StoneCo (STNE) Competitors

Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) and StoneCo (NASDAQ:STNE) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Is PEGA or STNE more profitable?

StoneCo has a net margin of 13.35% compared to StoneCo's net margin of 4.73%. StoneCo's return on equity of 39.30% beat Pegasystems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pegasystems	4.73%	39.30%	6.20%
StoneCo	13.35%	11.23%	3.62%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PEGA or STNE?

Pegasystems received 279 more outperform votes than StoneCo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.57% of users gave Pegasystems an outperform vote while only 56.80% of users gave StoneCo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pegasystems	Outperform Votes 467 59.57%	Underperform Votes 317 40.43%
StoneCo	Outperform Votes 188 56.80%	Underperform Votes 143 43.20%

Which has more volatility and risk, PEGA or STNE?

Pegasystems has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StoneCo has a beta of 2.34, suggesting that its stock price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PEGA or STNE?

46.9% of Pegasystems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of StoneCo shares are held by institutional investors. 50.2% of Pegasystems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of StoneCo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend PEGA or STNE?

Pegasystems presently has a consensus target price of $70.56, indicating a potential upside of 22.05%. StoneCo has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.18%. Given Pegasystems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe StoneCo is more favorable than Pegasystems.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pegasystems	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
StoneCo	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PEGA or STNE?

StoneCo has higher revenue and earnings than Pegasystems. StoneCo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pegasystems, 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
Pegasystems	$1.43B	3.38	$67.81M	$0.71	81.28
StoneCo	$2.41B	1.99	$318.89M	$1.01	15.15

Does the media refer more to PEGA or STNE?

In the previous week, Pegasystems and Pegasystems both had 8 articles in the media. Pegasystems' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat StoneCo's score of 0.13 indicating that StoneCo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pegasystems	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
StoneCo	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

StoneCo beats Pegasystems on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.