BABA vs. PDD, MELI, MCD, BKNG, LOW, TJX, HD, SBUX, CMG, and COST
Should you be buying Alibaba Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alibaba Group include PDD (PDD), MercadoLibre (MELI), McDonald's (MCD), Booking (BKNG), Lowe's Companies (LOW), TJX Companies (TJX), Home Depot (HD), Starbucks (SBUX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), and Costco Wholesale (COST). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) and PDD (NASDAQ:PDD) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
Alibaba Group received 2249 more outperform votes than PDD when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.36% of users gave Alibaba Group an outperform vote while only 59.20% of users gave PDD an outperform vote.
13.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.1% of PDD shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of PDD shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PDD has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PDD has a net margin of 26.93% compared to Alibaba Group's net margin of 8.44%. PDD's return on equity of 45.04% beat Alibaba Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, PDD had 5 more articles in the media than Alibaba Group. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for PDD and 52 mentions for Alibaba Group. PDD's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.47 indicating that PDD is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alibaba Group currently has a consensus price target of $109.96, suggesting a potential upside of 36.43%. PDD has a consensus price target of $182.31, suggesting a potential upside of 21.77%. Given Alibaba Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alibaba Group is more favorable than PDD.
Alibaba Group has higher revenue and earnings than PDD. Alibaba Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PDD, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
PDD beats Alibaba Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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