NYSE:GDOT - Green Dot Stock Price, Forecast & News

Green Dot trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GDOT."

Green Dot Co. (NYSE:GDOT) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 19th. The financial services provider reported $0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.03) by $0.17. The financial services provider earned $238.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $242.97 million. Green Dot had a net margin of 9.01% and a return on equity of 13.49%. The firm's revenue was up .6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.56 EPS. View Green Dot's Earnings History.

Green Dot is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Green Dot.

Green Dot updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 19th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.60-1.74 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.67. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.08-1.10 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.08 billion.

13 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Green Dot's shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect Green Dot's share price to reach $41.18 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Green Dot.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Green Dot in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Green Dot.

News coverage about GDOT stock has been trending very positive on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Green Dot earned a coverage optimism score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Green Dot.

Green Dot saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,520,000 shares, an increase of 23.8% from the January 15th total of 3,650,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 918,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.9 days. Approximately 9.7% of the company's stock are sold short. View Green Dot's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Green Dot include American Express (AXP), Capital One Financial (COF), Discover Financial Services (DFS), Credit Acceptance (CACC), SLM (SLM), FirstCash (FCFS), Nelnet (NNI), Pra Group (PRAA), Encore Capital Group (ECPG), World Acceptance (WRLD), Regional Management (RM), EZCORP (EZPW), Nicholas Financial (NICK) and Asta Funding (ASFI).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Green Dot investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Netflix (NFLX), Alibaba Group (BABA), FireEye (FEYE), salesforce.com (CRM), Applied Materials (AMAT), Baidu (BIDU), Micron Technology (MU) and Paypal (PYPL).

Green Dot's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.01%), Citigroup Inc. (2.28%), Formula Growth Ltd. (1.91%), Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. (1.89%), Point72 Asset Management L.P. (1.63%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.31%). Company insiders that own Green Dot stock include Brett Narlinger, George W Gresham, Glinda Bridgforth-Hodges, Jess Unruh, John C Ricci, Kenneth C Aldrich, Konrad Alt, Kuan Archer, Mark L Shifke, Mary Dent, Rajeev V Date and Steven W Streit. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Green Dot.

GDOT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Southside Capital LLC, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Man Group plc, AMI Asset Management Corp and Investment Management of Virginia LLC. Company insiders that have sold Green Dot company stock in the last year include Brett Narlinger, George W Gresham, Glinda Bridgforth-Hodges, Jess Unruh, John C Ricci, Konrad Alt, Mark L Shifke and Steven W Streit. View Insider Buying and Selling for Green Dot.

GDOT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Citigroup Inc., Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Formula Growth Ltd., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS, Maverick Capital Ltd. and Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Green Dot.

Shares of GDOT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GDOT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $36.20.

Green Dot has a market capitalization of $1.86 billion and generates $1.11 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $118.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.33 on an earnings per share basis. Green Dot employs 1,100 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Green Dot.

The official website for Green Dot is http://www.greendot.com/.

Green Dot's mailing address is 3465 EAST FOOTHILL BOULEVARD, PASADENA CA, 91107. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 626-765-2000 or via email at [email protected]