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PRA Group, Inc
(NASDAQ:PRAA) 

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PRA Group, Inc., a services company, engages in the purchase, collection, and management of portfolios of nonperforming loans in the Americas, Australia, and Europe. It is involved in the purchase of accounts that are primarily the unpaid obligations of individuals owed to credit originators, which ...

Full Time Employees: 3,811
Sector: Financial Services
Industry: Credit Services

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    Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 2005-12-31 2005-09-30 2005-06-30 2005-03-31 2004-12-31 2004-09-30 2004-06-30 2004-03-31 2003-12-31 2003-09-30 2003-06-30 2003-03-31 2002-12-31 
                                                                                                  
      revenues
                                                                                                  
      portfolio income
    269,579,000 262,830,000 258,549,000 250,934,000 240,958,000 229,720,000 216,122,000 209,290,000 202,056,000 194,636,000 189,960,000 184,290,000 188,242,000 184,921,000 185,853,000 194,009,000 207,532,000 211,613,000 212,905,000 219,137,000 231,672,000 233,480,000 240,250,000 248,284,000 262,022,000                                                                      
      changes in expected recoveries
    43,886,000 63,879,000 51,358,000 33,292,000 27,922,000 55,260,000 60,614,000 73,320,000 51,674,000 22,754,000 22,156,000 21,136,000 -36,912,000 34,087,000 48,336,000 56,567,000 29,914,000 40,400,000 43,820,000 63,548,000 50,136,000 36,909,000 25,403,000 19,801,000 -12,816,000                                                                      
      total portfolio revenue
    313,465,000 326,709,000 309,907,000 284,226,000 268,880,000 284,980,000 276,736,000 282,610,000 253,730,000 217,390,000 212,116,000 205,426,000 151,330,000 219,008,000 234,189,000 250,576,000 237,446,000 252,013,000 256,725,000 282,685,000                                                                           
      other revenue
    1,068,000 6,681,000 1,233,000 3,462,000 739,000 8,252,000 4,741,000 1,619,000 1,856,000 4,028,000 4,314,000 3,810,000 4,140,000 18,261,000 4,496,000 1,219,000 1,329,000 1,067,000 764,000 491,000 5,480,000 545,000 233,000 1,186,000 369,000 2,001,000 152,000 131,000 667,000 1,027,000 99,000 158,000 157,000 1,454,000 1,091,000 3,145,000 2,165,000 2,122,000 1,748,000 2,101,000 2,109,000 2,065,000 3,443,000 3,255,000 3,750,000 6,055,000 1,765,000                                                
      total revenues
    314,533,000 333,390,000 311,140,000 287,688,000 269,619,000 293,232,000 281,477,000 284,229,000 255,586,000 221,418,000 216,430,000 209,236,000 155,470,000 222,850,000 244,807,000 258,262,000 240,605,000 256,936,000 263,698,000 285,629,000 289,469,000 273,856,000 267,864,000 271,910,000 251,784,000 269,133,000 250,014,000 252,057,000 245,877,000 236,742,000 225,888,000 221,518,000 223,183,000 205,674,000 201,010,000 200,332,000 206,558,000 155,258,000 221,984,000 228,456,000 224,882,000 230,185,000 229,430,000 237,197,000 245,206,000 250,731,000 238,973,000 197,343,000 193,922,000 184,853,000 197,762,000 182,961,000 169,559,000 154,252,000 150,519,000 147,885,000 140,146,000 118,087,000 114,276,000 114,795,000 111,777,000 100,755,000 95,544,000 93,029,000 83,378,000 73,216,000 68,565,000 71,107,000 68,203,000 66,972,000 68,586,000 63,614,000 64,104,000 57,324,638 54,639,548 54,776,457                   
      yoy
    16.66% 13.69% 10.54% 1.22% 5.49% 32.43% 30.05% 35.84% 64.40% -0.64% -11.59% -18.98% -35.38% -13.27% -7.16% -9.58% -16.88% -6.18% -1.56% 5.05% 14.97% 1.75% 7.14% 7.88% 2.40% 13.68% 10.68% 13.79% 10.17% 15.11% 12.38% 10.58% 8.05% 32.47% -9.45% -12.31% -8.15% -32.55% -3.25% -3.69% -8.29% -8.19% -3.99% 20.20% 26.45% 35.64% 20.84% 7.86% 14.37% 19.84% 31.39% 23.72% 20.99% 30.63% 31.72% 28.83% 25.38% 17.20% 19.61% 23.40% 34.06% 37.61% 39.35% 30.83% 22.25% 9.32% -0.03% 11.78% 6.39% 16.83% 25.52% 16.13%                       
      qoq
    -5.66% 7.15% 8.15% 6.70% -8.05% 4.18% -0.97% 11.21% 15.43% 2.30% 3.44% 34.58% -30.24% -8.97% -5.21% 7.34% -6.36% -2.56% -7.68% -1.33% 5.70% 2.24% -1.49% 7.99% -6.45% 7.65% -0.81% 2.51% 3.86% 4.81% 1.97% -0.75% 8.51% 2.32% 0.34% -3.01% 33.04% -30.06% -2.83% 1.59% -2.30% 0.33% -3.27% -3.27% -2.20% 4.92% 21.10% 1.76% 4.91% -6.53% 8.09% 7.90% 9.92% 2.48% 1.78% 5.52% 18.68% 3.33% -0.45% 2.70% 10.94% 5.45% 2.70% 11.57% 13.88% 6.78% -3.57% 4.26% 1.84% -2.35% 7.82% -0.76% 11.83% 4.91% -0.25%                    
      operating expenses
                                                                                                  
      compensation and benefits
    70,738,000 73,381,000 74,237,000 75,724,000 73,323,000                                                                                          
      legal collection costs
    48,458,000 43,906,000 46,764,000 37,583,000 33,394,000 34,036,000 28,781,000 35,274,000 26,691,000 22,903,000 20,761,000 21,522,000 23,945,000 19,063,000 23,391,000 17,746,000 16,557,000 17,099,000 21,450,000 18,469,000 21,312,000 21,638,000 26,043,000 19,507,000 34,447,000 34,411,000 31,395,000 33,121,000 35,229,000 33,281,000 30,769,000       15,029,750 24,138,000 18,799,000 17,182,000 16,774,000 18,879,000 19,556,000 20,854,000 15,725,000 20,367,000 25,429,000 26,533,000 20,043,000 19,801,000 22,717,000 20,501,000 14,620,000 15,810,000 18,227,000 23,669,000 9,710,000 9,731,000 9,879,000                                   
      legal collection fees
    17,071,000 16,906,000 16,558,000 15,625,000 15,230,000 16,270,000 14,479,000 13,762,000 12,112,000 9,844,000 9,839,000 9,551,000 8,838,000 9,060,000 8,963,000 9,554,000 10,873,000 10,998,000 10,993,000 12,289,000 12,926,000 11,783,000 13,661,000 13,742,000 14,572,000 13,822,000 14,083,000 14,297,000 13,059,000 11,501,000 10,428,000       9,339,250 9,309,000 15,098,000 12,950,000 11,873,000 13,715,000 14,114,000 13,691,000 15,125,000 13,778,000 11,371,000 10,833,000 10,145,000 10,206,000 10,609,000 10,529,000 9,152,000 8,635,000 8,988,000 7,617,000 5,940,000 5,962,000 5,970,000                                   
      agency fees
    24,581,000 23,812,000 24,556,000 22,688,000 21,368,000 21,583,000 21,020,000 21,008,000 19,723,000 20,208,000 19,436,000 17,677,000 17,378,000 16,434,000 15,160,000 14,826,000 17,388,000 15,995,000 15,646,000 15,908,000 15,591,000 17,799,000 14,900,000 10,343,000 13,376,000 15,979,000 12,788,000 13,013,000 14,032,000 9,088,000 8,350,000 8,138,000 8,278,000 7,877,000 7,599,000 9,254,000 10,800,000 10,695,000 12,034,000 11,309,000 10,884,000     7,497,000 5,988,000                                                
      professional and outside services
    20,884,000 20,164,000 22,051,000 21,071,000 21,103,000                                                                                          
      communication
    9,019,000 8,433,000 8,377,000 9,417,000 10,477,000 9,230,000 10,048,000 11,577,000 12,578,000 9,905,000 9,881,000 10,117,000 10,527,000 7,143,000 9,951,000 9,528,000 12,583,000 9,716,000 9,782,000 10,594,000 12,663,000 9,099,000 9,379,000 8,812,000 13,511,000 9,722,000 10,310,000 10,824,000 13,201,000 10,645,000 10,240,000 10,782,000 11,557,000 8,028,000 8,713,000 7,254,000 9,137,000 7,652,000 7,814,000 8,423,000 9,882,000 6,601,000 8,021,000 8,073,000                                                   
      rent and occupancy
    3,258,000 3,879,000 3,654,000 3,504,000 3,480,000 4,474,000 4,175,000 4,136,000 4,144,000 4,126,000 4,426,000 4,319,000 4,448,000 4,300,000 4,669,000 4,633,000 4,987,000 4,682,000 4,571,000 4,643,000 4,480,000 4,558,000 4,460,000 4,471,000 4,484,000 4,586,000 4,414,000 4,491,000 4,363,000 4,319,000 4,270,000 4,003,000 4,314,000 3,985,000 3,668,000 3,387,000 3,783,000 4,001,000 3,875,000 4,038,000 3,796,000 3,991,000 3,684,000 3,479,000 3,560,000 4,125,000 3,018,000 2,219,000 2,147,000 2,074,000 1,950,000 1,824,000 1,687,000 1,728,000 1,786,000 1,656,000 1,611,000 1,538,000 1,517,000 1,438,000 1,398,000 1,401,000 1,362,000 1,297,000 1,252,000 1,246,000 1,270,000 1,163,000 1,082,000 1,078,000 1,123,000 869,000 838,000 888,153 819,076 739,138 659,234 582,552 573,241 559,639 560,568 557,996 554,675 512,565 475,765 448,423 434,541 433,039 428,998    244,950  
      depreciation, amortization and impairment of long-lived assets
    1,708,000 1,728,000 2,439,000                                                                                            
      other operating expenses
    15,562,000 15,595,000 15,440,000 14,462,000 12,898,000 15,986,000 13,969,000 14,248,000 12,575,000 14,044,000 12,356,000 12,957,000 13,042,000 12,893,000 13,144,000 12,743,000 11,998,000 17,032,000 15,935,000 15,092,000 13,018,000 12,969,000 11,761,000 10,491,000 12,205,000 12,198,000 12,102,000 10,926,000 11,585,000 13,030,000 10,602,000 11,628,000 12,184,000 12,032,000 10,140,000 11,046,000 10,885,000 7,023,000 10,513,000 11,279,000 10,651,000 10,678,000 38,963,000 9,610,000 9,578,000 4,913,000 11,311,000 7,653,000 6,092,000 11,053,000 5,408,000 4,775,000 4,575,000 4,457,000 3,820,000 4,470,000 3,738,000 3,255,000 2,808,000 3,501,000 2,852,000 2,808,000 2,634,000 2,580,000 2,274,000 2,234,000 2,341,000 2,236,000 1,988,000 2,114,000 1,912,000 1,595,000 1,356,000 1,447,684 1,605,353 1,478,283 1,383,259 1,264,438 1,212,134 1,204,973 1,076,456 1,108,278 833,815 729,052 752,854 683,734 648,512 689,103 690,651    473,318  
      total operating expenses
    211,279,000 207,804,000 626,687,000 202,577,000 195,042,000 199,096,000 191,499,000 195,007,000 189,190,000 175,889,000 173,384,000 163,675,000 189,114,000 163,540,000 174,019,000 174,525,000 168,638,000 174,487,000 186,119,000 181,415,000 178,715,000 184,641,000 179,198,000 160,630,000 191,244,000 185,751,000 181,188,000 187,496,000 190,934,000 183,147,000 173,486,000 163,369,000 169,569,000 150,498,000 146,759,000 152,016,000 153,301,000 148,190,000 154,496,000 155,700,000 153,988,000 159,013,000 175,303,000 148,318,000 149,040,000 140,902,000 150,776,000 124,879,000 122,332,000 106,503,000 118,294,000 109,135,000 103,672,000 94,263,000 93,461,000 93,289,000 95,725,000 72,134,000 70,446,000 70,415,000 69,072,000 64,482,000 62,721,000 58,700,000 56,943,000 51,117,000 49,776,000 49,882,000 49,709,000 46,689,000 47,152,000 42,364,000 42,233,000 37,872,733 35,086,671 33,511,426 33,093,187 30,607,449 29,670,819 28,383,260 27,660,472 23,939,181 22,425,870 21,309,996 21,249,953 19,182,507 16,913,529 17,056,573 15,353,391      
      income from operations
    103,254,000 125,586,000 -315,547,000 85,111,000 74,577,000 94,136,000 89,978,000 89,222,000 66,396,000 45,529,000 43,046,000 45,561,000 -33,644,000 59,310,000 70,788,000 83,737,000 71,967,000 82,449,000 77,579,000 104,214,000 110,754,000 89,215,000 88,666,000 111,280,000 60,540,000 70,784,000 64,690,000 63,365,000 48,848,000 32,214,000 44,117,000 55,315,000 53,614,000 55,176,000 54,251,000 48,316,000 53,257,000 7,068,000 67,488,000 72,756,000 70,894,000 71,172,000 54,127,000 88,879,000 96,166,000 109,829,000 88,197,000 72,464,000 71,590,000 78,350,000 79,468,000 73,826,000 65,887,000 59,989,000 57,058,000 54,596,000 44,421,000 45,953,000 43,830,000 45,537,000 42,705,000 36,273,000 32,823,000 34,329,000 26,435,000 22,099,000 18,789,000 21,225,000 18,494,000 20,283,000 21,434,000 21,250,000 21,871,000 19,451,905 19,552,877 21,265,031 20,914,381 18,351,938 18,165,833 17,801,423 17,680,805 15,386,410 15,079,227 14,605,947 14,528,415 12,519,516 11,372,049 11,086,993 9,911,442      
      yoy
    38.45% 33.41% -450.69% -4.61% 12.32% 106.76% 109.03% 95.83% -297.35% -23.24% -39.19% -45.59% -146.75% -28.06% -8.75% -19.65% -35.02% -7.58% -12.50% -6.35% 82.94% 26.04% 37.06% 75.62% 23.94% 119.73% 46.63% 14.55% -8.89% -41.62% -18.68% 14.49% 0.67% 680.65% -19.61% -33.59% -24.88% -90.07% 24.68% -18.14% -26.28% -35.20% -38.63% 22.65% 34.33% 40.18% 10.98% -1.84% 8.66% 30.61% 39.28% 35.22% 48.32% 30.54% 30.18% 19.89% 4.02% 26.69% 33.53% 32.65% 61.55% 64.14% 74.69% 61.74% 42.94% 8.95% -12.34% -0.12% -15.44% 4.27% 9.62% -0.07% 4.57% 5.99% 7.64% 19.46% 18.29% 19.27% 20.47% 21.88% 21.70% 22.90% 32.60% 31.74% 46.58%          
      qoq
    -17.78% -139.80% -470.75% 14.12% -20.78% 4.62% 0.85% 34.38% 45.83% 5.77% -5.52% -235.42% -156.73% -16.21% -15.46% 16.35% -12.71% 6.28% -25.56% -5.90% 24.14% 0.62% -20.32% 83.81% -14.47% 9.42% 2.09% 29.72% 51.64% -26.98% -20.24% 3.17% -2.83% 1.71% 12.28% -9.28% 653.49% -89.53% -7.24% 2.63% -0.39% 31.49% -39.10% -7.58% -12.44% 24.53% 21.71% 1.22% -8.63% -1.41% 7.64% 12.05% 9.83% 5.14% 4.51% 22.91% -3.33% 4.84% -3.75% 6.63% 17.73% 10.51% -4.39% 29.86% 19.62% 17.62% -11.48% 14.77% -8.82% -5.37% 0.87% -2.84% 12.44% -0.52% -8.05% 1.68% 13.96% 1.02% 2.05% 0.68% 14.91% 2.04% 3.24% 0.53% 16.05% 10.09% 2.57% 11.86%       
      operating margin %
    32.83% 37.67% -101.42% 29.58% 27.66% 32.10% 31.97% 31.39% 25.98% 20.56% 19.89% 21.77% -21.64% 26.61% 28.92% 32.42% 29.91% 32.09% 29.42% 36.49% 38.26% 32.58% 33.10% 40.93% 24.04% 26.30% 25.87% 25.14% 19.87% 13.61% 19.53% 24.97% 24.02% 26.83% 26.99% 24.12% 25.78% 4.55% 30.40% 31.85% 31.52% 30.92% 23.59% 37.47% 39.22% 43.80% 36.91% 36.72% 36.92% 42.39% 40.18% 40.35% 38.86% 38.89% 37.91% 36.92% 31.70% 38.91% 38.35% 39.67% 38.21% 36.00% 34.35% 36.90% 31.71% 30.18% 27.40% 29.85% 27.12% 30.29% 31.25% 33.40% 34.12% 33.93% 35.79% 38.82% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN%  
      other income
                                                                                                  
