StoneCo (STNE) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend ICLR or STNE?

ICON Public currently has a consensus price target of $232.67, indicating a potential upside of 60.28%. StoneCo has a consensus price target of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.34%. Given ICON Public's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ICON Public is more favorable than StoneCo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ICON Public	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
StoneCo	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70

Does the media favor ICLR or STNE?

In the previous week, ICON Public had 19 more articles in the media than StoneCo. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for ICON Public and 12 mentions for StoneCo. StoneCo's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat ICON Public's score of -0.08 indicating that StoneCo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ICON Public	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
StoneCo	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

95.6% of ICON Public shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of StoneCo shares are held by institutional investors. 44.0% of ICON Public shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of StoneCo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, ICLR or STNE?

ICON Public has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StoneCo has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ICLR or STNE?

ICON Public received 430 more outperform votes than StoneCo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.62% of users gave ICON Public an outperform vote while only 56.25% of users gave StoneCo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ICON Public	Outperform Votes 628 65.62%	Underperform Votes 329 34.38%
StoneCo	Outperform Votes 198 56.25%	Underperform Votes 154 43.75%

Which has better earnings and valuation, ICLR or STNE?

ICON Public has higher earnings, but lower revenue than StoneCo. StoneCo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICON Public, 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
ICON Public	$8.28B	1.42	$612.34M	$9.53	15.23
StoneCo	$12.74B	0.29	$318.89M	-$0.85	-14.06

Is ICLR or STNE more profitable?

StoneCo has a net margin of 16.02% compared to ICON Public's net margin of 9.56%. StoneCo's return on equity of 13.92% beat ICON Public's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ICON Public	9.56%	11.81%	6.65%
StoneCo	16.02%	13.92%	4.09%

Summary

ICON Public beats StoneCo on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.