Encore Capital Group Inc · NASDAQ:ECPG

Encore Capital — JPMorgan Small Cap Conference 2005

22 slides from Encore Capital's conference presentation, Mar 10, 2005

  1. Slide 1: JPMorgan Small Cap Conference March 10, 2005

    JPMorgan Small Cap Conference March 10, 2005 1 NASDAQ: ECPG

  2. Slide 2: Cautionary Note About Forward-Looking Statements

    Certain Statements in This Presentation Constitute “Forward-looking Statements” Within the Meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such Statements Involve Risks, Uncertainties and Other Factors Which May Cause Actual Results, Performance or Achievements of the Company and It

  3. Slide 3: Encore Capital

    50 year old purchaser and manager of consumer receivables portfolios Unique business model Excellent financial and operating results Strong drivers for growth 3 E NCORE C APITAL

  4. Slide 4: Investment Highlights

    Growth Industry No barriers to entry - high barriers to long-term success Demonstrated ability to buy right and collect well Process company focused on debt collection Innovations and analysis Multiple collection channels reduces need to acquire new portfolios & increase outbound collection staff Ne

  5. Slide 5: Compelling Fundamentals

    Source: Federal Reserve Board, February 7, 2005 for Consumer Credit Federal Reserve Board, February 23, 2005 for Charge-Off Rates $ in billions Non-mortgage consumer debt and charge-off rates Traditional consumer debt continues to grow Other types of consumer receivables are beginning to be sold Aut

  6. Slide 6: Business Drivers

    Buy Right Collect Well Manage Expenses Challenge Everything Demand Professional and Ethical Behavior 6 B USINESS D RIVERS

  7. Slide 7: Encore's Competitive Advantages

    Consumer level analytics Multiple collection strategies Proprietary and dynamic account management software 7 Encore’s C OMPETITIVE A DVANTAGES

  8. Slide 8: Buy Right

    Account level valuation provides several competitive advantages Note: All purchases since mid-2000 through 12/31/04. Provides ability to create positively selected deals Expands universe of sources to include our competition Applies to alternative paper types Increases our flexibility to buy through

  9. Slide 9: Strong Collection Growth

    * 1Q ’04 total includes $4 million sale of rewrite business 9 Strong Collection Growth

  10. Slide 10: Collect Well - Unique Liquidation Strategies

    Continuous innovation is driving our collection growth 10 C OLLECT W ELL - U NIQUE L IQUIDATION S TRATEGIES

  11. Slide 11: Collect Well - Results

    Collection innovation drives our performance improvement ($ in Thousands) (Employees) 11 C OLLECT W ELL - R ESULTS

  12. Slide 12: Strong Financial Results & Momentum

    *Excludes one-time items. 12 S TRONG F INANCIAL R ESULTS & M OMENTUM

  13. Slide 13: Strong Financial Results & Momentum

    *Pretax Income excludes one-time benefit and charges. The real earnings power not yet realized 13 S TRONG F INANCIAL R ESULTS & M OMENTUM

  14. Slide 14: Strong Financial Results & Momentum - Balance Sheet Improvement

    14 S TRONG F INANCIAL R ESULTS & M OMENTUM - B ALANCE S HEET I MPROVEMENT

  15. Slide 15: Actual Results

    Our returns are consistently strong. 36 months 24 months 12 months 6 months 106 $4.3 Billion $1.9 Billion $7.6 Billion $ 9.7 Billion Total Face Value 57 189 226 # of Portfolios 0.8x 1.4x 2.5x 3.4x 15 A CTUAL R ESULTS

  16. Slide 16: Average Monthly Collections per Employee

    Our Average Monthly Collections per Employee are very favorable. ECPG 1 Monthly Collections per Avg. Total Employees $234,676 2004 YTD Gross Collections (in thousands) 728 Average # of Total Employees 1 Data from 10-K filing for the period ending December 31, 2004 (12-month period). 16 $26,863 Key M

  17. Slide 17: Annualized Portfolio Turnover

    Strong Collections and Judicious Portfolio Buys Create Strong Turnover ECPG 1 Annualized Portfolio Turnover $234,676 Annualized Gross Collections (in thousands) $193,741 Total Inventory (in thousands) $103,374 Annualized Purchases (in thousands) $90,367 Portfolio BOY (in thousands) 1 Data from 10-K

  18. Slide 18: We Are Amortizing Our Portfolio Quickly

    $376,500 Implied Gross Collections to Realize Book Value (in thousands) $19,556 Avg. Monthly Collections 2004 (in thousands) ECPG 1 Months Remaining to Amortize Book 24% YTD Amortization Rate $90,367 Portfolio January 1, 2004 (in thousands) 1 Data from 10-K filing for the period ending December 31,

  19. Slide 19: Recent Vintages Are Consistently Strong

    Recent Vintages Are Consistently Strong Ratio of Total Collections to Purchase Price by Year of Origin 1 Data from 10-K filings for the period ending December 31, 2004 (12-month period). 19 C OMPETITIVE C OMPARISON

  20. Slide 20: Management Team

    Former CFO of Stellcom, Inc.; Former EVP and CFO of Telespectrum Worldwide Inc.; Former Partner of M&A Services at Deloitte and Touche Paul Grinberg SVP Finance Former Director of Service Strategy at Gateway, Inc. Anna Hansen SVP Collection Operations Former VP of Decision Science for Associates Hom

  21. Slide 21: Future Prospects

    Growth Opportunities Innovations and analysis Significant reduction in effective interest rate driven by new financing Continued penetration of alternative asset classes Ample liquidity for complementary acquisitions. Challenges Higher prices for purchased receivables Implementation of SOP 2003-03 M

  22. Slide 22: JP Morgan Small Cap Conference March 10, 2005

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