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STNE vs. BRK.A, BRK.B, PAGS, TRU, GFL, Z, ZG, KSPI, ULS, and CART

Should you be buying StoneCo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of StoneCo include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), PagSeguro Digital (PAGS), TransUnion (TRU), GFL Environmental (GFL), Zillow Group (Z), Zillow Group (ZG), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), UL Solutions (ULS), and Maplebear (CART).

StoneCo vs. Its Competitors

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) and StoneCo (NASDAQ:STNE) are related companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Berkshire Hathaway has a net margin of 21.79% compared to StoneCo's net margin of -8.90%. StoneCo's return on equity of 16.65% beat Berkshire Hathaway's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Berkshire Hathaway21.79% 7.20% 4.01%
StoneCo -8.90%16.65%4.21%

Berkshire Hathaway has higher revenue and earnings than StoneCo. StoneCo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Berkshire Hathaway, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Berkshire Hathaway$371.43B2.74$89.00B$56.29 thousand12.56
StoneCo$13.27B0.32-$280.92M-$0.78-19.21

Berkshire Hathaway has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StoneCo has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Berkshire Hathaway had 7 more articles in the media than StoneCo. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Berkshire Hathaway and 6 mentions for StoneCo. Berkshire Hathaway's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat StoneCo's score of 0.55 indicating that Berkshire Hathaway is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Berkshire Hathaway
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
StoneCo
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

StoneCo has a consensus target price of $15.07, indicating a potential upside of 0.61%. Given StoneCo's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe StoneCo is more favorable than Berkshire Hathaway.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Berkshire Hathaway
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
StoneCo
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

23.0% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of StoneCo shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of StoneCo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

StoneCo beats Berkshire Hathaway on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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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STNE vs. The Competition

MetricStoneCoINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.28B$17.89B$28.22B$9.31B
Dividend YieldN/A2.76%3.14%4.03%
P/E Ratio-19.2073.8033.1819.73
Price / Sales0.3271.641,719.21174.40
Price / Cash7.4391.8837.6457.96
Price / Book1.958.687.635.67
Net Income-$280.92M$337.83M$779.73M$257.79M
7 Day Performance-9.92%0.02%0.17%0.54%
1 Month Performance-0.73%6.57%5.75%8.86%
1 Year Performance9.66%46.68%52,677.61%14.22%

StoneCo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STNE
StoneCo
3.5582 of 5 stars
$14.98
+0.7%
$15.07
+0.6%
+10.9%$4.28B$13.27B-19.2016,793Analyst Forecast
BRK.A
Berkshire Hathaway
0.4447 of 5 stars
$716,251.04
-1.5%
N/A+8.1%$1.03T$371.43B12.72372,000
BRK.B
Berkshire Hathaway
1.242 of 5 stars
$477.90
-1.5%
$520.00
+8.8%
+8.2%$1.03T$371.43B12.74392,400
PAGS
PagSeguro Digital
4.4444 of 5 stars
$9.16
-2.7%
$11.63
+26.9%
-35.6%$3.02B$3.22B7.518,595News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
TRU
TransUnion
4.3314 of 5 stars
$91.55
-0.1%
$109.69
+19.8%
+11.7%$17.86B$4.18B48.7013,400Positive News
GFL
GFL Environmental
4.1173 of 5 stars
$47.94
-1.1%
$54.50
+13.7%
+24.7%$17.58B$5.62B9.8220,000
Z
Zillow Group
3.7216 of 5 stars
$72.39
-0.2%
$83.71
+15.6%
+48.4%$17.48B$2.24B-212.915,720News Coverage
ZG
Zillow Group
4.6338 of 5 stars
$70.43
+0.2%
$81.80
+16.1%
+47.6%$17.01B$2.24B-207.156,856
KSPI
Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz
4.5883 of 5 stars
$82.50
-2.5%
$135.67
+64.4%
-37.5%$16.46B$4.82B7.929,637Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ULS
UL Solutions
2.1295 of 5 stars
$73.15
+3.5%
$69.43
-5.1%
+61.6%$14.67B$2.87B43.8015,094
CART
Maplebear
2.9229 of 5 stars
$48.85
+3.5%
$51.91
+6.3%
+40.1%$12.82B$3.38B32.143,265News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:STNE) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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