StoneCo Ltd. (STNE) Stock Analysis
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Technology · Software - Infrastructure
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $11.30, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Leverage penalty (D/E 1.3): -0.5; Earnings estimates trending DOWN.
StoneCo Ltd. provides financial technology and software solutions to merchants and integrated partners to conduct electronic commerce across in-store, online, and mobile channels in Brazil. The company provides financial services, including payment, prepayment, digital banking,... Read more
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $11.30, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Leverage penalty (D/E 1.3): -0.5; Earnings estimates trending DOWN. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 54. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Score 6.4/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 8/10 gates (positive momentum, favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 62d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-13Recent Developments — StoneCo Ltd.
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- NEWS StoneCo Ltd. (STNE) stock drops despite market gains: Important facts to note - MSN — MSN negative
- NEWS Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp Acquires Shares of 163,226 StoneCo Ltd. $STNE - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- NEWS StoneCo’s ESOP Shelf Offering And New Directors Might Change The Case For Investing In STNE - Sahm — Sahm positive
- NEWS StoneCo Files 2025 Form 20-F Annual Report With U.S. SEC - TipRanks — TipRanks neutral
- NEWS StoneCo Files Its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2025 - TMX Newsfile — TMX Newsfile neutral
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Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $11.30, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Leverage penalty (D/E 1.3): -0.5; Earnings estimates trending DOWN. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 54. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Target $15.61 (+38.1%), stop $10.47 (−7.9%), A.R:R 2.6:1. Score 6.4/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $15.61 (+38.6% upside). Target $15.61 (+38.1%), stop $10.47 (−7.9%), A.R:R 2.6:1. Stop-loss: $10.47.
Leverage penalty (D/E 1.3): -0.5; Earnings estimates trending DOWN; Below 200-MA, MA slope -1.1%/30d (confirmed downtrend).
StoneCo Ltd. trades at a P/E of 4.2 (forward 4.6). TrendMatrix value score: 9.8/10. Verdict: Hold.
20 analysts cover STNE with a consensus score of 3.9/5. Average price target: $17.
What does StoneCo Ltd. do?StoneCo Ltd. provides financial technology and software solutions to merchants and integrated partners to conduct...
StoneCo Ltd. provides financial technology and software solutions to merchants and integrated partners to conduct electronic commerce across in-store, online, and mobile channels in Brazil. The company provides financial services, including payment, prepayment, digital banking, and credit solutions. It offers payment solutions of electronic payments and alternative payment methods, such as payment slips and Pix transactions; digital product to help merchants improve their consumers' experience, which include split-payment processing, multi-payment processing, and recurring payments for subscriptions; and tap on phone solution. In addition, the company provides prepayment; digital banking; and credit solution. The company serves online, offline, and omni-channel sales clients under Stone, tonstone, and paggar.me. StoneCo Ltd. was founded in 2012 and is based in George Town, the Cayman Islands.