Green Dot (GDOT) Competitors

EZCORP (NASDAQ:EZPW) and Green Dot (NYSE:GDOT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Which has more volatility and risk, EZPW or GDOT?

EZCORP has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Green Dot has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EZPW or GDOT?

Green Dot received 267 more outperform votes than EZCORP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.80% of users gave Green Dot an outperform vote while only 56.16% of users gave EZCORP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EZCORP	Outperform Votes 328 56.16%	Underperform Votes 256 43.84%
Green Dot	Outperform Votes 595 59.80%	Underperform Votes 400 40.20%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EZPW or GDOT?

99.8% of EZCORP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Green Dot shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of EZCORP 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is EZPW or GDOT more profitable?

EZCORP has a net margin of 7.25% compared to Green Dot's net margin of -3.39%. EZCORP's return on equity of 11.04% beat Green Dot's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EZCORP	7.25%	11.04%	5.93%
Green Dot	-3.39%	3.84%	0.65%

Do analysts recommend EZPW or GDOT?

EZCORP currently has a consensus price target of $16.88, suggesting a potential upside of 5.34%. Green Dot has a consensus price target of $10.75, suggesting a potential upside of 34.63%. Given Green Dot's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Green Dot is more favorable than EZCORP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EZCORP	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Green Dot	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the media prefer EZPW or GDOT?

In the previous week, EZCORP had 2 more articles in the media than Green Dot. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for EZCORP and 6 mentions for Green Dot. EZCORP's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Green Dot's score of 1.01 indicating that EZCORP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EZCORP	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Green Dot	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, EZPW or GDOT?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
EZCORP	$1.18B	0.74	$83.10M	$1.15	13.93
Green Dot	$1.72B	0.25	$6.72M	-$0.51	-15.66

Summary

EZCORP beats Green Dot on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.