Kinnevik (OTCMKTS:KNVKF) and PagSeguro Digital (NYSE:PAGS) Head-To-Head Survey

Kinnevik (OTCMKTS:KNVKF) and PagSeguro Digital (NYSE:PAGS) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Kinnevik and PagSeguro Digital, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kinnevik	0	0	0	0	0.00
PagSeguro Digital	1	6	2	0	2.11

PagSeguro Digital has a consensus target price of $10.98, indicating a potential upside of 30.29%. Given PagSeguro Digital’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PagSeguro Digital is more favorable than Kinnevik.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Kinnevik and PagSeguro Digital”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kinnevik	N/A	N/A	$4.39 billion	$21.59	0.10
PagSeguro Digital	$3.65 billion	0.65	$379.40 million	$1.43	5.90

Kinnevik has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PagSeguro Digital. Kinnevik is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PagSeguro Digital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

45.9% of PagSeguro Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. 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.

Profitability

This table compares Kinnevik and PagSeguro Digital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kinnevik	N/A	50.29%	48.53%
PagSeguro Digital	10.46%	16.36%	3.25%

Summary

PagSeguro Digital beats Kinnevik on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kinnevik

Kinnevik AB formerly known as Investment AB Kinnevik, is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in growth capital. It prefers to invest in digital consumer business, education, communication, e-commerce and marketplaces, entertainment, healthcare, and financial services but may also invest in other areas. The firm invests worldwide, especially in Europe with a focus on the Nordics, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, and North America. The firm looks for disruptive, technology-enabled and value-added consumer services in developed and emerging markets. It takes an active role on the boards of its subsidiaries and associated companies. It acts as a long-term lead shareholder in large listed entities. Kinnevik AB was founded in 1936 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

About PagSeguro Digital

PagSeguro Digital Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides financial technology solutions and services for consumers, individual entrepreneurs, micro-merchants, and small and medium-sized companies in Brazil and internationally. The company's products and services include PagSeguro Ecosystem, a digital ecosystem that operates as a closed loop where its clients are able to address their primary day to day financial needs, including receiving and spending funds, and managing and growing their businesses; PagBank digital account, which offers payment and banking services through the PagBank mobile app, as well as centralizes various cash-in options, functionalities, services, and cash-out options in a single ecosystem; and PlugPag, a tool for medium-sized and larger merchants that enables them to connect their point of sale (POS) device directly to their enterprise resource planning software or sales automation system through Bluetooth. It also offers cash-in solutions; online and in-person payment tools; and online gaming and cross-border digital services, as well as issues prepaid, credit, and cash cards. In addition, the company provides functionalities, and value-added services and features, such as purchase protection mechanisms, antifraud platform, account and business management tools, POS app, i-Banking App, Super App, and e-commerce support and bill payment services; and PedeFácil, an order management and food delivery app. Further, it is involved in processing of back-office solutions, including sales reconciliation, and gateway solutions and services, as well as the capture of credit cards with acquirers and sub acquirers. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.