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STNE vs. ULS, ALLE, RTO, FTAI, CART, ICLR, STN, MEDP, WPP, and HQY

Should you be buying StoneCo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of StoneCo include UL Solutions (ULS), Allegion (ALLE), Rentokil Initial (RTO), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), Maplebear (CART), ICON Public (ICLR), Stantec (STN), Medpace (MEDP), WPP (WPP), and HealthEquity (HQY). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

StoneCo vs.

UL Solutions (NYSE:ULS) and StoneCo (NASDAQ:STNE) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.

StoneCo received 179 more outperform votes than UL Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.82% of users gave UL Solutions an outperform vote while only 56.06% of users gave StoneCo an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
UL SolutionsOutperform Votes
20
58.82%
Underperform Votes
14
41.18%
StoneCoOutperform Votes
199
56.06%
Underperform Votes
156
43.94%

73.2% of StoneCo shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of UL Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of StoneCo shares are held by company 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 16.02% compared to UL Solutions' net margin of 11.36%. UL Solutions' return on equity of 44.52% beat StoneCo's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
UL Solutions11.36% 44.52% 12.48%
StoneCo 16.02%13.92%4.09%

In the previous week, UL Solutions had 4 more articles in the media than StoneCo. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for UL Solutions and 13 mentions for StoneCo. UL Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat StoneCo's score of 1.31 indicating that UL Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
UL Solutions
10 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
StoneCo
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

UL Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $69.43, indicating a potential downside of 3.29%. StoneCo has a consensus target price of $15.63, indicating a potential upside of 16.95%. Given StoneCo's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe StoneCo is more favorable than UL Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
UL Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
StoneCo
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
UL Solutions$2.91B4.95$260M$1.6742.99
StoneCo$13.27B0.29$318.89M-$0.78-17.13

Summary

StoneCo beats UL Solutions on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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STNE vs. The Competition

MetricStoneCoData processing & preparation IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.82B$4.31B$25.24B$8.48B
Dividend YieldN/A3.83%2.89%4.11%
P/E Ratio10.4486.1645.0620.05
Price / Sales0.291,266.122,180.85116.44
Price / Cash6.4133.7434.7834.62
Price / Book1.406.456.794.61
Net Income$318.89M$44.05M$737.99M$248.19M
7 Day Performance-4.50%-0.23%0.54%2.97%
1 Month Performance10.78%28.99%16.29%16.58%
1 Year Performance-11.93%19.61%52,512.20%8.16%

StoneCo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STNE
StoneCo
4.3546 of 5 stars
$12.91
-3.4%
$15.63
+21.0%
-10.0%$3.69B$13.27B10.0915,500Positive News
ULS
UL Solutions
2.8378 of 5 stars
$70.42
+0.4%
$67.93
-3.5%
+88.9%$14.10B$2.91B43.4715,233Positive News
Dividend Announcement
ALLE
Allegion
4.4659 of 5 stars
$143.81
+1.4%
$140.40
-2.4%
+16.5%$12.37B$3.82B21.0911,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
RTO
Rentokil Initial
2.0342 of 5 stars
$23.04
-1.0%
N/A-13.9%$11.63B$5.44B15.2562,900
FTAI
FTAI Aviation
4.6603 of 5 stars
$112.96
+5.4%
$171.83
+52.1%
+49.0%$11.58B$1.91B-1,129.4940Positive News
CART
Maplebear
2.9865 of 5 stars
$43.61
-0.4%
$50.61
+16.0%
+43.1%$11.45B$3.38B29.273,380Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
ICLR
ICON Public
4.4515 of 5 stars
$140.22
+4.7%
$215.33
+53.6%
-58.6%$11.32B$8.19B14.7141,100
STN
Stantec
2.3512 of 5 stars
$93.38
-1.0%
N/A+27.3%$10.65B$7.50B42.4526,000News Coverage
Analyst Revision
MEDP
Medpace
4.7685 of 5 stars
$313.74
+6.0%
$349.30
+11.3%
-22.8%$9.02B$2.16B24.845,200Positive News
WPP
WPP
2.0959 of 5 stars
$40.10
+1.9%
N/A-24.6%$8.65B$14.74B6.72115,500
HQY
HealthEquity
3.2294 of 5 stars
$96.66
+6.9%
$111.75
+15.6%
+27.4%$8.36B$1.20B88.683,720Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:STNE) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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