Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

Segment Information

The Company conducts business through several operating segments that meet the aggregation criteria under authoritative guidance related to segment reporting. The Company has determined that it has two reportable segments: portfolio purchasing and recovery and tax lien business. The Company’s management relies on internal management reporting processes that provide segment revenue, segment operating income, and segment asset information in order to make financial decisions and allocate resources. The operating results from the Company’s tax lien business segment are immaterial to the Company’s total consolidated operating results. However, total assets from the tax lien business segment are significant as compared to the Company’s total consolidated assets. As a result, in accordance with authoritative guidance on segment reporting, the Company’s tax lien business segment is determined to be a reportable segment.

Segment operating income includes income from operations before depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, and stock-based compensation expense. The following table provides a reconciliation of revenue and segment operating income by reportable segment to consolidated results and was derived from the segments’ internal financial information as used for corporate management purposes (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended   September 30,						Nine Months Ended   September 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Revenues:
Portfolio purchasing and recovery	$	278,914		$	264,800		$	839,358		$	775,476
Tax lien business	8,882			8,482			24,457			20,742
	$	287,796		$	273,282		$	863,815		$	796,218
Operating income:
Portfolio purchasing and recovery	$	43,929		$	91,470		$	239,234		$	256,756
Tax lien business	3,951			3,794			10,223			7,780
	47,880			95,264			249,457			264,536
Depreciation and amortization	(8,235		)	(6,933		)	(24,669		)	(19,879		)
Stock-based compensation	(5,156		)	(4,009		)	(17,259		)	(13,560		)
Other expense	(48,740		)	(44,030		)	(134,781		)	(124,870		)
(Loss) income before income taxes	$	(14,251	)	$	40,292		$	72,748		$	106,227

Additionally, assets are allocated to operating segments for management review. As of September 30, 2015, total segment assets were $3.7 billion and $411.2 million for the portfolio purchasing and recovery segment and tax lien business segment, respectively.

The following table presents information about geographic areas in which the Company operates (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended   September 30,				Nine Months Ended   September 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Revenues(1):
Domestic	$	179,059	$	189,857	$	560,376	$	560,982
International	108,737		83,425		303,439		235,236
	$	287,796	$	273,282	$	863,815	$	796,218

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(1) Revenues are attributed to countries based on location of customer.