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ECPG vs NBB

Side-by-side comparison of Encore Capital Group Inc (ECPG) and Nuveen Taxable Municipal Income Fund (NBB): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both ECPG and NBB operate in Finance Companies (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • ECPG is the larger of the two at $2.20B, about 3.6x NBB ($610.3M).
  • Over the past year, ECPG is up 152.8% and NBB is down 1.2% - ECPG leads by 154.0 points.
  • ECPG has been more active in the news (3 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for NBB).
  • ECPG has more recent analyst coverage (5 ratings vs 0 for NBB).
PerformanceECPG+152.84%NBB-1.15%
2025-08-18+0.00%2026-08-17
MetricECPGNBB
Company
Encore Capital Group Inc
Nuveen Taxable Municipal Income Fund
Price
$103.98+0.27%
$15.46+0.03%
Market cap
$2.20B
$610.3M
1M return
+13.89%
+0.26%
1Y return
+152.84%
-1.15%
Industry
Finance Companies
Finance Companies
Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE
IPO
2010
News (4w)
3
2
Recent ratings
5
0
ECPG

Encore Capital Group Inc

Encore Capital Group, Inc., a specialty finance company, together with its subsidiaries, provides debt recovery solutions and other related services for consumers across a range of financial assets worldwide. The company purchases portfolios of defaulted consumer receivables at deep discounts to face value, as well as manages them by working with individuals as they repay their obligations and works toward financial recovery. It is also involved in the early stage collections, business process outsourcing, contingent collections, trace services, and litigation activities; and provision of debt servicing and other portfolio management services to credit originator for non-performing loans. Encore Capital Group, Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

NBB

Nuveen Taxable Municipal Income Fund

Nuveen Taxable Municipal Income Fund is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched by Nuveen Investments, Inc. The fund is co-managed by Nuveen Fund Advisors LLC and Nuveen Asset Management, LLC. It invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. The fund also invests some portion of its portfolio in derivative instruments. It invests in Build America Bonds, i.e. taxable municipal securities. The fund employs fundamental analysis with bottom-up and top-down stock picking approach to create its portfolio. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Barclays Capital Build America Bond Index. The fund was formerly known as Nuveen Build America Bond Fund. Nuveen Taxable Municipal Income Fund was formed on December 4, 2009 and is domiciled in the United States.

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