Who owns Encore Capital Group, Inc. (ECPG)
Which tracked institutional funds hold ECPG, how they are positioned, and who is buying versus exiting — from SEC Form 13F-HR filings. See ECPG company fundamentals →
Ownership as of the 2026-Q1 13F filings (latest filed 2026-05-18). 13F is disclosed up to 45 days after quarter-end, so the most recent quarter fills in over the following weeks.
How the tape is positioned
The tracked-fund tape on ECPG is one-sided between 2025-Q4 and 2026-Q1: 107 added or opened and 22 trimmed or exited — on balance accumulating.
A prompt to read the filings, not a verdict. 13F is a quarter-end snapshot disclosed up to 45 days late; a fund adds or exits for mandate, benchmark, and timing reasons that have nothing to do with a view on the stock. This is a starting question, not a signal to trade.
Conviction spread
ECPG’s largest tracked holder by dollar value, BlackRock, Inc., sizes it at 0.0% of its own reported 13F book, while the median holder sizes it at 0.0% of theirs — a 0.0pp gap the other way — the median holder sizes ECPG more heavily than its largest holder by dollar value does.
Book-share is each fund’s reported value in ECPG divided by its whole reported 13F book, so it is comparable across funds of different sizes and is unaffected by stock splits. A higher share means a fund has committed more of its book to the name — a starting question about conviction, not a verdict or a signal to trade.
Institutional & insider positioning
Between 2025-Q4 and 2026-Q1, across 246 tracked filers holding ECPG, 131 increased or opened the position and 98 reduced or closed it; over the same quarter, open-market insider Form 4 buying and selling roughly offset.
This fuses two public signals for the same quarter — how tracked institutions changed their positions and whether insiders bought or sold in the open market. It describes what was filed; it is a starting question, not a verdict or a signal to trade.
New buyers & exits
Funds opening or closing a position in ECPG between the 2025-Q4 and 2026-Q1 13F filings, and the largest changes among funds holding it in both. New buyers and exits are counted on fund presence (split-invariant); adds and trims are measured on reported value.
New buyers 18
- VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC$87M
- VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$66M
- VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO$10M
- Informed Momentum Co LLC$3M
- FJ Capital Management LLC$3M
- Man Group plc$2M
Full exits 10
- VANGUARD GROUP INC$119M
- WINTON GROUP Ltd$3M
- Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC$3M
- Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd$2M
- TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP$2M
- Balyasny Asset Management L.P.$1M
Largest adds
- TURTLE CREEK ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.$40M
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO$26M
- ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$21M
- Stephens Investment Management Group LLC$20M
- GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC$14M
- STATE STREET CORP$12M
Largest trims
- BlackRock, Inc.$48M
- CITADEL ADVISORS LLC$2M
- SG Americas Securities, LLC$2M
- Trexquant Investment LP$1M
- QUADRANT CAPITAL GROUP LLC$1M
- NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT CO$932K
Institutional holders
One row per tracked fund, largest reported value first. “% of value” is the fund’s share of this security’s tracked institutional value — not of shares outstanding. Rows marked stale are from an earlier filing than the security’s latest quarter — that fund is absent from the newest snapshot (position exited, or reported under a different name).
| Fund | Shares | Reported value | % of value | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. trimmed | 2,383,469 | $167M | 10.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| TURTLE CREEK ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. added | 1,318,445 | $92M | 5.7% | 2026-Q1 |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC trimmed | 1,301,078 | $91M | 5.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC new | 1,242,682 | $87M | 5.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP trimmed | 1,007,023 | $71M | 4.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC new | 936,058 | $66M | 4.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| STATE STREET CORP trimmed | 849,459 | $60M | 3.7% | 2026-Q1 |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC trimmed | 689,845 | $48M | 3.0% | 2026-Q1 |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC added | 622,584 | $44M | 2.7% | 2026-Q1 |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP trimmed | 594,374 | $42M | 2.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. trimmed | 522,334 | $37M | 2.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC added | 460,012 | $32M | 2.0% | 2026-Q1 |
| UBS Group AG added | 458,577 | $32M | 2.0% | 2026-Q1 |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC trimmed | 447,081 | $31M | 1.9% | 2026-Q1 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO added | 449,446 | $31M | 1.9% | 2026-Q1 |
| HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC added | 388,425 | $27M | 1.7% | 2026-Q1 |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH added | 373,645 | $26M | 1.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP added | 334,018 | $23M | 1.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| Nuveen, LLC added | 330,948 | $23M | 1.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| MORGAN STANLEY added | 319,405 | $22M | 1.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| BARCLAYS PLC trimmed | 316,727 | $22M | 1.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| FMR LLC trimmed | 312,724 | $22M | 1.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP added | 282,979 | $20M | 1.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP added | 249,199 | $17M | 1.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| Karl Kapital LLC trimmed | 222,611 | $16M | 1.0% | 2026-Q1 |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP added | 209,610 | $15M | 0.9% | 2026-Q1 |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC added | 195,879 | $14M | 0.8% | 2026-Q1 |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC added | 173,950 | $12M | 0.8% | 2026-Q1 |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC added | 164,832 | $12M | 0.7% | 2026-Q1 |
