PYPL vs. MELI, RELX, DASH, FIS, MSCI, CSGP, GPN, FICO, EBAY, and UBER
Should you be buying PayPal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PayPal include MercadoLibre (MELI), Relx (RELX), DoorDash (DASH), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), MSCI (MSCI), CoStar Group (CSGP), Global Payments (GPN), Fair Isaac (FICO), eBay (EBAY), and Uber Technologies (UBER). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) and MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
PayPal has higher revenue and earnings than MercadoLibre. PayPal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MercadoLibre, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, PayPal had 10 more articles in the media than MercadoLibre. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for PayPal and 17 mentions for MercadoLibre. MercadoLibre's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat PayPal's score of 0.70 indicating that MercadoLibre is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PayPal received 1131 more outperform votes than MercadoLibre when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.58% of users gave PayPal an outperform vote while only 65.15% of users gave MercadoLibre an outperform vote.
PayPal has a net margin of 14.26% compared to MercadoLibre's net margin of 6.82%. MercadoLibre's return on equity of 39.07% beat PayPal's return on equity.
68.3% of PayPal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of MercadoLibre shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of PayPal shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of MercadoLibre shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
PayPal currently has a consensus price target of $70.47, suggesting a potential upside of 6.84%. MercadoLibre has a consensus price target of $1,790.36, suggesting a potential upside of 27.34%. Given MercadoLibre's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MercadoLibre is more favorable than PayPal.
PayPal has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MercadoLibre has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
PayPal and MercadoLibre tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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