What is the most common complaint against JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC?

The most common issue consumers report about JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC is "Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed", specifically "Debt is not mine". This is based on 778 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC are falling. The company received 2 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC's reputation grade?

JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC has a reputation grade of D (score: 52.2/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC respond to consumer complaints?

JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC has a 97% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 19% of cases.

In how many states does JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC operate?

JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 50 states, with the most complaints from California (107 complaints).

This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.

JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 50 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

180
Attempts to collect debt not owed

155
Disclosure verification of debt

114
Written notification about debt

111
Communication tactics

93
False statements or representation

45

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record jh-portfolio-debt-equities-llc JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC

Grade D · 778 CFPB filings · 97% timely · lead issue: Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed · vol #185 · compose #3848

VOL 778
GRADE D
12MO 2
STATES 50
TIMELY 97%
DISPUTE 19%
ISSUE Cont'd attempts collect de…
RANK #185
COMPOSE #3,848

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Collection Bureau of America Ltd. (771 complaints)

CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC's 778 CFPB complaints sit next to Collection Bureau of America Ltd. on the volume neighbourhood; peer NAMES stay, and disposition VALUES are this collector's. Grades compare collectors to each other - a complaint is a filing, not a proven violation. How to read a complaint count →

Distributed filing map

JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC spreads filings across 50 states - California leads at only 13.8%

Despite a broad state map, JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC still sits volume #185 against composite #3,848 - the two RankMaps diverge by 3,663 places. Corpus placement method.

Most-even geography: Lead state under 15%; California still leads at 13.8% across 50 states
Seasonal peak: 2016-02 8.5%; 8–15% band · 15 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #185 volume; #3,848 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,663 places worse than volume

How does JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC compare to its peers?

How does JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

JH Portfolio Debt Equi… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

126

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

97%

80%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

23%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2016-01 2025-02

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	180
Attempts to collect debt not owed	155
Disclosure verification of debt	114
Written notification about debt	111
Communication tactics	93
False statements or representation	45
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	31
Improper contact or sharing of info	27
Taking/threatening an illegal action	12
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	10

Where do complaints against JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC come from?

JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

California

107
Texas

106
Florida

78
New York

57
Georgia

27
Pennsylvania

27
Tennessee

27
Illinois

26

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC: nearest all-time CFPB complaint volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among collectors with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.

Similar filing volume

Nearest collectors by total CFPB complaints. This record: 778.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 96.77835051546391%.

4 peers

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Data sourced from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCollector

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Consumer Complaint Database, 1,139,236 debt collection complaints are represented in the current PlainCollector snapshot. See our methodology for how PlainCollector computes each company's reputation grade from this data.

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