Flywire (FLYW) Competitors

Flywire (NASDAQ:FLYW) and StoneCo (NASDAQ:STNE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FLYW or STNE?

StoneCo received 109 more outperform votes than Flywire when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.75% of users gave Flywire an outperform vote while only 56.21% of users gave StoneCo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Flywire	Outperform Votes 90 64.75%	Underperform Votes 49 35.25%
StoneCo	Outperform Votes 199 56.21%	Underperform Votes 155 43.79%

Is FLYW or STNE more profitable?

StoneCo has a net margin of 16.02% compared to Flywire's net margin of 4.23%. StoneCo's return on equity of 13.92% beat Flywire's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flywire	4.23%	2.49%	1.86%
StoneCo	16.02%	13.92%	4.09%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FLYW or STNE?

StoneCo has higher revenue and earnings than Flywire. StoneCo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flywire, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flywire	$492.14M	2.38	-$8.57M	$0.02	473.25
StoneCo	$12.74B	0.34	$318.89M	-$0.85	-16.35

Does the media favor FLYW or STNE?

In the previous week, Flywire and Flywire both had 14 articles in the media. StoneCo's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Flywire's score of 0.77 indicating that StoneCo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Flywire	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
StoneCo	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FLYW or STNE?

95.9% of Flywire shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of StoneCo shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Flywire shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of StoneCo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, FLYW or STNE?

Flywire has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StoneCo has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate FLYW or STNE?

Flywire presently has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 79.61%. StoneCo has a consensus target price of $15.38, suggesting a potential upside of 10.65%. Given Flywire's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Flywire is more favorable than StoneCo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flywire	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
StoneCo	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Summary

StoneCo beats Flywire on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.