Company Analysis

PRA Group, Inc. (PRAA)

Nasdaq: PRAA · Short-Term Business Credit Institutions · Norfolk, VA · filing with the SEC since 2002
Grade4.5
◀ Past 5.2● Present 4.4▶ Future 3.3
1 est.

The grade of PRA Group, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.5/10
◀ Past5.240% of the headline
● Present4.435% of the headline
▶ Future3.325% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.2/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
4.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2022-03-03.

weight 45% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 20 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

PRA Group, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2022-03-03); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2019-03-01) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+2.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 45th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PRA Group, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $931 million in fiscal 2016 to $1.2 billion in fiscal 2025, up 2.9% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 27% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span2.9%bottom 18% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 45% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 47% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak26.8%top 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
6.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 6.9/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 31% of 19 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 19 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: PRA Group, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 6.9 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 31% of 19 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.4/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -31%: lost 31¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 81%: owes 81¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, PRA Group, Inc. lost about 31 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 81 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 50% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 24% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 42% of 19 in its family; net margin -25.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PRA Group, Inc.'s standing among 19 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.2 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 32% by size; a net margin of -25.4% ranks in the bottom 24%; revenue growth of 7.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 34% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.20Btop 32% of its family
  • net margin-25.4%bottom 24% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth7.5%bottom 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 31% of 14 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 31st percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

PRA Group, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Sjolund, Martin (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-03-11, 8 months (bottom 11% of its family); the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.4 years (top 46%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (bottom 28%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 11 peoplebottom 28% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.4 yearstop 46% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8 monthsbottom 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.3/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 34% of 19 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 34th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

PRA Group, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $104 million against debt of $3.7 billion leaves -70.4% of its assets as net cash, bottom 24% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -7.5% of revenue (bottom 45%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-70.4%bottom 24% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-7.5%bottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 43% of 19 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PRA Group, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 7.5% a year over the last three filed years against 2.9% over all 10, speeding up (top 34% of its family); the newest year grew 7.8% (bottom 29%); research spending grew 0% a year (top 42%); capital spending grew -28.6% a year (bottom 18%) (its annual reports). PRA Group, Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Total Reportable at $1.1 billion, United States at $611 million, Europe at $461 million. 3 of 3 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 50% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+4.6 points a yeartop 34% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth7.8%bottom 29% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending0.0%top 42% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-28.6%bottom 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
2.2/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 22% of 17 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 22nd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

PRA Group, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.2 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 0.4% above the $1.2 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 44% of its family); net income of $305 million against a prior three-year average of $35 million (bottom 6%); a net margin of -25.4% against 2.7% before (bottom 15%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace0.4%bottom 44% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' averagefive times below its prior average or morebottom 6% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-28.1 pointsbottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton PRAA · research, not advice