PAGS vs. STNE, RTO, ICLR, FTAI, BILI, MEDP, FOUR, HQY, WPP, and LYFT
Should you be buying PagSeguro Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PagSeguro Digital include StoneCo (STNE), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Icon (ICLR), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), Bilibili (BILI), Medpace (MEDP), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), HealthEquity (HQY), WPP (WPP), and Lyft (LYFT). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
PagSeguro Digital vs. Its Competitors
PagSeguro Digital (NYSE:PAGS) and StoneCo (NASDAQ:STNE) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
PagSeguro Digital has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more 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.
PagSeguro Digital has a net margin of 11.15% compared to StoneCo's net margin of -8.90%. StoneCo's return on equity of 16.65% beat PagSeguro Digital's return on equity.
In the previous week, StoneCo had 1 more articles in the media than PagSeguro Digital. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for StoneCo and 2 mentions for PagSeguro Digital. PagSeguro Digital's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat StoneCo's score of 0.55 indicating that PagSeguro Digital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PagSeguro Digital currently has a consensus price target of $11.07, indicating a potential upside of 29.11%. StoneCo has a consensus price target of $14.57, indicating a potential downside of 2.01%. Given PagSeguro Digital's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe PagSeguro Digital is more favorable than StoneCo.
45.9% of PagSeguro Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of StoneCo shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
PagSeguro Digital has higher revenue and earnings than StoneCo. StoneCo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PagSeguro Digital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
StoneCo beats PagSeguro Digital on 8 of the 15 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 NYSE 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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This page (NYSE:PAGS) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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