      interest expense
    -63,518,000 -64,370,000 -64,087,000 -62,361,000 -60,970,000 -60,574,000 -61,062,000 -55,353,000 -52,278,000 -50,946,000 -49,473,000 -43,022,000 -38,283,000 -34,912,000 -32,455,000 -31,562,000 -31,748,000 -32,156,000 -29,599,000 -30,836,000 -31,552,000 -35,393,000 -33,692,000 -35,416,000 -37,211,000 -36,046,000 -35,864,000 -36,027,000 -33,981,000 -33,549,000 -30,624,000 -31,124,000 -25,781,000 -28,379,000 -25,899,000 -22,506,000 -21,257,000 -21,026,000 -19,310,000 -20,569,000 -19,959,000 -15,321,000 -16,787,000 -13,452,000 -14,923,000 -13,494,000 -11,808,000 -5,068,000 -4,860,000 -4,862,000 -3,995,000 -2,923,000 -2,689,000 -1,818,000 -2,189,000 -2,381,000 -2,653,000 -2,512,000 -2,555,000 -2,635,000 -2,867,000 -2,517,000 -2,178,000 -2,177,000 -2,180,000 -2,018,000 -1,964,000 -1,949,000 -1,978,000 -2,936,000 -3,066,000 -2,649,000 -2,499,000 -2,161,008 -1,137,495 -339,253 -66,507 -77,183.25 -66,036 -74,751 -167,946 -46,454 -59,001 -62,921 -63,894 -51,612.75 -69,383 -67,681 -69,387   -83,291 -75,946  
      foreign exchange gain
    1,054,000 689,000 67,000 50,000 -51,000 -147,000 10,000 -99,000 227,000 -695,000 564,000 429,000  194,000 4,000 1,319,000  -936,000 1,232,000 -1,079,000 -26,000   683,000 2,283,000    6,264,000 -4,553,000 626,000 1,690,000 1,293,000 317,000 -1,084,000 -2,516,000 2,179,000 -2,619,000 5,004,000 2,029,000 -1,850,000     -2,868,000 3,251,000                                                
      other
    -254,000 -73,250 -38,000 -75,000 -180,000 -15,000 -676,000 46,000 -206,000 -564,000 -500,000 -230,000 -650,000 -571,000 -83,000 -181,000 -490,000 -12,000 85,000 183,000 26,000 318,000 291,000 -1,582,000 -76,000 -241,000 -19,000 248,000 -352,000 -381,000 222,000 -400,000 243,000                                                              
      income before income taxes
    40,536,000 61,862,000 -379,605,000 61,128,000 13,376,000 33,400,000 28,250,000 33,816,000 14,139,000 -6,676,000 -6,363,000 2,738,000 -72,586,000 24,021,000 38,254,000 53,313,000 39,197,000 49,345,000 49,297,000 72,482,000 79,202,000 53,118,000 55,326,000 74,965,000 25,536,000 35,092,000 34,213,000 27,275,000 20,779,000 20,306,000 14,341,000 25,481,000 29,369,000 24,324,000 27,575,000 24,616,000 81,024,000 -22,400,000 53,182,000 54,216,000 49,085,000 56,152,000 34,180,000 79,011,000 88,179,000 93,469,000 79,640,000 61,173,000 66,731,000 73,491,000 75,473,000 70,903,000 63,198,000 58,173,000 54,869,000 52,222,000 41,769,000 43,441,000 41,282,000 42,902,000 39,838,000 33,786,000 30,645,000 32,152,000 24,291,000 20,081,000 16,825,000 19,276,000 16,519,000 17,357,000 18,385,000 18,604,000 19,402,000 17,345,689 18,480,183 21,046,543 21,026,800 18,451,999 18,270,609 17,897,639 17,585,753 15,427,546 15,208,446 14,734,875 14,560,133 12,569,126 11,379,925 11,044,311 9,845,638      
      income tax expense
    8,764,000 2,647,000 24,361,000 15,415,000 4,312,000 10,616,000 -672,000 8,702,000 2,386,000 -816,000 1,788,000 1,578,000 -18,683,000 6,959,000 11,072,000 14,177,000 4,579,000 12,947,000 12,627,000 11,921,000 17,322,000 16,469,000 7,497,000 14,137,000 3,100,000 4,073,000 6,665,000 5,075,000 3,867,000                                                                  
      net income
    31,772,000 59,215,000 -403,966,000 45,713,000 9,064,000 22,784,000 28,922,000 25,114,000 11,753,000 -5,860,000 -8,151,000 1,160,000 -53,903,000 17,062,000 27,182,000 39,136,000 34,618,000 36,398,000 36,670,000 60,561,000 61,880,000 36,649,000 47,829,000 60,828,000 22,436,000 31,019,000 27,548,000 22,200,000 16,912,000 18,326,000 12,552,000 21,624,000 23,232,000 88,717,000 16,893,000 13,850,000 49,615,000 -15,347,000 36,518,000 36,868,000 32,853,000 40,988,000 17,583,000 51,425,000 58,135,000 46,991,000 51,167,000 37,507,000 40,840,000 45,777,000 49,211,000 43,414,000 38,517,000 35,732,000 33,127,000 32,051,000 25,189,000 26,666,000 25,193,000 25,576,000 23,709,000 20,629,000 18,757,000 19,678,000 14,805,000 12,414,000 10,096,000 11,722,000 10,072,000 10,611,000 11,455,000 11,426,000 11,872,000 10,678,273 11,693,348 12,988,854 12,880,725 11,413,823 11,243,499 11,102,661 10,730,017 9,448,650 9,341,822 9,061,696 8,919,832 7,714,903 6,974,765 6,750,223 6,011,108      
      yoy
    250.53% 159.90% -1496.74% 82.02% -22.88% -488.81% -454.83% 2065.00% -121.80% -134.35% -129.99% -97.04% -255.71% -53.12% -25.87% -35.38% -44.06% -0.68% -23.33% -0.44% 175.81% 18.15% 73.62% 174.00% 32.66% 69.26% 119.47% 2.66% -27.20% -79.34% -25.70% 56.13% -53.18% -678.07% -53.74% -62.43% 51.02% -137.44% 107.69% -28.31% -43.49% -12.77% -65.64% 37.11% 42.35% 2.65% 3.97% -13.61% 6.03% 28.11% 48.55% 35.45% 52.91% 34.00% 31.49% 25.32% 6.24% 29.26% 34.31% 29.97% 60.14% 66.18% 85.79% 67.87% 46.99% 16.99% -11.86% 2.59% -15.16% -0.63% -2.04% -12.03% -7.83% -6.44% 4.00% 16.99% 20.04% 20.80% 20.36% 22.52% 20.29% 22.47% 33.94% 34.24% 48.39%          
      qoq
    -46.34% -114.66% -983.70% 404.34% -60.22% -21.22% 15.16% 113.68% -300.56% -28.11% -802.67% -102.15% -415.92% -37.23% -30.54% 13.05% -4.89% -0.74% -39.45% -2.13% 68.84% -23.37% -21.37% 171.12% -27.67% 12.60% 24.09% 31.27% -7.72% 46.00% -41.95% -6.92% -73.81% 425.17% 21.97% -72.09% -423.29% -142.03% -0.95% 12.22% -19.85% 133.11% -65.81% -11.54% 23.72% -8.16% 36.42% -8.16% -10.78% -6.98% 13.35% 12.71% 7.79% 7.86% 3.36% 27.24% -5.54% 5.85% -1.50% 7.87% 14.93% 9.98% -4.68% 32.91% 19.26% 22.96% -13.87% 16.38% -5.08% -7.37% 0.25% -3.76% 11.18% -8.68% -9.97% 0.84% 12.85% 1.51% 1.27% 3.47% 13.56% 1.14% 3.09% 1.59% 15.62% 10.61% 3.33% 12.30%       
      net income margin %
    10.10% 17.76% -129.83% 15.89% 3.36% 7.77% 10.28% 8.84% 4.60% -2.65% -3.77% 0.55% -34.67% 7.66% 11.10% 15.15% 14.39% 14.17% 13.91% 21.20% 21.38% 13.38% 17.86% 22.37% 8.91% 11.53% 11.02% 8.81% 6.88% 7.74% 5.56% 9.76% 10.41% 43.13% 8.40% 6.91% 24.02% -9.88% 16.45% 16.14% 14.61% 17.81% 7.66% 21.68% 23.71% 18.74% 21.41% 19.01% 21.06% 24.76% 24.88% 23.73% 22.72% 23.16% 22.01% 21.67% 17.97% 22.58% 22.05% 22.28% 21.21% 20.47% 19.63% 21.15% 17.76% 16.96% 14.72% 16.49% 14.77% 15.84% 16.70% 17.96% 18.52% 18.63% 21.40% 23.71% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN%  
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    3,562,000 2,687,000 3,737,000 3,339,000 5,405,000                                                                                          
      net income attributable to pra group, inc.
    28,210,000 56,528,000 -407,703,000 42,374,000 3,659,000 18,456,000 27,154,000 21,516,000 3,475,000 -8,782,000 -12,262,000 -3,804,000 -58,629,000 15,959,000 24,732,000 36,484,000 39,972,000 34,276,000 34,480,000 55,996,000 58,406,000 29,798,000 42,492,000 57,914,000 19,135,000 27,341,000 24,971,000 18,619,000 15,227,000 14,942,000 9,927,000 19,588,000 21,106,000 86,870,000 15,555,000 11,673,000 48,167,000 -17,648,000 34,306,000 36,456,000 31,983,000 40,970,000 17,396,000   46,991,000 51,167,000                                                
      net income per common share attributable to pra group, inc.
                                                                                                  
      basic
    740 1,410 -10,430 1,080 90 460 690 550 90 -220 -310 -100 -1,500 -2,537.04 630 920 980 -3,265.93 760 1,220 1,280 -2,626.72 930 1,270 420 -1,298.1 550 410 340 -1,118.55 220 430 470 1,910 340 250 1,040 -380 740 790 690 870 360 1,060 1,190 940 1,020 750 820 920 940 860 2,280 2,120 1,970 1,880 1,480 1,550 1,490 1,490 1,350 1,220 1,080 1,150 910 800 650 760 660 700 750 750 780 0.71 0.76 0.81 0.81 0.72 0.71 0.7 0.68 0.6 0.6 0.58 0.57 0.5 0.45 0.44 0.39      
      diluted
    730 1,410 -10,430 1,080 90 470 690 540 90 -220 -310 -100 -1,500 -2,517.06 630 910 970 -3,235.96 760 1,220 1,270 -2,596.74 920 1,260 420 -1,288.11 550 410 340 -1,108.56 220 430 470 1,900 340 250 1,030 -380 740 790 690 860 360 1,060 1,190 930 1,010 740 810 910 930 850 2,260 2,090 1,960 1,870 1,470 1,540 1,480 1,480 1,340 1,200 1,080 1,140 910 800 650 760 660 700 750 750 780 0.71 0.75 0.8 0.8 0.71 0.7 0.69 0.67 0.59 0.58 0.56 0.55 0.48 0.44 0.43 0.38      
      weighted-average number of shares outstanding
                                                                                                  
      basic
    38,368,000 39,173,000 39,078,000 39,323,000 39,549,000 39,382,000 39,421,000 39,364,000 39,274,000 39,177,000 39,242,000 39,190,000 39,033,000 39,638 39,018,000 39,779,000 40,777,000 44,960 45,305,000 45,807,000 45,669,000 45,540 45,579,000 45,548,000 45,452,000 45,387 45,410,000 45,387,000 45,338,000 45,280 45,302,000 45,283,000 45,231,000 45,671,000 45,168,000 45,941,000 46,406,000 46,316,000 46,343,000 46,333,000 46,243,000 48,128,000 48,265,000 48,325,000 48,724,000 49,990,000 50,075,000 50,065,000 49,929,000 50,366,000 50,154,000 50,751,000 16,937,000 16,997,000 16,881,000 17,027,000 17,196,000 17,110,000 17,117,000 17,108,000 17,092,000 16,820,000 17,058,000 16,970,000 16,191,000 15,420,000 15,466,000 15,377,000 15,334,000 15,229,000 15,267,000 15,193,000 15,170,000 15,646,370 15,451,091 16,004,797 15,993,208 15,911 15,915,495 15,896,585 15,871,563 15,642 15,692,417 15,598,592 15,531,779 15,357 15,341,801 15,322,337 15,303,886  15,148,978 14,240,782 13,545,000  
      diluted
    38,511,000 39,173,000 39,078,000 39,385,000 39,688,000 39,542,000 39,492,000 39,546,000 39,448,000 39,177,000 39,242,000 39,190,000 39,033,000 39,888 39,170,000 39,900,000 41,304,000 45,330 45,656,000 46,059,000 46,045,000 45,860 46,140,000 45,987,000 45,784,000 45,577 45,645,000 45,495,000 45,419,000 45,413 45,440,000 45,449,000 45,370,000 45,823,000 45,286,000 46,060,000 46,627,000 46,388,000 46,434,000 46,402,000 46,372,000 48,405,000 48,498,000 48,529,000 49,052,000 50,421,000 50,439,000 50,437,000 50,363,000 50,873,000 50,660,000 51,183,000 17,091,000 17,123,000 17,022,000 17,133,000 17,267,000 17,230,000 17,228,000 17,225,000 17,199,000 16,885,000 17,093,000 17,080,000 16,203,000 15,454,000 15,502,000 15,415,000 15,367,000 15,292,000 15,336,000 15,268,000 15,237,000 15,778,691 15,577,079 16,168,089 16,139,501 16,082 16,071,292 16,085,321 16,064,968 16,149 16,172,657 16,073,787 16,152,162 15,853 15,831,660 15,775,659 15,774,487  15,751,532 15,750,936 15,591,007  
      goodwill impairment
      412,611,000                                                                                            
      gain on sale of equity method investment
       38,403,000                                                                                           
      depreciation, amortization and impairment
       2,503,000 3,769,000                                                                                          
      revenues:
                                                                                                  
      operating expenses:
                                                                                                  
      compensation and employee services
         55,986,000 76,106,000 74,241,000 73,597,000 71,070,000 69,517,000 65,788,000 82,403,000 69,922,000 70,382,000 74,137,000 71,096,000 73,781,000 74,584,000 79,632,000 73,984,000 77,533,000 71,974,000 70,472,000 75,171,000 75,671,000 75,317,000 79,808,000 79,645,000 79,123,000 78,350,000 80,690,000 81,237,000 69,253,000 68,541,000 66,771,000 68,468,000 61,390,000 65,898,000 64,793,000 66,765,000 68,670,000 66,084,000 68,320,000 65,271,000 65,448,000 65,237,000 52,461,000 51,385,000 46,393,000 52,882,000 48,202,000 44,997,000 44,848,000 41,334,000 42,479,000 39,694,000 35,759,000 33,475,000 34,815,000 34,153,000 32,352,000 31,213,000 30,872,000 29,642,000 26,448,000 26,844,000 26,434,000 26,663,000 23,090,000 22,983,000 20,872,000 21,127,000 18,584,260 17,322,123 16,681,027 16,434,765 15,160,320 14,550,391 14,334,711 14,096,577 11,840,828 11,215,665 10,414,577 10,860,931 9,717,013 9,154,696 9,211,032 8,537,259    6,393,052  
      outside fees and services
         15,906,500 20,452,000 18,124,000 25,050,000 20,555,000 18,858,000 18,262,000 24,944,000 20,866,000 24,618,000 27,493,000 19,378,000 21,448,000 29,434,000 20,973,000 20,760,000 23,291,000 22,719,000 18,683,000 19,394,000 15,239,000 16,733,000 16,293,000 15,248,000 17,068,000 15,701,000 14,565,000 14,158,000 15,815,000 15,631,000 18,061,000 13,285,000 16,683,000 14,731,000 15,876,000 15,808,000 27,309,000 12,583,000 12,466,000 12,797,000 15,696,000 17,221,000 12,113,000 10,791,000 6,826,000 8,707,000 8,634,000 7,447,000 7,292,000 10,131,000 5,584,000 5,860,000 5,608,000 6,222,000 4,066,000 3,414,000 3,100,000 3,470,000 3,155,000 2,829,000 2,716,000 2,284,000 2,459,000 2,111,000                          
      depreciation and amortization
         1,956,500 2,469,000 2,637,000 2,720,000 3,032,000 3,273,000 3,482,000 3,589,000 3,859,000 3,741,000 3,865,000 3,778,000 3,736,000 3,724,000 3,815,000 3,981,000 5,971,000 4,301,000 4,109,000 4,084,000 4,123,000 4,046,000 4,723,000 4,572,000 5,092,000 4,776,000 4,525,000 4,929,000 4,666,000 4,841,000 5,041,000 5,215,000 6,020,000 6,184,000 6,085,000 6,070,000 4,935,000 5,413,000 4,916,000 4,610,000 5,307,000 4,949,000 4,211,000 3,947,000 3,732,000 3,753,000 3,534,000 3,366,000 3,682,000 3,623,000 3,555,000 3,656,000 3,188,000 3,223,000 3,316,000 3,216,000 3,387,000 3,294,000 3,206,000 2,550,000 2,339,000 2,269,000 2,330,000 2,275,000 2,286,000 2,162,000 1,507,000 1,470,000 1,405,180 1,455,045 1,361,982 1,294,883 1,360,060 1,278,500 1,239,800 1,252,640 1,410,346 1,288,649 1,039,284 940,721          
      impairment of real estate
             202,000 5,037,000                                                                                    
      other income and
                                                                                                  
      adjustment for net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
         4,328,000 1,768,000 3,598,000 8,278,000 2,922,000 4,111,000 4,964,000 4,726,000 1,103,000 2,450,000 2,652,000 -5,354,000 2,122,000 2,190,000 4,565,000 3,474,000 6,851,000 5,337,000 2,914,000 3,301,000 3,678,000 2,577,000 3,581,000 1,685,000 3,384,000 2,625,000 2,036,000 2,126,000                                                              
      net income per common share attributable to pra group, inc.:
                                                                                                  
