DLocal (DLO) Competitors

DLocal (NASDAQ:DLO) and ICON Public (NASDAQ:ICLR) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DLO or ICLR?

ICON Public received 603 more outperform votes than DLocal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.79% of users gave ICON Public an outperform vote while only 31.43% of users gave DLocal an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DLocal	Outperform Votes 22 31.43%	Underperform Votes 48 68.57%
ICON Public	Outperform Votes 625 65.79%	Underperform Votes 325 34.21%

Do analysts rate DLO or ICLR?

DLocal presently has a consensus target price of $11.81, suggesting a potential downside of 6.22%. ICON Public has a consensus target price of $281.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.53%. Given ICON Public's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ICON Public is more favorable than DLocal.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DLocal	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
ICON Public	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DLO or ICLR?

90.1% of DLocal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of ICON Public shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.4% of DLocal shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.0% of ICON Public shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor DLO or ICLR?

In the previous week, ICON Public had 33 more articles in the media than DLocal. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for ICON Public and 9 mentions for DLocal. DLocal's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat ICON Public's score of 0.05 indicating that DLocal is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DLocal	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ICON Public	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	29 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is DLO or ICLR more profitable?

DLocal has a net margin of 16.35% compared to ICON Public's net margin of 9.56%. DLocal's return on equity of 32.59% beat ICON Public's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DLocal	16.35%	32.59%	12.95%
ICON Public	9.56%	11.79%	6.63%

Which has more volatility & risk, DLO or ICLR?

DLocal has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICON Public has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, DLO or ICLR?

ICON Public has higher revenue and earnings than DLocal. ICON Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DLocal, 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
DLocal	$729.49M	5.11	$148.96M	$0.40	31.49
ICON Public	$8.28B	2.01	$612.34M	$9.53	21.13

Summary

ICON Public beats DLocal on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.