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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and dividends.
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 beta of 2.39, indicating that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pegasystems has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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, StoneCo had 11 more articles in the media than Pegasystems. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for StoneCo and 7 mentions for Pegasystems. Pegasystems' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat StoneCo's score of 0.70 indicating that Pegasystems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
StoneCo currently has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.64%. Pegasystems has a consensus price target of $72.33, indicating a potential upside of 14.31%. Given StoneCo's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe StoneCo is more favorable than Pegasystems.
Summary
StoneCo beats Pegasystems on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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