ATLANTICUS HOLDINGS CORP (ATLC)
Financials · Consumer credit / fintech lending platform · NASDAQ
Atlanticus Holdings is a fintech firm that leverages proprietary machine learning and predictive analytics to facilitate credit access for underserved, near-prime consumers through retail and healthcare point-of-sale channels.
What ATLANTICUS HOLDINGS CORP does
Atlanticus is a financial technology company that powers inclusive financial solutions for underserved Americans. It provides technology platforms, decisioning systems, and support services to bank partners (The Bank of Missouri, WebBank, and First Bank and Trust) who originate private label and general purpose credit cards. Atlanticus purchases the resulting receivables from its bank partners and other third parties, leveraging proprietary analytics and machine learning to offer credit to consumers typically overlooked by traditional lenders. The company operates through two segments: Credit as a Service (CaaS), covering private label cards, general purpose cards, patient financing and dealer solutions; and Auto Finance.
Themes: Near-prime / underserved consumer credit, Fintech / lending platform, Credit decisioning and analytics, Credit cards / consumer financing, Auto finance, Machine learning credit models
Fundamentals
- Price$96.09 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$1.5B as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+54.8% 2025-08-21 close $62.07 → 2026-08-21 close $96.09
- P/E10.90 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+13.3% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+45.6% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+21.0% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity9.19 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+65.1% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+23.4% SEC XBRL
- Beta2.00 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2024-07-23 most recent in our data — SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02); no newer announcement filed
Dividend: yield +0.6%; pays a dividend.
How ATLC compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiobottom 25% 525 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 538 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 534 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 176 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitytop 25% 575 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRtop 25% 347 covered Financials peers
- indicated dividend yieldbottom 10% 453 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
Position among covered Financials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
How ATLANTICUS HOLDINGS CORP looks technically
ATLANTICUS HOLDINGS CORP (ATLC) is trading 33.3% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 76 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 21 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 46, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 10 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day low about 9 trading days ago. It is 16.0% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 33.3% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +33.3% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $99.96 | $99.96 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $72.07 | $72.07 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 9 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 9 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five; the labelling fails if price closes below 92.25. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C. | possible upward five-wave sequence, in wave 3 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 76 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 76 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 21 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend) | 20.6 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 46, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 45.5 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($90.32 to $114.34) — its "stochastic" reading is 24 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 24.0 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 10 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 10 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $114.34 | $114.34 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 16.0% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -16.0% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 102.3% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +102.3% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 16.0% below its highest point of the past year | 16.0% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 9 trading days ago | 9 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 12 trading days ago | 12 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $114.34 (set on 2026-08-05) | $114.34 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($47.96 to $111.79), and it has given back roughly a quarter of its rise from last year’s low — 25% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $70.30 to $72.34. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 24.6% |
| From the all-time high | it is 16.0% below its all-time high | -16.0% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 4.7% above a support level at $91.56 — a price it turned at three times since 2026-07-08, most recently on 2026-08-12. Since 2024-08-21 it has 14 such levels below the current price and 0 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -4.7% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $1.15 (set on 2014-10-10) | $1.15 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 8255.7% above its all-time low | +8,256% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 65th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $5.68 between its high and its low — about 5.9% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $5.68 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $90.71 and $113.19 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $90.71 – $101.95 – $113.19 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 5.9% in a typical session — more volatile than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 5.9% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 4.2 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (33.3% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 4.2 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.76× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have raised their average price target by 6.0% since the prior reading | +6.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 1.9% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +1.9% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.5% gap down opened on 2026-07-17 has been "filled" 19 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 6 sessions to close | 19 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 2.6 percentage points (the stock lost 0.3% while the market gained 2.3%) | -2.6% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 14.6 percentage points (the stock gained 17.7% while the market gained 3.1%) | +14.7% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 65.3 percentage points (the stock gained 76.4% while the market gained 11.1%) | +65.3% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 34.3 percentage points (the stock gained 54.8% while the market gained 20.5%) | +34.3% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, outperforming the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bearish state: MACD momentum is negative — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading inside the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the zone traders read as unresolved — neither side has established a trend, and the band is where that gets settled. The band itself is moderate, spanning 4.0% of the share price. | 0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 14% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $84.13 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 156 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +14.2% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 3% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-06 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $98.65 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 12 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -2.6% |
Price levels it has turned at before
ATLC last closed at $96.09 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 14 prices below its last close and 0 above; the 3 nearest below are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $91.56 | Support | 4.7% below the last close | turned there three times · 2026-07-08 to 2026-08-12 |
| $64.72 | Support | 32.6% below the last close | turned there twice · 2024-12-05 to 2025-09-02 |
| $62.85 | Support | 34.6% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-01-30 to 2025-10-24 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $92.25.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $114.90 and $128.90 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C, which fails on a close below $92.25.
