BABA vs. PDD, MELI, MCD, LOW, BKNG, TJX, SBUX, CVS, CMG, and TGT
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), Lowe's Companies (LOW), Booking (BKNG), TJX Companies (TJX), Starbucks (SBUX), CVS Health (CVS), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), and Target (TGT). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
PDD (NASDAQ:PDD) and Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Alibaba Group had 3 more articles in the media than PDD. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Alibaba Group and 20 mentions for PDD. PDD's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.40 indicating that Alibaba Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
29.1% of PDD shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of PDD shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PDD has a net margin of 24.23% compared to PDD's net margin of 10.75%. Alibaba Group's return on equity of 39.10% beat PDD's return on equity.
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.
PDD currently has a consensus target price of $146.85, indicating a potential upside of 13.56%. Alibaba Group has a consensus target price of $112.91, indicating a potential upside of 49.45%. Given PDD's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alibaba Group is more favorable than PDD.
PDD has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alibaba Group received 2249 more outperform votes than PDD when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.32% of users gave Alibaba Group an outperform vote while only 58.81% of users gave PDD an outperform vote.
Summary
PDD and Alibaba Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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