      basic
    740 1,410 -10,430 1,080 90 460 690 550 90 -220 -310 -100 -1,500 -2,537.04 630 920 980 -3,265.93 760 1,220 1,280 -2,626.72 930 1,270 420 -1,298.1 550 410 340 -1,118.55 220 430 470 1,910 340 250 1,040 -380 740 790 690 870 360 1,060 1,190 940 1,020 750 820 920 940 860 2,280 2,120 1,970 1,880 1,480 1,550 1,490 1,490 1,350 1,220 1,080 1,150 910 800 650 760 660 700 750 750 780 0.71 0.76 0.81 0.81 0.72 0.71 0.7 0.68 0.6 0.6 0.58 0.57 0.5 0.45 0.44 0.39      
      diluted
    730 1,410 -10,430 1,080 90 470 690 540 90 -220 -310 -100 -1,500 -2,517.06 630 910 970 -3,235.96 760 1,220 1,270 -2,596.74 920 1,260 420 -1,288.11 550 410 340 -1,108.56 220 430 470 1,900 340 250 1,030 -380 740 790 690 860 360 1,060 1,190 930 1,010 740 810 910 930 850 2,260 2,090 1,960 1,870 1,470 1,540 1,480 1,480 1,340 1,200 1,080 1,140 910 800 650 760 660 700 750 750 780 0.71 0.75 0.8 0.8 0.71 0.7 0.69 0.67 0.59 0.58 0.56 0.55 0.48 0.44 0.43 0.38      
      weighted-average number of shares outstanding:
                                                                                                  
      basic
    38,368,000 39,173,000 39,078,000 39,323,000 39,549,000 39,382,000 39,421,000 39,364,000 39,274,000 39,177,000 39,242,000 39,190,000 39,033,000 39,638 39,018,000 39,779,000 40,777,000 44,960 45,305,000 45,807,000 45,669,000 45,540 45,579,000 45,548,000 45,452,000 45,387 45,410,000 45,387,000 45,338,000 45,280 45,302,000 45,283,000 45,231,000 45,671,000 45,168,000 45,941,000 46,406,000 46,316,000 46,343,000 46,333,000 46,243,000 48,128,000 48,265,000 48,325,000 48,724,000 49,990,000 50,075,000 50,065,000 49,929,000 50,366,000 50,154,000 50,751,000 16,937,000 16,997,000 16,881,000 17,027,000 17,196,000 17,110,000 17,117,000 17,108,000 17,092,000 16,820,000 17,058,000 16,970,000 16,191,000 15,420,000 15,466,000 15,377,000 15,334,000 15,229,000 15,267,000 15,193,000 15,170,000 15,646,370 15,451,091 16,004,797 15,993,208 15,911 15,915,495 15,896,585 15,871,563 15,642 15,692,417 15,598,592 15,531,779 15,357 15,341,801 15,322,337 15,303,886  15,148,978 14,240,782 13,545,000  
      diluted
    38,511,000 39,173,000 39,078,000 39,385,000 39,688,000 39,542,000 39,492,000 39,546,000 39,448,000 39,177,000 39,242,000 39,190,000 39,033,000 39,888 39,170,000 39,900,000 41,304,000 45,330 45,656,000 46,059,000 46,045,000 45,860 46,140,000 45,987,000 45,784,000 45,577 45,645,000 45,495,000 45,419,000 45,413 45,440,000 45,449,000 45,370,000 45,823,000 45,286,000 46,060,000 46,627,000 46,388,000 46,434,000 46,402,000 46,372,000 48,405,000 48,498,000 48,529,000 49,052,000 50,421,000 50,439,000 50,437,000 50,363,000 50,873,000 50,660,000 51,183,000 17,091,000 17,123,000 17,022,000 17,133,000 17,267,000 17,230,000 17,228,000 17,225,000 17,199,000 16,885,000 17,093,000 17,080,000 16,203,000 15,454,000 15,502,000 15,415,000 15,367,000 15,292,000 15,336,000 15,268,000 15,237,000 15,778,691 15,577,079 16,168,089 16,139,501 16,082 16,071,292 16,085,321 16,064,968 16,149 16,172,657 16,073,787 16,152,162 15,853 15,831,660 15,775,659 15,774,487  15,751,532 15,750,936 15,591,007  
      foreign exchange loss
                -9,000    -532,000                                                                              
      fee income
                 3,604,750 6,122,000 6,467,000 1,830,000 3,856,000 6,209,000 2,453,000 2,181,000 2,922,000 1,978,000 2,639,000 2,209,000 4,297,000 2,391,000 2,707,000 6,374,000 4,686,000 2,561,000 2,342,000 5,327,000 6,043,000 2,671,000 6,344,000 9,858,000 21,171,000 17,597,000 22,347,000 16,266,000 19,649,000 17,803,000 13,878,000 13,053,000 22,016,000 12,882,000 14,825,000 15,952,000 16,125,000 26,306,000 14,391,000 14,767,000 16,183,000 14,765,000 15,298,000 15,920,000 15,344,000 11,401,000 14,492,000 15,803,000 15,972,000 15,518,000 16,109,000 15,427,000                              
      income recognized on finance receivables
                             262,835,000 247,471,000 249,219,000 238,836,000 231,029,000 223,228,000 219,018,000 217,699,000 198,177,000 197,248,000 190,843,000 194,535,000 131,965,000 202,639,000 204,008,000 206,507,000 208,471,000 208,184,000 220,064,000 228,403,000 222,660,000 224,326,000 182,518,000 177,970,000 168,728,000 171,456,000 168,570,000 154,792,000 138,069,000 135,754,000 132,587,000 124,226,000 102,743,000 102,875,000 100,303,000 95,974,000 84,783,000 80,026,000 76,920,000 67,951,000 55,962,000 54,336,000 54,038,000 51,276,000 48,074,000 52,738,000 53,047,000 52,628,000 46,741,144 46,110,666 46,387,466 45,465,615 41,829,440 41,760,421 40,393,729 39,373,409 34,613,879 33,987,480 33,822,970 32,249,670 28,386,587 27,069,524 26,890,303 23,907,586   20,618,193 17,617,823  
      net allowance charges
                             -12,598,000 -4,136,000 -1,196,000 -6,095,000 -21,381,000 -8,285,000 -2,834,000                                                               
      foreign exchange gains
                         756,750 61,000                                                                        
      foreign exchange
                             2,839,750 5,406,000 -311,000                                                                   
      gain on sale of subsidiaries
                                      307,000 1,322,000 46,845,000                                                          
      provision for income taxes
                                 2,945,750 1,789,000 3,857,000 6,137,000 13,214,250 10,682,000 10,766,000  -7,053,000 16,664,000  16,232,000 15,164,000 16,597,000 27,586,000 30,044,000 46,478,000 28,473,000 23,666,000 25,891,000 27,714,000 26,262,000 27,489,000 24,681,000 22,441,000 21,742,000 20,171,000 16,580,000 16,775,000 16,089,000       5,182,500 6,729,000 7,554,000 6,447,000 6,746,000 6,930,000 7,178,000 7,530,000 6,667,416 6,786,835 8,057,689 8,146,075 7,038,176 7,027,110 6,794,978 6,855,736 5,978,896 5,866,624 5,673,179 5,640,301          
      legal collection expenses
                                   29,038,000 32,912,000 28,842,000 27,626,000 31,202,000 31,728,000                                                          
      adjustment for net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                     1,240,750 1,338,000 2,177,000 1,448,000 873,500 2,212,000 412,000 870,000                                                      
      benefit from income taxes
                                        31,409,000   17,348,000                    17,326,000 16,129,000 13,157,000 11,888,000 12,474,000 9,486,000                     3,133,444.25 4,405,160 4,294,088 3,834,530      
      agent fees
                                             6,001,500 7,961,000 7,784,000 8,261,000   1,464,000 1,450,000 1,608,000 1,404,000 1,280,000 1,609,000 1,411,000 1,545,000 1,323,000 1,627,000 1,648,000 1,643,000 1,724,000                                   
      net foreign currency transaction gain
                                             1,803,250 -3,160,000 3,584,000 6,789,000                                                  
      less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                             46,750 187,000                      -5,000                              
      net income per common share:
                                                                                                  
      basic
    740 1,410 -10,430 1,080 90 460 690 550 90 -220 -310 -100 -1,500 -2,537.04 630 920 980 -3,265.93 760 1,220 1,280 -2,626.72 930 1,270 420 -1,298.1 550 410 340 -1,118.55 220 430 470 1,910 340 250 1,040 -380 740 790 690 870 360 1,060 1,190 940 1,020 750 820 920 940 860 2,280 2,120 1,970 1,880 1,480 1,550 1,490 1,490 1,350 1,220 1,080 1,150 910 800 650 760 660 700 750 750 780 0.71 0.76 0.81 0.81 0.72 0.71 0.7 0.68 0.6 0.6 0.58 0.57 0.5 0.45 0.44 0.39      
      diluted
    730 1,410 -10,430 1,080 90 470 690 540 90 -220 -310 -100 -1,500 -2,517.06 630 910 970 -3,235.96 760 1,220 1,270 -2,596.74 920 1,260 420 -1,288.11 550 410 340 -1,108.56 220 430 470 1,900 340 250 1,030 -380 740 790 690 860 360 1,060 1,190 930 1,010 740 810 910 930 850 2,260 2,090 1,960 1,870 1,470 1,540 1,480 1,480 1,340 1,200 1,080 1,140 910 800 650 760 660 700 750 750 780 0.71 0.75 0.8 0.8 0.71 0.7 0.69 0.67 0.59 0.58 0.56 0.55 0.48 0.44 0.43 0.38      
      communications
                                                10,418,000 6,504,750 8,907,000 7,958,000 9,154,000 4,629,000 7,786,000 7,560,000 8,961,000 7,073,000 6,777,000 7,007,000 8,253,000   5,706,000 6,313,000 4,066,000 4,000,000 4,102,000 5,058,000 3,616,000 3,472,000 4,213,000 3,472,000 2,769,000 2,263,000 2,403,000 2,869,000 2,603,429 2,038,385 2,004,926 1,883,912 1,483,710 1,474,423 1,303,915 1,613,952 1,210,676 1,115,603 1,039,821 1,057,899 979,381 840,321 810,794 1,007,504    633,644  
      interest income
                                                147,000 2,000  1,000 1,000     2,000  7,000 1,000  7,000   30,000   36,000    3,000 10,000 17,000 3,000 30,000 54,792 64,801 120,765 178,926 103,668 170,812 170,967 72,894 118,920 188,220 191,849 95,612 26,460.25 77,259 24,999 3,583   8,248 19,977  
      impairment of goodwill
                                                      6,397,000                                            
      adjustment for net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest
                                                                                                  
      net income per common share attributable to pra group, inc:
                                                                                                  
      basic
    740 1,410 -10,430 1,080 90 460 690 550 90 -220 -310 -100 -1,500 -2,537.04 630 920 980 -3,265.93 760 1,220 1,280 -2,626.72 930 1,270 420 -1,298.1 550 410 340 -1,118.55 220 430 470 1,910 340 250 1,040 -380 740 790 690 870 360 1,060 1,190 940 1,020 750 820 920 940 860 2,280 2,120 1,970 1,880 1,480 1,550 1,490 1,490 1,350 1,220 1,080 1,150 910 800 650 760 660 700 750 750 780 0.71 0.76 0.81 0.81 0.72 0.71 0.7 0.68 0.6 0.6 0.58 0.57 0.5 0.45 0.44 0.39      
      diluted
    730 1,410 -10,430 1,080 90 470 690 540 90 -220 -310 -100 -1,500 -2,517.06 630 910 970 -3,235.96 760 1,220 1,270 -2,596.74 920 1,260 420 -1,288.11 550 410 340 -1,108.56 220 430 470 1,900 340 250 1,030 -380 740 790 690 860 360 1,060 1,190 930 1,010 740 810 910 930 850 2,260 2,090 1,960 1,870 1,470 1,540 1,480 1,480 1,340 1,200 1,080 1,140 910 800 650 760 660 700 750 750 780 0.71 0.75 0.8 0.8 0.71 0.7 0.69 0.67 0.59 0.58 0.56 0.55 0.48 0.44 0.43 0.38      
      other expense
                                                   -6,224,000                                               
      adjustment for loss attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest
                                                        -83,000   -36,000 273,000                                      
      net income attributable to portfolio recovery associates, inc.
                                                   37,507,000 40,840,000 45,777,000 47,338,000 43,599,000 38,600,000 35,802,000 33,314,000 32,015,000 25,462,000 26,590,000 25,506,000 25,574,000 23,121,000 20,643,000 18,481,000 19,528,000 14,800,000                              
      net income per common share attributable to portfolio recovery associates, inc:
                                                                                                  
      basic
    740 1,410 -10,430 1,080 90 460 690 550 90 -220 -310 -100 -1,500 -2,537.04 630 920 980 -3,265.93 760 1,220 1,280 -2,626.72 930 1,270 420 -1,298.1 550 410 340 -1,118.55 220 430 470 1,910 340 250 1,040 -380 740 790 690 870 360 1,060 1,190 940 1,020 750 820 920 940 860 2,280 2,120 1,970 1,880 1,480 1,550 1,490 1,490 1,350 1,220 1,080 1,150 910 800 650 760 660 700 750 750 780 0.71 0.76 0.81 0.81 0.72 0.71 0.7 0.68 0.6 0.6 0.58 0.57 0.5 0.45 0.44 0.39      
      diluted
    730 1,410 -10,430 1,080 90 470 690 540 90 -220 -310 -100 -1,500 -2,517.06 630 910 970 -3,235.96 760 1,220 1,270 -2,596.74 920 1,260 420 -1,288.11 550 410 340 -1,108.56 220 430 470 1,900 340 250 1,030 -380 740 790 690 860 360 1,060 1,190 930 1,010 740 810 910 930 850 2,260 2,090 1,960 1,870 1,470 1,540 1,480 1,480 1,340 1,200 1,080 1,140 910 800 650 760 660 700 750 750 780 0.71 0.75 0.8 0.8 0.71 0.7 0.69 0.67 0.59 0.58 0.56 0.55 0.48 0.44 0.43 0.38      
      adjustment for income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest
                                                     401,250 1,873,000 -185,000  -106,000 -187,000                                        
      gain on sale of property
                                                               1,157,000                                   
      communication expenses
                                                             4,471,000 5,865,000                                    
      less net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest
                                                             -630,000 -313,000 2,000 -588,000 14,000 -276,000 -150,000                               
      legal and agency fees and costs
                                                                17,726,000 17,368,000 16,748,000 13,488,000 13,338,000 12,518,000 11,296,000 11,047,000 12,118,000                          
      commissions
                                                                     17,254,000 14,229,000 17,069,000 16,927,000 18,898,000 15,848,000 10,567,000 11,476,000 10,583,494 8,528,882 8,388,991 8,541,953 7,129,947 6,076,231 5,790,954 5,967,868 4,711,712 3,517,617 2,092,973 3,528,698 3,315,436 1,216,054 1,253,263 1,357,247   784,845 697,741  
      outside legal and other fees and services
                                                                         15,352,000 16,709,000 15,118,000 14,573,000 12,944,027 11,846,689 11,246,070 11,437,134 10,756,369 10,582,130 9,740,222 9,060,279 7,811,057 7,417,463 7,574,697 7,161,783 6,369,047 5,347,702 5,449,950 4,241,301    2,817,347  
      total revenue
                                                                                54,007,568 48,959,387 47,836,652 46,184,683 45,341,277 39,325,591 37,505,097 35,915,943 35,778,368 31,702,023 28,285,578 28,143,566 25,264,833      
      net income per common share
                                                                                                  
      basic
    740 1,410 -10,430 1,080 90 460 690 550 90 -220 -310 -100 -1,500 -2,537.04 630 920 980 -3,265.93 760 1,220 1,280 -2,626.72 930 1,270 420 -1,298.1 550 410 340 -1,118.55 220 430 470 1,910 340 250 1,040 -380 740 790 690 870 360 1,060 1,190 940 1,020 750 820 920 940 860 2,280 2,120 1,970 1,880 1,480 1,550 1,490 1,490 1,350 1,220 1,080 1,150 910 800 650 760 660 700 750 750 780 0.71 0.76 0.81 0.81 0.72 0.71 0.7 0.68 0.6 0.6 0.58 0.57 0.5 0.45 0.44 0.39      
      diluted
    730 1,410 -10,430 1,080 90 470 690 540 90 -220 -310 -100 -1,500 -2,517.06 630 910 970 -3,235.96 760 1,220 1,270 -2,596.74 920 1,260 420 -1,288.11 550 410 340 -1,108.56 220 430 470 1,900 340 250 1,030 -380 740 790 690 860 360 1,060 1,190 930 1,010 740 810 910 930 850 2,260 2,090 1,960 1,870 1,470 1,540 1,480 1,480 1,340 1,200 1,080 1,140 910 800 650 760 660 700 750 750 780 0.71 0.75 0.8 0.8 0.71 0.7 0.69 0.67 0.59 0.58 0.56 0.55 0.48 0.44 0.43 0.38      
      depreciation
                                                                                         349,522.75 487,757 462,655 447,678    300,164  
      net income/pro forma net income per common share
                                                                                                  
      basic
                                                                                             0.268 0.36 0.37 0.33  
      diluted
                                                                                             0.243 0.35 0.33 0.29  
      net gain on cash sales of defaulted consumer receivables
                                                                                                  
