Green Dot (GDOT) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PGY or GDOT?

Green Dot has higher revenue and earnings than Pagaya Technologies. Pagaya Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Green Dot, 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
Pagaya Technologies	$748.93 million	1.06	-$302.32 million	-$0.49	-2.31
Green Dot	$1.47 billion	0.63	$64.21 million	$1.16	15.37

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PGY or GDOT?

Green Dot received 586 more outperform votes than Pagaya Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.74% of users gave Green Dot an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Pagaya Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pagaya Technologies	Outperform Votes 2 25.00%	Underperform Votes 6 75.00%
Green Dot	Outperform Votes 588 60.74%	Underperform Votes 380 39.26%

Do analysts prefer PGY or GDOT?

Pagaya Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $3.64, suggesting a potential upside of 222.27%. Green Dot has a consensus price target of $23.43, suggesting a potential upside of 31.40%. Given Pagaya Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Pagaya Technologies is more favorable than Green Dot.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pagaya Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Green Dot	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has more risk and volatility, PGY or GDOT?

Pagaya Technologies has a beta of 7.88, suggesting that its share price is 688% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Green Dot has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PGY or GDOT?

22.6% of Pagaya Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Green Dot shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.7% of Pagaya Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Green Dot shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PGY or GDOT more profitable?

Green Dot has a net margin of 4.20% compared to Pagaya Technologies' net margin of -42.32%. Green Dot's return on equity of 13.13% beat Pagaya Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pagaya Technologies	-42.32%	-8.02%	-5.81%
Green Dot	4.20%	13.13%	2.32%

Does the media prefer PGY or GDOT?

In the previous week, Pagaya Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than Green Dot. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Pagaya Technologies and 4 mentions for Green Dot. Green Dot's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Pagaya Technologies' score of -0.03 indicating that Green Dot is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pagaya Technologies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Green Dot	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Green Dot beats Pagaya Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.