| Dana Investment Advisors, Inc. trimmed | 153,952 | $11M | 0.7% | 2026-Q1 |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO new | 142,964 | $10M | 0.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. added | 142,838 | $10M | 0.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| THIRD AVENUE MANAGEMENT LLC trimmed | 142,512 | $10M | 0.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC added | 135,692 | $10M | 0.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp trimmed | 130,209 | $9M | 0.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC trimmed | 124,003 | $9M | 0.5% | 2026-Q1 |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN added | 123,134 | $9M | 0.5% | 2026-Q1 |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ trimmed | 123,042 | $9M | 0.5% | 2026-Q1 |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC added | 118,513 | $8M | 0.5% | 2026-Q1 |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC added | 108,369 | $8M | 0.5% | 2026-Q1 |
| Empowered Funds, LLC added | 107,684 | $8M | 0.5% | 2026-Q1 |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC added | 101,948 | $7M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| GLOBEFLEX CAPITAL L P trimmed | 96,072 | $7M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| Invesco Ltd. trimmed | 91,906 | $6M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ added | 85,948 | $6M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board added | 79,841 | $6M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD trimmed | 79,428 | $6M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS added | 78,924 | $6M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC trimmed | 73,820 | $5M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| IEQ CAPITAL, LLC added | 71,643 | $5M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. trimmed | 70,815 | $5M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC added | 66,204 | $5M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS trimmed | 64,243 | $5M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. added | 62,284 | $4M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC trimmed | 59,853 | $4M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC added | 55,228 | $4M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP added | 54,756 | $4M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Legal & General Group Plc trimmed | 52,636 | $4M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Informed Momentum Co LLC new | 45,309 | $3M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| EJF Capital LP | 45,220 | $3M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. added | 44,462 | $3M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Swiss National Bank trimmed | 44,100 | $3M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| FJ Capital Management LLC trimmed | 40,732 | $3M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Creative Planning added | 40,319 | $3M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC added | 38,426 | $3M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC added | 35,738 | $2M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Man Group plc added | 31,045 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO added | 30,631 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| VIRTUS ADVISERS, LLC | 29,086 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC added | 28,601 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP added | 28,264 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | 28,144 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP trimmed | 27,962 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC new | 27,762 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ added | 27,351 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| Carnegie Investment Counsel added | 27,308 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC trimmed | 27,294 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM trimmed | 27,280 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| CWM, LLC added | 26,742 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA added | 24,144 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| Mariner, LLC added | 23,552 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC trimmed | 22,898 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| Wakefield Asset Management LLLP added | 22,900 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM trimmed | 21,553 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC trimmed | 21,356 | $1M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ added | 21,040 | $1M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH added | 20,907 | $1M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC trimmed | 2,186,081 | $119M | 7.3% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| BloombergSen Inc. trimmed | 191,245 | $8M | 0.5% | 2025-Q3 stale |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP trimmed | 200,008 | $7M | 0.4% | 2025-Q1 stale |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC trimmed | 140,726 | $5M | 0.3% | 2025-Q1 stale |
| WINTON GROUP Ltd added | 56,839 | $3M | 0.2% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| PEREGRINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC trimmed | 82,980 | $3M | 0.2% | 2025-Q1 stale |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC added | 51,009 | $3M | 0.2% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd added | 40,057 | $2M | 0.1% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP added | 43,983 | $2M | 0.1% | 2025-Q3 stale |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP trimmed | 29,800 | $2M | 0.1% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| Broad Run Investment Management, LLC trimmed | 35,733 | $1M | 0.1% | 2025-Q3 stale |
| TD Asset Management Inc trimmed | 38,070 | $1M | 0.1% | 2025-Q2 stale |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. trimmed | 26,778 | $1M | 0.1% | 2025-Q4 stale |
Ownership over time
Tracked institutional holder count and total shares held by filing quarter (independent scales). The curated-era tail and any mid-ingest latest quarter are handled honestly — a partial quarter is not drawn as a collapse.
Reading this table
Funds hold the same stock for different reasons — an index fund “holds” almost everything, an active manager sizes a name to a mandate and a benchmark, and each fund entered at its own price and time. Because 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter-end, every row is a backward-looking snapshot; a manager may have traded since. Share-class siblings (a company’s A and C shares) are rolled up to one line so a dual-class name is never double-counted. Compare like-for-like. A large holder is not an endorsement, and a fund exiting is not a warning — this is a starting question, not a verdict.
About 13F filings
A Form 13F is a quarterly disclosure that institutional investment managers with over $100 million in US-listed equities must file with the SEC. In plain English: it is a snapshot of the long stock positions a fund held at the end of a quarter. It covers long US-listed equities only — not short positions, options, cash, or private holdings — and the funds shown are the large sample we track, not the complete 13F universe.