Green Dot Corp (NYSE: GDOT)’s stock price has soared by 16.57 in relation to previous closing price of 6.64. Nevertheless, the company has seen a gain of 3.75% in its stock price over the last five trading days. pymnts.com reported 2025-03-10 that Digital bank and FinTech company Green Dot said Monday (March 10) that it made a leadership transition and engaged Citi to explore strategic alternatives.
Is It Worth Investing in Green Dot Corp (NYSE: GDOT) Right Now?
GDOT has 36-month beta value of 0.99. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 4 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for GDOT is 48.67M, and currently, short sellers hold a 5.47% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of GDOT on March 17, 2025 was 636.53K shares.
GDOT’s Market Performance
GDOT stock saw a decrease of 3.75% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -15.87% and a quarterly a decrease of -29.19%. The volatility ratio for the week is 9.59%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 6.70% for Green Dot Corp (GDOT). The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -1.43% for GDOT’s stock, with a -23.29% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of GDOT
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for GDOT stocks, with Craig Hallum repeating the rating for GDOT by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for GDOT in the upcoming period, according to Craig Hallum is $14 based on the research report published on March 14, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Barclays, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see GDOT reach a price target of $7, previously predicting the price at $8. The rating they have provided for GDOT stocks is “Underweight” according to the report published on December 14th, 2023.
Craig Hallum gave a rating of “Hold” to GDOT, setting the target price at $14 in the report published on November 10th of the previous year.
GDOT Trading at -10.42% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought GDOT to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -43.00% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 6.70%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 9.59%, as shares sank -17.75% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -25.86% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, GDOT rose by +3.75%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -22.83% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $7.85. In addition, Green Dot Corp saw -27.26% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at GDOT starting from Topline Capital Management, LL, who sale 380,611 shares at the price of $10.44 back on Dec 30 ’24. After this action, Topline Capital Management, LL now owns 5,708,126 shares of Green Dot Corp, valued at $3,973,579 using the latest closing price.
Topline Capital Management, LL, the of Green Dot Corp, sale 331,339 shares at $10.54 during a trade that took place back on Dec 31 ’24, which means that Topline Capital Management, LL is holding 5,376,787 shares at $3,492,313 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for GDOT
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.0 for the present operating margin
- 0.63 for the gross margin
The net margin for Green Dot Corp stands at -0.02. The total capital return value is set at -0.0. Equity return is now at value -3.08, with -0.52 for asset returns.
Based on Green Dot Corp (GDOT), the company’s capital structure generated 0.06 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 1.37. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.07. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -0.3.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 77.53 million with net debt to EBITDA at -20.74. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of -0.65. The receivables turnover for the company is 20.18for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.32. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.54.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Green Dot Corp (GDOT) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