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        assets
                                                                                                    
        cash and cash equivalents
      124,778,000 104,409,000 107,454,000 131,592,000 128,654,000 105,938,000 141,135,000 118,865,000 108,100,000 112,528,000 105,172,000 111,375,000 116,471,000 83,376,000 57,991,000 67,974,000 79,089,000 87,584,000 56,545,000 76,013,000 92,798,000 108,613,000 92,779,000 115,741,000 179,995,000 119,774,000 90,000,000 105,496,000 102,102,000 98,695,000 114,176,000 71,570,000 101,418,000 120,516,000 113,754,000 92,756,000 82,110,000 94,287,000 91,791,000 117,071,000 79,442,000 71,372,000 69,111,000 56,811,000 40,542,000 39,661,000 70,300,000 270,526,000 191,819,000 162,004,000 108,705,000 43,459,000 39,111,000 32,687,000 31,488,000 42,621,000 28,068,000 26,697,000 30,035,000 25,481,000 35,443,000 41,094,000 20,297,000 18,250,000 23,006,000 20,265,000 19,874,000 15,661,000 16,549,000 13,901,000 28,006,000 16,333,000 16,816,000 16,729,918 14,464,166 15,041,590 27,882,628 25,101 26,661,564 25,204,538 23,351,708 15,985 67,398,268 68,514,808 61,093,438 24,513 56,765,251 24,513,000 29,690,849 14,810,359 7,979,359 12,071,674 6,038,306 17,939,000 
        investments
      143,358,000 66,628,000 64,915,000 66,500,000 70,155,000 66,304,000 61,322,000 59,619,000 58,879,000 72,404,000 74,729,000 76,169,000 77,877,000 79,948,000 76,171,000 86,386,000 93,249,000 92,977,000 85,171,000 87,631,000 54,682,000 55,759,000 37,821,000 18,746,000 52,711,000 56,176,000 55,204,000 85,911,000 85,082,000 45,173,000 21,750,000 80,541,000 87,764,000 78,290,000 75,512,000 76,438,000 74,055,000 68,543,000 67,050,000 66,560,000 71,413,000 73,799,000 75,985,000 88,295,000 91,470,000 89,703,000                                        23,950  23,950,000       
        finance receivables
      4,637,094,000 4,688,024,000 4,572,167,000 4,562,576,000 4,308,334,000 4,140,742,000 4,064,467,000 3,820,186,000 3,650,195,000 3,656,598,000 3,460,804,000 3,424,548,000 3,286,497,000 3,295,008,000 3,037,360,000 3,183,632,000 3,310,747,000 3,428,285,000 3,449,939,000 3,349,038,000 3,372,666,000 3,514,788,000 3,332,748,000 3,351,532,000 3,408,074,000 3,514,165,000 3,238,813,000 3,230,949,000 3,177,229,000 3,084,777,000 2,819,345,000 2,730,395,000 2,767,131,000 2,771,921,000 2,577,831,000 2,520,883,000 2,366,880,000 2,307,969,000 2,392,408,000 2,399,949,000 2,377,077,000 2,202,113,000 2,167,178,000 2,012,552,000 1,954,772,000 2,001,790,000 1,913,710,000 1,219,595,000 1,253,961,000 1,239,191,000 1,256,822,000 1,236,859,000 1,169,747,000 1,078,951,000 973,594,000 966,508,000 945,242,000 926,734,000 919,478,000 879,515,000 866,992,000 831,330,000 807,239,000 775,606,000 742,484,000 693,462,000 660,879,000 624,592,000 576,600,000 563,830,000 535,430,000 515,367,000 477,754,000 410,296,594 326,476,130 288,648,041 243,568,411 226,447 211,763,470 197,437,703 189,847,379 193,645 117,246,471 114,837,794 107,344,401 105,189 95,311,731 105,189,000 95,627,786 89,836,418 86,688,557 74,418,221 55,132,522 65,526,000 
        income taxes receivable
      15,700,000 17,702,000 17,397,000 24,136,000 23,456,000 19,559,000 33,368,000 34,813,000 32,067,000 27,713,000 38,695,000 36,327,000 41,398,000 31,774,000 36,420,000 42,207,000 49,064,000 41,146,000 21,863,000 21,366,000 27,246,000 21,928,000 27,554,000 23,166,000 29,372,000 17,918,000 23,479,000 11,323,000 15,472,000 16,809,000 8,912,000 12,163,000 10,271,000 21,686,000 3,877,000 2,865,000  9,427,000 10,673,000 13,871,000  1,717,000 12,840,000 1,580,000   11,506,000 6,072,000 1,015,000  2,708,000 2,487,000          2,363,000 2,603,000 1,877,000 1,439,000 4,460,000 5,893,000 4,213,000 3,289,000 3,587,000 3,715,000 3,539,000 2,791,000 3,022,208                     
        deferred tax assets
      70,914,000 76,955,000 93,872,000 92,226,000 80,282,000 75,134,000 88,260,000 76,486,000 78,883,000 74,694,000 55,493,000 56,758,000 57,551,000 56,908,000 53,949,000 63,810,000 63,965,000 67,760,000 77,213,000 78,935,000 72,523,000 83,205,000 79,121,000                                                                        
        right-of-use assets
      28,715,000 29,206,000 28,135,000 26,268,000 27,166,000 32,173,000 40,831,000 42,374,000 44,187,000 45,877,000 47,156,000 51,135,000 53,187,000 54,506,000 52,648,000 55,877,000 55,093,000 56,713,000 51,998,000 50,068,000 50,839,000 52,951,000 51,606,000 58,213,000 66,655,000 68,972,000 70,723,000 72,817,000 70,550,000                                                                  
        property and equipment
      24,567,000 24,886,000 25,119,000 26,391,000 27,036,000 29,498,000 31,835,000 32,827,000 34,054,000 36,450,000 38,562,000 45,874,000 48,500,000 51,645,000 52,061,000 54,182,000 54,401,000 54,513,000 53,767,000 54,895,000 56,825,000 58,356,000 57,826,000 59,285,000 59,882,000 56,501,000 56,847,000 51,484,000 54,463,000 54,136,000 55,010,000 53,364,000 53,788,000 49,311,000 36,428,000 36,532,000 38,024,000 38,744,000 44,354,000 46,852,000 47,785,000 45,394,000 46,105,000 46,215,000 46,855,000 48,258,000 45,969,000 38,902,000 35,130,000 31,541,000 28,059,000 27,278,000 25,470,000 25,312,000 25,506,000 26,016,000 26,369,000 25,727,000 22,975,000 23,810,000 24,469,000 24,270,000 22,794,000 23,230,000 21,925,000 21,864,000 22,093,000 22,112,000 23,106,000 23,884,000 23,354,000 17,332,000 16,631,000 16,171,346 15,216,997 13,510,310 12,201,282 11,193 7,729,693 7,288,733 7,569,227 7,186 7,431,544 6,754,701 6,056,735 5,752 6,033,162 5,752,000 5,877,918 5,232,506 5,059,344 4,996,227 3,667,102 3,794,000 
        goodwill
      26,871,000 26,871,000 26,871,000 439,449,000 420,715,000 396,357,000 423,011,000 415,646,000 411,846,000 431,564,000 412,513,000 414,905,000 420,647,000 435,921,000 404,474,000 437,032,000 483,380,000 480,263,000 482,479,000 492,843,000 492,751,000 492,989,000 456,308,000 444,507,000 418,565,000 480,794,000 465,572,000 489,293,000 480,518,000 464,116,000 519,045,000 519,811,000 544,293,000 526,513,000 538,337,000 516,165,000 506,240,000 499,911,000 560,505,000 544,337,000 524,870,000 495,156,000 502,383,000 503,001,000 496,653,000 527,445,000 594,401,000 105,122,000 104,086,000 103,843,000 102,891,000 106,953,000 106,912,000 109,488,000 100,456,000 99,384,000 97,480,000 61,678,000 61,678,000 61,678,000 61,678,000 61,678,000 61,665,000 61,665,000 49,053,000 29,299,000 29,299,000 28,815,000 27,646,000 27,546,000 28,058,000 18,620,000 18,620,000 18,620,277 18,620,277 18,287,511 18,287,511 18,287 18,287,511 18,287,511 18,287,511 18,287 18,287,511 6,397,138 6,397,138 6,397  6,397,000       
        prepaid expenses and other assets
      134,833,000 68,641,000                                                                                             
        total assets
      5,206,830,000 5,103,322,000 4,999,209,000 5,434,767,000 5,148,069,000 4,931,155,000 4,936,070,000 4,661,940,000 4,482,182,000 4,525,354,000 4,329,975,000 4,320,859,000 4,543,629,000 4,175,674,000 3,895,330,000 4,088,753,000 4,257,833,000 4,366,243,000 4,331,960,000 4,261,293,000 4,278,530,000 4,453,061,000 4,197,249,000 4,197,824,000 4,350,099,000 4,423,891,000 4,118,280,000 4,165,414,000 4,106,334,000 3,909,559,000 3,656,763,000 3,595,110,000 3,699,581,000 3,697,764,000 3,460,777,000 3,360,611,000 3,173,849,000 3,163,999,000 3,279,347,000 3,305,596,000 3,268,833,000 2,996,706,000 2,984,550,000 2,783,756,000 2,700,613,000 2,778,751,000 2,757,429,000 1,695,362,000 1,642,613,000 1,601,232,000 1,547,985,000 1,457,246,000 1,382,739,000 1,288,956,000 1,169,698,000 1,173,738,000 1,142,026,000 1,071,123,000 1,064,104,000 1,021,617,000 1,020,099,000 995,908,000 947,737,000 915,021,000 882,450,000 794,433,000 759,682,000 718,838,000 672,323,000 657,840,000 641,561,000 581,288,000 543,219,000 476,307,490 387,232,262 348,037,813 312,817,380 293,378 275,270,594 259,115,542 251,259,020 247,772 221,829,183 203,622,631 189,482,628 175,176 158,937,146 175,176,000 133,029,956     88,267,000 
        liabilities and equity
                                                                                                    
        liabilities
                                                                                                    
        accrued expenses and accounts payable
      100,483,000 131,812,000 115,518,000 124,103,000 103,111,000 141,211,000                                                                                         
        income taxes payable
      30,083,000 29,845,000 48,782,000 37,549,000 29,346,000 28,584,000 27,501,000 23,583,000 23,541,000 17,912,000 15,946,000 18,658,000 19,809,000 25,693,000 16,412,000 15,575,000 13,743,000 19,276,000 20,719,000 27,872,000 31,853,000 29,692,000 18,885,000 31,226,000 18,596,000 4,046,000 624,000 372,000 389,000 15,080,000 13,408,000 466,000 23,872,000 10,771,000 4,069,000 19,793,000 37,960,000 19,631,000 20,242,000 20,888,000 28,114,000 21,236,000 9,534,000 9,758,000 22,120,000 11,020,000 5,547,000    740,000  22,349,000 3,125,000 7,359,000 8,468,000 16,688,000 13,109,000 2,651,000 2,877,000 1,577,000                1,764,955   929,532 5,008,999 3,055 3,485,759 6,939,617 2,765,676 182 147,729 182,000    2,602,709  937,000 
        deferred tax liabilities
      18,733,000 17,064,000 17,663,000 22,460,000 19,663,000 16,813,000 19,881,000 18,423,000 16,888,000 17,051,000 14,185,000 18,463,000 29,324,000 42,918,000 49,248,000 44,029,000 45,365,000 36,630,000 32,604,000 35,682,000 39,739,000 40,867,000 48,144,000                                                                        
        lease liabilities
      31,595,000 32,160,000 31,175,000 29,453,000 30,884,000 36,437,000 45,222,000 46,746,000 48,557,000 50,300,000 51,658,000 55,723,000 57,939,000 59,384,000 57,376,000 60,681,000 59,706,000 61,188,000 56,409,000 54,506,000 55,322,000 57,348,000 55,987,000 62,706,000 71,102,000 73,377,000 74,428,000 76,750,000 74,308,000                                                                  
        interest-bearing deposits
      78,740,000 106,148,000 139,671,000 168,656,000 187,717,000 163,406,000 128,594,000 114,991,000 113,259,000 115,589,000 100,505,000 99,318,000 108,779,000 112,992,000 88,155,000 114,383,000 117,035,000 124,623,000 132,612,000 131,221,000 124,998,000 132,739,000 119,834,000 120,520,000 97,465,000 106,246,000 112,024,000 107,840,000 95,314,000 82,666,000 79,282,000 82,613,000 90,769,000 98,580,000 96,395,000 92,479,000 78,792,000 76,113,000 88,719,000 58,041,000 55,349,000 46,991,000    27,704,000 27,300,000                                                
        borrowings
      3,779,167,000 3,697,338,000 3,606,978,000 3,614,208,000 3,466,075,000 3,326,621,000 3,296,172,000 3,113,777,000 2,953,048,000 2,914,270,000 2,832,225,000 2,739,667,000 2,937,895,000 2,494,858,000 2,379,614,000 2,481,622,000 2,539,462,000 2,608,714,000 2,520,903,000 2,408,875,000 2,501,133,000 2,661,289,000 2,524,429,000 2,580,068,000 2,828,002,000 2,808,425,000 2,567,086,000 2,618,382,000 2,586,409,000 2,473,656,000 2,194,687,000 2,133,997,000 2,150,873,000 2,170,182,000 1,963,504,000 1,899,148,000 1,708,687,000 1,784,101,000 1,816,600,000 1,912,283,000 1,896,424,000 1,723,268,000 1,654,457,000 1,503,363,000 1,479,262,000 1,482,456,000 1,425,409,000 448,785,000 450,278,000 451,780,000 452,229,000                                            
        other liabilities
      99,475,000 48,990,000 55,450,000 41,727,000 30,755,000 24,476,000 19,806,000 16,684,000 20,855,000 32,638,000 12,919,000 24,134,000 39,697,000 34,355,000 11,729,000 28,268,000 39,734,000 59,352,000 34,342,000 36,334,000 40,755,000 54,986,000 71,600,000 71,044,000 63,502,000 26,211,000 29,607,000 27,307,000 25,789,000 7,370,000 8,474,000 8,061,000 15,146,000 9,018,000 1,213,000 3,094,000 13,344,000 10,821,000 5,317,000 19,922,000 13,577,000 4,396,000 4,460,000 5,933,000 6,725,000                                                  
        total liabilities
      4,138,276,000 4,063,357,000 4,015,237,000 4,038,156,000 3,867,551,000 3,737,548,000 3,654,278,000 3,458,662,000 3,285,864,000 3,285,978,000 3,139,988,000 3,081,185,000 3,318,920,000 2,888,924,000 2,712,741,000 2,846,386,000 2,911,666,000 3,041,406,000 2,903,310,000 2,786,353,000 2,875,301,000 3,079,535,000 2,925,077,000 3,002,962,000 3,229,423,000 3,196,878,000 2,967,432,000 3,009,622,000 2,974,096,000 2,779,257,000 2,502,059,000 2,449,303,000 2,514,537,000 2,550,721,000 2,388,275,000 2,346,898,000 2,184,631,000 2,238,388,000 2,291,369,000 2,370,415,000 2,360,091,000 2,156,959,000 2,083,131,000 1,885,880,000 1,883,295,000 1,876,536,000 1,797,569,000 743,106,000 732,395,000 731,756,000 721,001,000 655,012,000 621,413,000 559,856,000 479,211,000 520,911,000 502,531,000 457,804,000 478,915,000 463,153,000 489,136,000 490,943,000 464,781,000 451,214,000 444,318,000 458,953,000 437,576,000 409,701,000 376,625,000 373,977,000 368,099,000 321,032,000 294,856,000 241,027,827 164,030,298 92,422,691 51,880,062 46,100 41,547,237 37,274,409 41,563,897 52,450 37,284,558 31,508,404 27,349,991 23,786 18,849,541 23,786,000 7,471,605     7,660,000 
        equity
                                                                                                    
