UBER vs. V, MA, PDD, BABA, ACN, FI, MELI, RELX, PYPL, and DASH
Should you be buying Uber Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Uber Technologies include Visa (V), Mastercard (MA), PDD (PDD), Alibaba Group (BABA), Accenture (ACN), Fiserv (FI), MercadoLibre (MELI), Relx (RELX), PayPal (PYPL), and DoorDash (DASH). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER) and Visa (NYSE:V) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Visa has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Uber Technologies. Visa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Uber Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Uber Technologies had 8 more articles in the media than Visa. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Uber Technologies and 22 mentions for Visa. Visa's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Uber Technologies' score of 0.34 indicating that Visa is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Visa received 1826 more outperform votes than Uber Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.27% of users gave Visa an outperform vote while only 73.78% of users gave Uber Technologies an outperform vote.
Uber Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $84.38, suggesting a potential upside of 32.82%. Visa has a consensus target price of $303.76, suggesting a potential upside of 12.04%. Given Uber Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Uber Technologies is more favorable than Visa.
80.2% of Uber Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Visa shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Uber Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Visa shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Visa has a net margin of 53.87% compared to Uber Technologies' net margin of 3.60%. Visa's return on equity of 51.23% beat Uber Technologies' return on equity.
Uber Technologies has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Visa has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Visa beats Uber Technologies on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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