GDOT vs. ECPG, WRLD, EZPW, PRAA, 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), World Acceptance (WRLD), EZCORP (EZPW), PRA Group (PRAA), 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. Its Competitors
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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and media sentiment.
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 currently has a consensus price target of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.41%. Encore Capital Group has a consensus price target of $62.67, indicating a potential upside of 57.26%. Given Encore Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Encore Capital Group is more favorable than Green Dot.
92.6% of Green Dot shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Green Dot shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Encore Capital Group shares are held 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.
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.
In the previous week, Green Dot had 4 more articles in the media than Encore Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Green Dot and 2 mentions for Encore Capital Group. Encore Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Green Dot's score of 0.96 indicating that Encore Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Green Dot received 265 more outperform votes than Encore Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.52% of users gave Encore Capital Group an outperform vote while only 59.78% of users gave Green Dot an outperform vote.
Green Dot has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Encore Capital Group has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Encore Capital Group beats Green Dot on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:GDOT) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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