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value...
                                                                                                    
        common stock, 0.01 par value...
      381,000 385,000 391,000 391,000 397,000 395,000 394,000 394,000 393,000 392,000 392,000 392,000 392,000 390,000 389,000 396,000 404,000 410,000 440,000 458,000 458,000 456,000 456,000 456,000 455,000 454,000 454,000 454,000 454,000 453,000 453,000 453,000 453,000 452,000 452,000                                                            
        additional paid-in capital
      3,289,000 11,474,000 17,981,000 14,086,000 19,816,000 17,882,000 15,415,000 12,339,000 8,928,000 7,071,000 4,157,000 2,541,000 285,000 2,172,000      51,206,000 47,236,000 75,282,000 70,036,000 70,065,000 67,021,000 67,321,000 64,631,000 61,705,000 59,091,000 60,303,000 58,713,000 56,410,000 54,271,000 53,870,000 52,049,000 49,928,000 66,293,000 66,414,000 70,112,000 66,838,000 64,287,000 64,622,000 31,344,000 35,360,000 31,339,000 111,659,000 141,490,000 137,512,000 134,892,000 135,441,000 129,570,000 156,574,000 159,596,000 151,216,000 149,818,000 147,881,000 166,133,000 167,719,000 167,126,000 166,723,000 165,611,000 163,538,000 162,418,000 161,267,000 154,975,000 82,400,000 81,358,000 78,274,000 76,647,000 74,574,000 74,873,000 73,121,000 72,654,000 71,443,150 70,044,239 114,142,020                   
        retained earnings
      1,283,217,000 1,255,007,000 1,198,479,000 1,606,182,000 1,563,808,000 1,560,149,000 1,541,693,000 1,514,539,000 1,493,023,000 1,489,548,000 1,498,330,000 1,510,592,000 1,514,396,000 1,573,025,000 1,557,066,000 1,554,237,000 1,548,845,000 1,552,845,000 1,654,544,000 1,638,380,000 1,582,384,000 1,511,970,000 1,482,172,000 1,439,680,000 1,381,766,000 1,362,631,000 1,335,290,000 1,310,319,000 1,291,700,000 1,276,473,000 1,258,323,000 1,248,396,000 1,228,808,000 1,211,632,000 1,124,762,000 1,109,207,000 1,097,534,000 1,049,367,000 1,067,015,000 1,032,709,000 996,253,000 964,270,000 1,032,966,000 1,015,570,000 964,145,000 906,010,000 859,019,000 807,852,000 770,345,000 729,505,000 683,728,000 636,390,000 592,791,000 554,191,000 518,389,000 485,075,000 453,060,000 427,598,000 401,008,000 375,502,000 349,928,000 326,807,000 306,164,000 287,681,000 268,153,000 253,353,000 240,939,000 230,841,000 219,119,000 209,047,000 198,436,000 186,983,000 175,557,000 163,684,922 153,006,649 141,313,303 144,394,143 131,590 120,176,779 108,933,280 97,830,619 87,101 77,651,957 68,310,135 59,248,439 50,329 42,613,264 50,329,000 28,888,275 17,435,878 11,906,685 6,661,913  2,164,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -284,599,000 -287,015,000 -288,358,000 -283,734,000 -364,913,000 -443,394,000 -338,620,000 -381,809,000 -373,018,000 -329,899,000 -387,289,000 -348,000,000 -356,730,000 -347,926,000 -426,086,000 -347,821,000 -243,709,000 -266,909,000 -264,781,000 -235,359,000 -253,576,000 -245,791,000 -313,560,000 -347,212,000 -375,617,000 -261,018,000 -305,956,000 -252,124,000 -248,521,000 -242,109,000 -213,078,000 -209,167,000 -155,687,000 -178,607,000 -166,397,000 -204,213,000 -233,476,000 -251,944,000 -199,888,000 -213,933,000 -196,135,000 -228,861,000 -201,275,000                                                    
        total stockholders' equity - pra group, inc.
      1,002,288,000 979,851,000 928,493,000 1,336,925,000 1,219,108,000 1,135,032,000 1,218,882,000 1,145,463,000 1,129,326,000 1,167,112,000 1,115,590,000 1,165,525,000 1,158,343,000 1,227,661,000 1,131,369,000 1,206,812,000 1,305,540,000 1,286,346,000 1,390,203,000 1,454,685,000 1,376,502,000 1,341,917,000 1,239,104,000 1,162,989,000 1,073,625,000 1,169,388,000 1,094,419,000 1,120,354,000 1,102,724,000 1,095,120,000 1,104,411,000 1,096,092,000 1,127,845,000 1,087,347,000 1,010,866,000 955,374,000 930,815,000 864,301,000 937,702,000 886,077,000 864,868,000 800,493,000                                                     
        noncontrolling interests
      66,266,000 60,114,000 55,479,000 59,686,000 61,410,000 58,575,000 62,910,000 57,815,000 66,992,000 72,264,000    59,089,000    38,491,000    31,609,000    57,625,000    28,849,000                                                                 
        total equity
      1,068,554,000 1,039,965,000 983,972,000 1,396,611,000 1,280,518,000 1,193,607,000 1,281,792,000 1,203,278,000 1,196,318,000 1,239,376,000 1,189,987,000 1,239,674,000 1,224,709,000 1,286,750,000 1,182,589,000 1,242,367,000 1,346,167,000 1,324,837,000 1,428,650,000 1,474,940,000 1,403,229,000 1,373,526,000 1,272,172,000 1,194,862,000 1,120,676,000 1,227,013,000 1,146,313,000 1,150,857,000 1,126,039,000 1,123,969,000 1,147,749,000 1,137,485,000 1,175,347,000 1,137,509,000 1,063,882,000 1,004,853,000 980,703,000 917,163,000 987,978,000 935,181,000 908,742,000 839,747,000 901,419,000                                                    
        total liabilities and equity
      5,206,830,000 5,103,322,000 4,999,209,000 5,434,767,000 5,148,069,000 4,931,155,000 4,936,070,000 4,661,940,000 4,482,182,000 4,525,354,000 4,329,975,000 4,320,859,000 4,543,629,000 4,175,674,000 3,895,330,000 4,088,753,000 4,257,833,000 4,366,243,000 4,331,960,000 4,261,293,000 4,278,530,000 4,453,061,000 4,197,249,000 4,197,824,000 4,350,099,000 4,423,891,000 4,118,280,000 4,165,414,000 4,106,334,000 3,909,559,000 3,656,763,000 3,595,110,000 3,699,581,000 3,697,764,000 3,460,777,000 3,360,611,000 3,173,849,000 3,163,999,000 3,279,347,000 3,305,596,000 3,268,833,000 2,996,706,000  2,783,756,000 2,700,613,000 2,778,751,000 2,757,429,000 1,695,362,000 1,642,613,000 1,601,232,000 1,547,985,000 1,457,246,000 1,382,739,000 1,288,956,000 1,169,698,000 1,173,738,000 1,142,026,000 1,071,123,000                                     
        other assets
        63,279,000 65,629,000 62,271,000 65,450,000 51,841,000 61,124,000 63,971,000 67,526,000 96,851,000 103,768,000 82,293,000 86,588,000 124,256,000 97,653,000 68,845,000 57,002,000 41,168,000 38,777,000 38,920,000 38,844,000 45,519,000 42,888,000 55,548,000 31,263,000 36,380,000 32,751,000 35,970,000 32,721,000 27,296,000 31,650,000 37,639,000 32,656,000 37,409,000 40,489,000 32,373,000 33,808,000 37,275,000 38,509,000 86,966,000 39,528,000 61,011,000 47,284,000 37,674,000 41,876,000 86,372,000 27,478,000 28,968,000 23,456,000 20,007,000 12,393,000 13,715,000 11,668,000 9,070,000 8,265,000 8,581,000 7,829,000 8,728,000 8,485,000 6,933,000 7,775,000 5,405,000 4,809,000 5,773,000 5,158,000 3,310,000 4,037,000 3,755,000 11,663,000 9,251,000 5,775,000 5,923,000 6,421,537 4,434,313 4,353,698 4,614,203 4,083 2,845,491 3,008,717 3,747,692 3,646 1,687,821 1,689,068 2,716,936 3,056 827,002 3,056,000 1,475,899 1,120,936 1,303,360 1,210,642 616,626 1,008,000 
        liabilities:
                                                                                                    
        equity:
                                                                                                    
        accounts payable
            8,176,000 10,198,000 10,814,000 6,325,000 6,159,000 6,345,000 4,837,000 7,329,000 6,148,000 4,689,000 6,339,000 3,821,000 5,379,000 5,229,000 4,817,000 5,294,000 4,285,000 4,667,000 4,328,000 4,258,000 3,469,000 3,279,000 5,682,000 6,110,000 3,773,000 5,090,000 2,330,000 4,992,000 3,605,000 3,694,000 3,924,000 2,459,000 2,808,000 3,719,000 2,377,000 4,190,000 3,693,000 3,933,000 7,838,000 19,456,000 15,352,000 20,396,000 24,199,000 14,819,000 14,446,000 9,356,000 12,590,000 12,155,000 10,234,000 10,508,000 10,915,000 7,439,000 5,148,000 5,326,000 7,498,000 3,227,000 5,739,000 5,445,000 5,079,000 4,108,000 3,957,000 3,281,000 3,622,000 3,438,000 4,527,000 4,630,000 4,008,000 4,055,025 2,814,410 2,456,073 4,219,997 2,891 2,763,306 1,535,840 3,623,858 2,333 2,738,360 312,366 1,753,492 1,414 1,175,776 1,414,000 655,623 1,132,009 1,314,051 862,515 676,623 1,364,000 
        accrued expenses
            108,926,000 114,260,000 98,902,000 131,893,000 106,391,000 118,877,000 120,640,000 111,395,000 104,059,000 97,139,000 90,282,000 127,802,000 100,342,000 86,634,000 76,684,000 97,320,000 81,913,000 72,871,000 76,583,000 88,925,000 84,753,000 74,950,000 77,838,000 79,396,000 81,445,000 78,852,000 85,137,000 85,993,000 82,445,000 77,869,000 82,594,000 82,699,000 86,531,000 79,202,000 95,049,000 95,380,000 97,123,000 77,007,000 69,250,000                     4,506,000 3,463,000 4,797,000 3,544,000 4,314,000 5,294,000 4,647,000 4,499,000 4,471,573 3,614,095 3,477,362 3,063,331 2,579 2,639,252 4,419,509 4,515,535 2,239 1,963,799 1,836,681 1,703,042 1,563 1,213,432 1,563,000 392,183 598,819 353,186 332,937 646,348 746,000 
        noncontrolling interest
                74,397,000 74,149,000 66,366,000  51,220,000 35,555,000 40,627,000  38,447,000 20,255,000 26,727,000  33,068,000 31,873,000 47,051,000  51,894,000 30,503,000 23,315,000  43,338,000 41,393,000 47,502,000 50,162,000 53,016,000 49,479,000 49,888,000 52,862,000 50,276,000 49,104,000 43,874,000 39,254,000 37,902,000                      15,328,000                              
        restricted cash and cash equivalents
                  359,208,000                                                                                  
        restricted cash
                        4,752,000 4,631,000 16,057,000 12,434,000                                                                         
        other receivables
                        7,065,000 7,096,000 3,223,000 13,194,000 12,575,000 15,532,000 11,383,000 10,606,000 15,808,000 13,770,000 18,082,000 46,157,000 9,067,000 14,688,000 14,308,000 15,770,000 10,919,000 11,306,000 17,684,000 11,650,000 24,299,000 30,079,000 33,555,000 30,771,000 24,648,000 18,443,000 16,834,000 12,959,000 18,217,000                                                
        intangible assets
                            3,392,000 3,666,000 4,003,000 4,497,000 4,757,000 5,219,000 5,247,000 5,522,000 17,369,000 18,914,000 22,523,000 23,572,000 25,527,000 25,878,000 27,393,000 27,935,000 31,539,000 32,655,000 32,154,000 23,788,000 24,458,000 9,450,000 10,042,000 10,933,000 12,315,000 13,805,000 14,714,000 15,767,000 16,746,000 17,396,000 18,550,000 20,364,000 21,167,000 22,364,000 27,179,000 14,596,000 14,748,000 15,965,000 17,215,000 18,466,000 19,945,000 21,425,000 30,018,000 10,756,000 11,425,000 12,093,000 12,761,000 13,429,000 13,747,000 4,322,000 4,684,000 5,045,610 5,399,315 5,772,675 6,263,345 6,754 7,321,177 7,888,340 8,455,503 9,023 9,777,568 5,429,122 5,873,980 6,319  6,319,000       
        deferred tax asset
                             64,548,000 63,911,000 63,225,000 60,697,000                       1,361,000                                        5,414,082 8,915,343    
        deferred tax liability
                             59,860,000 69,845,000 85,390,000 95,441,000                                    151,638,000 139,111,000 126,234,000 117,206,000 110,333,000 102,001,000 94,118,000 88,070,000 81,350,000 72,577,000 64,661,000 57,578,782 51,018,256 43,969,186 37,848,918 33,453 28,970,753 25,119,148 23,378,354 22,346 21,864,507 15,408,138 15,676,237 13,651 9,719,605 13,651,000 1,675,612   367,583  287,000 
        redeemable noncontrolling interest
                                4,535,000 4,935,000 6,199,000 6,333,000 6,955,000 8,322,000 9,697,000 9,534,000 8,620,000 8,860,000 8,515,000 8,448,000             10,336,000 10,336,000 10,336,000 20,673,000 19,998,000 19,381,000 18,783,000 17,831,000 16,884,000 16,068,000 15,253,000 14,449,000 14,531,000 15,080,000                               
        net deferred tax asset
                                 66,401,000 61,619,000 61,453,000 64,793,000 62,014,000 60,446,000 57,529,000 41,183,000 37,299,000 29,090,000 28,482,000 19,453,000 15,713,000 15,571,000 13,068,000 831,000 125,000 5,771,000 6,126,000 4,639,000 1,404,000 1,369,000                                              
        net deferred tax liability
                                 100,742,000 108,367,000 114,979,000 120,990,000 140,224,000 146,410,000 171,185,000 237,044,000 250,821,000 259,330,000 258,344,000 271,152,000 276,360,000 269,201,000 261,498,000 267,587,000 252,638,000 265,661,000 255,587,000 237,201,000 226,011,000 220,883,000 210,071,000 200,109,000 187,730,000 185,772,000 185,277,000 186,506,000 190,639,000 194,286,000 193,898,000 192,298,000 188,142,000 179,043,000 164,971,000                                 
        assets held for sale
                                           43,243,000                                                         
        liabilities held for sale
                                           4,220,000                                                         
        preferred stock, par value 0.01, authorized shares, 2,000, issued and outstanding shares, 0
                                                                                                    
        common stock
                                         452,000 464,000 464,000 463,000 463,000 463,000 462,000 482,000 483,000 483,000 496,000 501,000 501,000 501,000 498,000 498,000 507,000 170,000 169,000 169,000 169,000 172,000 171,000 171,000 171,000 171,000 171,000 171,000 170,000 170,000 155,000 155,000 154,000 153,000 153,000 153,000 152,000 152,000 151,591 151,076 159,799 159,961 160 159,215 158,996 158,798 158 157,145 156,205 155,796 155 153,525 155,000 153,151     135,000 
        interest bearing deposits
                                                46,277,000 33,248,000 32,439,000                                                  
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                                    
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                                    
        preferred stock, par value 0.01, authorized shares, 2,000, issued and outstanding shares - 0
                                                                                                    
        total stockholders’ equity - pra group, inc.
                                                863,517,000                                                    
        total liabilities and total equity
                                                2,984,550,000                                                    
        accumulated other comprehensive
                                                 -153,537,000 -178,649,000                                                  
        total stockholders’ equity
                                                 897,876,000 817,318,000  959,860,000 952,256,000 910,218,000  816,648,000 791,898,000 750,990,000  670,489,000 633,446,000 620,712,000  568,305,000 542,396,000 515,710,000 490,516,000 468,425,000 448,727,000 438,132,000 335,480,000 322,106,000 309,137,000 295,698,000 283,863,000 273,462,000 260,256,000 248,363,000 235,279,663 223,201,964 255,615,122 260,937,318 247,278 233,723,357 221,841,133 209,695,123 195,322 184,544,625 172,114,227 162,132,637 151,390 140,087,605 151,390,000 125,558,351 111,779,131 105,680,074 85,493,449  80,608,000 
        income tax receivable
                                                       11,710,000                         2,621,064 2,423,988  1,513 661,688          357,504 1,856,297 2,122,054    
        accrued expenses and other liabilities
                                                   57,320,000 65,294,000 33,594,000 28,351,000 27,655,000 33,023,000 29,600,000 20,283,000 18,953,000 11,197,000 6,859,000 7,852,000 6,076,000 5,856,000 4,389,000 2,620,000 4,904,000 6,922,000 6,227,000 6,264,000                              
        accrued compensation
                                                   22,993,000 21,466,000 14,320,000 8,684,000 27,431,000         11,409,000                                    
        stockholders' equity:
                                                                                                    
        preferred stock, par value 0.01, authorized shares, 2,000, issued and outstanding shares—0
                                                                                                    
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                                   -115,950,000 -41,150,000 6,391,000 4,480,000 4,032,000 2,852,000 -1,573,000 -1,567,000 2,851,000 2,113,000 321,000 1,347,000             89,000                         
        total stockholders' equity
                                                   902,215,000    869,476,000    708,427,000    595,488,000                                     
        accounts receivable
                                                     12,458,000 11,551,000 12,359,000 12,047,000 10,421,000 9,234,000 10,486,000 8,417,000 8,580,000 9,107,000 7,862,000 6,462,000 6,683,000 7,369,000 8,932,000 7,789,000 8,159,000 8,752,000 9,169,000 6,909,000 7,315,000 8,617,000                          
        accrued payroll and bonuses
                                                        20,454,000 14,552,000 9,260,000 12,804,000 13,241,000 11,588,000 6,854,000 16,036,000  10,563,000 6,300,000 15,445,000 10,447,000 9,124,000 8,298,000 11,633,000 11,294,000 7,783,000 6,696,000 9,850,000 9,605,000 4,833,000 4,818,000 6,819,612 6,445,192 4,327,308 4,203,067 6,245 6,091,177 4,039,006 3,657,249 5,943 5,535,060 4,865,120 3,128,263 4,476 3,916,275 4,476,000 1,696,613 2,383,416 2,351,255 1,494,726 1,861,011 2,861,000 
        line of credit
                                                         216,000,000 172,000,000 127,000,000 250,000,000 292,000,000 265,000,000 220,000,000 260,000,000 250,000,000 290,000,000 300,000,000 288,500,000 289,500,000 296,300,000 319,300,000 306,300,000 289,800,000 266,300,000 268,300,000 267,300,000 234,300,000 216,800,000 168,000,000                     
        long-term debt
                                                         197,774,000 199,159,000 200,542,000 674,000 849,000 936,000 1,246,000 1,553,000 1,856,000 2,098,000 2,396,000 998,000 1,167,000 1,334,000 1,499,000 1,663,000 1,824,000 1,983,000       19,325 571,679 690 806,498 921,656 1,035,361 1,152 1,269,331 1,669,269 1,797,403 1,924 2,049,746 1,924,000 2,296,023 1,743,698 1,829,362 924,843 1,005,776 966,000 
        preferred stock, par value 0.01, 2,000 authorized shares, 0 issued and outstanding shares at december 31, 2012 and 2011
                                                                                                    
        preferred stock, par value 0.01, authorized shares, 2,000,issued and outstanding shares—0
                                                                                                    
