PLTK vs. STNE, WPP, FTDR, DGNX, DLO, WSC, HRI, HNGE, CARG, and WNS
Should you be buying Playtika stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Playtika include StoneCo (STNE), WPP (WPP), Frontdoor (FTDR), Diginex (DGNX), DLocal (DLO), WillScot (WSC), Herc (HRI), Hinge Health (HNGE), CarGurus (CARG), and WNS (WNS). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Playtika vs. Its Competitors
StoneCo (NASDAQ:STNE) and Playtika (NASDAQ:PLTK) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
73.2% of StoneCo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.9% of Playtika shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.3% of StoneCo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Playtika shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
StoneCo has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Playtika has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
StoneCo currently has a consensus target price of $17.44, indicating a potential downside of 2.37%. Playtika has a consensus target price of $6.66, indicating a potential upside of 89.10%. Given Playtika's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Playtika is more favorable than StoneCo.
In the previous week, StoneCo had 8 more articles in the media than Playtika. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for StoneCo and 1 mentions for Playtika. StoneCo's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Playtika's score of -0.98 indicating that StoneCo is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Playtika has lower revenue, but higher 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.
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.
Summary
StoneCo beats Playtika on 11 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 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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