This reading has stood for 3 trading days, since 2026-08-19.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Analyst price target recently RAISED · beating the market · Under water since its last earnings report (below the anchored VWAP) · Trading inside the Ichimoku cloud · Elliott wave 3 candidates | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingStrong Buy (1.20 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 4 analysts
- Mean price target$133.50 range $110.00 – $179.00; median $122.50
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-17. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for ATLC
- Consensus EPS estimate$2.80 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-17
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Credit risk concentration in near-prime consumer portfolio; economic deterioration or rising delinquencies could materially impact receivables value and profitability","Regulatory risk; bank partners provide regulatory oversight and charter; changes in consumer lending regulations or banking requirements could restrict operations","Receivables concentration and funding dependence; the company's model depends on continued ability to acquire and securitize receivables at favorable terms"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of ATLC's 10-Q filed 2026-05-07 against the prior one filed 2025-11-10.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing references 'Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025' (2026-05-07 filing)
- Newer filing states 'Everyday Americans' with capital E and A in OVERVIEW section
- Newer filing describes Mercury acquisition as 'acquired all outstanding equity interests' without closing date language in opening sentence (2026-05-07)
- Newer filing states 'approximately $52 billion in consumer loans over more than 30 years of operating history' for CaaS segment infrastructure (2026-05-07)
- Newer filing includes details about Fintiv Inc. patent litigation, including claims against Apple and Walmart, approximately 150 patents, and potential treble damages exposure (2026-05-07)
- Removed:
- Older filing references 'Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024' (2025-11-10 filing)
- Older filing includes Experian data: 'According to data published by Experian, 40% of Americans had FICO® scores of less than 700' and reference to 'over 100 million everyday Americans in need of access to credit' (2025-11-10)
- Older filing explicitly states 'On September 11, 2025, the Company closed the acquisition' with 'closed' language (2025-11-10)
- Older filing states 'Mercury became a wholly-owned subsidiary' vs 'wholly owned subsidiary' in newer version (2025-11-10)
- Older filing states 'The acquisition of Mercury adds an established top 25 credit card program' with different verb tense (2025-11-10)
- Older filing uses 'complements' vs 'complement' in grammar (2025-11-10)
- Older filing includes detailed Mercury acquisition terms: '$166.5 million in cash', earn-out provisions up to three years, contingent consideration as derivative instrument per ASC 815, and specific account/receivable additions of '1.3 million credit card accounts and $3.2 billion in credit card receivables' (2025-11-10)
- Older filing states 'approximately $48 billion in consumer loans over more than 25 years of operating history' for CaaS segment (2025-11-10)
- Older filing text cuts off at 'carrying value of our investme' without Fintiv Inc. details (2025-11-10)
- Reworded:
- Mercury acquisition described as 'acquired' (2026-05-07) vs 'closed the acquisition' (2025-11-10)
- CaaS infrastructure history changed from '$48 billion...over more than 25 years' to '$52 billion...over more than 30 years' (2026-05-07 vs 2025-11-10)
- 'adds an established' (2025-11-10) changed to 'added an established' (2026-05-07)
- Notes:
- Older filing MD&A section is truncated mid-sentence at end, limiting full comparison of later content
- Newer filing also appears truncated at end of visible text, affecting complete comparison
- Mercury acquisition closing date of September 11, 2025 appears in both filings but with different linguistic treatment of timing
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 11 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 90 days0 buys · 11 sells ($10M) — 5 selling insiders
- Last 180 days0 buys · 11 sells ($10M) — 5 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-07-01. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about ATLC's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding ATLC as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 695,285
- Reported value $36,481,604
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 2 increased, 3 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
ATLC had 495,464 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
ATLC had 3.27% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 2.88 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 495,464
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 3.27%
- Prior settlement (shares) 448,662
- Reported change 10.43%
- Days to cover (reported) 2.88
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- SLM Solutions Group (SSOL)
- Enova International (ENVA)
- MoneyLion Inc.
- Elevate Credit (ELVT)
- Curo Group Holdings (CURO)
- Upstart Holdings (UPST)
- LendingClub (LC)
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Frequently asked questions
What does ATLANTICUS HOLDINGS CORP (ATLC) do?
Atlanticus is a financial technology company that powers inclusive financial solutions for underserved Americans. It provides technology platforms, decisioning systems, and support services to bank partners (The Bank of Missouri, WebBank, and First Bank and Trust) who originate private label and general purpose credit cards.
What sector is ATLANTICUS HOLDINGS CORP (ATLC) in?
ATLANTICUS HOLDINGS CORP (ATLC) is classified in the Financials sector. Its industry is Consumer credit / fintech lending platform. It trades on NASDAQ.
Does ATLC pay a dividend?
Yes — ATLANTICUS HOLDINGS CORP (ATLC) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 0.62% (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are ATLANTICUS HOLDINGS CORP's (ATLC) competitors?
Notable peers of ATLANTICUS HOLDINGS CORP (ATLC) include SLM Solutions Group, Enova International, MoneyLion Inc., Elevate Credit and Curo Group Holdings. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is ATLANTICUS HOLDINGS CORP (ATLC) overbought or oversold right now?
ATLANTICUS HOLDINGS CORP (ATLC) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 46, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on ATLC come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.