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$13.87 +0.62 (+4.68%)
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STNE vs. ULS, FTAI, RTO, CART, ALLE, STN, ICLR, HQY, QXO, and MEDP

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

StoneCo vs.

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

StoneCo has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UL Solutions has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

StoneCo currently has a consensus target price of $15.63, suggesting a potential upside of 12.65%. UL Solutions has a consensus target price of $69.43, suggesting a potential downside of 1.01%. Given StoneCo's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe StoneCo is more favorable than UL Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
StoneCo
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82
UL Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

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
StoneCo16.02% 13.92% 4.09%
UL Solutions 11.36%44.52%12.48%

73.2% of StoneCo shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.3% of StoneCo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of UL Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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
StoneCo$13.27B0.30$318.89M-$0.78-17.78
UL Solutions$2.91B4.84$260M$1.6742.00

In the previous week, StoneCo had 2 more articles in the media than UL Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for StoneCo and 3 mentions for UL Solutions. UL Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat StoneCo's score of 0.59 indicating that UL Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

StoneCo received 181 more outperform votes than UL Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.82% of users gave UL Solutions an outperform vote while only 56.15% of users gave StoneCo an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
StoneCoOutperform Votes
201
56.15%
Underperform Votes
157
43.85%
UL SolutionsOutperform Votes
20
58.82%
Underperform Votes
14
41.18%

Summary

StoneCo beats UL Solutions on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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STNE vs. The Competition

MetricStoneCoData processing & preparation IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.97B$4.40B$26.25B$8.67B
Dividend YieldN/A3.72%2.86%4.19%
P/E Ratio10.8498.8145.1720.17
Price / Sales0.301,849.902,031.83161.94
Price / Cash6.4133.7434.7434.64
Price / Book1.466.667.084.72
Net Income$318.89M$46.01M$740.66M$247.80M
7 Day Performance0.29%2.42%3.31%2.76%
1 Month Performance1.54%5.93%7.34%9.71%
1 Year Performance8.78%26.31%52,560.43%14.51%

StoneCo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STNE
StoneCo
4.6867 of 5 stars
$13.87
+4.7%
$15.63
+12.7%
+5.6%$3.97B$13.27B10.8415,500
ULS
UL Solutions
2.2148 of 5 stars
$71.67
+0.2%
$69.43
-3.1%
+78.8%$14.37B$2.91B44.2415,233Positive News
FTAI
FTAI Aviation
4.4421 of 5 stars
$120.35
+2.7%
$171.83
+42.8%
+42.6%$12.34B$1.91B-1,203.3840Positive News
RTO
Rentokil Initial
2.6904 of 5 stars
$24.43
+2.8%
N/A-9.0%$12.33B$5.44B16.1862,900Gap Up
CART
Maplebear
3.3443 of 5 stars
$46.44
+1.7%
$51.61
+11.1%
+28.0%$12.19B$3.46B31.173,380Positive News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
ALLE
Allegion
4.0944 of 5 stars
$139.29
-2.4%
$140.40
+0.8%
+18.8%$11.99B$3.82B20.4211,000
STN
Stantec
2.3363 of 5 stars
$104.53
+1.5%
N/A+30.5%$11.92B$7.70B47.5126,000
ICLR
ICON Public
4.4059 of 5 stars
$128.90
-1.1%
$213.08
+65.3%
-54.7%$10.41B$8.19B13.5341,100
HQY
HealthEquity
3.5625 of 5 stars
$102.81
+2.2%
$112.33
+9.3%
+23.3%$8.89B$1.20B94.323,720Trending News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
QXO
QXO
3.306 of 5 stars
$16.56
-2.6%
N/AN/A$8.65B$55.95M-1.82195
MEDP
Medpace
4.7144 of 5 stars
$297.81
+1.0%
$349.30
+17.3%
-24.6%$8.56B$2.16B23.585,200Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:STNE) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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