PagSeguro Digital (PAGS) Competitors

Allegion (NYSE:ALLE) and PagSeguro Digital (NYSE:PAGS) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is ALLE or PAGS more profitable?

Allegion has a net margin of 15.84% compared to PagSeguro Digital's net margin of 11.12%. Allegion's return on equity of 45.12% beat PagSeguro Digital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Allegion	15.84%	45.12%	14.24%
PagSeguro Digital	11.12%	15.49%	3.49%

Which has better valuation & earnings, ALLE or PAGS?

Allegion has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PagSeguro Digital. PagSeguro Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allegion, 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
Allegion	$3.82B	3.08	$597.50M	$7.12	19.21
PagSeguro Digital	$18.84B	0.15	$331.23M	$1.22	7.20

Is ALLE or PAGS a better dividend stock?

Allegion pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. PagSeguro Digital pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Allegion pays out 28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PagSeguro Digital pays out 11.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Allegion has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. PagSeguro Digital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ALLE or PAGS?

Allegion received 47 more outperform votes than PagSeguro Digital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.78% of users gave PagSeguro Digital an outperform vote while only 57.46% of users gave Allegion an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Allegion	Outperform Votes 435 57.46%	Underperform Votes 322 42.54%
PagSeguro Digital	Outperform Votes 388 61.78%	Underperform Votes 240 38.22%

Does the media refer more to ALLE or PAGS?

In the previous week, Allegion had 18 more articles in the media than PagSeguro Digital. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Allegion and 4 mentions for PagSeguro Digital. Allegion's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat PagSeguro Digital's score of 0.72 indicating that Allegion is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Allegion	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PagSeguro Digital	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, ALLE or PAGS?

Allegion has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PagSeguro Digital has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ALLE or PAGS?

92.2% of Allegion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.9% of PagSeguro Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Allegion shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer ALLE or PAGS?

Allegion currently has a consensus price target of $140.40, indicating a potential upside of 2.68%. PagSeguro Digital has a consensus price target of $11.63, indicating a potential upside of 32.40%. Given PagSeguro Digital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PagSeguro Digital is more favorable than Allegion.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allegion	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80
PagSeguro Digital	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Summary

Allegion beats PagSeguro Digital on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.