GDOT vs. ECPG, PRAA, WRLD, EZPW, RM, AXP, COF, DFS, SLM, and CACC
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), SLM (SLM), and Credit Acceptance (CACC). These companies are all part of the "consumer finance" industry.
Green Dot vs.
Green Dot (NYSE:GDOT) and Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
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.
Green Dot has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Encore Capital Group has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.6% of Green Dot shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Green Dot shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Encore Capital Group shares are held by 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.
In the previous week, Encore Capital Group had 11 more articles in the media than Green Dot. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Encore Capital Group and 23 mentions for Green Dot. Encore Capital Group's average media sentiment score of -0.05 beat Green Dot's score of -0.07 indicating that Encore Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Green Dot presently has a consensus target price of $9.33, suggesting a potential upside of 38.89%. Encore Capital Group has a consensus target price of $62.67, suggesting a potential upside of 76.77%. Given Encore Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Encore Capital Group is more favorable than Green Dot.
Green Dot received 261 more outperform votes than Encore Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.10% of users gave Encore Capital Group an outperform vote while only 59.68% of users gave Green Dot an outperform vote.
Summary
Encore Capital Group beats Green Dot on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GDOT) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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