PagSeguro Digital (PAGS) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, PAGS or ALLE?

PagSeguro Digital has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allegion has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PAGS or ALLE?

Allegion has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
PagSeguro Digital	$18.84B	0.15	$331.23M	$1.22	7.21
Allegion	$3.82B	3.23	$597.50M	$7.12	20.15

Is PAGS or ALLE 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
PagSeguro Digital	11.12%	15.49%	3.49%
Allegion	15.84%	45.12%	14.24%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PAGS or ALLE?

45.9% of PagSeguro Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Allegion shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Allegion shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PAGS or ALLE?

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

Is PAGS or ALLE a better dividend stock?

PagSeguro Digital pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Allegion pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. PagSeguro Digital pays out 11.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Allegion pays out 28.7% 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 raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. PagSeguro Digital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate PAGS or ALLE?

PagSeguro Digital currently has a consensus target price of $11.63, indicating a potential upside of 32.18%. Allegion has a consensus target price of $140.40, indicating a potential downside of 2.13%. Given PagSeguro Digital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe PagSeguro Digital is more favorable than Allegion.

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

Does the media refer more to PAGS or ALLE?

In the previous week, Allegion had 11 more articles in the media than PagSeguro Digital. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Allegion and 15 mentions for PagSeguro Digital. Allegion's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat PagSeguro Digital's score of 0.99 indicating that Allegion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PagSeguro Digital	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Allegion	18 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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