Head-To-Head Contrast: Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. (NASDAQ:LYT) & StoneCo (NASDAQ:STNE)

Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. (NASDAQ:LYT) and StoneCo (NASDAQ:STNE) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. and StoneCo”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.	$21.36 million	0.78	$290,000.00	N/A	N/A
StoneCo	$12.35 billion	0.20	$318.89 million	$1.28	6.13

StoneCo has higher revenue and earnings than Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV..

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. and StoneCo, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.	0	0	0	0	0.00
StoneCo	1	1	6	1	2.78

StoneCo has a consensus target price of $16.13, suggesting a potential upside of 105.41%. Given StoneCo’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe StoneCo is more favorable than Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV..

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.4% of Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of StoneCo shares are held by institutional investors. 84.9% of Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of StoneCo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StoneCo has a beta of 2.23, suggesting that its stock price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. and StoneCo’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.	N/A	N/A	N/A
StoneCo	16.02%	13.92%	4.09%

Summary

StoneCo beats Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.

Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. Ltd. operates as a platform services company in India. The company engages in the distribution of linear content streaming/telecasting services; and development of telemedicine products. Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. Ltd. was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

About StoneCo

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. It distributes its solutions, principally through proprietary Stone Hubs, which offer hyper-local sales and services; and sells solutions to brick-and-mortar and digital merchants through sales team. The company served small-and-medium-sized businesses; and marketplaces, e-commerce platforms, and integrated software vendors. StoneCo Ltd. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in George Town, the Cayman Islands.