Bilibili (BILI) Competitors

IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) and Bilibili (NASDAQ:BILI) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, IQV or BILI?

IQVIA has higher revenue and earnings than Bilibili. Bilibili is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IQVIA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IQVIA	$15.41B	1.98	$1.37B	$6.91	25.90
Bilibili	$3.68B	2.61	-$184.51M	-$0.20	-114.95

Does the media refer more to IQV or BILI?

In the previous week, IQVIA had 24 more articles in the media than Bilibili. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for IQVIA and 3 mentions for Bilibili. IQVIA's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Bilibili's score of 1.25 indicating that IQVIA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IQVIA	22 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bilibili	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of IQV or BILI?

89.6% of IQVIA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.1% of Bilibili shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of IQVIA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.2% of Bilibili shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is IQV or BILI more profitable?

IQVIA has a net margin of 7.88% compared to Bilibili's net margin of -2.15%. IQVIA's return on equity of 30.05% beat Bilibili's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IQVIA	7.88%	30.05%	6.77%
Bilibili	-2.15%	-2.59%	-1.12%

Do analysts prefer IQV or BILI?

IQVIA currently has a consensus price target of $228.62, suggesting a potential upside of 27.73%. Bilibili has a consensus price target of $23.81, suggesting a potential upside of 3.57%. Given IQVIA's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe IQVIA is more favorable than Bilibili.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IQVIA	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.74
Bilibili	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93

Which has more risk and volatility, IQV or BILI?

IQVIA has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bilibili has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

IQVIA beats Bilibili on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.