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Stone (STNE) — Q2 Beat, R$2B Buyback and Revenue Re-Focus

by monexa-ai

Stone (STNE) posted a Q2 EPS beat, completed strategic divestitures and launched a R$2.0B buyback — a material reset for revenue forecast and per‑share metrics.

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Payment terminal and contactless card on a small business counter with soft purple bokeh and a faint upward light trail

Introduction: Stone (STNE at a strategic inflection#

Stone shares jumped +6.22% intraday to $15.19, driven by a compact package of operational beats and corporate actions: a Q2 EPS beat, the divestiture of software assets and a R$2.0 billion open‑market repurchase program that immediately alters per‑share math. Stone revenue forecast and valuation expectations were recalibrated by the market on that news.

The operational surprise was quantitative: reported EPS of $0.39 versus consensus $0.36, a narrow beat that nevertheless reinforced management’s message that the company is simplifying to a payments‑and‑banking‑centric model (Monexa AI; Nasdaq. Market capitalization moved to roughly $3.87B as intraday flows reacted to the corporate actions (Monexa AI).

This update parses the balance‑sheet impact of the divestitures, the buyback arithmetic, and the reconciliation between negative trailing metrics and forward EPS / multiples. The analysis uses reported financials and published analyst estimates to show where the re‑rating, if any, would originate.

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