Green Dot (GDOT) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GDOT or EZPW?

Green Dot received 266 more outperform votes than EZCORP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.80% of users gave Green Dot an outperform vote while only 56.24% of users gave EZCORP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Green Dot	Outperform Votes 595 59.80%	Underperform Votes 400 40.20%
EZCORP	Outperform Votes 329 56.24%	Underperform Votes 256 43.76%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in GDOT or EZPW?

92.6% of Green Dot shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of EZCORP shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Green Dot shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of EZCORP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, GDOT or EZPW?

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

Is GDOT or EZPW 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
Green Dot	-3.39%	3.84%	0.65%
EZCORP	7.25%	11.04%	5.93%

Does the media refer more to GDOT or EZPW?

In the previous week, EZCORP had 12 more articles in the media than Green Dot. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for EZCORP and 2 mentions for Green Dot. EZCORP's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Green Dot's score of 0.47 indicating that EZCORP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Green Dot	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
EZCORP	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate GDOT or EZPW?

Green Dot currently has a consensus target price of $10.75, indicating a potential upside of 30.64%. EZCORP has a consensus target price of $16.88, indicating a potential upside of 7.69%. Given Green Dot's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Green Dot is more favorable than EZCORP.

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GDOT or EZPW?

EZCORP has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Green Dot	$1.72B	0.26	$6.72M	-$0.51	-16.14
EZCORP	$1.18B	0.73	$83.10M	$1.15	13.63

Summary

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