Is EZCorp, Inc (NASDAQ: EZPW) A Good Investment For New Investors Now?

EZCorp, Inc (NASDAQ:EZPW) shares, rose in value on Friday, March 28, with the stock price down by -2.17% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $14.68.

Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $15.00, falling within a range of $14.32 and $15.04. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 0.894 whereas the PE ratio was 13.14 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $15.35, and the low was $9.65. On the whole, EZPW has fluctuated by 8.54% over the past month.

With the market capitalization of EZCorp, Inc currently standing at about $806.22 million, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-Feb-04.

Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that EZPW’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Buy on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Buy.

The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 1.10, with the price of EZPW currently trading nearly 5.61% and 9.75% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 63.26, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 3.61% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 2.94%. Furthermore, EZCorp, Inc (EZPW)’s beta value is 0.81, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.44.

A comparison of EZCorp, Inc (EZPW) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. EZPW showed an intraday change of -2.17% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 32.45%%.

Data on historical trading for EZCorp, Inc (NASDAQ:EZPW) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 0.75 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 596.00K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 52.05 million shares outstanding.

Nearly 10.19% of EZCorp, Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 110.87% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 8.37 million shares as on 2025-03-14, resulting in a short ratio of 15.71. According to the data, the short interest in EZCorp, Inc (EZPW) stood at 2248.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-03-14; the number of short shares registered in 2025-02-14 reached 8.2 million. The stock has risen by 20.09% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the EZPW stock heading into the next quarter.

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