP, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $7.70 and a fifty-two week high of $12.23. The company has a market cap of $594.47 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.40 and a beta of 1.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 2.59 and a quick ratio of 1.99. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $11.17 and a 200 day simple moving average of $10.74.

EZCORP (NASDAQ:EZPW) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 31st. The credit services provider reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.22 by $0.01. EZCORP had a return on equity of 10.64% and a net margin of 6.87%. The company had revenue of $281.42 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $281.69 million. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that EZCORP, Inc. will post 1.13 earnings per share for the current year.

EZCORP Profile

EZCORP, Inc provides pawn services in the United States and Latin America. The company operates through three segments: U.S. Pawn, Latin America Pawn, and Other Investments. The company offers pawn loans collateralized by tangible personal property, jewelry, consumer electronics, tools, sporting goods, and musical instruments.