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Investment in receivables, net
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Investment in receivables, net  
Investment in receivables, net

5.Investment in receivables, net

The following table presents the roll forward of the balance of the investment in receivables, net for the following periods (in thousands):

For the Three Months Ended

For the Six Months Ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

  ​ ​ ​

2026

  ​ ​ ​

2025

  ​ ​ ​

2026

  ​ ​ ​

2025

Balance, beginning of period

$

1,929,069

$

1,561,595

$

1,928,742

$

1,497,748

Purchases

152,242

125,278

301,947

300,501

Cash collections

(300,856)

(255,739)

(610,754)

(516,629)

Total portfolio income

156,253

138,877

313,859

277,571

Changes in expected current period recoveries

3,544

4,178

14,275

10,575

Changes in expected future period recoveries

5,467

(2,622)

1,792

(5,399)

Foreign currency adjustments

1,100

18,234

(3,042)

25,434

Balance, end of period

$

1,946,819

$

1,589,801

$

1,946,819

$

1,589,801

The table below provides the detail on the establishment of negative allowance for expected recoveries of portfolios purchased during the periods presented (in thousands):

For the Three Months Ended

For the Six Months Ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

  ​ ​ ​

2026

  ​ ​ ​

2025

  ​ ​ ​

2026

  ​ ​ ​

2025

  ​ ​ ​

Purchase price

$

152,242

$

125,278

$

301,947

$

300,501

Allowance for credit losses

2,589,339

1,518,687

5,006,767

3,952,988

Amortized cost

2,741,581

1,643,965

5,308,714

4,253,489

Noncredit discount

131,582

115,643

272,620

263,495

Face value

2,873,163

1,759,609

5,581,334

4,516,984

Write-off of amortized cost

(2,741,581)

(1,643,965)

(5,308,714)

(4,253,489)

Write-off of noncredit discount

(131,582)

(115,643)

(272,620)

(263,495)

Negative allowance

152,242

125,278

301,947

300,501

Negative allowance for expected recoveries

$

152,242

$

125,278

$

301,947

$

300,501

For the six months ended June 30, 2026 the Company purchased receivable portfolios with face values of $5,581.3 million for a purchase price of $301.9 million or 5.4% of face value. For the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company purchased receivable portfolios with face values of $4,517.0 million for a purchase price of $300.5 million or 6.7% of face value. The price paid relative to the face amount of receivables will vary based upon the type of debt purchased, the age of the debt at the time of acquisition and the overall debt acquisition market. The percentage reported represents the weighted average of activity for the period and is a function of the mix of assets acquired in any period. For the receivables purchased in the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, the estimated amount of cash flows to be collected were $574.6 million and $564.0 million (as of purchase), respectively.

Recoveries above or below forecast represent over and under-performance in the reporting period, respectively. Actual collections during the six months ended June 30, 2026, and 2025, overperformed the projected collections by approximately $14.3 million and $10.6 million, respectively, primarily driven by continued strong collection performance.

When reassessing the forecasts of expected lifetime recoveries during the six months ended June 30, 2026, management considered historical and current collection performance and believes that for certain static pools sustained collections overperformance resulted in increased total future expected recoveries. As a result, the Company has updated its forecast, resulting in a net increase of total estimated remaining collections, which in turn, when discounted to present value, resulted in a change in expected future period recoveries of approximately $1.8 million and $5.4 million during the six months ended June 30, 2026, and 2025, respectively.

At the time of the Bluestem’s portfolio purchase, which consisted primarily of performing receivables, the Company established an allowance for credit losses of $304.8 million. Additionally, the Company also established a non-credit premium of $93.4 million at the time of purchase.

The Company places performing receivables on nonaccrual status when the receivables are greater than 90 days. To facilitate the monitoring of credit quality for performing receivables, and for the purpose of determining an appropriate allowance for losses for these receivables, the Company utilizes payment history and current payment status. The table below presents the information on the past due and non-accrual buckets for the assets acquired in the performing portfolio purchases, and does not include all other purchased loans as they were charged-off at the time of purchase, (in thousands):

As of June 30, 

As of December 31, 

Delinquency vintage

  ​ ​ ​

2026

  ​ ​ ​

2025

United States

Current

$

195,168

$

326,381

30-59

19,523

49,467

60-89

13,985

39,402

>90

72,397

109,562

Total

$

301,073

$

524,812

The following table presents non-accrual performing loans by segment (in thousands).

As of June 30, 

As of December 31, 

2026

2025

Nonaccrual

Nonaccrual

with No

with No

  ​ ​ ​

Nonaccrual

  ​ ​ ​

Allowance

  ​ ​ ​

Nonaccrual

  ​ ​ ​

Allowance

United States

72,397

109,562

Total

$

72,397

$

$

109,562

$