StoneCo - STNE Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, RNG or STNE?

RingCentral has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StoneCo has a beta of 2.23, meaning that its stock price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer RNG or STNE?

RingCentral presently has a consensus price target of $59.70, indicating a potential upside of 103.53%. StoneCo has a consensus price target of $15.13, indicating a potential upside of 60.05%. Given RingCentral's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe RingCentral is more favorable than StoneCo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RingCentral	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
StoneCo	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

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

88.1% of RingCentral shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.8% of StoneCo shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of RingCentral shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of StoneCo shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor RNG or STNE?

In the previous week, RingCentral had 4 more articles in the media than StoneCo. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for RingCentral and 4 mentions for StoneCo. RingCentral's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat StoneCo's score of 0.20 indicating that RingCentral is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, RNG or STNE?

StoneCo has higher revenue and earnings than RingCentral. StoneCo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RingCentral, 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
RingCentral	$1.99 billion	1.41	-$879.17 million	-$9.23	-3.18
StoneCo	$9.02 billion	0.33	-$100.61 million	-$0.34	-27.79

Is RNG or STNE more profitable?

StoneCo has a net margin of -5.76% compared to RingCentral's net margin of -44.22%. StoneCo's return on equity of 3.74% beat RingCentral's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RingCentral	-44.22%	-765.97%	-7.81%
StoneCo	-5.76%	3.74%	1.19%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RNG or STNE?

RingCentral received 707 more outperform votes than StoneCo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.30% of users gave RingCentral an outperform vote while only 57.65% of users gave StoneCo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RingCentral	Outperform Votes 884 75.30%	Underperform Votes 290 24.70%
StoneCo	Outperform Votes 177 57.65%	Underperform Votes 130 42.35%

Summary

RingCentral beats StoneCo on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.