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PAGS vs. STNE, RTO, ICLR, FTAI, BILI, MEDP, FOUR, HQY, WPP, and LYFT

Should you be buying PagSeguro Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PagSeguro Digital include StoneCo (STNE), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Icon (ICLR), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), Bilibili (BILI), Medpace (MEDP), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), HealthEquity (HQY), WPP (WPP), 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

73.2% of StoneCo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.9% of PagSeguro Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 11.3% of StoneCo shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, StoneCo had 5 more articles in the media than PagSeguro Digital. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for StoneCo and 0 mentions for PagSeguro Digital. StoneCo's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat PagSeguro Digital's score of 0.50 indicating that StoneCo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
StoneCo Positive
PagSeguro Digital Positive

StoneCo has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PagSeguro Digital has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

PagSeguro Digital has lower revenue, but higher 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$13.27B0.33-$280.92M-$0.78-19.83
PagSeguro Digital$3.22B0.89$392.38M$1.227.15

StoneCo presently has a consensus price target of $14.57, indicating a potential downside of 5.81%. PagSeguro Digital has a consensus price target of $11.07, indicating a potential upside of 26.97%. 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)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
PagSeguro Digital
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

PagSeguro Digital has a net margin of 11.15% compared to StoneCo's net margin of -8.90%. StoneCo's return on equity of 16.65% beat PagSeguro Digital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
StoneCo-8.90% 16.65% 4.21%
PagSeguro Digital 11.15%15.43%3.27%

Summary

StoneCo beats PagSeguro Digital on 10 of the 16 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$2.86B$33.79B$15.36B$20.64B
Dividend Yield1.61%2.43%2.72%3.72%
P/E Ratio7.1527.8928.6927.83
Price / Sales0.8910.45430.6342.22
Price / Cash4.1818.5926.3422.32
Price / Book1.067.376.184.57
Net Income$392.38M$1.11B$190.21M$989.30M
7 Day Performance-7.14%-3.74%0.97%0.20%
1 Month Performance4.37%2.92%6.08%5.53%
1 Year Performance-34.49%37.44%28.16%10.30%

PagSeguro Digital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAGS
PagSeguro Digital
4.3652 of 5 stars
$8.72
-3.6%
$11.07
+27.0%
-34.5%$2.86B$3.22B7.158,595
STNE
StoneCo
3.5795 of 5 stars
$16.01
-1.1%
$14.57
-9.0%
+14.8%$4.58B$2.46B-20.5316,793
RTO
Rentokil Initial
2.1165 of 5 stars
$23.81
-1.2%
N/A-24.6%$12.02B$6.95B15.7768,485Positive News
ICLR
Icon
4.4679 of 5 stars
$147.59
-1.7%
$213.08
+44.4%
-55.2%$11.92B$8.19B16.0841,900News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
FTAI
FTAI Aviation
4.8116 of 5 stars
$111.49
-3.0%
$171.83
+54.1%
+13.6%$11.43B$1.73B530.9040News Coverage
Positive News
BILI
Bilibili
1.6534 of 5 stars
$22.48
+7.7%
$21.62
-3.8%
+28.4%$9.40B$3.68B-112.398,088News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
MEDP
Medpace
4.2736 of 5 stars
$318.90
-0.8%
$344.82
+8.1%
-27.0%$9.17B$2.11B24.345,900News Coverage
Analyst Revision
FOUR
Shift4 Payments
3.825 of 5 stars
$102.95
+1.1%
$115.35
+12.0%
+43.3%$9.12B$3.33B34.784,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HQY
HealthEquity
3.8811 of 5 stars
$101.83
-0.3%
$118.09
+16.0%
+23.6%$8.81B$1.20B74.333,120Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
WPP
WPP
2.2194 of 5 stars
$35.13
-3.4%
N/A-41.2%$7.58B$18.84B5.88108,044Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
LYFT
Lyft
4.4154 of 5 stars
$16.07
-0.5%
$16.67
+3.7%
+13.7%$6.72B$5.79B107.132,934Trending News
Analyst Forecast

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