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Green Dot (GDOT) Competitors

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$10.34 -0.31 (-2.91%)
(As of 12/23/2024 05:26 PM ET)

GDOT vs. ECPG, PRAA, WRLD, EZPW, RM, AXP, COF, DFS, CACC, and SLM

Should you be buying Green Dot stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Green Dot include Encore Capital Group (ECPG), PRA Group (PRAA), World Acceptance (WRLD), EZCORP (EZPW), Regional Management (RM), American Express (AXP), Capital One Financial (COF), Discover Financial Services (DFS), Credit Acceptance (CACC), and SLM (SLM). These companies are all part of the "consumer finance" industry.

Green Dot vs.

Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) and Green Dot (NYSE:GDOT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Encore Capital Group had 3 more articles in the media than Green Dot. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Encore Capital Group and 3 mentions for Green Dot. Encore Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Green Dot's score of 0.18 indicating that Encore Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Encore Capital Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Green Dot
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Encore Capital Group presently has a consensus price target of $65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.01%. Green Dot has a consensus price target of $10.75, suggesting a potential upside of 3.97%. Given Encore Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Encore Capital Group is more favorable than Green Dot.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Encore Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25
Green Dot
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Green Dot has a net margin of -3.39% compared to Encore Capital Group's net margin of -13.91%. Encore Capital Group's return on equity of 12.70% beat Green Dot's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Encore Capital Group-13.91% 12.70% 2.61%
Green Dot -3.39%3.84%0.65%

Green Dot received 262 more outperform votes than Encore Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.15% of users gave Encore Capital Group an outperform vote while only 59.80% of users gave Green Dot an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Encore Capital GroupOutperform Votes
330
62.15%
Underperform Votes
201
37.85%
Green DotOutperform Votes
592
59.80%
Underperform Votes
398
40.20%

92.6% of Green Dot shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Encore Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Green Dot shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Encore Capital Group has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Green Dot has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Green Dot has higher revenue and earnings than Encore Capital Group. Green Dot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Encore Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Encore Capital Group$1.33B0.83-$206.49M-$7.85-5.96
Green Dot$1.63B0.34$6.72M-$1.05-9.85

Summary

Encore Capital Group beats Green Dot on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GDOT vs. The Competition

MetricGreen DotNondepository credit institutions IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$556.16M$7.91B$7.27B$19.21B
Dividend YieldN/A5.19%2.31%3.67%
P/E Ratio-9.8518.3328.1341.09
Price / Sales0.3410.82432.5217.38
Price / Cash4.2357.6331.4521.28
Price / Book0.642.345.935.31
Net Income$6.72M$468.09M$126.23M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-8.21%-9.22%1.30%-2.51%
1 Month Performance1.08%-8.08%8.74%-4.68%
1 Year Performance3.30%19.36%17.52%11.56%

Green Dot Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GDOT
Green Dot
1.6691 of 5 stars
$10.34
-2.9%
$10.75
+4.0%
+3.3%$556.16M$1.63B-9.851,200
ECPG
Encore Capital Group
4.0803 of 5 stars
$49.25
+0.0%
$62.33
+26.6%
-7.1%$1.17B$1.33B-6.177,400Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
PRAA
PRA Group
4.2469 of 5 stars
$21.89
+3.7%
$32.00
+46.2%
-18.7%$863.12M$802.55M19.193,155
WRLD
World Acceptance
2.7343 of 5 stars
$117.87
+0.0%
$10.00
-91.5%
-17.4%$677.75M$573.21M8.012,872Positive News
EZPW
EZCORP
3.9832 of 5 stars
$12.17
-0.2%
$16.00
+31.5%
+32.2%$662.90M$1.16B10.998,000Positive News
RM
Regional Management
3.7485 of 5 stars
$34.68
+1.7%
$35.50
+2.4%
+21.0%$352.35M$551.40M14.322,081
AXP
American Express
4.5404 of 5 stars
$303.93
+0.6%
$259.45
-14.6%
+61.0%$214.10B$64.42B22.2374,600Analyst Upgrade
COF
Capital One Financial
4.3652 of 5 stars
$184.32
-0.1%
$171.50
-7.0%
+38.7%$70.32B$49.48B17.3851,987
DFS
Discover Financial Services
4.4825 of 5 stars
$175.95
0.0%
$149.57
-15.0%
+57.2%$44.18B$17.40B14.2121,100
CACC
Credit Acceptance
2.7855 of 5 stars
$489.99
+0.9%
$416.00
-15.1%
-12.6%$5.93B$2.06B32.612,232Positive News
SLM
SLM
4.8667 of 5 stars
$27.72
+2.0%
$26.80
-3.3%
+45.7%$5.89B$2.84B9.471,740

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This page (NYSE:GDOT) was last updated on 12/24/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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