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Earnings Per Share
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Earnings Per Share  
Earnings Per Share

2.Earnings Per Share

The Company’s unvested restricted stock awards have the right to receive nonforfeitable dividends on the same basis as common shares; therefore, unvested restricted stock is considered a participating security in the computation of earnings per share (“EPS”). Accordingly, the Company applies the two-class method in the computation of basic EPS which allocates earnings from holders of common stock to holders of unvested restricted stock awards. Diluted EPS attributable to the Company’s common stock is computed using both the two-class method and the treasury stock method, and the more dilutive of the two computations is presented.

Historical earnings per unit are not meaningful or comparable because, prior to the IPO and Reorganization, Jefferson Capital Holdings, LLC, the predecessor to Jefferson Capital, Inc., was a single member limited liability company. Accordingly, earnings per unit are not presented for the year ended December 31, 2024. In addition, because the nature of the Reorganization described in Note 1 does not constitute a stock dividend, stock split or reverse stock split, basic EPS and diluted EPS does not give retroactive effect to the Reorganization in a manner similar to a stock split or stock dividend in the historical financial statements of the Company. Therefore, EPS for periods preceding the Reorganization and IPO is not presented.

The computation of earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2025 are (in thousands, except per share and footnote amounts):

For the Year Ended December 31, 

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2025

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2024

2023

Basic EPS

Numerator

Net income

$

187,965

$

128,891

$

111,519

Less: Earnings allocated to participating securities

18,590

Net income available to common stockholders

169,375

128,891

111,519

Denominator

Weighted average shares outstanding(1)

30,015

Basic EPS

$

5.64

$

$

Diluted EPS

Numerator

Net income available to common stockholders

$

169,375

$

128,891

$

111,519

Reallocation of earnings from participating securities

Net income available to common stockholders for diluted EPS

$

169,375

$

128,891

$

111,519

Denominator

Weighted average shares outstanding(1)

30,015

Weighted average effect of dilutive securities:

Options(2)

Nonvested restricted stock

Number of shares used for diluted EPS computation

30,015

Diluted EPS

$

5.64

$

$

(1)Weighted average common shares outstanding used in the computation of basic and diluted EPS for the year ended December 31, 2025 is determined using the period from June 27, 2025, the date of the IPO, through December 31, 2025.
(2)Weighted options outstanding of 477,542 as of December 31, 2025 were determined to be antidilutive and excluded from the dilutive EPS computation.