STNE vs. PEGA, CLVT, BILI, FIVN, ATHM, DXC, RNG, GLOB, YY, and ETWO
Should you be buying StoneCo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of StoneCo include Pegasystems (PEGA), Clarivate (CLVT), Bilibili (BILI), Five9 (FIVN), Autohome (ATHM), DXC Technology (DXC), RingCentral (RNG), Globant (GLOB), JOYY (YY), and E2open Parent (ETWO). 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 superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, StoneCo had 14 more articles in the media than Pegasystems. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for StoneCo and 4 mentions for Pegasystems. Pegasystems' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat StoneCo's score of 0.73 indicating that Pegasystems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 currently has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.87%. Pegasystems has a consensus target price of $72.33, suggesting a potential upside of 15.03%. Given StoneCo's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe StoneCo is more favorable than Pegasystems.
StoneCo has a net margin of 14.08% compared to Pegasystems' net margin of 5.32%. Pegasystems' return on equity of 45.00% beat StoneCo's return on equity.
StoneCo has a beta of 2.39, meaning that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pegasystems has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.9% of Pegasystems shares are held by institutional investors. 11.3% of StoneCo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.2% of Pegasystems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
StoneCo beats Pegasystems on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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