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$15.47 -0.55 (-3.43%)
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STNE vs. BRK.A, BRK.B, PAGS, TRU, GFL, Z, ZG, KSPI, ULS, and CART

Should you be buying StoneCo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of StoneCo include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), PagSeguro Digital (PAGS), TransUnion (TRU), GFL Environmental (GFL), Zillow Group (Z), Zillow Group (ZG), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), UL Solutions (ULS), and Maplebear (CART).

StoneCo vs. Its Competitors

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) and StoneCo (NASDAQ:STNE) are related companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

23.0% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of StoneCo shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Berkshire Hathaway shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Berkshire Hathaway had 7 more articles in the media than StoneCo. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Berkshire Hathaway and 5 mentions for StoneCo. StoneCo's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Berkshire Hathaway's score of 0.49 indicating that StoneCo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Berkshire Hathaway$371.43B2.77$89.00B$56.29 thousand12.67
StoneCo$2.46B1.80-$280.92M-$0.78-19.83

StoneCo has a consensus price target of $14.57, indicating a potential downside of 5.81%. Given StoneCo's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe StoneCo is more favorable than Berkshire Hathaway.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Berkshire Hathaway
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
StoneCo
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

Berkshire Hathaway has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StoneCo has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Berkshire Hathaway has a net margin of 21.79% compared to StoneCo's net margin of -8.90%. StoneCo's return on equity of 16.65% beat Berkshire Hathaway's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Berkshire Hathaway21.79% 7.20% 4.01%
StoneCo -8.90%16.65%4.21%

Summary

StoneCo beats Berkshire Hathaway on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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STNE vs. The Competition

MetricStoneCoINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.42B$17.92B$27.75B$9.09B
Dividend YieldN/A2.47%3.13%4.03%
P/E Ratio-19.8371.7336.8720.31
Price / Sales1.8068.481,884.2899.68
Price / Cash7.5883.8633.7227.98
Price / Book2.028.427.225.50
Net Income-$280.92M$337.83M$768.08M$250.38M
7 Day Performance-4.09%-1.28%-0.26%4.79%
1 Month Performance12.43%7.40%6.06%9.59%
1 Year Performance14.85%49.29%52,479.79%16.41%

StoneCo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STNE
StoneCo
3.3768 of 5 stars
$15.47
-3.4%
$14.57
-5.8%
+14.8%$4.42B$2.46B-19.8316,793
BRK.A
Berkshire Hathaway
0.4285 of 5 stars
$716,251.04
-1.5%
N/A+11.5%$1.03T$371.43B12.72372,000News Coverage
BRK.B
Berkshire Hathaway
0.4535 of 5 stars
$477.90
-1.5%
$520.00
+8.8%
+12.0%$1.03T$371.43B12.74392,400
PAGS
PagSeguro Digital
4.4067 of 5 stars
$9.16
-2.7%
$11.63
+26.9%
-34.5%$3.02B$3.22B7.518,595Positive News
TRU
TransUnion
4.3762 of 5 stars
$91.55
-0.1%
$109.69
+19.8%
+14.0%$17.86B$4.18B48.7013,400News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
GFL
GFL Environmental
4.2394 of 5 stars
$47.94
-1.1%
$54.50
+13.7%
+25.7%$17.58B$5.62B9.8220,000News Coverage
Z
Zillow Group
3.652 of 5 stars
$72.39
-0.2%
$83.71
+15.6%
+55.2%$17.48B$2.24B-212.915,720News Coverage
ZG
Zillow Group
4.2699 of 5 stars
$70.43
+0.2%
$81.80
+16.1%
+54.0%$17.01B$2.24B-207.156,856Analyst Forecast
KSPI
Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz
4.6615 of 5 stars
$82.50
-2.5%
$135.67
+64.4%
-38.9%$16.46B$4.82B7.929,637Positive News
ULS
UL Solutions
2.1206 of 5 stars
$73.15
+3.5%
$69.43
-5.1%
+63.0%$14.67B$2.87B43.8015,094
CART
Maplebear
2.9812 of 5 stars
$48.85
+3.5%
$51.91
+6.3%
+37.6%$12.82B$3.38B32.143,265News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:STNE) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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