PRA Group is a financial and business services company with operations in the Americas, Europe, and Australia. Co.'s main business is the purchase, collection and management of portfolios of nonperforming loans. Co. purchases portfolios of nonperforming loans in two categories: Core, which focuses on purchasing and collecting nonperforming loans, which it purchased since either the credit originators and/or other third-party collection agencies have been unsuccessful in collecting the balance owed; and Insolvency, which consists of purchasing and collecting on nonperforming loan accounts where the customer is involved in a bankruptcy proceeding or the equivalent in some European countries. We show 52 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our coverage of PRAA's shares outstanding history.
Understanding the changing numbers of PRAA shares outstanding — and
comprehending the concept of differing number of shares outstanding in general comparing companies like PRAA versus peers —
is critical for investors. Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies.
Furthermore, via issuance of new shares over time, or the repurchase of existing shares, the number of shares outstanding can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching PRAA by allowing them to research PRAA shares outstanding history
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