Creek Road Miners (OTCMKTS:CRKR – Get Rating) and StoneCo (NASDAQ:STNE – Get Rating) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Creek Road Miners and StoneCo's gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Get Creek Road Miners alerts:| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Creek Road Miners | $810,000.00 | 2.71 | -$17.27 million | N/A | N/A |
| StoneCo | $894.07 million | 3.78 | -$251.79 million | ($1.75) | -6.18 |
Creek Road Miners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than StoneCo.
Profitability
This table compares Creek Road Miners and StoneCo's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Creek Road Miners | -1,524.15% | -1,036.32% | -174.03% |
| StoneCo | -36.63% | -7.68% | -2.60% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Creek Road Miners and StoneCo, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Creek Road Miners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| StoneCo | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1.93 |
StoneCo has a consensus price target of $16.77, suggesting a potential upside of 55.15%. Given StoneCo's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe StoneCo is more favorable than Creek Road Miners.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
4.2% of Creek Road Miners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.7% of StoneCo shares are held by institutional investors. 83.2% of Creek Road Miners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility and Risk
Creek Road Miners has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StoneCo has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
StoneCo beats Creek Road Miners on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Creek Road Miners
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Creek Road Miners, Inc. engages in cryptocurrency mining business. The company was formerly known as Wizard Brands, Inc. and changed its name to Creek Road Miners, Inc. in July 2021. The company was incorporated in 2001 and is based in Park City, Utah.
About StoneCo
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StoneCo Ltd. provides financial technology 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 technology and solutions to digital merchants through sales and technical personnel and software vendors, as well as sells solutions to brick-and-mortar and digital merchants through sales team. As of December 31, 2021, the company served approximately 1,766,100 clients primarily 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. StoneCo Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of HR Holdings, LLC.
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