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                                    
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                1,064,104,000 1,021,617,000 1,020,099,000 995,908,000 947,737,000 915,021,000 882,450,000 794,433,000 759,682,000 718,838,000 672,323,000 657,840,000 641,561,000 581,288,000 543,219,000 476,307,490 387,232,262 348,037,813 312,817,380 293,378 275,270,594 259,115,542 251,259,020 247,772 221,829,183 203,622,631 189,482,628 175,176 158,937,146 175,176,000 133,029,956     88,267,000 
        derivative instrument
                                                                    537,000 640,000 809,000 701,000 566,000 215,000 362,000                          
        accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of taxes
                                                                    -328,000 -391,000 -494,000                              
        portfolio recovery associates, inc. stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                                    
        total portfolio recovery associates, inc. stockholders’ equity
                                                                      422,804,000                              
        obligations under capital lease
                                                                           5,000 23,000 45,000 70,000 102,835 138,345 173,437 208,115 242 276,251 309,718 344,541 382 427,742 477,213 525,878 576 626,978 576,000 755,551 633,525 540,089 618,002 582,100 499,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss), net of taxes
                                                                       -428,000                             
        preferred stock, par value 0.01, authorized shares, 2,000, issued and outstanding shares — 0
                                                                                                    
        accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax
                                                                        -346,000 -132,000 -221,000                          
        preferred stock, par value 0.01, authorized shares, 2,000,000, issued and outstanding shares - 0
                                                                                                    
        lines of credit
                                                                                100,000,000                    
        revolving lines of credit
                                                                                 38,000,000      15,000           25,000,000  
        additional paid in capital
                                                                                  116,383,214 115,528 113,387,363 112,748,857 111,705,706 108,063 106,735,523 103,647,887 102,728,402 100,906 97,320,816 100,906,000 96,516,925 94,191,165 93,622,551 78,696,036  78,309,000 
        balance sheet data:
                                                                                                    
        stockholders’ equity
                                                                                                    
        liabilities and members’ equity
                                                                                                    
        interest rate swap contract
                                                                                                    
        members’ equity
                                                                                                  35,682,698  
        financial position data:
                                                                                                    
        basis — swap contract
                                                                                                    
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 2005-12-31 2005-06-30 2005-03-31 2003-12-31 
                                                                                           
          cash flows from operating activities
                                                                                           
          net income
        31,772,000 59,215,000 -403,966,000 45,713,000 9,064,000 22,784,000 28,922,000 25,114,000 11,753,000 -5,860,000 -8,151,000 1,160,000 -53,903,000 17,062,000 27,182,000 39,136,000 34,618,000 36,398,000 36,670,000 60,561,000 61,880,000 36,649,000 47,829,000 60,828,000 22,436,000 31,019,000 27,548,000 22,200,000 16,912,000 18,326,000 12,552,000 21,624,000 23,232,000 88,717,000 16,893,000 13,850,000 49,615,000 -15,347,000 36,518,000 36,868,000 32,853,000 40,988,000 17,583,000 51,425,000 58,135,000 46,991,000 51,167,000 37,507,000 40,840,000 45,777,000 49,211,000 43,414,000 38,517,000 35,732,000 33,127,000 32,051,000 25,189,000 26,666,000 25,193,000 25,576,000 23,709,000 20,629,000 18,759,000 19,678,000 14,805,000 12,414,000 10,098,000 11,722,000 10,072,000 -34,705,638 11,453,000 11,426,000 11,872,000 10,678,273 25,869,579 12,880,725 11,413,639 21,832,678 10,730,017 9,448,645 17,981,528 8,919,832  
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                           
          share-based compensation
        4,513,000 3,632,000 4,027,000 4,464,000 3,788,000 3,337,000                                                                              
          depreciation, amortization and impairment of long-lived assets
        1,708,000 1,728,000                                                                                  
          amortization of debt premium and issuance costs
        2,184,000 2,096,000 1,976,000 1,962,000 1,901,000                                                                               
          changes in expected recoveries
        -43,886,000 -63,879,000 -51,358,000 -33,292,000 -27,922,000 -55,260,000 -60,614,000 -73,320,000 -51,674,000 -22,754,000 -22,156,000 -21,136,000 36,912,000 -34,087,000 -48,336,000 -56,567,000 -29,914,000 -40,400,000 -43,820,000 -63,548,000 -50,136,000 -36,909,000 -25,403,000 -19,801,000 12,816,000                                                           
          deferred income taxes
        5,415,000 16,809,000 -7,687,000 -3,519,000 786,000 5,139,000 -5,204,000 4,414,000 -6,487,000 -9,666,000 -1,837,000 -12,039,000 -12,400,000 -8,103,000 8,226,000 -6,719,000 7,203,000 11,038,000 -3,989,000 -10,617,000 10,371,000 -13,598,000 -23,544,000 -8,606,000 -12,755,000  387,000                                                         
          net unrealized foreign currency transaction gain
        -6,658,000  2,040,000 -7,575,000 -5,480,000  -5,378,000 -1,526,000 -9,689,000                       922,000 -467,000                                                   
          other
        -96,000 -350,000 -306,000 -356,000 1,291,000 -1,359,000 793,000 -1,227,000 200,000 -1,437,000 -17,000 -1,242,000 -59,000  773,000 -361,000 -253,000  271,000 239,000 -419,000  -193,000 -121,000 -135,000  111,000 109,000 37,000     -920,000 201,000 -1,955,000 -1,359,000                                               
          changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                                           
          prepaid expenses and other assets
        -3,292,000                                                                                   
          accrued expenses, accounts payable and other liabilities
        33,277,000 -13,580,000 27,934,000 23,000,000 -40,733,000 53,039,000 -8,688,000 13,402,000 -26,806,000                                                                           
          net cash from operating activities
        24,937,000 -9,919,000 -10,132,000 -12,910,000 -52,580,000 42,930,000 -35,036,000 -29,489,000 -72,999,000 20,737,000 -37,433,000 -33,318,000 -47,521,000     46,642,000 16,646,000 1,429,000 20,208,000 10,345,000 8,859,000 75,694,000 46,806,000 62,695,000 39,745,000 15,991,000 14,957,000 12,791,000 40,998,000 -6,640,000 33,717,000 11,763,000 3,482,000 -47,053,000 32,651,000 -14,896,000 35,566,000 70,262,000 12,098,000 61,175,000 29,436,000 32,071,000 63,983,000 92,579,000 67,119,000 53,120,000 49,255,000 53,047,000 74,751,000 39,216,000 58,113,000 37,750,000 39,426,000 34,177,000 20,059,000 49,854,000 36,194,000 43,657,000 43,320,000 40,175,000 36,115,000 39,767,000 27,524,000 21,118,000 24,416,000 23,457,000 16,294,000 -65,977,282 24,730,000 21,457,000 19,872,000 19,085,209 37,883,767 21,728,995 15,961,263 26,486,838 17,008,205 9,880,682 30,867,516 14,850,651  
          capital expenditures
        -1,410,000 -1,429,000 -1,214,000 -1,278,000 -900,000 -1,164,000 -1,049,000 -1,337,000 -495,000 -581,000 -1,215,000 -686,000 -405,000     -4,440,000 -2,674,000 -1,732,000 -2,366,000 -2,309,000 -7,639,000 -3,143,000 -9,244,000 -1,153,000 -4,493,000 -3,766,000 -5,452,000 -3,386,000 -7,917,000 -12,786,000 -3,200,000 -3,916,000 -2,938,000 -2,618,000 -2,092,000 -3,067,000 -6,383,000 -3,934,000 -4,997,000 -2,311,000 -3,212,000 -7,872,000 -3,289,000 -6,808,000 -6,416,000 -5,962,000 -3,274,000 -4,173,000 -2,466,000 -1,753,000 -2,410,000 -1,800,000 -1,152,000 -4,783,000 -1,169,000 -1,519,000 -2,163,000 -3,384,000 -1,378,000 -3,078,000 -1,706,000 -1,442,000 -1,582,000 -668,000 -829,000 4,034,861 -628,000 -1,845,000 -1,568,000 -2,005,824 -3,992,862 -1,812,522 -4,255,806 -1,460,429 -1,068,284 -409,916 -2,092,502 -800,109  
          free cash flows
        23,527,000 -11,348,000 -11,346,000 -14,188,000 -53,480,000 41,766,000 -36,085,000 -30,826,000 -73,494,000 20,156,000 -38,648,000 -34,004,000 -47,926,000     42,202,000 13,972,000 -303,000 17,842,000 10,345,000 6,550,000 75,694,000 39,167,000 59,552,000 30,501,000 14,838,000 10,464,000 9,025,000 35,546,000 -10,026,000 25,800,000 -1,023,000 282,000 -50,969,000 29,713,000 -17,514,000 33,474,000 67,195,000 5,715,000 57,241,000 24,439,000 29,760,000 60,771,000 84,707,000 63,830,000 46,312,000 42,839,000 47,085,000 71,477,000 35,043,000 55,647,000 35,997,000 37,016,000 32,377,000 18,907,000 45,071,000 35,025,000 42,138,000 41,157,000 36,791,000 34,737,000 36,689,000 25,818,000 19,676,000 22,834,000 22,789,000 15,465,000 -61,942,421 24,102,000 19,612,000 18,304,000 17,079,385 33,890,905 19,916,473 11,705,457 25,026,409 15,939,921 9,470,766 28,775,014 14,050,542  
          cash flows from investing activities
                                                                                           
          purchases of property and equipment
        -1,410,000 -1,429,000 -1,214,000 -1,278,000 -900,000 -1,164,000 -1,049,000 -1,337,000 -495,000 -581,000 -1,215,000 -686,000 -405,000 -2,553,000 -2,486,000 -4,468,000 -3,744,000 -4,440,000 -2,674,000 -1,732,000 -2,366,000    -7,639,000 -3,143,000 -9,244,000 -1,153,000 -4,493,000 -3,766,000 -5,452,000 -3,386,000 -7,917,000 -12,786,000 -3,200,000 -3,916,000 -2,938,000 -2,618,000 -2,092,000 -3,067,000 -6,383,000 -3,934,000 -4,997,000 -2,311,000 -3,212,000 -7,872,000 -3,289,000 -6,808,000 -6,416,000 -5,962,000 -3,274,000 -4,173,000 -2,466,000 -1,753,000 -2,410,000 -1,800,000 -1,152,000 -4,783,000 -1,169,000 -1,519,000 -2,163,000 -3,384,000 -1,378,000 -3,078,000 -1,706,000 -1,442,000 -1,582,000 -668,000 -829,000 4,034,861 -628,000 -1,845,000 -1,568,000 -2,005,824 -3,992,862 -1,812,522 -4,255,806 -1,460,429 -1,068,284 -409,916 -2,092,502 -800,109 -324,446 
          purchases of nonperforming loan portfolios
        -223,122,000 -313,499,000 -256,933,000 -343,713,000 -289,595,000 -431,903,000 -349,978,000 -379,369,000 -245,817,000                                                                           
          recoveries collected and applied to finance receivables
        287,591,000 271,958,000 272,475,000 289,597,000 265,118,000                                                                               
          purchases of investments
        -136,315,000 -10,165,000 -47,733,000 -9,137,000 -48,247,000 1,000 -1,000 -60,057,000  -771,000 -1,521,000  -10,755,000                                                                 
          proceeds from sales and maturities of investments
        54,817,000 8,000 2,105,000 56,536,000 48,725,000 20,000 58,110,000 8,586,000 62,762,000 61,548,000 3,790,000 775,000 26,794,000 10,890,000 30,456,000 764,000 1,459,000 427,000 40,893,000 612,000 237,000 31,760,000 71,000 42,940,000 5,054,000 17,336,000 3,423,000 96,000 2,641,000 1,245,000 3,330,000 2,907,000 -3,401,000 1,462,000 3,269,000 5,568,000 3,666,000 14,903,000 2,459,000 41,189,000                                       
          net cash from investing activities
        -18,439,000 -42,962,000 16,433,000 -9,023,000 -24,385,000 -198,637,000 -87,638,000 -111,406,000 15,211,000 -55,271,000 -85,622,000 -102,946,000 8,979,000 -74,953,000 48,396,000 20,681,000 126,329,000 36,545,000 -116,852,000 73,701,000 166,982,000 -57,464,000 84,390,000 130,257,000 -42,180,000 -208,109,000 -55,378,000 -64,804,000 -112,899,000 -324,615,000 -53,189,000 -30,670,000 21,223,000 -202,651,000 -21,579,000 -100,778,000 44,680,000 18,806,000 6,594,000 -73,290,000 -169,601,000 -66,902,000 -163,588,000 -34,624,000 -17,212,000 -170,846,000 -866,627,000 27,867,000 -21,106,000 11,821,000 -21,933,000 -71,304,000 -94,184,000 -109,029,000 -9,167,000 -23,174,000 -64,211,000 -13,024,000 -41,132,000 -12,775,000 -37,825,000 -27,488,000 -33,011,000 -36,704,000 -73,328,000 -34,025,000 -37,869,000 -48,660,000 -13,699,000 154,779,287 -46,482,000 -39,458,000 -69,025,000 -85,826,288 -66,193,408 -18,933,438 -18,939,831 -5,253,462 2,729,007 -76,808,115 12,208,610 20,994,396  
          cash flows from financing activities
                                                                                           
          proceeds from lines of credit
        226,230,000 463,822,000 332,600,000 216,301,000 190,826,000 943,009,000 523,295,000 282,170,000 153,171,000 118,979,000 236,219,000 216,001,000 243,431,000 263,674,000 81,114,000 1,155,949,000 106,371,000 343,768,000 206,719,000 174,047,000 45,369,000 292,711,000 602,936,000 80,034,000 315,118,000 455,382,000 116,297,000 231,130,000 537,891,000 361,670,000 139,779,000 135,000,000 101,015,000 354,320,000 252,019,000 500,469,000 153,353,000 127,383,000 213,006,000 266,656,000 378,706,000 145,848,000 319,080,000 185,063,000 140,976,000 58,000,000                             41,000,000         
          principal payments on lines of credit
        -124,460,000 -375,452,000 -670,976,000 -145,374,000 -99,923,000 -1,027,214,000 -88,684,000 -518,503,000 -86,435,000 -90,442,000 -114,886,000 -75,395,000 -199,377,000 -209,237,000 -121,901,000 -1,112,660,000 -154,810,000 -254,860,000 -411,515,000 -270,079,000 -226,621,000 -225,883,000 -762,391,000 -341,453,000 -227,459,000 -269,716,000 -134,463,000 -191,617,000 -132,486,000 -69,041,000 -75,450,000 -110,877,000 -147,980,000 -157,657,000 -211,718,000 -948,350,000 -232,108,000 -112,073,000 -429,735,000 -242,309,000 -223,117,000 -57,474,000 -171,859,000 -140,356,000 -94,044,000 -85,500,000                             -3,000,000         
          principal payments on long-term debt
        -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -435,000,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -5,000,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000             -2,503,000 -10,012,000  -177,264,000 -5,000,000 -5,000,000 -3,750,000 -6,124,000 -3,750,000 -33,750,000 -351,781,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -1,433,000 -1,341,000 -1,384,000 -1,384,000 -132,000 -175,000 -87,000 -310,000 -307,000 -304,000 -241,000 -298,000 -171,000 -169,000 -167,000 -165,000 -164,000 -161,000 -159,000 -53,000     -670,567 -118,213        
          repurchases of common stock
        -10,000,000            -25,000,000 -37,669,000 -48,702,000 -127,040,000                      -79,999,000 -7,700,000 -77,802,000     -50,005,000 -6,594,000 -1,912,000 -9,000 -20,645,000 -2,081,000                          
          payments of origination costs and fees
        -30,000  -4,000,000 -878,000  -815,000                       -1,856,000 -24,000 -380,000                                                   
          tax withholdings related to share-based payments
        -2,702,000 -145,000 -132,000 -200,000 -1,852,000 -868,000 -175,000 -143,000 -1,469,000 -39,000 -13,000 -459,000 -5,683,000 -34,000 -10,000 -13,000 -8,415,000 -452,000 -11,000 -69,000 -5,460,000 -125,000 -20,000 -3,156,000 -117,000 -49,000 -6,000 -1,437,000 -9,000 -58,000 -7,000 -2,013,000 -594,000 -97,000 -11,000 -2,320,000                                               
          distributions to noncontrolling interests
        -702,000 -1,127,000 -8,965,000 -7,776,000 -7,264,000 -1,273,000 -602,000 -6,080,000 -11,332,000                                                                           
          net increase in interest-bearing deposits
        -25,413,000 -35,878,000 -29,355,000 -30,181,000 7,221,000 46,458,000 8,332,000 1,054,000 4,004,000     18,420,000 -18,058,000 8,303,000 -3,977,000 -4,131,000 5,132,000 3,412,000 303,000 1,476,000 -5,560,000 15,333,000 -1,658,000 -11,154,000 10,152,000 12,303,000 16,126,000 3,551,000 -3,930,000 -2,000,000 -6,314,000 2,851,000 754,000 7,913,000 1,473,000 -7,293,000 29,978,000 3,982,000 6,238,000 2,109,000 13,436,000 -363,000 7,539,000 2,441,000                                      
          net cash from financing activities
        60,423,000 41,408,000 -31,338,000 20,270,000 85,630,000 143,764,000 143,247,000 151,004,000 52,822,000 27,049,000 119,755,000 -217,310,000 425,806,000 68,712,000 -79,810,000 2,403,000 -112,647,000 -46,150,000 84,748,000 -108,455,000 -192,955,000 53,766,000 -112,916,000 -265,092,000 72,142,000 171,892,000 10,794,000 51,373,000 105,464,000 291,289,000 55,609,000 18,666,000 -70,638,000 196,414,000 37,714,000 151,894,000 -90,324,000 3,187,000 -75,834,000 23,116,000 146,793,000 7,005,000 146,808,000   44,811,000 603,996,000 -2,463,000 1,615,000 -11,404,000 12,022,000 36,474,000 42,710,000 72,519,000 -42,126,000   -40,168,000    8,110,000 -1,057,000 -7,819,000 48,545,000 13,298,000 17,666,000 24,315,000 53,000 -100,080,834 33,425,000 17,518,000 49,239,000 69,006,831 18,250,397 -13,763 1,417,838 -12,013,693 -12,370,359 15,514,020 926,107 735,816  
          effect of foreign exchange rates
        10,733,000 9,289,000 546,000 6,669,000 14,216,000                                                                               
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        77,654,000 -2,184,000 -24,491,000 5,006,000 22,881,000 -35,001,000 22,515,000 10,330,000 -4,105,000           -28,211,000 -12,192,000                                                               
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period
        108,643,000 107,431,000 113,692,000                                                                           
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period
        186,297,000 -2,184,000 -24,491,000 5,006,000 130,312,000 -35,001,000 22,515,000 10,330,000 109,587,000          -19,347,000 -28,211,000 108,855,000                                                               
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
                                                                                           
