StoneCo (STNE) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FTAI or STNE?

89.0% of FTAI Aviation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of StoneCo shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of FTAI Aviation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of StoneCo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer FTAI or STNE?

FTAI Aviation presently has a consensus price target of $171.75, suggesting a potential upside of 19.42%. StoneCo has a consensus price target of $14.38, suggesting a potential upside of 41.91%. Given StoneCo's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe StoneCo is more favorable than FTAI Aviation.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FTAI Aviation	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
StoneCo	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more volatility and risk, FTAI or STNE?

FTAI Aviation has a beta of 2.05, indicating that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StoneCo has a beta of 2.25, indicating that its share price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor FTAI or STNE?

In the previous week, FTAI Aviation had 35 more articles in the media than StoneCo. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for FTAI Aviation and 1 mentions for StoneCo. StoneCo's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat FTAI Aviation's score of 0.11 indicating that StoneCo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FTAI Aviation	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	32 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
StoneCo	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FTAI or STNE?

FTAI Aviation received 144 more outperform votes than StoneCo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.34% of users gave FTAI Aviation an outperform vote while only 56.61% of users gave StoneCo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FTAI Aviation	Outperform Votes 341 64.34%	Underperform Votes 189 35.66%
StoneCo	Outperform Votes 197 56.61%	Underperform Votes 151 43.39%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FTAI or STNE?

StoneCo has higher revenue and earnings than FTAI Aviation. FTAI Aviation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than StoneCo, 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
FTAI Aviation	$1.17B	12.60	$212.02M	-$0.10	-1,438.06
StoneCo	$2.41B	1.30	$318.89M	$1.28	7.91

Is FTAI or STNE more profitable?

StoneCo has a net margin of 16.02% compared to FTAI Aviation's net margin of 1.59%. FTAI Aviation's return on equity of 206.25% beat StoneCo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FTAI Aviation	1.59%	206.25%	8.37%
StoneCo	16.02%	13.92%	4.09%

Summary

StoneCo beats FTAI Aviation on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.