PLTK vs. STNE, WPP, FTDR, DLO, HRI, HNGE, WSC, CARG, ATHM, and RELY
Should you be buying Playtika stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Playtika include StoneCo (STNE), WPP (WPP), Frontdoor (FTDR), DLocal (DLO), Herc (HRI), Hinge Health (HNGE), WillScot (WSC), CarGurus (CARG), Autohome (ATHM), and Remitly Global (RELY). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Playtika vs. Its Competitors
Playtika (NASDAQ:PLTK) and StoneCo (NASDAQ:STNE) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Playtika has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StoneCo has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Playtika has higher revenue and earnings than StoneCo. StoneCo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Playtika, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
11.9% of Playtika shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of StoneCo shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of Playtika shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, StoneCo had 3 more articles in the media than Playtika. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for StoneCo and 4 mentions for Playtika. StoneCo's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Playtika's score of -0.04 indicating that StoneCo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Playtika has a net margin of 3.23% compared to StoneCo's net margin of -8.37%. StoneCo's return on equity of 18.71% beat Playtika's return on equity.
Playtika presently has a consensus price target of $6.66, indicating a potential upside of 77.74%. StoneCo has a consensus price target of $16.56, indicating a potential downside of 8.26%. Given Playtika's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Playtika is more favorable than StoneCo.
Summary
StoneCo beats Playtika on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:PLTK) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
