PEGA vs. STNE, CLVT, BILI, FIVN, DXC, RDDT, ATHM, RNG, GDRX, and GLOB
Should you be buying Pegasystems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pegasystems include StoneCo (STNE), Clarivate (CLVT), Bilibili (BILI), Five9 (FIVN), DXC Technology (DXC), Reddit (RDDT), Autohome (ATHM), RingCentral (RNG), GoodRx (GDRX), and Globant (GLOB). These companies are all part of the "data processing & preparation" industry.
StoneCo (NASDAQ:STNE) and Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
StoneCo has a net margin of 13.35% compared to StoneCo's net margin of 5.32%. StoneCo's return on equity of 45.00% beat Pegasystems' return on equity.
StoneCo has higher revenue and earnings than Pegasystems. StoneCo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pegasystems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.2% of StoneCo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.9% of Pegasystems shares are held by institutional investors. 50.2% of Pegasystems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Pegasystems had 18 more articles in the media than StoneCo. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Pegasystems and 8 mentions for StoneCo. Pegasystems' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat StoneCo's score of 0.18 indicating that StoneCo is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pegasystems received 281 more outperform votes than StoneCo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.59% of users gave Pegasystems an outperform vote while only 56.80% of users gave StoneCo an outperform vote.
StoneCo currently has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.21%. Pegasystems has a consensus target price of $72.33, indicating a potential upside of 17.04%. Given StoneCo's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pegasystems is more favorable than StoneCo.
StoneCo has a beta of 2.35, meaning that its stock price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pegasystems has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
StoneCo and Pegasystems tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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