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

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

Green Dot vs. Its Competitors

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

Maximus has a net margin of 5.56% compared to Green Dot's net margin of -0.31%. Maximus' return on equity of 23.37% beat Green Dot's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Green Dot-0.31% 8.82% 1.45%
Maximus 5.56%23.37%9.95%

In the previous week, Maximus had 4 more articles in the media than Green Dot. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Maximus and 6 mentions for Green Dot. Maximus' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Green Dot's score of 0.78 indicating that Maximus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Green Dot
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Maximus
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Green Dot presently has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.99%. Maximus has a consensus target price of $90.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.78%. Given Maximus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Maximus is more favorable than Green Dot.

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
Maximus
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Green Dot has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maximus has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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
Green Dot$1.72B0.34-$26.70M-$0.13-82.42
Maximus$5.31B0.76$306.91M$5.0314.23

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

Summary

Maximus beats Green Dot on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GDOT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$586.78M$33.79B$15.40B$20.63B
Dividend YieldN/A2.45%2.73%3.72%
P/E Ratio-82.4271.4025.7327.74
Price / Sales0.3410.3142.2942.43
Price / Cash4.4218.9925.7017.96
Price / Book0.677.376.184.57
Net Income-$26.70M$1.11B$190.21M$987.45M
7 Day Performance-3.73%-3.74%0.97%0.20%
1 Month Performance7.58%2.92%6.08%5.53%
1 Year Performance12.43%37.44%28.16%10.30%

Green Dot Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GDOT
Green Dot
2.6807 of 5 stars
$10.72
-0.1%
$12.00
+12.0%
+12.4%$586.78M$1.72B-82.421,150News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
MMS
Maximus
3.7637 of 5 stars
$71.29
-1.1%
$90.00
+26.2%
-18.4%$4.06B$5.31B14.1741,100News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
ROL
Rollins
3.3091 of 5 stars
$56.21
-0.4%
$59.90
+6.6%
+11.8%$27.35B$3.39B56.7820,265Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ECPG
Encore Capital Group
4.0749 of 5 stars
$40.17
-2.4%
$62.67
+56.0%
-13.0%$961.29M$1.32B-8.217,350News Coverage
Positive News
WRLD
World Acceptance
2.6298 of 5 stars
$173.28
-0.8%
$10.00
-94.2%
+28.7%$927.51M$564.84M10.592,838Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
EZPW
EZCORP
4.1977 of 5 stars
$14.04
+0.1%
$18.25
+30.0%
+40.4%$771.84M$1.16B11.808,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
PRAA
PRA Group
4.6751 of 5 stars
$15.38
-1.5%
$27.00
+75.6%
-24.4%$619.47M$1.11B8.593,115News Coverage
RM
Regional Management
3.9637 of 5 stars
$33.18
+0.7%
$34.00
+2.5%
+16.5%$326.79M$588.50M10.052,131
AXP
American Express
4.4756 of 5 stars
$322.71
-1.7%
$295.25
-8.5%
+33.8%$229.88B$65.95B22.5475,100Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
COF
Capital One Financial
4.976 of 5 stars
$218.07
-1.3%
$215.86
-1.0%
+58.9%$84.64B$53.94B18.3152,600Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
DFS
Discover Financial Services
2.9742 of 5 stars
$197.76
-1.4%
$191.64
-3.1%
+50.6%$49.77B$18.00B12.3920,200Upcoming Earnings
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This page (NYSE:GDOT) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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