StoneCo (STNE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

StoneCo Ltd. is a Brazilian financial technology company that provides payment processing and business management solutions, primarily to merchants in Brazil. Its services are designed to help businesses accept and manage payments across in-person and online channels.

The company’s offerings include payment terminals, digital payment tools, financial services and software for managing business operations. Through brands such as Stone, Pagar.me and Linx, StoneCo serves businesses ranging from smaller merchants to larger retailers.

Founded in 2012, StoneCo expanded its merchant technology platform through acquisitions, including its purchase of retail software provider Linx. The company went public on the Nasdaq in 2018 and remains focused on Brazil’s payments and commerce markets.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $7.53 to $7.72
• 50-Day Range: $7.39 to $12.46
• 52-Week Range: $7.06 to $18.38
• Volume: 4.98 million shs
• Average Volume: 6.96 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.91 billion
• P/E Ratio: 3.10
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $12.30
• Consensus Rating: Hold

StoneCo Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

StoneCo scored higher than 82% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 121st out of 834 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

StoneCo has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.20, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 8 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

StoneCo has a consensus price target of $12.30, representing about 60.4% upside from its current price of $7.67.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

StoneCo has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -4.98%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for StoneCo are expected to decrease by -4.98% in the coming year, from $2.21 to $2.10 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of StoneCo is 4.25, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.56.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of StoneCo is 4.25, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 21.29.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

StoneCo has a PEG Ratio of 0.21. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

StoneCo has a P/B Ratio of 0.97. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.12% of the float of StoneCo has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

StoneCo has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.86, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in StoneCo has recently increased by 66.21%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

StoneCo does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

StoneCo does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.06

News Sentiment

StoneCo has a news sentiment score of 0.06. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.55 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for StoneCo this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

6 people have searched for STNE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added StoneCo to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, StoneCo insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $208,110.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

73.19% of the stock of StoneCo is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/13/2026
• Today: 11/10/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/12/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Financial Services
• Sub-Industry: Transaction & Payment Processing Services
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:STNE
• CIK: 1745431
• Web: www.stoneco.com.br
• Phone: (113) 004-9680
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 16,367
• Year Founded: 2012

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for StoneCo: $12.30
• High Price Target: $16.50
• Low Price Target: $8.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: +60.4%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.20
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.48
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 3.10
• Forward P/E Ratio: 3.65
• P/E Growth: 0.21
• Net Income: $425.73 million
• Net Margins: 22.92%
• Pretax Margin: 17.73%
• Return on Equity: 22.19%
• Return on Assets: 4.10%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.84
• Current Ratio: 1.26
• Quick Ratio: 1.26

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.53 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.75
• Cash Flow: $2.48 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.09
• Book Value: $7.94 per share
• Price / Book: 0.97

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 248,900,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $1.91 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.76