PagSeguro Digital (NYSE:PAGS – Get Free Report) and Strive (NASDAQ:ASST – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
45.9% of PagSeguro Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.5% of Strive shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Strive shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings for PagSeguro Digital and Strive, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| PagSeguro Digital | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Strive | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.57 |
PagSeguro Digital currently has a consensus target price of $10.07, suggesting a potential upside of 31.16%. Strive has a consensus target price of $32.80, suggesting a potential upside of 52.20%. Given Strive’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Strive is more favorable than PagSeguro Digital.
Volatility & Risk
PagSeguro Digital has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Strive has a beta of 13.32, indicating that its stock price is 1,232% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares PagSeguro Digital and Strive”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| PagSeguro Digital | $20.59 billion | 0.10 | $379.40 million | $1.43 | 5.37 |
| Strive | $5.73 million | 321.33 | -$420.59 million | ($8.84) | -2.44 |
PagSeguro Digital has higher revenue and earnings than Strive. Strive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PagSeguro Digital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares PagSeguro Digital and Strive’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| PagSeguro Digital | 10.46% | 16.36% | 3.25% |
| Strive | -2,235.22% | -29.27% | -16.75% |
Summary
PagSeguro Digital beats Strive on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About PagSeguro Digital
PagSeguro Digital Ltd. is a Brazil-based financial technology company that provides payment and digital banking services to businesses and consumers. Its platform helps merchants accept payments through in-person and online channels. The company offers payment terminals, payment processing, digital checkout tools and related business services. Through its PagBank brand, it also provides digital accounts, cards and other financial services to individuals and businesses. PagSeguro traces its roots to an online payments service launched in Brazil in 2006 by UOL.
About Strive
Strive, Inc. is a U.S.-based bitcoin treasury and asset-management company. Its business includes acquiring and holding bitcoin as a treasury asset, as well as offering investment products and services through its asset-management operations. The company traces its roots to Strive Asset Management, founded in 2022. Strive became a publicly traded company through a business combination with Asset Entities, Inc., whose Nasdaq ticker symbol, ASST, it retained. Strive’s leadership includes Chief Executive Officer Matt Cole and Chairman Vivek Ramaswamy, who co-founded the original asset-management business.
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