Can EZCorp, Inc’s (EZPW) drop of -3.18% in a week be considered a lucky break?

On Tuesday, EZCorp, Inc (NASDAQ: EZPW) was 0.50% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $12.11. A 52-week range for EZPW has been $8.20 – $12.85.

A company in the Financial sector has jumped its sales by 7.27% annually for the last half of the decade. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 11.61%. With a float of $48.99 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $51.58 million.

In an organization with 8000 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 58.0%, operating margin of 9.67%, and the pretax margin is 9.95%.

EZCorp, Inc (EZPW) Insider and Institutional Ownership

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward EZCorp, Inc stocks. The insider ownership of EZCorp, Inc is 10.05%, while institutional ownership is 107.84%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 05 ’24, was worth 124,700. In this transaction Chief Revenue Officer of this company sold 10,000 shares at a rate of $12.47, taking the stock ownership to the 101,813 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 05 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 10,000 for $12.65, making the entire transaction worth $126,500.

EZCorp, Inc (EZPW) Latest Financial update

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.3 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 11.61% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 35.00% during the next five years compared to 89.24% growth over the previous five years of trading.

EZCorp, Inc (NASDAQ: EZPW) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what EZCorp, Inc (EZPW) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.99. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.57. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 8.15.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.10, a number that is poised to hit 0.37 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.36 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of EZCorp, Inc (EZPW)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 0.49 million. That was inferior than the volume of 0.52 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 13.21%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.31.

During the past 100 days, EZCorp, Inc’s (EZPW) raw stochastic average was set at 76.87%, which indicates a significant increase from 22.73% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 22.74% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 26.47% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $11.82, while its 200-day Moving Average is $10.99. However, in the short run, EZCorp, Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $12.25. Second resistance stands at $12.33. The third major resistance level sits at $12.44. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $12.06, it is likely to go to the next support level at $11.95. The third support level lies at $11.87 if the price breaches the second support level.

EZCorp, Inc (NASDAQ: EZPW) Key Stats

There are 54,465K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 662.84 million. As of now, sales total 1,162 M while income totals 83,100 K. Its latest quarter income was 294,550 K while its last quarter net income were 15,200 K.