LiveVox (NASDAQ:LVOX – Get Free Report) and StoneCo (NASDAQ:STNE – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Volatility and Risk
LiveVox has a beta of -0.81, meaning that its stock price is 181% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StoneCo has a beta of 2.24, meaning that its stock price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
92.5% of LiveVox shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of StoneCo shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of LiveVox shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of StoneCo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| LiveVox | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 |
| StoneCo | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2.45 |
LiveVox currently has a consensus target price of $3.33, indicating a potential downside of 7.66%. StoneCo has a consensus target price of $16.09, indicating a potential upside of 59.47%. Given StoneCo’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe StoneCo is more favorable than LiveVox.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares LiveVox and StoneCo’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| LiveVox | $136.02 million | 2.50 | -$37.47 million | ($0.28) | -12.89 |
| StoneCo | $10.24 billion | 0.31 | -$100.61 million | $0.49 | 20.59 |
LiveVox has higher earnings, but lower revenue than StoneCo. LiveVox is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than StoneCo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares LiveVox and StoneCo’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| LiveVox | -18.55% | -23.63% | -12.85% |
| StoneCo | 7.51% | 6.66% | 2.16% |
Summary
StoneCo beats LiveVox on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About LiveVox
LiveVox Holdings, Inc. develops and provides cloud contact center software for businesses. Its products include CRM, including contact manager and extract, transform, and load tools, U-CRM, U-Ticket, U-Script, and attempt supervisor; omnichannel and AI solutions, such as inbound and outbound voice solutions; interactive voice response (IVR) and contact flow solutions; dashboard, reporting, wall-boards; SMS messaging, email, and webchat; virtual agents and bots, including managed virtual agent, self-service virtual agent, and own virtual agent; and campaign management. The company also offers WEM solutions, including call and screen recording, business intelligence, quality management, outside collection agency (OCA) analytics, speech and text analytics, agent scheduling, CSAT, and administration and APIs. It serves financial services, including leading banks and fin-techs; telecommunications; healthcare; consumer/retail; BPO, and collection industries. LiveVox Holdings, Inc. is based in San Francisco, California.
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 approximately 2.6 million 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.
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