Strive (NASDAQ:ASST – Get Free Report) and PagSeguro Digital (NYSE:PAGS – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Strive and PagSeguro Digital, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Strive | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.57 |
| PagSeguro Digital | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Strive presently has a consensus target price of $32.80, indicating a potential upside of 55.89%. PagSeguro Digital has a consensus target price of $10.07, indicating a potential upside of 27.86%. Given Strive’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Strive is more favorable than PagSeguro Digital.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
5.5% of Strive shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.9% of PagSeguro Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Strive shares are held by company 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 & Volatility
Strive has a beta of 13.32, suggesting that its stock price is 1,232% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PagSeguro Digital has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Strive and PagSeguro Digital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Strive | -2,235.22% | -29.27% | -16.75% |
| PagSeguro Digital | 10.46% | 16.36% | 3.25% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Strive and PagSeguro Digital”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Strive | $5.73 million | 313.73 | -$420.59 million | ($3.60) | -5.84 |
| PagSeguro Digital | $3.65 billion | 0.60 | $379.40 million | $1.43 | 5.51 |
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.
Summary
PagSeguro Digital beats Strive on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
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