PEGA vs. STNE, CLVT, BILI, FIVN, ATHM, DXC, RNG, GLOB, GDRX, and YY
Should you be buying Pegasystems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pegasystems include StoneCo (STNE), Clarivate (CLVT), Bilibili (BILI), Five9 (FIVN), Autohome (ATHM), DXC Technology (DXC), RingCentral (RNG), Globant (GLOB), GoodRx (GDRX), and JOYY (YY). These companies are all part of the "data processing & preparation" industry.
StoneCo (NASDAQ:STNE) and Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
StoneCo has a beta of 2.39, suggesting that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pegasystems has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pegasystems received 281 more outperform votes than StoneCo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.59% of users gave Pegasystems an outperform vote while only 56.63% of users gave StoneCo an outperform vote.
StoneCo has higher revenue and earnings than Pegasystems. StoneCo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pegasystems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.2% of StoneCo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.9% of Pegasystems shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.3% of StoneCo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.2% of Pegasystems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
StoneCo has a net margin of 14.08% compared to StoneCo's net margin of 5.32%. StoneCo's return on equity of 45.00% beat Pegasystems' return on equity.
StoneCo currently has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.87%. Pegasystems has a consensus price target of $72.33, indicating a potential upside of 15.03%. Given Pegasystems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe StoneCo is more favorable than Pegasystems.
In the previous week, StoneCo had 13 more articles in the media than Pegasystems. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for StoneCo and 4 mentions for Pegasystems. StoneCo's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Pegasystems' score of 0.72 indicating that Pegasystems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
StoneCo beats Pegasystems on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PEGA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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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