Wednesday, August 28, 2019

PRA Group Showing Good (And Long Awaited) Progress

It’s been tough to stay patient with PRA Group (PRAA), particularly as management has levered up the business during a time of declining performance. It does seem, though, that improvements and investments in the business are finally showing to show up in the results, and with the longer tail to investments made in legal collections, I expect ongoing improvements for at least a few quarters.

Valuation is less compelling after the post-earnings jump. I believe a mid-$30s fair value is reasonable on the basis of my discounted cash flow, discounted core earnings, and EV/EBITDA approaches, but that doesn’t leave exceptional upside from here.

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PRA Group Showing Good (And Long Awaited) Progress

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