StoneCo

STNE

Market cap $3.78B

George Town, Grand Cayman--(Newsfile Corp. - January 7, 2026) - StoneCo Ltd. (NASDAQ: STNE) ("Stone" or "the Company") announces today that Mr.

STNE's Brazil-focused model, rising MSMB adoption and strong ROE contrast with PayPal's scale as the analysis weighs which fintech offers more upside.

Despite rising 84% YTD, StoneCo stock remains >80% below its highs and has stalled recently. The Linx divestiture is part of the reason, but there is more to the story. The credit portfolio surged 27% sequentially in Q3, while NPLs ticked up to 5.03%, triggering investor PTSD of the 2021 credit collapse that wiped out 80% of StoneCo's market value. Data shows the Credit 2.0 product is structurally immune to the 2021 flaws, protected by a direct integration with the Registry of Receivables and a fortress-like 265% coverage ratio.

StoneCo's Pix-led deposit surge and cash sweep shift to time deposits are lowering funding costs and supporting profitability.

Here we discuss five value stocks that are cheap in terms of price-to-book, price-to-sales and PEG. These are StoneCo, GM, EnerSys, Deutsche Bank and Keros.

Fintech gains momentum as StoneCo, Block and PayPal reshape payments, lending and banking, drawing investors to fast-growing digital finance platforms.

Do STNE's rising profit and a sharper fintech focus fuel investor debate on whether its momentum signals a compelling entry point? Let us find out.

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Investors interested in stocks from the Internet - Software sector have probably already heard of StoneCo Ltd. (STNE) and F5 Networks (FFIV).