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GDOT vs. MMS, ROL, EZPW, WRLD, ECPG, PRAA, RM, AXP, COF, and SLM

Should you be buying Green Dot stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Green Dot include Maximus (MMS), Rollins (ROL), EZCORP (EZPW), World Acceptance (WRLD), Encore Capital Group (ECPG), PRA Group (PRAA), Regional Management (RM), American Express (AXP), Capital One Financial (COF), and SLM (SLM).

Green Dot vs. Its Competitors

Maximus (NYSE:MMS) and Green Dot (NYSE:GDOT) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Maximus$5.31B0.91$306.91M$5.4315.71
Green Dot$1.72B0.39-$26.70M-$0.44-27.87

Maximus has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Green Dot has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Maximus had 1 more articles in the media than Green Dot. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Maximus and 4 mentions for Green Dot. Maximus' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Green Dot's score of 0.49 indicating that Maximus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Maximus
2 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)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Maximus currently has a consensus target price of $90.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.50%. Green Dot has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.00%. Given Green Dot's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Green Dot is more favorable than Maximus.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Maximus
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33
Green Dot
2 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

Maximus has a net margin of 5.83% compared to Green Dot's net margin of -1.24%. Maximus' return on equity of 24.44% beat Green Dot's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Maximus5.83% 24.44% 10.05%
Green Dot -1.24%9.93%1.66%

97.2% of Maximus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Green Dot shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Maximus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Green Dot shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Maximus beats Green Dot on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GDOT vs. The Competition

MetricGreen DotFinancial Transaction Services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$679.30M$33.37B$31.26B$21.70B
Dividend YieldN/A2.33%2.91%3.64%
P/E Ratio-27.8736.6726.2529.63
Price / Sales0.3938.311,156.5895.27
Price / Cash5.1516.4228.3117.79
Price / Book0.767.438.134.63
Net Income-$26.70M$1.11B$196.57M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-4.49%-5.24%-2.44%-1.85%
1 Month Performance-9.62%-2.55%2.21%0.54%
1 Year Performance8.15%29.71%55.18%13.42%

Green Dot Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GDOT
Green Dot
1.9689 of 5 stars
$12.26
-1.4%
$13.00
+6.0%
+9.7%$679.30M$1.72B-27.871,150
MMS
Maximus
2.9548 of 5 stars
$91.10
-0.2%
$90.00
-1.2%
-5.2%$5.14B$5.31B16.7841,100Positive News
Dividend Announcement
ROL
Rollins
3.7093 of 5 stars
$58.33
-0.6%
$62.18
+6.6%
+14.8%$28.45B$3.39B57.7520,265Trending News
EZPW
EZCORP
2.5857 of 5 stars
$18.58
+2.2%
$19.00
+2.3%
+63.1%$1.11B$1.16B14.528,000Gap Up
WRLD
World Acceptance
2.7114 of 5 stars
$177.01
+0.8%
$10.00
-94.4%
+42.0%$956.23M$564.84M11.942,838Positive News
ECPG
Encore Capital Group
3.6027 of 5 stars
$40.63
-1.6%
$62.67
+54.2%
-6.5%$950.62M$1.32B-10.867,350
PRAA
PRA Group
4.0821 of 5 stars
$14.16
-4.6%
$27.50
+94.2%
-37.4%$580.24M$1.11B6.083,115
RM
Regional Management
3.5324 of 5 stars
$38.73
-0.5%
$34.00
-12.2%
+21.9%$381.48M$588.50M11.162,131
AXP
American Express
4.6447 of 5 stars
$331.93
+0.5%
$321.90
-3.0%
+14.5%$229.81B$65.95B23.2975,100Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
COF
Capital One Financial
4.9833 of 5 stars
$213.78
-0.3%
$249.44
+16.7%
+30.0%$137.11B$53.94B109.6352,600Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
SLM
SLM
4.9637 of 5 stars
$27.12
-1.6%
$34.89
+28.6%
+10.3%$5.74B$1.76B13.631,710Analyst Downgrade

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This page (NYSE:GDOT) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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