Is PRA Group Inc (NASDAQ:PRAA) A Better Buy Than Others After A -39.33% Fall In This Year?

In last trading session, PRA Group Inc (NASDAQ:PRAA) saw 0.62 million shares changing hands with its beta currently measuring 1.56. Company’s recent per share price level of $15.49 trading at $0.12 or 0.78% at ring of the bell on the day assigns it a market valuation of $614.31M. That closing price of PRAA’s stock is at a discount of -77.79% from its 52-week high price of $27.54 and is indicating a premium of 16.66% from its 52-week low price of $12.91. Taking a look at company’s average trading volume for last 10-days demonstrates a volume of 1.03 million shares which gives us an average trading volume of 457.64K if we extend that period to 3-months.

For PRA Group Inc (PRAA), analysts’ consensus is at an average recommendation of Buy while assigning it a mean rating of 2.00. Splitting up the data highlights that, out of 2 analysts covering the stock, 0 rated the stock as a Sell while 0 recommended an Overweight rating for the stock. 0 suggested the stock as a Hold whereas 2 see the stock as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) advised it as an Underweight.

PRA Group Inc (NASDAQ:PRAA) trade information

Upright in the green during last session for gaining 0.78%, in the last five days PRAA remained trading in the green while hitting it’s week-highest on Friday, 05/16/25 when the stock touched $15.49 price level, adding 2.33% to its value on the day. PRA Group Inc’s shares saw a change of -25.85% in year-to-date performance and have moved 15.25% in past 5-day. PRA Group Inc (NASDAQ:PRAA) showed a performance of -6.91% in past 30-days. Number of shares sold short was 0.58 million shares which calculate 1.76 days to cover the short interests.

Wall Street analysts have assigned a consensus price target of 35 to the stock, which implies a rise of 55.74% to its current value. Analysts have been projecting 28 as a low price target for the stock while placing it at a high target of 42. It follows that stock’s current price would drop -80.76% in reaching the projected high whereas dropping to the targeted low would mean a loss of -80.76% for stock’s current value.

PRA Group Inc (PRAA) estimates and forecasts

Weighing up company’s earnings over the past 5-year and in the next 5-year periods, we find the company posting an annual earnings growth rate of -1.14% during past 5 years.

PRA Group Inc (NASDAQ:PRAA)’s Major holders

Insiders are in possession of 1.74% of company’s total shares while institution are holding 99.78 percent of that, with stock having share float percentage of 101.54%. Investors also watch the number of corporate investors in a company very closely, which is 99.78% institutions for PRA Group Inc that are currently holding shares of the company. BLACKROCK INC. is the top institutional holder at PRAA for having 6.28 million shares of worth $123.42 million. And as of 2024-06-30, it was holding 15.9478 of the company’s outstanding shares.

The second largest institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, which was holding about 4.31 million shares on 2024-06-30. The number of shares represents firm’s hold over 10.9385 of outstanding shares, having a total worth of $84.65 million.

On the other hand, iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund are the top two Mutual Funds which own company’s shares. As of Mar 31, 2025 , the former fund manager was holding 2.44 shares of worth $37.76 million or 6.15% of the total outstanding shares. The later fund manager was in possession of 1.18 shares on Dec 31, 2024 , making its stake of worth around $18.21 million in the company or a holder of 2.96% of company’s stock.