HTT vs SMFG vs STNE Stock Comparison

High Templar Tech, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial and StoneCo Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HTT High Templar Tech Ltd
$1.90 -20.8% 1M -57.2% 1Y
Market cap
$811.92M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Consumer Lending Financial Services
STNE StoneCo Ltd.
$8.33 -10.4% 1M -56.2% 1Y
Market cap
$2.18B
P/E
3.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.73B
Div. yield
–
Consumer Lending Financial Services
3 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Sumitomo Mitsui Financial 5, StoneCo 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHTTSMFGSTNELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $811.92M $92.99B $2.18B SMFG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — -2.1x 3.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 14.3x 4.5x STNE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +34.8% +18.3% SMFG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — -42.5% 26.2% STNE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -0.9% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -57.2% +48.5% -56.2% SMFG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +1.8%/yr +29.4%/yr -24.4%/yr SMFG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 56.9% 29.2% 65.4% SMFG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 23/100 80/100 STNE

Percentile Scorecard

HTTSMFGSTNE

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisHTTSMFGSTNE
Valuation – 47 #192 of 362 99 #3 of 170
Growth – 34 #147 of 221 87 #22 of 160
Profitability – 18 #165 of 200 85 #24 of 149
Financial Health 93 #12 of 158 4 #196 of 203 33 #107 of 158
Shareholder Returns – 11 #303 of 342 99 #3 of 135
Overall – 23 80
  • HTT ranked among 175 companies in Lending and Credit
  • SMFG ranked among 370 companies in Banking
  • STNE ranked among 175 companies in Lending and Credit

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodHTTSMFGSTNESPY
1 month -20.8%-10.5%-10.4% -0.8%
3 months -21.5%-9.7%-23.5% +3.5%
6 months -21.8%+17.0%-30.5% +7.0%
Year to date -46.5%+23.1%-43.7% +12.2%
1 year -57.2%+48.5%-56.2% +13.0%
3 years +5.6%+147.7%-13.2% +86.3%
3 years, per year +1.8%+35.3%-4.6% +23.1%
5 years +9.2%+262.3%-75.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year +1.8%+29.4%-24.4% +11.0%
10 years —+252.1%— +258.0%
10 years, per year —+13.4%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureHTTSMFGSTNESPY
Volatility, 1Y 56.9%29.2%65.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.8%28.2%74.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.151.101.45 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.011.66-0.86 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -64.4%-30.0%-79.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -61.6%-13.6%-57.0% -1.8%
52-week high $4.95$27.55$19.39 $779.14
52-week low $1.90$16.05$8.33 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleHTTSMFGSTNE
P/E now vs peer median —median 11.0x -2.1xmedian 12.1x 3.1xmedian 11.0x
P/S now vs peer median —median 2.6x 0.9xmedian 3.4x 1.0xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 13.1x —median 5.0x 0.9xmedian 13.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 6.9x —median 11.0x 3.0xmedian 6.9x
P/B now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 0.7x 1.2xmedian 1.2x 1.5xmedian 0.7x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.32 0.08median 1.36 0.04median 0.32

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsHTTSMFGSTNE
Revenue – $103.68B $2.73B
Gross profit – $67.73B $1.19B
Operating income – -$30.78B $1.03B
Net income – $11.49B $545.33M
Free cash flow – – $874.35M
EPS (diluted) – $-11.47 $2.62
Cash & equivalents $561.74M – $1.42B
Total debt $879.65M $397.48B –
Shares (diluted) 500.73M 3.84B 273.49M
Enterprise value -$2.22B -$1.26T -$3.53B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricHTTSMFGSTNE
P/E – -2.1x 3.1x
P/FCF – – 3.0x
P/Operating cash flow – – 3.4x
P/S – 0.9x 1.0x
P/B 0.5x 1.2x 1.5x
P/Tangible book 0.5x 1.2x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA – – 0.9x
EV/EBIT – -35.6x 1.0x
EV/Revenue – 0.8x 0.4x
EV/FCF – – 1.2x
EV/Operating cash flow – – 1.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.08 0.04

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHTTSMFGSTNE
Revenue growth (1Y) – 34.8% 18.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 14.6% 2.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 12.6% 13.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 5.3% -16.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -32.3% 1,432%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -75.2% -3.0%
Net income growth (1Y) – 823.3% 86.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 4.6% 51.1%
EPS growth (1Y) – 15.9% 89.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -25.7% 84.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – – 415.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 22.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 249.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 16.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHTTSMFGSTNE
Gross margin – 65.3% 43.7%
EBITDA margin – – 42.4%
Operating margin – -29.7% 37.5%
Pretax margin – 14.5% 19.8%
Net margin – -42.5% 26.2%
FCF margin – – 32.0%
Operating cash flow margin – – 28.5%
Return on equity – 13.3% 35.1%
Return on assets – 0.6% 6.4%
Return on invested capital – -0.9% –
Return on capital employed – – 28.7%
Asset turnover – 0.1x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – – 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue – – 1.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHTTSMFGSTNE
Debt / assets 16.0% 5.0% –
Debt / equity 0.2x 1.4x –
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF – – –
Liabilities / assets 21.2% 96.4% 84.4%
Equity / assets 78.8% 3.6% 15.6%
Interest coverage – -0.1x 1.2x
Current ratio 4.8x – 1.3x
Quick ratio 2.4x – 0.2x
Cash ratio 2.4x – 0.2x
Altman Z-score – – 1.03

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHTTSMFGSTNE
Dividend yield – 1.2% 30.4%
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield – 1.2% 30.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusHTTSMFGSTNE
Forward P/E – 14.3xFY2026 4.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.04FY2024 $1.67FY2026 $1.84FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -233.3%FY2024 +28.5%FY2026 +4.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +2.4% +15.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $47.00MFY2024 $34.01BFY2026 $2.94BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +164.2%FY2024 -50.1%FY2026 +14.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +14.2% +4.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHTTSMFGSTNE
Held by institutions 2.2% 3.5% 59.4%
Institutions holding 42 459 273
Change in shares held, QoQ -26.1% +7.9% -7.6%
Institutions buying 14 291 148
Institutions selling 21 91 81
Buyers to sellers 0.67 3.20 1.83

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

HTTSMFGSTNE
HTT 1.00 0.17 0.18
SMFG 0.17 1.00 0.27
STNE 0.18 0.27 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HTT, SMFG and STNE?

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) is the largest by market capitalisation: High Templar Tech (HTT) $811.92M, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) $92.99B, StoneCo (STNE) $2.18B.

Which company is growing faster?

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) +34.8%, StoneCo (STNE) +18.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

StoneCo (STNE) has the highest net margin (Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) -42.5%, StoneCo (STNE) 26.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) returned the most: High Templar Tech (HTT) -57.2%, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) +48.5%, StoneCo (STNE) -56.2%. Over five years, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) compounded fastest (High Templar Tech (HTT) +1.8%/yr, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) +29.4%/yr, StoneCo (STNE) -24.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) has been the steadiest (High Templar Tech (HTT) 56.9%, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) 29.2%, StoneCo (STNE) 65.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HTT, SMFG and STNE?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.