PEGA vs. STNE, CLVT, BILI, FIVN, DXC, RDDT, ATHM, RNG, GDRX, and GLOB
Should you be buying Pegasystems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pegasystems include StoneCo (STNE), Clarivate (CLVT), Bilibili (BILI), Five9 (FIVN), DXC Technology (DXC), Reddit (RDDT), Autohome (ATHM), RingCentral (RNG), GoodRx (GDRX), and Globant (GLOB). 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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
StoneCo has a beta of 2.34, meaning that its stock price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pegasystems has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% 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.
StoneCo has a net margin of 13.35% compared to StoneCo's net margin of 5.32%. StoneCo's return on equity of 45.00% beat Pegasystems' return on equity.
StoneCo currently has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.79%. Pegasystems has a consensus target price of $72.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.73%. Given Pegasystems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe StoneCo is more favorable than Pegasystems.
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.
In the previous week, Pegasystems had 11 more articles in the media than StoneCo. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Pegasystems and 11 mentions for StoneCo. Pegasystems' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat StoneCo's score of 0.16 indicating that StoneCo is being referred to more favorably in the media.
73.2% of StoneCo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.9% of Pegasystems shares are held by institutional investors. 50.2% of Pegasystems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company 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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