PAGS vs. MEDP, WPP, HQY, GLOB, BILI, STN, WSC, ETSY, MARA, and LYFT
Should you be buying PagSeguro Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PagSeguro Digital include Medpace (MEDP), WPP (WPP), HealthEquity (HQY), Globant (GLOB), Bilibili (BILI), Stantec (STN), WillScot Mobile Mini (WSC), Etsy (ETSY), MARA (MARA), and Lyft (LYFT). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
PagSeguro Digital vs.
PagSeguro Digital (NYSE:PAGS) and Medpace (NASDAQ:MEDP) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
PagSeguro Digital received 33 more outperform votes than Medpace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.54% of users gave Medpace an outperform vote while only 61.60% of users gave PagSeguro Digital an outperform vote.
45.9% of PagSeguro Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of Medpace shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.3% of Medpace shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Medpace has a net margin of 19.17% compared to PagSeguro Digital's net margin of 11.12%. Medpace's return on equity of 51.48% beat PagSeguro Digital's return on equity.
PagSeguro Digital presently has a consensus target price of $13.18, indicating a potential upside of 61.05%. Medpace has a consensus target price of $381.44, indicating a potential upside of 10.61%. Given PagSeguro Digital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe PagSeguro Digital is more favorable than Medpace.
In the previous week, Medpace had 9 more articles in the media than PagSeguro Digital. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Medpace and 7 mentions for PagSeguro Digital. Medpace's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat PagSeguro Digital's score of 0.39 indicating that Medpace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PagSeguro Digital has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medpace has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Medpace has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PagSeguro Digital. PagSeguro Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Medpace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Medpace beats PagSeguro Digital on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PAGS) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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