          cash paid for interest
        83,846,000 45,173,000 81,298,000 45,712,000 86,878,000 47,562,000 59,962,000 39,898,000 76,677,000 26,961,000 59,692,000 26,571,000 25,081,000 29,020,000 28,425,000 32,291,000 27,196,000 23,601,000 30,028,000 26,026,000 32,622,000 29,983,000 27,385,000 30,116,000 30,502,000 30,324,000 34,127,000 29,494,000 25,479,000 26,774,000 23,804,000 24,064,000 22,833,000 19,596,000 24,665,000 15,307,000 20,257,000 18,495,000 19,023,000 13,596,000 16,873,000 11,433,000 15,478,000 8,490,000 14,376,000 10,734,000 13,463,000 1,903,000 5,731,000 497,000 3,752,000 2,925,000 2,656,000 1,989,000 2,265,000 2,755,000 2,557,000 2,509,000 2,515,000 2,545,000 2,711,000 2,890,000 2,190,000 2,167,000 2,151,000 1,976,000 1,959,000 2,000,000 2,069,000 -8,260,678 3,067,000 2,618,000 2,587,000 1,682,954 210,798 66,507   200,776 94,687 126,815 63,894 40,829 
          cash paid for income taxes
        55,000 5,486,000 13,491,000 13,046,000 6,505,000 -10,238,000 134,000 6,710,000 8,616,000 -2,935,000 7,620,000 10,304,000 10,555,000 774,000 -3,041,000 13,517,000 10,610,000 22,583,000 24,141,000 20,630,000 10,463,000 16,137,000 47,923,000 4,696,000 12,100,000 7,037,000 19,770,000 14,879,000 27,293,000 17,374,000 7,587,000 36,347,000 12,175,000 29,738,000 44,567,000 65,178,000 4,858,000 19,590,000 19,592,000 33,376,000 6,196,000 15,728,000 20,970,000 42,475,000 7,082,000 6,265,000 16,268,000 23,546,000 1,868,000 27,285,000 25,625,000 49,943,000 2,866,000 27,217,000 27,012,000 32,012,000 12,497,000 4,583,000 12,274,000 6,769,000 15,000 18,000 16,000 12,000 61,000 44,000 320,000 1,000 -2,997 1,000 1,000 1,000 3,900 5,260,000 86,900   2,503,800 5,524,748 1,593,194 254,950  
          reconciliation to balance sheet accounts
                                                                                           
          cash and cash equivalents
        124,778,000 -3,045,000 -24,138,000 2,938,000 128,654,000 -35,197,000 22,270,000 10,765,000 108,100,000                                                                           
          restricted cash included in prepaid expenses and other assets
        61,519,000                                                                                   
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        186,297,000 -2,184,000 -24,491,000 5,006,000 130,312,000 -35,001,000 22,515,000 10,330,000 109,587,000                                                                           
          goodwill impairment
                                                                                          
          gain on sale of equity method investment
                                                                                         
          net unrealized foreign currency transaction loss
                                     5,892,000                                                      
          proceeds from long-term debt
                                                 453,416,000                    2,036,000              
          proceeds from issuance of senior notes
                                                                                           
          retirement and repurchase of senior notes
                                                                                           
          payment of debt origination costs and fees
                                                                                           
          repurchase of common stock
                                                                                  -5,190,332         
          contributions from noncontrolling interests
                                                                                          
          other assets
          2,158,000 -7,407,000 956,000 -9,343,000 845,000 -2,262,000 1,216,000 -2,946,000 2,417,000 3,891,000 -5,197,000 9,643,000 -2,057,000 -1,228,000 738,000 -1,551,000 1,806,000 -730,000 670,000 -3,895,000 1,210,000 1,498,000 -1,242,000 662,000 788,000 1,313,000 550,000 -5,641,000 5,146,000 4,102,000 -5,787,000 -186,000 2,399,000 -4,510,000 1,837,000 -1,670,000 1,623,000 44,726,000 -42,818,000 17,216,000 -14,794,000 -4,608,000 4,201,000 -3,466,000 5,496,000 1,622,000 -5,496,000 -3,604,000 137,000 786,000 -2,070,000 1,876,000 -232,000 -832,000 711,000 899,000 -242,000 -1,553,000 842,000 1,448,000 -595,000 964,000 -613,000 -1,848,000 727,000 -282,000 -459,000 -107,218 -541,000 148,000 498,000 -1,987,224 -270,918 -531,423 -1,237,289 637,409 -101,566 -1,958,306 1,366,955 339,086  
          proceeds from issuance of 2032 senior notes
                                                                                           
          proceeds from issuance of 2030 senior notes
                                                                                           
          retirement of 2025 senior notes
                                                                                           
          restricted cash included in other assets
          -353,000 2,068,000 1,658,000 196,000 245,000 -435,000 1,487,000                                                                           
          depreciation, amortization and impairment
           2,503,000 3,769,000 2,966,000    3,234,000                                                                          
          proceeds from issuance of senior notes due 2030
                                                                                          
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                           
          amortization of debt discount or premium and issuance costs
                                                                                           
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                           
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                           
          retirement of convertible notes
                                                                                           
          effect of exchange rates on cash
             -23,058,000 1,942,000 221,000 861,000                                                                           
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
                                                                                           
          reconciliation to balance sheet accounts:
                                                                                           
          amortization of debt discount and issuance costs
              3,795,000 2,331,000 2,200,000 2,178,000 2,220,000 2,384,000 2,441,000 2,444,000 2,555,000 2,471,000 2,627,000 2,455,000 2,406,000 2,391,000 2,256,000 4,352,000 4,865,000 5,989,000 5,857,000 5,807,000 5,777,000 5,725,000 5,678,000 5,709,000 5,482,000 5,436,000 5,430,000 5,324,000 5,301,000 4,444,000 3,083,000 2,826,000 2,014,000 2,690,000 2,746,000                                           
          income taxes payable
              4,773,000 -2,432,000 66,000 13,444,000 -4,630,000 3,088,000 -16,717,000 13,864,000 5,786,000 7,349,000 -13,290,000 -21,433,000 -7,667,000 1,945,000 -3,669,000 16,337,000 -16,863,000 18,692,000 3,835,000  -13,057,000 4,274,000 -13,040,000  18,460,000 -10,841,000 9,984,000  -16,874,000 -21,526,000 27,708,000  2,152,000 -20,897,000 6,412,000                                           
          recoveries applied to negative allowance
              263,389,000 269,280,000 251,660,000 221,639,000 231,420,000 238,257,000 225,709,000 209,114,000 230,195,000 257,266,000 278,271,000 251,952,000 276,658,000 328,785,000 328,559,000 253,603,000 282,473,000 264,927,000 236,656,000                                                           
          proceeds from issuance of senior notes due 2028
                 400,000,000                                                                       
          retirement of senior notes due 2025
                                                                                           
          retirement of convertible senior notes due 2023
                                                                                         
          repurchases of senior notes
                                                                                         
          share-based compensation expense
               3,555,000 3,327,000 2,952,000 1,629,000 2,715,000 3,799,000 2,206,000 3,101,000 3,849,000 3,891,000 3,470,000 4,317,000 4,040,000 4,113,000 5,370,000 3,097,000 3,063,000 2,857,000 2,809,000 2,974,000 2,620,000 2,314,000 1,599,000 2,361,000 2,146,000 2,415,000                                                   
          depreciation and amortization
               2,637,000 2,720,000   3,482,000 3,589,000 3,859,000 3,741,000 3,865,000 3,778,000 3,736,000 3,724,000 3,815,000 3,981,000 5,971,000 4,301,000 4,109,000 4,084,000 4,123,000 4,046,000 4,723,000 4,572,000 5,092,000 4,776,000 4,525,000 4,929,000 4,666,000 4,841,000 5,041,000 5,215,000 6,020,000 6,184,000 6,085,000 6,070,000 4,935,000 5,413,000 4,916,000 4,610,000 5,307,000 4,949,000 4,211,000 3,947,000 3,732,000 3,753,000 3,534,000 3,366,000 3,682,000 3,623,000 3,554,000 3,656,000 3,188,000 3,223,000 3,316,000 3,216,000 3,387,000 3,294,000 3,206,000 2,550,000 2,339,000 2,269,000 2,330,000 2,275,000 -5,130,576 2,162,000 1,506,000 1,470,000 1,405,180 2,656,865 1,294,883 1,359,688 2,492,440 1,252,640 1,409,944 1,980,005 940,721  
          fair value in earnings for equity securities
                206,000 470,000 501,000 596,000 -3,000 612,000 -27,000 -88,000 -60,000 -478,000 -215,000 414,000 -107,000 -182,000 -253,000 8,978,000 -7,566,000 1,095,000 -5,473,000 691,000 -2,139,000 21,000 -742,000 -2,372,000 -409,000                                                   
          right-of-use asset/lease liability
                -31,000 -129,000 -48,000                                                                         
          payments of origination cost and fees
                -117,000 1,000 -210,000 -5,114,000  -71,000 -7,113,000 -614,000  -8,575,000 -147,000 -113,000  -7,217,000 -1,578,000 -8,203,000                                                           
          gain on extinguishment of senior notes
                                                                                           
          net unrealized foreign currency transaction losses
                                                                                           
          accounts payable
                 -82,000 -107,000 1,479,000 -2,495,000 932,000 1,740,000 -477,000 1,765,000 -1,524,000 219,000 413,000 -431,000 869,000 -462,000 286,000 221,000 818,000 68,000 -2,408,000 -548,000 2,473,000 -1,297,000 2,894,000 -2,749,000 1,501,000 214,000 380,000 648,000 -608,000 -713,000 1,007,000 -1,773,000 3,548,000 -2,247,000 -5,805,000 5,290,000 2,573,000 -21,987,000 -3,881,000 9,361,000 319,000 4,870,000 -3,221,000 588,000 1,905,000 -424,000 3,255,000 -3,687,000 2,291,000 -179,000 -2,171,000 4,271,000 -2,512,000 294,000 366,000 971,000 150,000 677,000 -341,000 184,000 75,833 -652,000 622,000 -47,000 1,240,615 -435,396 1,328,528 128,163 -796,845 1,291,173 -405,674 -1,101,360 339,766  
          accrued expenses
                 23,653,000 -11,335,000 -2,045,000 8,695,000 5,206,000 8,850,000 10,270,000 -26,775,000 16,500,000 14,228,000 9,085,000 -20,227,000 13,082,000 8,021,000 -4,346,000 -8,990,000 -2,256,000 15,867,000 -3,532,000 1,553,000 -375,000 4,808,000 -4,709,000 -1,058,000 1,446,000 4,988,000 -6,660,000 -5,526,000 2,248,000 7,530,000 -15,546,000 -6,806,000 -4,180,000 29,903,000 1,328,000 -21,752,000 -6,168,000 5,319,000 5,200,000 686,000 5,050,000 1,816,000 9,816,000 -2,503,000 -462,000 3,947,000 403,000 -3,419,000 -124,000 1,714,000 2,290,000 -1,762,000 -1,086,000 -131,000 567,000 -242,000 1,043,000 -164,000 83,000 -770,000 -567,413 391,000 148,000 28,000 857,478 821,466 407,435 -60,356 2,180,242 2,276,268 275,468 273,396 139,757  
          other liabilities
                 2,449,000 -353,000 -2,238,000 2,976,000 -1,971,000 -17,139,000 -5,295,000 -87,000 23,160,000 2,129,000 -1,262,000 -336,000 2,088,000 2,587,000 827,000 994,000 4,633,000 -5,283,000 -9,089,000 10,888,000 -719,000 591,000 -7,237,000 6,799,000 7,130,000 -1,892,000 -10,254,000 2,518,000 5,488,000 -14,934,000 6,338,000 9,161,000 -793,000 -732,000 -791,000 763,000                                       
          business acquisition, net of cash acquired
                         -647,000     -57,610,000                          -48,653,000        -22,500,000                   
          proceeds from issuance of senior notes due 2029
                                                                                           
          net decrease in interest-bearing deposits
                 6,331,000   -4,951,000                                                                       
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                 -4,726,000 -6,246,000 -351,014,000 390,920,000           -59,069,000 60,193,000   3,394,000 3,407,000 -15,481,000    6,762,000 20,998,000 10,646,000 -12,177,000 2,496,000 -25,280,000 37,629,000 8,070,000  12,300,000 16,269,000 881,000 -30,639,000 -200,226,000 78,707,000 29,815,000 53,299,000 65,246,000 4,348,000 6,424,000 1,199,000 -11,133,000   -3,338,000       2,741,000  4,213,000 -888,000 2,648,000 -11,278,829   86,000 2,265,752 -10,059,244 2,781,794 -1,560,730 9,219,683 7,366,853 -51,413,413 44,002,233 36,580,863  
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
                 -1,000 84,759,000          123,807,000  98,695,000  120,516,000  94,287,000  71,372,000  39,661,000  162,004,000  32,687,000         20,265,000  13,901,000  16,730,000  25,100,834 25,100,834 15,984,855 15,984,855 24,512,575 24,512,575 
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period
                 -4,726,000 -6,247,000 -351,014,000 475,679,000  -10,033,000 -11,804,000 80,920,000      -19,774,000 -59,069,000 184,000,000  -8,601,000 3,394,000 102,102,000  42,606,000 -29,848,000 101,418,000  20,998,000 10,646,000 82,110,000  -25,280,000 37,629,000 79,442,000  12,300,000 16,269,000 40,542,000  -200,226,000 78,707,000 191,819,000  65,246,000 4,348,000 39,111,000  -11,133,000 14,553,000 28,068,000  4,554,000 -9,962,000 35,443,000  2,047,000 -4,756,000 23,006,000  4,213,000 -888,000 16,549,000  11,673,000 -483,000 16,816,000  15,041,590 27,882,628 -1,560,730 25,204,538 23,351,708 -51,413,413 68,514,808 61,093,438  
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reconciliation:
                                                                                           
          cash and cash equivalents per the consolidated balance sheets
                                                                                           
          restricted cash included in other assets per the consolidated balance sheets
                                                                                           
          total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
                 -4,726,000 -6,247,000   25,675,000 -10,033,000 -11,804,000 80,920,000      -19,774,000 -59,069,000 184,000,000 26,912,000                                                          
          gain on extinguishment of debt
                                                                                          
