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$8.70 +0.33 (+3.88%)
Closing price 08/22/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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PAGS vs. STNE, QXO, BILI, HQY, FOUR, AMTM, ETSY, MARA, LIF, and LYFT

Should you be buying PagSeguro Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PagSeguro Digital include StoneCo (STNE), QXO (QXO), Bilibili (BILI), HealthEquity (HQY), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), Amentum (AMTM), Etsy (ETSY), Marathon Digital (MARA), Life360 (LIF), and Lyft (LYFT). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

PagSeguro Digital vs. Its Competitors

StoneCo (NASDAQ:STNE) and PagSeguro Digital (NYSE:PAGS) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

StoneCo has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PagSeguro Digital has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, StoneCo had 3 more articles in the media than PagSeguro Digital. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for StoneCo and 5 mentions for PagSeguro Digital. StoneCo's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat PagSeguro Digital's score of 1.03 indicating that StoneCo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

73.2% of StoneCo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.9% of PagSeguro Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.3% of StoneCo shares are owned 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.

StoneCo currently has a consensus price target of $15.07, suggesting a potential downside of 1.81%. PagSeguro Digital has a consensus price target of $11.36, suggesting a potential upside of 30.47%. Given PagSeguro Digital's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PagSeguro Digital is more favorable than StoneCo.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
StoneCo
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91
PagSeguro Digital
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
StoneCo$2.46B1.79-$280.92M-$0.70-21.93
PagSeguro Digital$3.22B0.89$392.38M$1.247.02

PagSeguro Digital has a net margin of 11.04% compared to StoneCo's net margin of -8.37%. StoneCo's return on equity of 18.71% beat PagSeguro Digital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
StoneCo-8.37% 18.71% 4.36%
PagSeguro Digital 11.04%15.52%3.24%

Summary

StoneCo beats PagSeguro Digital on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PAGS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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PAGS vs. The Competition

MetricPagSeguro DigitalFinancial Transaction Services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.76B$33.82B$24.33B$20.92B
Dividend Yield1.67%2.40%2.83%3.58%
P/E Ratio7.0241.8228.3829.13
Price / Sales0.8916.0239.1153.00
Price / Cash4.0318.3725.7823.54
Price / Book1.116.496.025.45
Net Income$392.38M$1.11B$197.30M$992.10M
7 Day Performance-3.71%1.80%1.54%2.61%
1 Month Performance6.35%4.26%-2.40%1.46%
1 Year Performance-25.85%22.91%32.84%10.72%

PagSeguro Digital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAGS
PagSeguro Digital
4.1172 of 5 stars
$8.71
+3.9%
$11.36
+30.5%
-25.8%$2.76B$3.22B7.028,595Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
STNE
StoneCo
3.7007 of 5 stars
$14.30
-1.0%
$15.07
+5.4%
+11.2%$4.09B$2.46B-20.4316,793Positive News
QXO
QXO
3.7945 of 5 stars
$19.27
0.0%
$32.71
+69.7%
+45.5%$11.19B$55.95M-2.11195News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
BILI
Bilibili
2.7134 of 5 stars
$23.13
+1.6%
$23.81
+3.0%
+85.0%$9.51B$3.68B0.008,088Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
HQY
HealthEquity
4.21 of 5 stars
$92.46
-0.6%
$118.55
+28.2%
+19.5%$8.05B$1.20B35.253,120News Coverage
Positive News
FOUR
Shift4 Payments
4.8441 of 5 stars
$82.99
+1.7%
$114.40
+37.9%
+15.0%$7.23B$3.33B20.774,000
AMTM
Amentum
2.1709 of 5 stars
$25.35
+0.9%
$26.11
+3.0%
N/A$6.11B$8.39B12.2653,000
ETSY
Etsy
3.912 of 5 stars
$61.77
+1.4%
$57.20
-7.4%
+16.5%$6.04B$2.81B27.812,400Analyst Forecast
MARA
Marathon Digital
3.7658 of 5 stars
$15.65
+1.8%
$24.22
+54.7%
-3.4%$5.70B$656.38M0.009Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
LIF
Life360
1.2061 of 5 stars
$73.74
-0.1%
$75.67
+2.6%
+130.6%$5.65B$371.48M492.33600Insider Trade
LYFT
Lyft
4.0987 of 5 stars
$13.46
+0.4%
$16.70
+24.0%
+48.3%$5.61B$5.79B47.892,934Insider Trade

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This page (NYSE:PAGS) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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