StoneCo (NASDAQ:STNE) Releases FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

StoneCo (NASDAQ:STNE) issued an update on its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 2.000-2.110 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 1.950. The company issued revenue guidance of -. StoneCo also updated its FY 2027 guidance to 2.190-2.480 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. BTIG Research reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $22.00 price objective on shares of StoneCo in a research report on Tuesday. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their target price on StoneCo from $22.00 to $19.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of StoneCo in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. UBS Group decreased their price target on shares of StoneCo from $20.00 to $19.50 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of StoneCo from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $17.50.

StoneCo Stock Down 5.7%

STNE opened at $13.48 on Friday. StoneCo has a fifty-two week low of $8.95 and a fifty-two week high of $19.95. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $15.85 and its 200 day moving average is $16.59. The stock has a market cap of $3.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.25 and a beta of 1.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81, a quick ratio of 1.43 and a current ratio of 1.37.

StoneCo (NASDAQ:STNE) last announced its earnings results on Monday, March 2nd. The company reported $0.50 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.02. StoneCo had a return on equity of 21.55% and a net margin of 15.38%.The firm had revenue of $675.42 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $704.26 million. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that StoneCo will post 1.16 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of StoneCo

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. SPX Gestao de Recursos Ltda increased its stake in StoneCo by 1,054.8% during the fourth quarter. SPX Gestao de Recursos Ltda now owns 5,236,620 shares of the company’s stock worth $77,450,000 after acquiring an additional 4,783,158 shares during the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd acquired a new position in shares of StoneCo in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $58,017,000. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. boosted its position in shares of StoneCo by 1,004.5% during the 4th quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 1,934,964 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,618,000 after purchasing an additional 1,759,782 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its holdings in StoneCo by 23.0% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,714,651 shares of the company’s stock valued at $114,101,000 after purchasing an additional 1,440,760 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG increased its holdings in StoneCo by 543.7% in the 4th quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 1,482,999 shares of the company’s stock valued at $21,934,000 after purchasing an additional 1,252,609 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 73.19% of the company’s stock.

About StoneCo

StoneCo Ltd., commonly known as Stone, is a Brazilian financial technology company that provides integrated digital payment solutions and related financial services to merchants. Through its cloud-based platform, Stone enables businesses of all sizes to accept a variety of payment methods, including point-of-sale (POS) terminals, mobile card readers and e-commerce gateways. In addition to payment acceptance, the company offers value-added services such as working capital loans, digital banking products and automated billing tools designed to help merchants manage cash flow and streamline operations.

Since its founding in 2012 by André Street and Eduardo Pontes, Stone has focused on serving over half a million merchants across Brazil’s retail, restaurant and services sectors.