          net unrealized foreign currency transactions
                  -3,876,000 -12,887,000 -15,020,000 13,614,000 43,953,000 -15,471,000 -7,126,000 21,541,000 6,514,000 -1,186,000 2,134,000 -18,820,000 740,000 8,447,000 24,873,000 -921,000 3,815,000                                                         
          purchases of finance receivables
                  -315,826,000 -340,517,000 -219,030,000 -282,354,000 -183,103,000 -231,346,000 -147,452,000 -201,331,000 -390,971,000 -220,078,000 -159,328,000 -290,538,000 -176,953,000                                                             
          distributions paid to noncontrolling interest
                  -1,188,000   -2,070,000 -1,128,000   -961,000 -3,398,000 -13,119,000 -3,933,000 -11,691,000 -3,677,000   -6,877,000 -526,000 -568,000 -928,000 -12,464,000 -719,000 -710,000 -716,000 -218,000         -2,024,000 -51,000     1,000 -249,000 -768,000 -1,291,000                       
          contributions from noncontrolling interest
                     8,211,000 7,744,000   670,000                                                                
          effect of exchange rate on cash
                  -2,946,000 2,560,000 3,656,000 6,910,000 -16,969,000 -15,868,000 910,000 -9,262,000 -3,889,000 5,114,000 -6,427,000 9,243,000 -107,000 72,000 -16,575,000 434,000 -3,762,000 834,000 -4,115,000 5,054,000 -812,000 -11,204,000 -3,400,000 1,236,000 1,381,000 6,583,000 816,000 -4,601,000 8,394,000 17,541,000 18,780,000     2,817,000 -4,714,000 183,000 51,000 -165,000 406,000 -38,000 -215,000 -41,000 734,000 -2,713,000 1,474,000                           
          cash and cash equivalents per consolidated balance sheets
                  -6,203,000 -5,096,000 116,471,000  -9,983,000 -11,115,000 79,089,000      -22,962,000 -64,254,000 179,995,000 29,774,000                                                          
          restricted cash included in other assets per consolidated balance sheets
                  -44,000   290,000 -50,000 -689,000 1,831,000      3,188,000 5,185,000 4,005,000 -2,862,000                                                          
          right of use asset/lease liability
                    -139,000  2,000 246,000 141,000  -19,000 -49,000 85,000  -120,000 39,000 66,000                                                           
          restricted cash and cash equivalents per consolidated balance sheets
                    359,208,000                                                                       
          total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents
                    475,679,000                                                                       
          other operating activities
                                                                                           
          right of use assets/lease liabilities
                                                                                           
          purchase of investments
                             -17,664,000 -19,248,000   -621,000 -22,000 -32,000 -82,616,000 -18,230,000 -9,221,000 -1,247,000 -13,924,000 -3,119,000 -3,569,000 -5,672,000    -2,572,000 -2,506,000 -302,000 -42,705,000                                       
          payments on convertible senior notes
                                                                                          
          proceeds from senior notes
                                                                                         
          other financing activities
                             -2,000                                                              
          net decrease cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                           
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the year
                                                                                           
          cash and cash equivalents, end of year
                                                                                           
          cash, cash equivalents per consolidated balance sheets
                                                                                           
          net cash (used)/provided by operating activities
                      38,350,000 -19,020,000 -22,744,000                                                                   
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                      -10,033,000 -11,804,000 -8,152,000               -29,848,000 -19,098,000                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents beginning of period
                      89,072,000                                                                   
          net allowance charges
                                 12,598,000 4,136,000 1,196,000 6,095,000 21,381,000                                                      
          collections applied to principal on finance receivables
                                 193,774,000 205,746,000 221,055,000 222,335,000 171,680,000 162,295,000 190,450,000 208,881,000 178,089,000 184,586,000 183,832,000 185,295,000 216,786,000 169,061,000 183,194,000 177,826,000 160,900,000 172,569,000 169,560,000 171,344,000 150,768,000 148,417,000 136,756,000 135,397,000 110,198,000 120,195,000 127,827,000 120,671,000 91,142,000 93,299,000 99,838,000 93,770,000 77,581,000 79,293,000 75,978,000 70,743,000 59,581,000 57,351,000 51,486,000 51,244,000 39,324,000 38,031,000 36,441,000 38,595,000 -88,918,787 30,270,000 31,995,000 26,774,000 18,359,298 40,062,196 21,843,293 16,950,950 38,161,176 19,116,097 12,625,387 30,567,925 15,580,134 8,716,680 
          proceeds from sale of subsidiaries
                                 31,177,000     307,000 3,920,000 89,077,000                                               
          cash paid for purchase of portion of noncontrolling interest
                                                          -1,150,000                               
          other receivables
                          72,000 -4,082,000 10,043,000 -529,000 3,047,000 -4,188,000 -545,000 5,281,000 -1,959,000 4,267,000 -1,289,000 -6,959,000 1,617,000 -463,000 1,536,000 -4,803,000 462,000 5,624,000 -4,744,000 2,835,000 6,042,000 3,443,000 -2,304,000 -5,207,000 -7,433,000 -1,608,000 -3,876,000 5,210,000                                      
          net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
                                                                                           
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash beginning of period
                          121,047,000                                                               
          gain on sale of subsidiaries
                                         -307,000 -1,322,000 -46,845,000                                               
          cash received upon consolidation of polish investment fund
                                                                                          
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of year
                                                                                           
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of year
                                                                                           
          net, purchases of property and equipment
                              -2,309,000                                                             
          purchase of noncontrolling interest
                                  -89,000                       5,824,000 9,162,000                               
          principal payments on notes payable and long-term debt
                               -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -305,665,000 -2,500,000 -2,500,000 -2,498,000 -2,502,000                                                   
          acquisition of finance receivables
                                -271,845,000 -398,356,000 -283,618,000 -284,745,000 -264,632,000 -484,258,000 -235,678,000                                                     
          proceeds from/(purchase of) investments
                                36,000                                                           
          impairment of investments
                                                                                           
          deferred tax benefit
                                    -9,994,000 780,000 -24,183,000   -80,848,000                                                  
          income taxes (payable)/receivable
                                                                                           
          proceeds from convertible debt
                                                       -4,000                                  
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
                                                                26,697,000   41,094,000                       
          net unrealized foreign currency transaction
                                    -6,632,000                                                       
          income taxes receivable/(payable)
                                                                                           
          business acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                                             6,720,000 -1,785,000 -40,158,000 -25,018,000                                       
          deferred tax expense
                                        -10,138,000   -32,877,000 25,000 -20,976,000 -9,174,000 3,635,000 4,815,000  4,202,000 -345,000 7,617,000 21,923,000 15,115,000 5,128,000 10,812,000 8,652,000 -129,000 1,959,000 529,000 -1,244,000 -4,133,000 -3,647,000 403,000 1,600,000 4,156,000 9,099,000 14,072,000 13,125,000 12,487,000 12,811,000 9,070,000 6,927,000 7,985,000 7,826,000 6,189,000 -23,740,146 8,773,000 7,916,000 7,082,000 6,560,526 10,516,516 4,396,248 4,481,917 2,773,153 1,032,359 481,487 1,757,416 2,025,515  
          acquisition of finance receivables, net of buybacks
                                        -165,913,000 -367,476,000 -204,517,000 -287,944,000 -226,092,000 -193,009,000 -159,672,000 -216,528,000 -321,594,000 -224,962,000 -342,134,000 -204,030,000 -183,828,000 -269,701,000 -160,572,000 -102,081,000 -150,087,000 -92,415,000 -138,854,000 -194,958,000 -212,389,000 -127,624,000 -100,056,000 -121,212,000 -108,176,000 -84,837,000 -119,256,000 -88,501,000 -106,405,000 -83,672,000 -88,984,000 -84,608,000 -100,266,000 -71,907,000 -74,318,000 -84,433,000 -51,365,000 213,898,254 -50,333,000 -69,608,000 -94,231,000 -102,179,762 -102,262,742 -38,964,209 -31,634,975 -41,954,209 -15,318,806 -89,023,586 -40,216,813 -17,735,629 -11,448,819 
          amortization of share-based compensation
                                         2,415,000 2,218,000 1,846,000 2,199,000 -3,330,000 3,332,000 2,699,000 3,437,000   4,029,000 3,636,000 5,512,000 4,019,000 2,601,000 2,836,000 2,063,000 3,558,000 3,665,000 2,986,000 2,921,000 2,785,000 3,229,000 2,347,000 1,649,000 1,488,000 2,008,000 2,614,000 1,089,000 1,040,000 1,194,000 880,000 580,000 588,000 654,000 1,998,000 -441,859 -721,000 424,000 739,000 357,085 1,364,364 526,606        
          net foreign currency transaction gain
                                                    -6,789,000                                       
          income taxes payable/receivable
                                                                                           
          net foreign currency transaction loss
                                            -1,723,000    305,000  3,160,000                                         
          payments of debt issuance costs
                                          -22,000    -8,974,000 -75,000 -8,477,000                                           
          amortization of debt fair value
                                                     -1,232,000                                      
          tax benefit from share-based compensation
                                                                                           
          payments of line of credit origination costs and fees
                                                                                         
          tax (deficiency)/benefit from share-based compensation
                                              -22,000 -138,000 -1,339,000                                           
          net foreign currency transaction
                                                                                           
          amortization of debt discount
                                                 1,082,000 1,074,000 1,056,000 1,048,000 1,031,000 1,022,000 1,007,000 998,000                                   
          impairment of goodwill
                                                                                          
          deferred tax (benefit)/expense
                                                                                           
          net foreign currency transaction (gain)/loss
                                                                                           
          excess income tax benefit from share-based compensation
                                                                                           
          payment of liability-classified contingent consideration
                                                                                           
          net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                1,371,000                           
          noncash investing and financing activities:
                                                                                           
          adjustment of the redeemable noncontrolling interest measurement amount
                                                                                           
          purchase of redeemable noncontrolling interest
                                                                                           
          income taxes receivable/payable
                                                  -10,563,000 -13,942,000 11,100,000  -5,776,000                                     
          income tax benefit from share-based compensation
                                                  -25,000 13,000 4,127,000 1,399,000 7,000 37,000 4,115,000 1,810,000 83,000 452,000 2,207,000 654,000 49,000 -5,000 1,440,000 138,000 44,000 165,000 294,000 31,000 112,000   177,000 422,000   -367,643 150,000 7,000 211,000  951,564 71,483        
          effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents
                                                  -356,000 -16,785,000 7,064,000                                       
          supplemental disclosure of non-cash information:
                                                                                           
          employee stock relinquished for payment of taxes
                                                   -21,000 -10,294,000 -3,583,000 -48,000 -18,000 -7,497,000 -3,247,000 -78,000 -23,000 -4,002,000 -1,423,000 -93,000 -11,000 -2,066,000                           
          net cash (used in)/provided by financing activities
                                                    -52,954,000               -40,844,000 -11,146,000                       
          accrued compensation
                                                     -2,075,000 7,131,000 5,610,000 -26,245,000                                   
          proceeds received from due from seller
                                                                                           
          distributions payable relating to the redeemable noncontrolling interest
                                                                                           
          conversion of revolving line of credit to long-term debt
                                                                                           
          accounts receivable
                                                       -855,000 821,000 -289,000 -1,451,000 -1,195,000 1,149,000 -2,053,000 259,000 -1,602,000 2,922,000 -1,400,000 221,000 686,000 1,563,000 -1,143,000 370,000 593,000 417,000 -2,260,000 406,000 1,302,000 -339,000               
          proceeds from line of credit
                                                         122,000,000 95,000,000 134,000,000 9,000,000 56,000,000 95,000,000 5,000,000 25,000,000 2,000,000 46,500,000 32,000,000 28,500,000 70,500,000 39,000,000 33,500,000 36,000,000 15,000,000  62,500,000 35,000,000 48,800,000           
          principal payments on line of credit
                                                         -216,000,000 -78,000,000 -50,000,000 -57,000,000 -51,000,000 -29,000,000 -50,000,000 -45,000,000 -15,000,000 -40,000,000 -12,000,000 -35,000,000 -33,000,000 -35,300,000 -93,500,000 -26,000,000 -17,000,000 -12,500,000 -17,000,000 46,929,000 -29,500,000             
          adjustment of the noncontrolling interest measurement amount
                                                          638,000 -185,000 -60,000  -804,000 -823,000 -1,225,000 -7,287,000 1,130,000 1,060,000 985,000                       
          distributions payable relating to noncontrolling interest
                                                          1,235,000 2,000                             
          income taxes
                                                        10,695,000  686,000 -24,836,000 19,088,000  -1,174,000 -6,968,000 1,118,000 10,458,000 -226,000 1,300,000 3,940,000  -726,000 -438,000 3,021,000  -1,680,000 -924,000 298,000 512,615 4,000 -748,000 231,000 -401,144 -721,165 3,467,778 -851,135 -2,125,351 1,954,116 -430,876 6,757,396 2,583,455  
          gain on sale of property
                                                                                         
          proceeds from sale of property
                                                                                         
          proceeds from exercise of options
                                                                 1,000 149,000   285,000 905,000 641,000 84,000  297,000 36,000 261,000           
          cash paid for noncontrolling interest
                                                                                           
          accrued payroll and bonuses
                                                          5,903,000 5,294,000 -3,537,000 -438,000 1,648,000 4,734,000 -9,181,000 4,627,000 846,000 4,263,000 -9,145,000 4,998,000 1,323,000 826,000 -3,335,000 340,000 3,510,000 1,087,000 -3,154,000 -1,872,880 3,861,000 15,000 -2,001,000 374,420 -1,917,544 -2,041,785 153,675 -1,476,860 -1,858,619 407,558 389,201 -1,347,656  
          contingent payment made for business acquisition
                                                                        -100,000                   
          proceeds from stock offering, net of offering costs
                                                                     71,688,000                   
          common stock issued for acquisition
                                                                                        
          net unrealized change in fair value of derivative instrument
                                                                     537,000 103,000 169,000 -108,000 -135,000 -351,000 147,000 -451,000               
          net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities
                                                                44,049,000                           
          principal payments on capital lease obligations
                                                                         -5,000 79,902 -22,000 -25,000 -33,000 -35,510 -68,948 -34,270        
          payments of liability-classified contingent consideration
                                                                                           
          distributions payable to noncontrolling interest
                                                                   -522,000 769,000                       
          net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                    -5,651,000                       
          income taxes receivable
                                                                                           
          contingent payments made for business acquisition
                                                                                          
          income tax benefit/(shortfall) from share-based compensation
                                                                        22,000                   
          acquisitions, including acquisition costs and net of cash acquired
                                                                                           
          dividends paid
                                                                                 -16,069,694         
          company acquisitions, including acquisition costs and net of cash acquired
                                                                                           
          contingent payment made for acquisition
                                                                           -100,000               
          acquisition contingent purchase price earned and accrued
                                                                                           
          income tax (shortfall)/benefit from share-based compensation
                                                                            -9,000               
          purchases of auction rate certificates
                                                                                           
          sales of auction rate certificates
                                                                                       21,250,000 64,125,000 23,950,000  
          proceeds from exercise of options and warrants
                                                                                 613,097 1,298,374 67,237 812,879 1,689,744 1,418,901 676,470 1,280,281 913,191  
          draws on line of credit
                                                                                           
          sfas123r adoption reclass of payroll liability to additional paid-in capital
                                                                                           
          acquisitions — common stock issued
                                                                                           
          net unrealized change in interest rate swap derivative
                                                                                           
          company acquisitions — common stock issued
                                                                                           
          acquisition of the palmer group, including acquisition costs
                                                                                           
          acquisition of the palmer group — common stock issued
                                                                                           
          sfas 123r adoption reclass of payroll liability to additional paid-in capital
                                                                                           
          sfas 123r adoption reclass of payroll liability to additional paid in capital
                                                                                           
          operating activities:
                                                                                           
          adjustments to reconcile net income to cash from operating activities:
                                                                                           
          increase in equity from vested options
                                                                                           
          income tax benefit related to stock option exercise
                                                                                           
          acquisitions, net of acquisition costs and cash acquired
                                                                                           
          draws on lines of credit
                                                                                           
          payments on lines of credit
                                                                                    -15,000,000 -15,000,000     
          payments on long-term debt
                                                                                    -116,606 -230,309 -116,604 -117,366 -255,153 -127,019 -86,726 
          payments on capital lease obligations
                                                                                    -33,866 -72,940 -38,117 -45,084 -99,021 -50,356 -82,200 
          fas123r adoption reclass of payroll liability to additional paid in capital
                                                                                    426,752      
          capital lease obligations incurred
                                                                                          
          amortization of stock based compensation
                                                                                     969,972      
          income tax benefit from share based compensation
                                                                                           
          acquisition of rds, net of acquisition costs and cash received
                                                                                           
          purchase of auction rate certificates and variable rate demand notes
                                                                                           
          sale of auction rate certificates and variable rate demand notes
                                                                                           
          acquisition of rds — common stock issued
                                                                                           
          noncash investing activities:
                                                                                           
          increase in equity from options and restricted shares
                                                                                      431,817     
          purchase of auction rate certificates
                                                                                        -40,175,000   
          fas 123r adoption reclass of payroll liability to additional paid in capital
                                                                                      426,752     
          public offering costs
                                                                                          -1 
          increase in equity from vested options and warrants
                                                                                        257,605 133,038  
          income tax benefit from stock option exercises
                                                                                        1,205,374 777,137  
          depreciation and amortiztion
                                                                                           
          gain on sales of finance receivables
                                                                                           
          acquisition of igs nevada, net of acquisition costs
                                                                                           
          proceeds from sale of finance receivables, net of allowances for returns
                                                                                           
          proceeds from initial public offering, net of offering costs
                                                                                           
          distribution of capital
                                                                                           
          net payments on lines of credit
                                                                                           
          acquisition of igs nevada — common stock issued
                                                                                           
          basis — swap contract
                                                                                           
          depreciation
                                                                                           
          loss on extinguishment of debt
                                                                                           
          deferred tax (benefit) expense
                                                                                           
          gain on disposal of property and equipment
                                                                                           
          net (payments) proceeds from lines of credit
                                                                                           
          proceeds from exercise of warrants
                                                                                           
          basis - swap contract
                                                                                           
          initial public offering costs
                                                                                           
          collections applied to principal on finance
                                                                                           
          proceeds from sale of finance receivables
                                                                                           
          cash restricted for letter of credit
                                                                                           
          proceeds from ipo
                                                                                           
          payments on building loan
                                                                                           
          payments of capital lease obligations