STNE vs. RNG, SSTK, YY, PEGA, ATHM, ETWO, CSGS, UPWK, TASK, and FIVN
Should you be buying StoneCo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of StoneCo include RingCentral (RNG), Shutterstock (SSTK), JOYY (YY), Pegasystems (PEGA), Autohome (ATHM), E2open Parent (ETWO), CSG Systems International (CSGS), Upwork (UPWK), TaskUs (TASK), and Five9 (FIVN). These companies are all part of the "data processing & preparation" industry.
StoneCo vs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
RingCentral beats StoneCo on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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