Bilibili (BILI) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BILI or IQV?

IQVIA received 281 more outperform votes than Bilibili when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.12% of users gave IQVIA an outperform vote while only 61.74% of users gave Bilibili an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bilibili	Outperform Votes 405 61.74%	Underperform Votes 251 38.26%
IQVIA	Outperform Votes 686 68.12%	Underperform Votes 321 31.88%

Is BILI or IQV more profitable?

IQVIA has a net margin of 8.91% compared to Bilibili's net margin of -5.01%. IQVIA's return on equity of 28.81% beat Bilibili's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bilibili	-5.01%	-8.23%	-3.60%
IQVIA	8.91%	28.81%	7.02%

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

16.1% of Bilibili shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of IQVIA shares are held by institutional investors. 22.2% of Bilibili shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of IQVIA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate BILI or IQV?

Bilibili currently has a consensus price target of $21.11, indicating a potential upside of 16.31%. IQVIA has a consensus price target of $228.14, indicating a potential upside of 57.45%. Given IQVIA's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IQVIA is more favorable than Bilibili.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bilibili	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85
IQVIA	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the media favor BILI or IQV?

In the previous week, IQVIA had 8 more articles in the media than Bilibili. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for IQVIA and 17 mentions for Bilibili. IQVIA's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Bilibili's score of 0.33 indicating that IQVIA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bilibili	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
IQVIA	17 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, BILI or IQV?

IQVIA has lower revenue, but higher 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
Bilibili	$26.83B	0.28	-$187.34M	-$0.45	-40.33
IQVIA	$15.50B	1.62	$1.37B	$7.34	19.74

Which has more risk & volatility, BILI or IQV?

Bilibili has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IQVIA has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

IQVIA beats Bilibili on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.